Letters to the Editor for July 1, 2009

Not surprised by manager’s firing

To the editor:

As a former colleague of Steve Brocato at Cronos Containers I was interested to read about his recent termination as City Manager. Because of his personality and way of dealing with people, I predicted that Steve would last around two years as City Manager so I was about right on this.

Steve is a very bright and talented individual, but he clearly has issues in several areas that make it difficult for him to work in an organized fashion and get along with others. He had this problem at Cronos so it’s not surprising the same problems arose during his tenure as City Manager. Reading the comments on both sides of this issue brought back memories of our days at Cronos where some people loved him while others deplored his every move.

As an outsider my recommendation to the City Council would be to put aside your differences, and after careful evaluation find a city manager who can more easily work with all members of the community. Given what appears to be a great deal of divisiveness on the Council this will be no easy task.

After working at Cronos Containers for 23 tumultuous years I retired in September 2007 and now live outside of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, where, so far, life is wonderful.

John Foy

Punta de Mita Nayarit, Mexico