Payback

Payback is the theme in city hall this year. First we had Fursman ousted by Hjelle/Cave/Longrie, nursing personal grudges or those of their spouses. Then came Sherri Le, who was also on the personal hit list of city employees Hjelle and Cave. And now a deputy police chief is being reorganized out of his job -- the deputy police chief who simply did his job in assembling the legally required background report on the interim city manager who was appointed out of the blue by his friend the mayor. (Hat tip to Maplewood Voices.)

To the extent that the clowncil has anything resembling a coherent political philosophy, it seems best described as just "personal vengeance."