On Monday, 17 September 2007, a Carmelite sent an email to Public Safety Director George Rawson, as follows:
Police Chief/Public Safety Director George Rawson:
Question: Why did the Carmel Police Department act to enforce Resolution No. 2001-106 after the City violated the resolution by posting 7 NO PARKING ANY TIME metal signs along the west side of Guadalupe Street between 7th Av. & Mt. View Av., yet the Carmel Police Department has failed to act to enforce the prohibition of light fixtures “directed toward the public right-of-way" (e.g. 70-80 lights in the Ocean Av. medians), per the Municipal Code?
Lastly, the public expects Police Chiefs to act responsibly and with accountability with regard to their unique protect and serve mandate. Police Chiefs who fail to meet those standards besmirch their positions.
Later that day, City Administrator Rich Guillen responded, as follows:
I would appreciate your requests of public records be submitted in writing to the City Clerk's office. The Public Records Act is specific on how records need to be submitted. You can come to City Hall to get specific instructions on how to submit your requests.
Staff will act promptly and within the required time lines. Copies of your public records request will be provided to you in the amount of $0.10 per page as stipulated by Act.
On Tuesday, September 18, 2007, the Carmelite responded, as follows:
City Administrator Rich Guillen:
Obfuscation IS NOT a professional, substantive, germane and intelligent response to the question posed to Police Chief/Public Safety Director George Rawson.
In future, it would be wise for you to intellectually grasp the concept of public service, particularly accountability to the public, standards of competency and the city’s Code of Ethics.
Carmel-by-the-Sea
Municipal Code
2.52.010 Code of Ethics.
As public employees we are entrusted with the confidence of those we serve to fulfill the responsibilities of our roles. Our actions are deemed representative of those we serve and our function, therefore, carries with it a greater responsibility than that of the private enterprise employee. Our system of government is viewed by the public through our acts as we fulfill the demands of our positions. We must demonstrate competency, integrity, honesty, courtesy and fairness in all relationships, private and public, to best represent the type of government desired by all. We have a patriotic duty to fulfill our roles in the highest standard possible for the purpose of assuring exemplary government for all people. A departure from this ideal creates an injustice for all. (Ord. 87-1 § 2, 1987).
P.S. City government members are charged with upholding the Municipal Code, not violating it and then demanding citizens file Public Records Act requests.
ADDENDUM:
Earlier this week, a resident was confronted by the city’s Building Maintenance Specialist, John Hanson, about rocks and a light (exactly like the lights in the Ocean Avenue medians) highlighting a bench in the public right-of-way in front of the resident’s property. Mr. Hanson informed the resident he was in violation of the Municipal Code and had to remove the rocks and light from the public right-of-way. The resident subsequently complied and removed the rocks and light from the public right-of-way. Apparently, a resident on the street complained to the “City;” the “City” then alerted the Building Maintenance Specialist, et cetera.
The “City” acts to enforce the Municipal Code when residents violate the Municipal Code, but the “City” fails to enforce the Municipal Code when the “City” violates the Municipal Code!
5 comments:
Pity the poor bloke. He must be terribly insecure of his lack of abilities and capabilities when he has to hide behind whatever or whomever.
What has become of our neighborhood environment? What's with this resident squealer who calls the city on a neighbor. Who are we and what are we becoming?
Only in Carmel can the city experience a windfall in revenue on the watch of an inept city manager. Seaside passed Rich over when it came time to find a permanent city manager. To their relief he left for Carmel. They knew then what we are being shown now. A former public works employee who is the Peter Principle in action. Rich reached his level of incompetence as acting city manager of Seaside and has been in a position in Carmel way beyond his level of competence to a high level of incompetence.
Most city managers are measured by how they handle events and interactions with people on a day-to-day basis. Here, Rich does not show any of the positive personal traits of a good manager. He is not forthcoming, open and honest. But, he does show all of the negative personal traits of a poor manager. He is obviously insecure, secretive and insensitive.
To be an effective manager, a person has to also be a leader. So beyond Rich being an obvious poor manager, he is a worse leader. People see this at every council meeting when he is tentative and always asking for direction. He follows because he does not have the ability to lead. Inept manager and a failure as a leader. And don’t tell me other peninsula city managers don’t know these things as well. Embarrassing for all, to be sure.
Rich Guillen---Carmel's girlie man. He needs to be TERMINATED.
Susabella, the world’s greatest mayor, and Rich evade and lie not occasionally but all the time.
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