#1 2009-10-09 22:19:29

Several of us, as well as Mr. Paulsen, have expressed concern about the approach used by the BoS in the selection process for the next TA. I suggested that observing the Town of Plymouth, among others, might be instructive.

Last night (10-8-09), the Plymouth BoS interviewed the three finalists in an open session. this has been reported in the local Plymouth paper, altho it did take nearly 24 hours to appear. Kingston's local paper reported the process in their Town virtually as it happened, with live streaming video. In addition, snippets of the Plymouth interviews have been posted on Youtube, for all to see.

It is my understanding that the Plymouth board will deliberate and vote in an open session next week to pick the Town Manager.

What a concept! Open, Transparent, Public. Wow!

Now back to reality. This is Wareham. This is dysfunctionality raised to a high art. This is ......bad.

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#2 2009-10-10 10:11:06

Remember, this bos was spanked by the state for violating open meeting law when they made their vote to hire McAuliffe in private session. I don't imagine they will do that again.

This is the most important position in the town. I think they actually did a good job hiring McAuliffe who quickly learned the truth about the bos and their foray into day to day management. He stood up against them in favor of doing what was right for the town. So, I guess we can't expect them to hire another candidate similar to McAuliffe. Too bad. The town has suffered greatly since he was given the old heave-ho. I met him and liked him. He was so enthusiastic. One of his beliefs was getting a town to feel good about itself and have a sense of town spirit. He liked the idea of the swan festival and cranberry festival and wanted to promote more community efforts. Instead, the morale in this town could not get any lower.

I'm off to NH today and hope to peep a few leaves on my way. But good luck to the food drive people. I bet if McAuliffe was still our TA he'd be there right along with you. Let me know if the butt monkey shows up, or any of the bos. LOL.

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