This is a major flaw with the Council-Manager / Commission-Manager forms of government. The over reliance on unelected "professional" managers and staff has fostered an environment where elected officials are discouraged from asking tough questions.
Bingo. The Manager types also try to protray the image that that they are simply acting in the best interest of the community without any allegiance towards any political goal...that becomes painfull obvious that isn't the case when there is such an abandonment of long standing processes.
This is a major flaw with the Council-Manager / Commission-Manager forms of government. The over reliance on unelected "professional" managers and staff has fostered an environment where elected officials are discouraged from asking tough questions.
Bingo. The Manager types also try to protray the image that that they are simply acting in the best interest of the community without any allegiance towards any political goal...that becomes painfull obvious that isn't the case when there is such an abandonment of long standing processes.
Mr. Wessel really did his homework, succinctly laying out this shady political process.