Elizabeth F Campion wrote:
I think Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell made a mistake when she backed Knox.
IMHO she gets things right more often than she gets things wrong, and
she keeps my vote and admiration.
John Fenton may (or may not) have put work effort and UCD resources into
a political rally.
IMHO there should have been clear, written policies and procedures; less
jumping to conclusions and resounding support (and a second chance even
if 'guilty') for a guy who gets more things right than wrong.
I am glad he landed on his feet, working on behalf of our neighborhood
Lewis Wendell may (or may not) have rushed to judgement on John.
IMHO he is another good neighbor and hard worker who should be given the
chance to learn from the events of recent days.
I do not want another rush to judgement, especially in the absence of
clear evidence and the presence of too much emotion.
IMHO Lewis is someone who has gotten a lot right and who deserves a fair
hearing and another chance.
I think Craig is absolutely correct: “In business, as in sports, you
always go for the very best talent available, even if it is not local”.
With the caveat that the current 'player' be considered as to whether or
not he may be the best available.
Another good aphorism, is "fix only the broken".
IMHO it is UCD, not the director, that needs to be fixed.
Like Al, I'd like to see an SSD emerge that gets back to the basics of
"clean and safe" and drops the marketing, development, and social
engineering roles that make it unpopular with me and many other neighbors.
I want it to serve the neighbors of the neighborhood, not trample our
culture and replace it with something artificially bright.
Also, like Al, I want our SSD to operate in a transparent manner -- both
functionally and fiscally.
No one is perfect.
I have few happy thoughts of JOHN FRYE, and feel a sense of good riddance.
I am only moderately sorry he fell up (are F&M and the suburbs "up"?).
I have many good memories of hard and effective work by
DL WORMLEY
PAUL STEINKE and
LEWIS WENDELL.
It is easy to forgive and feel grateful to each for the maintenance and
progress driven by their efforts.
I am not prepared to see Lewis sacrificed to the current passion for
vengeance or perceived opportunity.
I hope that among the scenarios being considered are all the possible
consequences of the costs &/or benefits of a change at the helm of UCD.
My preference, at least for now, is healing with LW in place.
as always, we need to be careful in public discourse to
avoid resorting to ad hominem. the issue here is not about
personalities or personal likes/dislikes but about public
organizations and the public roles involved, about the
public actions that were and were not taken while assuming
those roles within those organizations, about public
accountability. and in this case a man was suspended,
publicly, and a seriouis rift of mistrust between ucd and
blackwell's office, between ucd and the community, was
deepened, publicly, under wendell's leadership. none of this
happened as a result of ucd's director acting in a private
or personal capacity.
as ucd's director, wendell has had years to strengthen and
improve the relationship between ucd and blackwell, between
ucd and the community. and he has had over a month to
account, publicly, for the suspension of john fenton.
so long as wendell remains the head of ucd and bears
responsibility for fenton's suspension, the rift with
blackwell, the community's mistrust, the damage to ucd and
to penn, ucd's ability to move forward will be compromised,
and it will be impossible for ucd to work credibly with
other organizations (blackwell's office, penn, neighborhood
associations).
no one is perfect, but it must be remembered that wendell
the private man can, as ever, continue to work personally
with any of these agencies, just like the rest of us.
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