Since my last post was sort of an homage to San Francisco's wunderkind mayor, Gavin Newsom, I feel it necessary to include this article, that basically says, while most of the citizens in San Francisco seem to like him, not many of the city's workers do. Some of their gripes seem pretty legitimate:
But many officials said the lack of an endorsement from city managers would likely have come in spite of the resignation requests. Their complaints range from an administration run by inexperienced staffers to the mayor not being accessible enough to department heads. And the one complaint echoed by many bureaucrats is that Newsom focuses too much on style and press releases and not on the nuts-and-bolts of governing the city.
"He's made a lot of great strides," one official said. "But it is very hard to know what it is he's truly trying to accomplish, other than ... I can't even call them initiatives because an initiative implies organization. The plans seem to change week to week."
Michael Nutter The next mayor may end up just as unpopular with Philadelphia's city workers or significant communities within the city - a point brought up in this Catherine Lucey story about another mayoral darling, Corey Booker, and his advice to Michael Nutter.
Given the "approval rating" of the city government,* is it possible that being unpopular with those workers may actually increase the next mayor's popularity among the rest of us?
*Mental note: next time I have a chance to suggest a poll question, ask about approval rating of city workers and/or City Council.