Comments by Bill | Eastern NC Now

I don't understand the big issue with waiting for a new city manager to hire the next police chief. As I understand it, the city manager works for city council and everyone else (except city attorney and clerk) in the organization works for the city manager. The new manager should get to hire his own staff, not someone hired by an interim city manager. He builds his own team and if the council doesn't like how things are going, they fire the city manager. It is like a new coach getting stuck with the old coach's assistants or the city manager hiring the assistant police chief instead of the police chief hiring them.

Commented: Thursday, April 9th, 2026 @ 8:38 am By: Bill