Catoosa Vision

County Manager Position...

Well, the revolving door that is the Catoosa County Manager's office is swinging again!

If you include all the interim managers, over the last several years, we've gone through about six or seven county managers! Just in a few years!

Running a business, I know that at some point when you have high turnover in a particular position, you have to start looking at yourself for the problem and not the candidates. Why can't we keep someone in this position? Are the CMs not getting the full support and/or resources that, once in office, they realize the need but don't have?

Perhaps we're just looking for a particular personality type that will loyally follow the wishes of an particular County Commission...er...?

We've had some very qualified people in the CM office. Yet, they still leave office, for one reason or another.

I only hope that this time around, we look for a professional candidate, one without known political ties or baggage, and most importantly, one who (a) has a backbone (i.e. not a puppet); (b) is willing to make some difficult decisions on his/her own.

I'm not sure this person currently resides in this County...

CB

posted by Chris Casey @ 2:14 PM