DeBary Mayor goes nuts

Sure, he's mad about losing his office space.

But it sounds like that might not be such a bad thing, after all. Mayor Bob Garcia was insinuating himself into day-to-day operations of the city too much.

Running the daily operations of the city is the city manager's job, not the mayor's or any of the City Council members'. That's the way the charter was written, and it was written that way to keep politicos from interfering or using city staff to their own political advantage.

The elected officials set policy. The city manager implements it.

Garcia, however, was trying to sit in on staff meetings. He wanted city staff to evaluate his job performance.

Who, in a small operation, would write anything negative? It would be too easy to figure out who said it.

Then, the mayor could wave around the ratings to show what a good he's been doing.

Now, the mayor wants to take it to the gubernator or the prez of the newnited states?

Oh, please.

Not that he's a bad guy – he's got good intentions. He just needs some reining in and litter-box training.