Friday, October 26, 2007

Council selects Bill Moss as new City Manager

We met Bill Moss at the Sugden Theatre reception for all the final six candidates. All I knew of him at the time was he was in Marco Island, and I was thinking that is not a good thing, since that community seems like it is in turmoil. I was very pleasantly surprised after talking to him for a few minutes. He looked good and spoke well and was certainly one of the top candidates. As you know, he was selected and I am confident he will be great for Naples. He is a boater and I do not think he favors the controversy that is plaguing Marco Island. His resume is good and some of the people I have talked to in Royal Harbor have spoken to friends that live in North Myrtle Beach where Bill came from before Marco. They speak very well of him. I was also told that the style of government in Marco is very different than the one here in Naples. We have an elected Mayor and they do not. This means the City Manager is always on the HOT SEAT in Marco.