Left In Lowell

Today’s Dan Phelps’ column calls out the Cox crowd as he did in a couple of years ago. Here is the link to Lynne’s post on that column.

Phelps writes about the firing/layoff/not funding the position of Assistant to the City Manager Andy Sheehan:

They [the CC members who voted in favor] can profess up and down that their treatment of Lynch has nothing to do with what happened three years ago [the dismisall of of former CM John Cox], but really, gang, we’re not stupid.

And he points out that “So in case you’re keeping score, Lowell now has four assistant superintendents of school, each making more than 100 grand a year … and no assistant to the City Manager.”

In today’s column Phelps points out both the absurdity of the arguments as well as the contradiction: voted not to fund the position, not eliminate the job; or dismiss someone because they are rude but never had any interaction with that person.

So here is Phelps’ job description if anyone is interested in applying:

City of Lowell seeks an assistant to the city manager. Must be able to put up with city councilors who cannot keep their noses out of the day-to-day operations of City Hall. Must have a willingness to deal with certain city councilors who still, for some unknown reason, blame the current city manager for the ouster of the former city manager even though all the current city manager did was simply apply for a job — and successfully get it. Must never be rude. Must speak to city councilors whenever possible.

In a perfect world, Andy Sheehan would win the lottery this weekend and then apply for the position which is now funded at $1.