The Don... Godfather style

[MostReal]

this person is non-elected or appointed official...basically a faceless power person. They get no shine on the news or anything. Never even heard of the position until recently yet they run everybody in town or more accurately put...the entire COUNTY. They are more powerful than your mayor & city councilmen. They can hire & fire other government employees as well as oversee or 'greenlight' building projects in said county.

here's a description of the person. http://education-portal.com/articles/County_Administrator_Job_Description_Duties_and_Salary.html

County administrators attend regular meetings of elected officials and they meet with citizens and business leaders. Administrators may hire and fire county employees as well as oversee the bidding process on building projects and purchases. Additionally, these professionals may nominate citizens for various governmental advisory boards. They might also develop plans to attract new developments to their counties.
Preparing their counties' annual budget is usually the responsibility of county administrators.

any time you wonder why new business aren't building new things in your part of the county or city...its on this person to make it or allow it to happen...along with the city councilmen. These dudes HOLD THE KEYS to government contracts...they decide who wins breh
As powerful as this person is...why don't we ever hear about them


Also, this is a piggyback on how White Flight is so effective. I found that in Cali...one of these dudes retirement was in the 400,000's range. Just imagine what his regular salary was before he retired.

 

[Mr. Somebody]

Is there another name for this position because i cant find the county administrator for los angeles.

 

[MostReal]

Is there another name for this position because i cant find the county administrator for los angeles.

they are very hard to find, the other name is County Manager

finding a pic of the person is pretty rare as well, especially in the rural areas

 

[Robbie3000]

this person is non-elected or appointed official...basically a faceless power person. They get no shine on the news or anything. Never even heard of the position until recently yet they run everybody in town or more accurately put...the entire COUNTY. They are more powerful than your mayor & city councilmen. They can hire & fire other government employees as well as oversee or 'greenlight' building projects in said county.

here's a description of the person. http://education-portal.com/articles/County_Administrator_Job_Description_Duties_and_Salary.html





any time you wonder why new business aren't building new things in your part of the county or city...its on this person to make it or allow it to happen...along with the city councilmen. These dudes HOLD THE KEYS to government contracts...they decide who wins breh
As powerful as this person is...why don't we ever hear about them


Also, this is a piggyback on how White Flight is so effective. I found that in Cali...one of these dudes retirement was in the 400,000's range. Just imagine what his regular salary was before he retired.

The position is like the CEO of a county. He is appointed by the county commissioners to make decisions.

• Commission-administrator: The elected commissioners appoint a separate professional administrator who carries out policies, hires and fires employees, and prepares a budget for the commission's approval.

 

[MostReal]

The position is like the CEO of a county. He is appointed by the county commissioners to make decisions.

• Commission-administrator: The elected commissioners appoint a separate professional administrator who carries out policies, hires and fires employees, and prepares a budget for the commission's approval.

also known as The Board of Supervisors...you never hear about these people in the news. Some of the stories I've heard about how things are done

 

[Mr. Somebody]

also known as The Board of Supervisors...you never hear about these people in the news. Some of the stories I've heard about how things are done

Share.

 

[MostReal]

I'll just say its one county where I'm from that is in complete shambles because of these 'families'.

A Prominent physician in this city was causing a stir because of how corrupt things were being ran there. They sent straight up goons to his clinic... Somehow he was ready & waiting on them. They shot up the place but he dropped/killed on of them in self defense. It didn't stop there though, they have exiled him from practicing. Made him out to be crazy/paranoid in the media, he's now in an institution & the clinic he built up has now been given over to someone else.

I'ma put this in spoiler cause its pretty fresh

Spoiler

Another current story involves a police chief that resigned only after 6 months of being on the job. He called the mayor all types of stuff during his press conference. He stated that he didn't believe the mayor was the one really running it & that he felt it was someone above her pulling the strings. He retired after like 30yrs on the force & said he's never seen the evil and wickedness (his words) that he's witnessed in those 6 months. Dude claimed they were asking him & the police to do straight up illegal activity with no in between.

I think we as black folks really need to know how the local government is run before we can try to tackle national stuff. In building communities etc. These are the people you will deal with

 

[MostReal]

listen how the guy says the UM had to run it by him so nonchalantly as if his decision meant nothing.



you hear him speaking of Budgets because he's the one that makes them for your mayor/city councilmen & makes sure they are implemented. He speaks of cuts that will happen because of loss of revenue yet states that it will be good for the county anyway 'in the long run'. This is how white flight works. When the inner city loses tax revenue...it is a loss in one area but not in the other which is why its no biggie to them. Funds are just re-appropriated into another area and supported.

The Board of Supervisors are suppose to keep this guy in check...they are elected officials of the county. They are suppose to tell the guy what the people want so to speak. But do you ever hear from your Board of Supervisors? They are rarely in the news as well but at least they are easier to find because of them being an elected office.

These are the type of roles we need to get more familiar with as a people so we can know how the game works. From what I've gathered, the rural areas are the places with the most corruption.

 

[MostReal]

lets say you are an Head of Economic Development of a County... you buy an old property for dirt cheap inside the city. Suddenly 'the County' wants to buy it from you for 75,000 (they do nothing with it) sell it back to you for 20,000. You buy it & tear down the old place and do nothing with the area. How much money did you make off Local tax payers for doing nothing?