Rumor Has It Part II
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Topic: Rumor Has It Part II
Posted By: Concerned Citizen
Subject: Rumor Has It Part II
Date Posted: Feb 01 2011 at 4:23pm
| I have heard the Mr. Kohler has been seen packing up his office for the last few days. Can anyone confirm if there is truth to this rumor?? |
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Posted By: Vivian Moon
Date Posted: Feb 01 2011 at 4:28pm
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Well I bet Mr. Kohler will just hate to leave that cozy little office with all that cherry wood furniture he purchased with CDBG funds. |
Posted By: VietVet
Date Posted: Feb 01 2011 at 4:46pm
Is he leaving the city ....   or is he just changing offices within the city building.... 
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Posted By: spiderjohn
Date Posted: Feb 01 2011 at 6:31pm
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I don't want to lose Marty.
I enjoy working with him, even though we disagree on many things.
All that is needed is the right person in charge.
Same with the city manager.
Hopefully he is just shifting due to the ED resignation.
Is Mr.R really coming back as a paid consultant?
I know that they skipped the formal meeting--did they have the early version?
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Posted By: rem 1187
Date Posted: Feb 01 2011 at 7:13pm
| he could |
Posted By: rem 1187
Date Posted: Feb 01 2011 at 7:34pm
| Sorry for first post, still learning the system. Is the city manager not the leader of this business everyone calls our city.Thought the charter deemed the city manager to run the day to day business. Its time to hold the city manager accountable for the enviroment that imo is waying down the morale of the employees that we all pay through our tax dollars. I believe and if i'm wrong please correct me but the ruling on the sign issue made it clear to me that the city was in the wrong but when the city manager and Kohler continued down a path to "band aid" the problem and make investors pay out of pocket for what seemed to be a pride issue it showed the true colors of those two people. We have enough so-called leaders they just don't know how to be leaders. IMO |
Posted By: acclaro
Date Posted: Feb 01 2011 at 7:49pm
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I agree that the city manager does provide leadership and city council DOES NOT interfere with day to day activities of city business---Larry Mulligan reiterates that quite often. I don't know enough Mr. Kohler, to know if he's made positive contriutions or negative. I do recall sj, he was supportive of the business tht was near yours that lasted about a month, the private club next to KMart.
As for Ms. Gilleland, then who is supposed to give her instructional manual? It is the city manager that leads, she DOE NOT take her orders from council. A bit confused on your support of Ms. G, she just needs guidance. From who, city council? Not their job as defined by the ordinances.
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Posted By: jag123
Date Posted: Feb 01 2011 at 8:32pm
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CC:
I hear the same thing.. It could be just housecleaning but I know he fell from favor with the city mananger.
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Posted By: Mike_Presta
Date Posted: Feb 01 2011 at 9:35pm
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Huh??? Kohler leaving?!?!
Oh, my heart, my beating heart!
Be still my beating heart!!!
    ------------- “Mulligan said he ... doesn’t believe they necessarily make the return on investment necessary to keep funding them.” …The Middletown Journal, January 30, 2012 |
Posted By: rem 1187
Date Posted: Feb 02 2011 at 10:19pm
| Also you would have thought that during the screening process which I have been told several different groups of people(council,business owners ) would have followed up on her answers when dealing with motivation and productivity. Sorry to confuse private risk takers to goverment sector jobs. I'm a little stunned that some feel the"buck stops" with someone else. Like or dislike are these employees following their job description and more importantly whose following up with a yearly or in this case I feel a monthly review. This person came from a city managers position I believe. It just goes to show you what happens in a interview and is told to you isn't always going to pan out once they enter their position. The current climate of city hall ain't real good. The folks in the front office usually are spending the money not producing it or in this case making the most out of our tax dollars. |