| We return this morning to the city of Troy, where weak mayor Janice Daniel has once again managed to create a stupid controversy that could have been avoided if she understood the purpose of a city manager. Troy City Manager John Szerlag has struck back at Troy Mayor Janice Daniels in the latest development involving the embattled mayor and the controversial Troy Transit Center proposal.
In a letter dated Jan. 16 but emailed to people on a city email list on Monday, Szerlag tells Daniels that she has damaged his reputation.
The city manager in this sort of city governance system is supposed to be the actual person running things. The mayor, as we've noted before, is supposed to be a largely ceremonial figure, cutting ribbons and marrying non-traditional couples who can't or don't want to find a holy man for the job. Instead of retreating to the sidelines where she actually belongs (if she wants to really run things, she ought to go back to school, get her masters in public administration, and work her way up to the job, she has instead made governance in the city of Troy about her ... and not in a good way. |
