Comments on: Going Into Hock For New City Manager?

By: fred

fred — Fri, 30 May 2008 19:24:34 +0000

If he can’t prove himself to be a hell of a lot better than Schuenke within the first three months, fire his butt.

By: e.e.

e.e. — Fri, 30 May 2008 18:05:21 +0000

what a great deal! only a few years ago i ran a $60 million private sector business, had full p & l responsibility, and made only slightly more than that. i wonder if he also gets a blackberry, a computer, and a conference (vacation) trip or two besides.

and like almost all government jobs, all he has to do is keep it is not screw up.

By: hoover

hoover — Fri, 30 May 2008 17:55:14 +0000

Now I realize why Mayor Frimark is able to do all these deals: Every time he “negotiates” on behalf of the City, he just keeps on raising the offer until the other side can’t refuse. (Is Frimark Italian?)

This city mgr. job was listed at $160,000, and Howard bids it up to $229,000. That sounds a lot like what he tried to do with the insurance building on Garden street, where he wants a new city appraisal because he says the original one was too low. And from what I recall, his negotiating skills were also on display with Exec. Office Plaza and the Napleton deal.

Throw money around like that and you don’t need to put a horse’s head in somebody’s bed.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 30 May 2008 16:50:50 +0000

Are they grossing Mr. Hock up for the taxes on all the extra compensation-the loan forgiveness and the interest on the below market loan and the car and gas and insurance and extra pension money-too?

Though he may prove to be a worthy city manager, it is outrageous to pay an unproven talent that kind of money when the list of problems in this city that need to be fixed and require tax money to do it is so extensive. This mayor and some of our aldermen’s incompetence is staggering and we the taxpayers are paying the price. This mayor cannot leave office soon enough.