Let's see if we all understand this morning's lead story in the Hernando Today. The article relates to the choice of the new county administrator and the headline reads, 'County bosses plan to be picky'. Commissioner Rocco was quoted as saying, "You don't want to jump and make a hasty choice." Commissioner Rowden agreed with Ms. Rocco.
The Hernando County Commissioners voted last October to have a six-person committee of local business executives and a Pasco County government official review candidates for the open position of county administrator. This committee was tasked with reviewing all the candidate applications and to submit a short list for the county commission review. After wading through almost 40 applications, this appointed committee offered the names of David Hamilton, Tom Marko and Kathy Rice for the administrator's position.
These three candidates were brought to Hernando County at taxpayer expense for personal interviews with the county commissioners today. Mr. Hamilton was flown in from Minnesota. Ms. Rice came in from Arizona. Mr. Marko is here from south Florida. If Commissioner Rocco and Rowden were incapable of making a decision after four months into the search, is it unreasonable to ask just how long they intent to take picking a new administrator?
Leadership quality for elected officials depends primarily on their character and integrity. Leadership means being able to make sound decisions, without arbitrary changing their minds, otherwise they lose the trust of their constituents that voted into office in the first place. All your constituents want you to do is make a firm decision and not waffle on every item that crosses your desk...
2 comments:
well you said it "integrity", only one of the two officials you mentioned has it. Mrs. Rocco is new at this game and her 'waffling' is somewhat understood. The other, well, it is an election year and she is being challenged from within her own party. Both she and her husband have slopped off the public trough long enough. It's time for her to move on and let someone with integrity and professionalism to step in and make some tough decisions. Her hatred of Ms. Dupre blinds her ability to make any kind of rational decisions with respect to decisions coming from the department heads.
The public expects our elected officials be ready to lead when they take office (as in Ms. Rocco's case) not use it as a training ground for building leadership skills...
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