Vote Yes for Checks and Balances

After lightning struck city hall, Mayor Kelly said, “We’re looking at being in temporary offices for up to a year.” Two and ½ years later, City Hall is still not finished and is millions of dollars over budget.  Why?

The project is managed by the Commissioner of Public Works, Skip Scirocco.  Before being elected, he had served as an animal control officer.  He hired his campaign manager, Michael Veitch, who had previously worked as the Press Secretary for State Senator Roy MacDonald as the Business Manager to run daily operations for Public Works instead of an engineer. While both are savvy political operators to knock of the McTygue machine, neither has any project management, construction or engineering experience. 

Meanwhile, Finance Commissioner Madigan has taken advantage of the crisis to order a $600,000+ lavish refurbishment of her office that was not even damaged in the crisis.

This is why 99% of the cities have abandoned the commission form of government. Taxpayers suffer when you put politicians in positions which require professional management expertise. Vote Yes on the charter for professional management and checks and balances. 

– Bob Turner