01-09-2025, 12:40 AM
I understand and appreciate what you're saying CountyWorker.
However, that being said, I do think that expecting the Mayor to be hands on involved in the day-to-day management of any department, including the hiring and firing of individual workers, is a bit too far of an expectation.
But then again, my expectation is that the Mayor has appointed competent people to fill those leadership roles, and it sounds to me that maybe the prior Mayor did not have a competent leader in that role and is really the core issue as you have explained.
Further, as I understand it, the new Mayor has appointed Wesley Segawa as the new director of Environmental Management. Hopefully he can wrestle this department and get it under control.
And to be clear, if he can't, or does not, then yes, it is the Mayor who has to (being this is Hawaii and even more so, Puna, I will insert SHOULD) be held accountable.
However, that being said, I do think that expecting the Mayor to be hands on involved in the day-to-day management of any department, including the hiring and firing of individual workers, is a bit too far of an expectation.
But then again, my expectation is that the Mayor has appointed competent people to fill those leadership roles, and it sounds to me that maybe the prior Mayor did not have a competent leader in that role and is really the core issue as you have explained.
Further, as I understand it, the new Mayor has appointed Wesley Segawa as the new director of Environmental Management. Hopefully he can wrestle this department and get it under control.
And to be clear, if he can't, or does not, then yes, it is the Mayor who has to (being this is Hawaii and even more so, Puna, I will insert SHOULD) be held accountable.
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