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Middletown's standard for employment are so incredibly low, as long as she is breathing, and hasn't committed multiple felonies, she is going no where. I recall Ron Olson so worried about his renewal contarct as city manager, he was given a position as treasurer in the Lakota district. Then. city council laughed and could not believe he actually thought he would be fired. All you have to do is breath, don't commit murder, and you can stay on by city council votes as long as you want.
So, for anyone advocating a change, or employees, if there is a strategy, it isn't to use this forum as a means of pulling the trigger. In terms of politics, there is no greater master of politics than a successful superintendent of schools. If you make the school board happy playing brown nose politics, your gig and tenure is long, when you become liability or upset them, you are gone. granted, a city manager should be immune from that. but Sam has her knowing who to please to keep her many, many years. I don't think her contributions to the city have been meaningful, but don't have a pulse on how the city workers feel. If she has offended them, enough need to be back-dooring council to get theor votes to remove her.
Yes, we all know AJ Smth is the only one who is against her, pretty self evident isn't it. Bill Becker had a nice run and did nothing of import, but got booted when the tax levy failed. Maybe they'll pin her down for failure of the roll-back occurs (keeping fingers crossed that indeed materializes). So, you want her gone? Defeat the levy. The C State deal will not make or break her, that's the Main Street gang hoping to have something to point to that the Phoenix can Rise at least until they are out of office on their own initiative on council, and she has retired.
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