Joe Lopez: choice for city manager

O.K.  Let me get this straight, 14 months after the unexpected termination of a City Manager, the City is JUST NOW going to hire City Manager – the same interim Manager that we predicted a year ago would get the job.   All the machinations, hair pulling, excuses and false recruitment packets.  The $30k in recruitment, it was all just part of the show – Joe Lopez was their man all along.  Go along to get along, Joe went along and now he is the next City Manager.  

1. The first disservice to the public was the Council firing of a City Manager without a replacement. 
2. The second was the disingenuous foot-dragging that resulted in over a 1-year delay in getting a qualified person at the helm.
3. The third disservice is that due to this unforgivable delay, the Council was forced to hire an expert in damage in Modesto Dysfunction of a getting a top-notch, forward-looking executive.  “HINT – any desirable candidate will review the dysfunction, backstabbing, scandals and erratic behavior over the last year and stay far away from Modesto”