During the process of attempting to hire a replacement for the retiring Middleboro Town Manager, Jack Healey, there were numerous criticisms I launched about the process and the candidates.
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During the last round, the candidates presented included the current Town of Mansfield Town Manager.
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Last week, I encountered several people who are active, involved and paying attention who believed that they might have selected Mr. D'Agostino and were unaware of the surrounding information. The following has been posted on the Mansfield discussion forum that appears to provide respectful comments and a broad range of viewpoints.
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Although the information is too broad to quickly review, for those who would like additional information regarding what a poor choice of candidate Mr. D'Agostino appears to be based solely on publicly available information, a review of TalkMansfield might be helpful.
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Mr. D'Agostino presented a credible, convincing facade and had the support of a Middleboro business owner, Robert Saquet who is Town Moderator of Mansfield, but the selection committee and the Board of Selectmen went no further. This is not to suggest that Middleboro need be mired in the issues surrounding any other town regarding their town manager in the search process, but merely to suggest that you don't arrange a long term marriage without meeting the family.
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As a footnote: there was much respectful discussion surrounding the most recent selection on a local discussion forum, nemasket. (Participation requires registration.) It appears that only one Middleboro Selectmen can be bothered to read what is being posted.
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Because of my limited free time, comments have backlogged my mailbox and most have been deleted in an effort to catch up. Apologies if yours was included. If you believe it was important and want to see it posted, please re-post.
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