Penalized for Competence

A rare Cascade Council meeting last night in that it lasted 55 minutes! Usually, they last 15!
Though Shelley Annis has worked for the city for eight years, Council would not make her interim city administrator. Over the nay votes of Bill Hosch and Steve Knepper, on a 3-2 vote she will share the position with Phil Gehl. Nobody is accusing Ms. Annis of being incompetent. Quite to the contrary, competency is keeping her out of the position. She knows exactly what gives in this town, and I suspect Gehl does too. What the dominant faction seems to want is an administrator they can manipulate, which is precisely why Shelley would be great--she can't be.

As the situation is on-going Cascaders should call a council person and give him a critical ear full!