Thursday, March 1, 2012

The new era

I've had several conversations recently about how city politics have tamed over the past year.

The elected officials on the Ark City Commission seem to get along fairly well. And while there have been differences, its been amicable and not personal. You don't have the bigger personalities you once did, with Kuhn, Smith and Snell, for instance.

The new city manager (can we still call him new?) seems to have fit in quite well. He rather quietly took care of some lingering issues that festered on the old commission — software replacement, dirty water pipes, that seemed to vex the old City Hall and create controversy at the commission level.

Having hired Hernandez, this commission wants to see him succeed. I would say things are working pretty well from a "getting things done" and getting along standpoint.

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