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City Manager Out. Budget Cuts/Layoffs In.

City Council voted to remove City Manager Gregory Rose "without cause" and handed him his severance package worth over $337,000 today. (RJ) Council voted 4-1 for the removal. Mayor Shari Buck, as threatened earlier, voted against, because she felt that there were not "any good reasons" for removing the manager.

But, we'll never know if [...]

It’s “Blame the Help” Day at City Council!

AH. Nothing says “Christmas” better than a pink slip!

Yes, after a lovely tree lighting ceremony and cookies, City Council bellies up to the bar today, most likely to fire the current city manager Gregory Rose, hand him his $337,000 in parting gifts (thanks for playing, Mr. Rose!), and pick a temp to fill his [...]

Nor’Town: Nevada’s Laughingstock

Sigh. Everybody’s making fun of us. From Jon Ralston’s column about what prominent Nevadans have to be thankful for this Thanksgiving:

North Las Vegas Manager Greg Rose: For a City Council dumb enough and wasteful enough to have given me a contract that forces the city to pay me $300,000 just to be [...]

Nor’Town Taxpayers Take The Hurt Out Of Manager’s Possible Dismissal

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 [...]

Just a Coding Error

So Nor’Town City Manager characterized the use of “More Cops” funds to support cops already on the force.

“The issue is a simple coding error. It’s just paperwork,” City Manager Gregory Rose said earlier this month. (RJ)

However, the “More Cops” funds, we are told, are meant only to support new hires in an effort [...]

City Manager Gregory Rose Out Over “More Cops”?

Channel 8 is reporting that Nor’Town City Manager Gregory Rose is on paid leave and may be leaving the city permanently. (VegasNow) TeeVee folk think it’s because of the missing “More Cops” money, but Rose has apparently denied it.

More about missing “More Cops” money:

I-Team: Tax Money for More Police Falls Short in [...]

Council Highlights

Jam some toothpicks in your eyeballs! It's time for some notes from the North Las Vegas City Council meeting!

The meeting began regally enough as everyone waited in silence for the mayor to take her chair. Sorta like school kids waiting for teacher to arrive.

Things started normally enough, and you could hardly tell [...]