As I have been reporting on Cascade City Council since the first city administrator, Larry Farley, was hired in 1990, I will be making the following proposal at Monday night's council meeting: that city residents get to vote on who is hired and how long he/she remains on the job. Shame on me! Early on, I was idealistic and unaware of the damage a city administrator could do, but (Damn!) now I know.
Eventually, the city hired Randy Lansing. His tenure coincided with Danny ("Dan the Conman") Conrad, Developer of Conrad Addition and lots in the Industrial Park east of town. Now, in wet years, the city must deal with the flooding that some of the code violations those two brought us.
Immediately to the north of McAllister Electric is CLH Repair with NO green space separating the two businesses whatsoever. The asphalt driveway and parking for trucks that are being worked on are simply contiguous. To make matters worse, perhaps during the tenure of the recent City Administrator, Deanna McCusker, a self-storage (MCCC) was allowed to cover the entire adjacent space with hard surface. Barely a yard of green space between them!
My dear Mr./Ms./Mrs. Cascade Citizen--you try that! Recently, I began thinking about it in light of the fact that we pay the administrator almost $80 thou year and the clerk, $50. The two biggest salaries in the city a whopping 80 hours a week. Only the street workers spend more time, but they take orders from these two which only increases their impact. There should at least be a provision in the ordinances to keep a corrupt administration from remaining in their position a dozen years.
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