Administration Reflections

Weather it be power point or just answer the question just get it answered. It does not matter how stupid a question might be his refusal to answer them makes it look like he is hiding something weather he is or not. He should brake his answer down into the simplest of terms so it does not lead to any reason of doubt or confusion about it. He could make his life so much easier if he would just pull his head out of his ass and stop being so pig headed. He has no one to blame but himself for being in the situation he is looking at than himself. I learned a long time ago when you work for some one or with some one and they are looking to put your head on a plater don't fight them on every little thing it only makes you look bad. I am not saying you have to kiss up to them but if they ask for information give it to them if you do not you look like the problem not them.

OMG! I can't believe I just read that! I have been to so many council meetings where Ms wilson does not seem to know what to do with the answers to the questions she asks, I have often wondered if someone just gives her a list of questions because she sure doesn't seem prepared to process the answers.
And I have heard more than one dept head complain that they have asked and invited her to their dept to talk to them and she has refused every invitation yet continued to slam them. You have your facts backwards sir.

Art, so accordingto your post, Joey's side is your side. Well, if Joey wants equal time, I bet Stan Welch would love to have him come on the radio. So would Rick Driver for that matter. And Joey's problem isn't with someone asking stupid questions. Joey's problem is that anyone would dare to question him. When he was at Cehrokee county, he wouldgetso angry he would throw things at the reporters. And that is straight from one of the reporters involved. Joey doesn't like being questioned, and that is probably his biggest single problem,since a lot of elected officials have the silly idea that he should be ready to answer their questions.

OK. Time to call Bulls--t! Somebody's talking about something they know nothing about. Yes, Joey is self-confident and comes across as arrogant. No, he does not respect Cindy because neither she nor Bob have shown him any respect. He respects their position (Council representative) but not them personally. They, on the other hand, have shown ZERO respect for Him or his position (Administrator). They have publicly and repeatedly accused him of embezzlement, misappropriation and exceeding his authority - without ANY evidence. Personal respect is quite separate from respect of the office. If Cindy and Bob want personal respect, they should try earning some. A good starting point would be to stop attacking Preston's integrity. They might not like Joey's style, but to accuse him of criminal wrong doing without any evidence is unethical, immoral and unchristian. To hear them pray before a council meeting and then launch into all out character assassination after the pledge of allegiance is the ultimate in hypocrisy. And it certainly doesn't earn them the personal respect they so covet.

As for the ban on Council members talking to division/department heads, that is pure POPPYCOCK. Make NO MISTAKE, I know what I'm talking about on this false claim. Division Directors and Department Heads routinely meet and talk with Council members. For Bob and Cindy to say otherwise is FALSE. As for Preston deferring specific technical questions to Division Directors or Department heads, that's just good management. Management 101 prescribes that successful managers delegate details. Who's better equipped to answer Cindy's question about how many cats were processed at the animal shelter last month? The County Administrator or the Animal Shelter Manager?

Give it a rest folks. This sorry hand of poker has gone on long enough. All the cards have been dealt. The pot's right. Time for everybody to lay down their cards. And as always, the cards will speak for themselves.

Amen!

Came to me from a reliable source this week. I truly hope that Bob did not make such an outlandish assertion. But the history of Bob and Cindy and their stunts and personal attacks on Joey Preston makes just about any rumor about something they supposedly said plausible. Embezzlement would be impossible given the checks and balances in place at the County. But the realm of possibility has never come into play in the past when Cindy lets her accusations fly. Might as well throw in embezzlement too. She's accused him of paying prostitutes with county funds and taking real estate kickbacks. These two characters are over the top.

There seems to be an effort here to to focus on one sentence of White Plains post, which I agree may have been exaggerated, instead of the fact that - and remember I am not a big name caller and try to avoid the mud slinging- prevails post is full of bold faced lies and misrepresentations of the truth.

RE: my quote "They have publicly and repeatedly accused him of embezzlement, misappropriation and exceeding his authority - without ANY evidence." You busted me JD. Misappropriation and exceeding authority claims have indeed repeatedly and publicly come out of the mouths of Cindy and Bob at Council meetings. That is fact. While Cindy has implied embezzlement in the past, she never directly called it that. The absurb "Embezzlement" claim was unconfirmed hearsay that someone claimed was being cooked up by Bob and Cindy as a bogus reason for attempting to terminate the Administrator's contract. However, I find the hearsay to be plausible in light of the malicious claims about the Administrator in Bob's negative campaign piece. Such claims would be in line with Wilson and Waldrep's past behavior towards Joey Preston. I will strive to be more factual in the future. However, keep your ears perked for the "E" word from the Wilson/Waldrep camp.