AL GREEN
Contributing Columnist
green@lbknews.com
Everyone remembers the old chestnut about a camel being designed by a committee, well from press reports it appears this was the method chosen by the new manager, Dave Bullock, to arrive at his decision on how to handle Monica Simpson, the now former head of the Planning and Zoning Department.
Ms. Simpson is to remain available as a consultant but without any executive privileges. The idea is that Longboat Key will still have the advantage of the brilliant analysis that Ms. Simpson provides without the staffers getting yelled at when they screw up.
This is one of those ideas that sound good but have a basic flaw. If Ms. Simpson is to be called in when a developer submits his or her project, she will not be in the room during the crucial part, the pre-planning.
In the past, especially
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