I saw in the Rhino... Times today that the Greensboro City Council had chosen the current City Manager of Dayton, Ohio, and offered him a contract as the Greensboro City Manager. According to the report they had a boistrous closed door session at the O.Henry Hotel last week before they made the final decision.
They supposedly considered inviting two or three candidates to be presented to the public before making the final choice, but then decided not to do so, because this candidate was so much more qualified than the others in the pool. In essence they said "We knew this was the right candidate, and we didn't want to waste your time in confirming our opinion." Of course, we don't know whether he was much more qualified because we don't get to know even the names of any of the other candidates.
Once again City Council hides the public's business from the public. The next question will be what are the terms of the contract. The Times said they offered him $175,000, but it didn't say anything about the length of the contract or any "golden parachute" provisions. Are the terms going to be kept secret as well? Why should we know, it's only our money that's being used.
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