Earlier today, I wrote that Dan Lindheim is not qualified to be City Administrator. dto510 told us that the Appointment puts Oakland on the brink. Becks urged readers to Take Action: Ensure Top-Rate Management for Oakland. As it turns out, the Oakland Builders Alliance was thinking almost the exact same thing, and has penned an open letter to Oakland residents about the Mayor’s announcement. I have reprinted...
I got a pleasant surprise yesterday when Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums named well-qualified and experienced people (PDF) to the key City positions of CEDA Director and Assistant City Administrator. My delight was short-lived, however, because, in a not at all surprising move, Dellums at the same time named his longtime friend Dan Lindheim as Oakland City Administrator.
Lindheim, with his experience as an economist at...
It was sad to see Oakland reach a new low on Tuesday. The police chief resigns, but attempts to bring down the entire Council with him. At the same time, he takes onto himself to absolve the Mayor of all responsibility.
On the other hand, the Councilmembers and many of the city “insiders” (political, business and otherwise) have remained curiously silent about the absolute chaos that I hear about...
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On January 22, I filed a complaint against the mayor’s (PDF) office for Cronyism, based on his having placed his long-time friend and ally Dan Lindheim as both Interim City Administrator (In June 08) and Interim Director of the Community and Economic Development Agency (CEDA) (in late 2007) even though Mr. Lindheim had no prior experience in managing a city, or even a department of a city.
Mr. Lindheim served...