Friends, Enemies & erik the Campaign Manager

I had actually composed this about a month ago and delayed posting it. Perhaps it was to let it mature, like a fine wine in the cellar. Suddenly, it seems all the more ripe considering the boot licking someone received last night during various portions of the council meetings. So, for your reading pleasure, I have decided to pop the cork...

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Who needs enemies when you have friends like Erik.

Now I know why he wasn't planning on running again. He must have known from the start that he couldn't keep his foot out of his mouth. The following quote could turn out to be something of a hiking boot...

From the Schwieger investigation (See page 30.)...

Mr. Hjelle also makes an interesting statement in response to Mr.Rossbach:"

As a reminder Mr. Copeland is the Councils employee. We have the right to hire and terminate at will. It was our obligation
to verify his credentials, not to city employees who
have personal history, issues and concerns with their
employer. We failed as the hiring body to do our jobs and we allowed the mess to occur."

Let's look at that last statement again."We failed as the hiring body to doour jobs and we allowed the mess to occur." (By the way, I added the emphasis.)

Since it is the majority of the council that sets the direction, it appears above that erik the great is admitting that the three musketeers failed to do their job. And now, even erik feels that the situation with our interim city manager is a mess.

I think rebecca needs a new campaign manager. I'm not sure erik is doing so well in that capacity, choking on his size 11s.