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re: Broome selects Gissel as CAO of Baton Rouge
Posted on 10/13/17 at 12:40 pm to kingbob
Posted on 10/13/17 at 12:40 pm to kingbob
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He is one of the main visionaries, and also the first, that transformed downtown from a Scooby-Doo ghost town after the 80's oil crunch into the visibly vibrant city center it is today. He basically single-handedly gentrified Spanis
Sounds like a great resume for the director of the RDA who SWB just handed to another one of her campaign backers, Chris Tyson.
I've yet to see the qualifications or experience needed for handling the day to day functions of a parish with a budget of almost $1B and near half a million in population.
Go look at the resumes of other city managers like Austin and tell me he's as qualified.
Glad he's a nice guy though. That makes up for not having a background in public administration.
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Posted on 10/13/17 at 1:05 pm to swamie
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Sounds like a great resume for the director of the RDA who SWB just handed to another one of her campaign backers, Chris Tyson.
I've yet to see the qualifications or experience needed for handling the day to day functions of a parish with a budget of almost $1B and near half a million in population.
Go look at the resumes of other city managers like Austin and tell me he's as qualified.
Glad he's a nice guy though. That makes up for not having a background in public administration.
It's a good move politically too though. Broome went hard after the SJW crowd after the election. I guess to secure her base?
No mention of the turribleness of the Council on Aging. Every comment has been geared toward north baton rouge. Her first big initiative was a tax increase.
Gissel is hardly far right wing, but by picking a white moderate/republican, she at least has a chance to get heard by the half of the parish she was ignoring.
And he really does know a lot about Baton Rouge government (albeit from the outside). Not every nook and cranny, but public works and planning and taxes (since he was a developer). That's a pretty good base to start.
Posted on 10/13/17 at 3:11 pm to swamie
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Sounds like a great resume for the director of the RDA who SWB just handed to another one of her campaign backers, Chris Tyson.
Tyson is highly competent as well, even if he is politically partisan. He is a renowned law professor and urban planner who specializes in real estate and urban redevelopment. Race-baiting politics aside, Chris Tyson is probably the most competent possible RDA Director anywhere near Baton Rouge.
This post was edited on 10/13/17 at 3:16 pm
Posted on 10/13/17 at 3:42 pm to swamie
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Go look at the resumes of other city managers like Austin and tell me he's as qualified.
The way Austin’s city government is setup needs an actual city manager. EBR CAO needs more than just experience with managing a municipal budget.
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