Cane Pole

Good grief, just when you thought you could spend Thanksgiving without snotty comments being posted on the racist minds page by the cockroach editor of the mudslinger your expectations vanish. Just when I thought I could give thanks for the good things in our lives we have to be subjected to stupidity and slander on Thanksgiving. After a couple of days of good behavior the cockroach is back at it again after his front page article describes that the council voted to place negotiations with the potential county administrator in the hands of the county attorney, then he takes some shots at him in the racist minds page. I think the bipolar cockroach is off the meds again.

The cockroach editor makes some accusations that the county attorney "wrote a policy to follow the freedom of information act that broke the law and refused to allow the release of public information because he didn't understand the law". More slanderous comments to begin I am sure to be his latest conspiracy theory to play on. Apparently from his front page article the county attorney is out of town and will return next week to open some negotiation with the new hire.

Watching this unfold so far has been interesting and if you break it down you will agree we are not seeing the entire picture so far, since this issue seems to have taken a turn toward stupidville and is starting to smell.

If you look at the article from where the prospective administrator came from you will see that he was making $106,000 or so a year when his contract was cancelled. Someone had to know this up front since it was public knowledge. Our council goes after him after he removed himself from the list of applicants, interview him and offer him $70,000 without a contract for a six month trial and most likely have to move himself at his expense into some temporary rental since there is no mention of it in their release to the media. Boy what a deal that is for a professional with experience that they seek and what a huge vote of confidence I might add. No wonder there hasn't been thousands of "professionals" breaking the door down to take the job with this treatment and the guarantee to be smeared on the mudslinger daily, what a deal.

What is most surprising is the reference to the westside wonder woman holding "professional human resource experience" and if that is truly the case she should know better than to pursue or offer anyone a 33% pay cut with no guarantees and then make statements that you really want they guy to take the job. This has all the similarities of kicking a dog then offering it a treat or visa versa. Of course we all know what councilman Mee Too's thoughts would be, I think he had tingles up his leg.

If we do in fact have a human resource professional on the council that others in council look to for advice why would this ever come to pass? Perhaps she gives bad advice or maybe she just doesn't have the experience that is stated, pick either or both and you may be correct. I suspect everyone is getting a bad joke played on them in this situation, mostly the county attorney.

Unfortunately he will be saddled with the task on his return to land a marlin with a cane pole.