ABSTRACT: SAY WHAT? comments by Mayor Sue McCloud, a long-time employee and reporter Kera Abraham from The Monterey County Weekly article entitled, “Silent Scandal - Discreet is the word for accused city administrator,” by Kera Abraham, are reproduced and COMMENTS are presented.
“I understand your point of view, but a person is innocent until proven guilty,’’ she told the Weekly recently, explaining her steadfast refusal to comment on the subject. “Perhaps the line of inquiry should be directed to the person who leveled the charges. We hope this will be all buttoned up – I shouldn’t say buttoned – in the not-too-distant future.” (Carmel-by-the-Sea Mayor Sue McCloud)
COMMENTS:
• Actually, a worthy public official would understand that when the public trust is at stake, it is not a matter of innocent until proven guilty. Innocent until proven guilty is the criminal standard, the preponderance of evidence is the civil standard, but in politics and government any breach of public trust is the standard.
• “The person who leveled the charges” has a name; her name is Jane Miller, the Human Resources Manager for the City of Carmel-by-the-Sea. Instead of distracting attention away from herself and onto “the person,” Mayor Sue McCloud should answer questions asked of her by reporters.
• Mayor Sue McCloud hopes the litigation involving former Human Resources Manager Jane Miller will be “buttoned up” or “not buttoned” in the not-to-distant future. Suffice it to say that a deserving public servant should be more concerned with an investigation into credible allegations of sexual harassment, employment discrimination and retaliation in the workplace at City Hall and accountability to the public and less concerned with the matter being closed ASAP.
Another long-time employee said the female staffers in Guillen’s office are known as “Rich’s bitches.”
“It was a harem-like atmosphere,” said the source, who asked not to be identified. “The working atmosphere in the city is stressful and demoralizing. People are afraid for their jobs.”
COMMENT:
• Recall Mayor Sue McCloud personally selected Rich Guillen to be City Administrator for the City without the benefit of a search for qualified applicants. Moreover, it is inconceivable that Mayor Sue McCloud did not know of the aforementioned atmosphere at City Hall over all these years and did nothing to ameliorate the situation, and possibly even encouraged it.
Mayor McCloud seems to keep such a tight grip on the city that it’s hard to imagine any repercussions coming to Guillen, her right-hand man, unless they’re court-ordered. In that case, she may have some explaining to do, too.
COMMENT:
• “A ‘tight grip’ on the city:” Translation: Mayor Sue McCloud might as well be considered the City Administrator herself as Rich Guillen takes all policy direction from Mayor Sue McCloud.
(Source: Silent Scandal - Discreet is the word for accused city administrator, Kera Abraham, The Monterey County Weekly, August 27, 2009)
2 comments:
Sue McCloud is in full damage control mode with the Jane Miller lawsuit. When she is challenged or confronted with an unpleasant reality, her defense mechanisms come to the fore and it is not a pretty sight. She becomes dismissive of the offending party and she does use distraction as a way of focusing attention onto the, in her mind, offending party. We might see more and more of Mayor Sue’s true colors the longer this drags on.
“It was a harem-like atmosphere,” said the source, who asked not to be identified. “The working atmosphere in the city is stressful and demoralizing. People are afraid for their jobs.”
And Sue McCloud says it is nothing. What is she thinking, or is she thinking, just being overly defensive? Why are Carmelites tolerating a "Rich's bitches," "harem-like atmosphere" at our city hall? Do we want a reputation for having a stressful and demoralizing workplace environment? What goes Carmel?
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