Whoa! Where else do you get $337,000 for messing up? Besides Goldman Sachs, I mean.
$337,000 is how much it's going to cost Nor'Town to get rid of its current City Manager Gregory Rose. (RJ) City Council will be voting on the "settlement" at the December 2nd meeting, barring postponement.
Mayor Buck is opposed because that's quite a chunk of change in hard times. However, voting against the settlement means that Rose would remain city manager, despite the current ruckus over the "More Cops" money. Rose is alleged to have used "More Cops" money to fund veteran officers when the money was slated for new hires only.
Mayor Buck, naturally, supported the manager's generous severance package back when council handed it to him. (Nor'Town) So, hey, if she doesn't want the city to take the hit, maybe she should donate the money?
Or, how about this? The mayor could take responsibility as Nor'Town's highest official for the "More Cops" mess up and resign. Her predecessor Mike Montandon could, too, by apologizing to the city, abandoning all current and future campaigns for public office, and pay Rose's severance out of his gubernatorial campaign fund.
But, wait, what am I saying? Taxpayers always end up paying for politicians' mistakes. That's been a basic rule of politics since back in the days of Babylon.
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