I'm sure he's updating his resume as we speak. God forbid they get someone in the position that actually want to fix a problem and have ideas on how to do so...
that is the sort of thing I always worry about here.
A - will the person be qualified and smart enough to to a good job.
B - will the person be given the authority and tools to do a good job.
I typically am far more concerned about the latter! Smart enough to do the job, dumb enough to take it! You can put the best person in the world in that job, but if they are not given the resources to do it properly, well then........what are you really going to get? Best car is the world is rather worthless without tires and gas!
Exactly, politics has crept into everything unfortunately. Polititians do things for political reasons not whats in the best interest of the resource or people.
Good example of that is lake front development, 100% pro-development. Unless you are developing a nuculear power plant its pretty easy to get variances.