Friday, March 19, 2010

SEEMS EVERYBODY IN HAVRE IS BEING KEPT IN THE DARK

We were talking to some folk this week and were told that Mayor Tim has yet to have a department head meeting since he took office back in January. He has talked to some of the department heads individually but not to all and Mayor Tim has never been to the city shop. Wouldn’t you think you should do that occasionally so they can work as a team? Apparently the City is running without the Mayor’s supervision which leaves us to wonder what the Mayor is actually doing. You may recall that Mayor Bob had a department head meeting each Monday morning so everyone in all the City’s departments were being kept abreast of what was happening in the city so they could all pull together. Mayor Tim did say during his campaign that the department heads would have a freer hand but when even the Mayor doesn’t know what is happening things are going a little too far.


We understand that former Mayor Bob was accused of micro-managing the department heads but for a Mayor to have total disregard for what his various departments are accomplishing, if anything, is ludicrous. Or is Mayor Tim taking the stance that since this is his second job; he must devote most of his attention to his county job? Some of the department heads themselves are asking why they never get any input from the Mayor. When we call any of the City Council people for clarification on anything, they never know what is going on in the city unless they happen to be in charge of a particular committee and have knowledge of what the committee is doing. City council people tell us that they hardly ever have any mail in their city mail boxes to keep them abreast of what is going on. Mayor Bob’s policy, love him or hate him, was to make copies of everything that was pertinent to the city and place them in the city council peoples boxes each week. Why is the current Mayor keeping everyone in the dark?

What do you think? Shouldn’t at the very least, the council be kept abreast of what is happening with the operation of the city?

9 comments:

  1. People keep themselves in the dark. If you're too stupid or lazy to look where the information is kept, you shouldn't complain you can't see it. The last thing we need is more people trying to babysit adults. Praise Jesus.

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  2. Back to the way it was years ago. Just pay your taxes, shut-up and get no accountability

    At least the garbage truck drivers don't have to sit out at the dump waiting for thier shifts to end anymore now that now one checks to see what time they go home

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  3. Yep Just like I said a couple months ago. Working for the city and the county is a conflict of interest. Nice popularity contest we had....

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  4. Some of us did have a belly full of Rice but from what I see this guy is worse and does nothing

    But on the plus side he is one hell of a lot more pleasant and I have yet to see him roll his eyes when anyone is talking at a meeting he is at if he doesnt agree

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  5. I think his easiest decision would be to fire Peterson and Jenson.Then hire someone who will get a handle on this snow removal.When D.C. got buried in snow,a spokesman for public works went on tv and said "it'll take us 2 days to get our neighborhoods plowed out" It takes Havre 3 MONTHS to do our neighborhoods.Neglected winter streets equal summer potholes.

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  6. I mean give the guy a break for gosh sake! Don't you think that the current Mayor had quite a mess to clean up? I heard that Mayor Bob took all of his files and left nothing so what do you follow. Obviously there isn't any protocall in the Mayor's office on how to leave it for the next incoming person. Very childish if you ask me. Whatever happend to the respect you gave someone who can into office after you? Wouldn't you want them to carry on some of the things that you implemented?
    Its only been three months you cannot expect someone to walk into office and change evrything until they get their feet wet and find out how things work. And as not for being up at the city shop, what the boys up there lonely because the former Mayor was such a presence up there. Get over it I am sure Mayor Tim has a handle on things I mean we are all still getting our water and sewer bills right so the shop guys must be doing something. THere is direction, give the guy a break for not making a personal appearance.

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  7. Just look to the clinton-gore team to see how to trash your files before the new guy. Class act in that time F.R.E.D.

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  8. F.R.E.D...that sounds exactly like what happened at the County in the Health Department with the prior Director. She did not do much at all and never shredded a thing and kept every single piece of paper for a year and a half. Then when she decided to resign, she spent 3 weeks doing NOTHING but shredding paper. Reports and information were then done and gone and the employees had hardly anything to go off of.

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