Transparency

Apr 242011
 
Cassidy asks San Leandrans input on new City Manager - sort of...

San Leandro is about to appoint a new City Manager to lead the city, hopefully effectively and for many years to come.  An ad hoc committee composed by Mayor Stephen Cassidy and Council members Reed and Souza narrowed the field of applicants from 30 to five.  The Council won’t disclose their identities – ostensibly to protect the applicants’ current  jobs – though hopefully demographic information on them will be forthcoming.  Cassidy has not heeded my suggestion that he appoint a citizens ad hoc committee to give input on who among these candidates would work best for the city, but he [Continue Reading]

Apr 042011
 
City of San Leandro to destroy all e-mails, flaunt CPRA, get sued.

Another day, another opportunity for the San Leandro City Council to show its contempt for good governance, the voters and, well, the law.  This time it comes courtesy of City staff and the City Council’s Rules & Communications Committee, presided by no other than Mayor Stephen Cassidy.  The Rules committee has readied  an amendment to the city’s Administrative Code to provide for the automatic deletion of all e-mails from the Inbox/sent folder and trash folder of all city employees & officials after a mere 120 days (4 months). Of course, the City knows quite well that, under the law what [Continue Reading]