The timing of the firing IS uncanny. And instructive. Like, we already HAVE a CAO. It isn't at all clear to me that the Charter Commission proposal is changing much of anything when it comes to the CAO, except maybe constructing layer of illusory independence for the CAO to make the proposal more acceptable to charter voters. I mean, the CAO is gonna be making big "professional" bureau management decisions, but in "consultation" with the Mayor so they don't get fired as an "at-will" employee, who will definitely have negotiated a severance package... This is different, how?
The timing of the firing IS uncanny. And instructive. Like, we already HAVE a CAO. It isn't at all clear to me that the Charter Commission proposal is changing much of anything when it comes to the CAO, except maybe constructing layer of illusory independence for the CAO to make the proposal more acceptable to charter voters. I mean, the CAO is gonna be making big "professional" bureau management decisions, but in "consultation" with the Mayor so they don't get fired as an "at-will" employee, who will definitely have negotiated a severance package... This is different, how?
Thanks for these commentaries. One correction: Wheeler was State Treasurer, not Secretary of State.