Mayor Clark Tries And Fails At What’s Best For The City
It’s unfortunate that a recall petition and very little confidence from council, in light of stripping away some of her powers, doesn’t make Mayor Clark a little more humble in her role.
Medicine Hat, AB - It’s unfortunate that a recall petition and very little confidence from council, in light of stripping away some of her powers, doesn’t make Mayor Clark a little more humble in her role.
Sources inside city hall make it very clear that, as a lawyer who has worked inside city hall, she can’t keep her hands off of day to day operations.
She easily forgets that the city Manager is hired to be the Chief Administrative Officer and that council is the board of directors, that are elected by the citizenry, to create policy and direction for the city administrators on behalf of the citizens of Medicine Hat.
It is expected there are to be disagreements. She forgets that she is one vote and does not drive policy, that is done by council as a whole. It is not what she thinks is best for Medicine Hat. Her job is to listen to the people and create policy that has the support of council. To do that she has to work with council. Unfortunately that does not seem to be happening.
Other than showing for her interviews on Chat TV, what else has she done except alienate council?
She mentions that she was not happy with the nature in which reorganization was done by the CAO hence the “questions” or rather interrogation of CAO Mitchell. That is the CAO’s job and it is done with informing council of the changes. The only member of administration council can hire and fire is the CAO. Mayor Clark, as a lawyer, knows that. Right now the majority of council feels CAO Mitchell is doing a bang up job.
Why doesn’t Mayor Clark feel the same, because CAO Mitchell is not letting Mayor Clark do the CAO job. And that Hatters…is a good thing.
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