Comments on: Maurice Jones Shooting to be City Manager

By: Dahmius

Dahmius — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 12:27:26 +0000

I disagree a little bit. I went to that link and actually, to me, it looks like they wrote it just for him. The most notable thing being “a master’s degree is highly desirable.” That should be a “must” in my opinion.

By: Cville Eye

Cville Eye — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 04:25:28 +0000

Going through the search’s City Manager’s Profile (http://www.charlottesville.org/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=16916) on the tenth page of the PDF, I see very little of the skill sets and experience that the community supposedly wishes our next city manager will have, so why is Maurice Jones thinking about applying? Is he expect friendship to carry him through?

By: Dahmius

Dahmius — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:43:02 +0000

Wait a minute, I agree Gary treated M.J. like the son he never had, but nepotism doesn’t apply by pure definition of the word.

By: jogger

jogger — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:12:36 +0000

Nepotism. A single word explanation as to how the new city manager will be selected. Jeff uphoff you are absolutely brilliant and insightfull.

By: danpri

danpri — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 19:48:43 +0000

Not sure if that qualifies for the jump to running a 100 million dollar biz with hundreds of employees…

BIg jump from keeping the seat warm.

By: Dahmius

Dahmius — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 16:28:20 +0000

A bachelor’s degree and 7 years experience working in city hall. Plus a cult of personality.

By: Cville Eye

Cville Eye — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 06:55:49 +0000

What qualifications does he have?

By: HollowBoy

HollowBoy — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 19:10:41 +0000

Gary O’Connell succeeded Cole Hendrix. That does not mean Maurice Jones should succeed O’Connell.
New blood would probably be good. Certainly seemed to work with Police Dept, although took two tries. Wolford didn’t cut it but Longo has.
Of course the real change needs to come with City Council, sweep out that inbred clique of party hacks and cronies.

By: Jeff Uphoff

Jeff Uphoff — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 20:10:26 +0000

Charlottesville is in a pretty sad state when a position such as this can’t be filled quickly using straightforward nepotism.

By: Homer Simpson

Homer Simpson — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:50:26 +0000

Evaluators will be looking at education and administrative experience, as well as local knowledge and ability to interact successfully with staff.

City Manager is a job that involves overcoming new obstacles, meeting new challenges, attracting top talent.

One hopes we have many well-qualified applicants with tracks records to compare.