Board of Supes To Narrow Field To Three
Posted by: Jubal | 05/27/2008 9:09 PM
After a long day of interviews and then some public comments, the Board of Supes concluded the marathon sheriff interview process by voting to continue the discussion until next week. All but one of the supervisors want the opportunity to digest what they heard from the nine finalists before narrowing the field.
Supervisor John Moorlach said the interviews had actually expanded the field of candidates he'd consider appointing, and even discussed narrowing it done to three or so and having a second round of interviews.
Supervisor Chris Norby, on the other hand, was clearly impatient to get the matter over with and was the lone vote against continuing the matter until next week. He made it clear he's already made up his mind which candidate he's going to support and came close to stating it. Norby has been impatient with the selection process from the get-go, pointing out correctly that the finalists are, the the most part, the same candidates they started out with prior to launching the national candidate search.
Speaking of which, how did that Beau Babka guy make the final cut? I mean, he was obviously a really nice guy, the sort who'd make a great next door neighbor -- but he just didn't belong in the same category as the other finalists. And if he made the cut, what does that say about the other 39 applicants who didn't?
In any case, Peggy Lowe endured it all and ground out good posts on each finalists' moment at the podium, over at Total Buzz.
Supervisor John Moorlach said the interviews had actually expanded the field of candidates he'd consider appointing, and even discussed narrowing it done to three or so and having a second round of interviews.
Supervisor Chris Norby, on the other hand, was clearly impatient to get the matter over with and was the lone vote against continuing the matter until next week. He made it clear he's already made up his mind which candidate he's going to support and came close to stating it. Norby has been impatient with the selection process from the get-go, pointing out correctly that the finalists are, the the most part, the same candidates they started out with prior to launching the national candidate search.
Speaking of which, how did that Beau Babka guy make the final cut? I mean, he was obviously a really nice guy, the sort who'd make a great next door neighbor -- but he just didn't belong in the same category as the other finalists. And if he made the cut, what does that say about the other 39 applicants who didn't?
In any case, Peggy Lowe endured it all and ground out good posts on each finalists' moment at the podium, over at Total Buzz.
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Jubal, you're right about Peggy Lowe's long day today. She did a great job of giving us a real-time summary as the interviews concluded. Her comments about Babka were really funny - poor guy. Maybe we should have heard from the police chief from Duck, North Carolina after all. Or maybe the electrician from Garden Grove.
I think it's a good idea for the supervisors to now step back and contemplate what they heard and saw over this 12 hour marathon of interviews. To make a hasty decision at this point would be irresponsible. However, that being said, they certainly should be able to distill their choices down to a couple - maybe 3 - by next week and get on with the selection.
"And if he made the cut, what does that say about the other 39 applicants who didn't?"
Good question. And what does that suggest about the "search" process.
And how come the CEO sprang the "more background research needed on finalists that will take two weeks" at the last minute. Mauk knew very well that the Board had talked about making a selection on June 3rd - which was now clearly impossible. The Board ended up looking like they didn't know what they were doing. Campbell (who brought up the issue) seemed to have been given a heads up on it - but not Chairman Moorlach. So what gives?