The city of Eureka announced today that is has hired William T. Panos, former West Sacramento director of public works, to be its next city manager, replacing David Tyson, who is retiring at the end of the year.
According to the Bill Panos page on brandyourself.com, his previous experience includes working as an engineer at automotive/aerospace company TRW, two jobs in education administration and a stint as city manager in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.
Below you’ll find the press release from the city:
The Eureka City Council is pleased to announce it has appointed William T. Panos to serve as city manager. Panos brings over three decades experience to the position.
Most recently, he was the director of public works for the City of West Sacramento, responsible for overseeing community infrastructure, engineering, public utilities and the Port of West Sacramento. As a member of the city’s executive and budget teams, Panos directed city financial strategies, government relations and regional partnerships.
Panos was previously the school construction executive for the State of Washington where he directed capital finance, land use policy and local school construction throughout the state. He was responsible for creating a $600 million annual capital program and oversaw 2.9 million acres of state trust lands. Panos has also served with local government in Northern Idaho and Los Angeles, as special advisor to the chancellor of the California State University System and as toxics director for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Mr. Panos’ public sector experience came after a successful career with the TRW Corporation in its defense, space and automotive business operations in the Americas, Europe and Asia. He was an advisor to President’s Council on Sustainable Development under the Clinton Administration and his work received the TRW Chairman’s Award for Innovation and the prestigious Harvard University-Ford Foundation Award for Innovations in American Government.
“After a comprehensive search, I am very pleased that we have found an outstanding candidate to serve as our city manager. His experience in key positions with industry and public agencies is a strong asset to our city. I look forward to working with him,” said Mayor [Frank] Jäger.
Mr. Panos is scheduled to start January 1.
This article appears in Passing the Virtual Hat.
Politics is like a professional sports team that drafts its players (like a starting tight end in college), but then, the draftors decide to change the position of the draftee to “bookend starting left tackle” for which the experiment fails for lack of longterm experience in the “drafted postition”.
The best thing for government (to hire an already trained public employee)
The worst thing for government (to hire anyone intelligent not already connected and trained as a “public employee”.
This is called political incest, a sorta political Oedipus Complex among political whoring deviants.
Now, if this guy has a scrote and any intelligence, the first order of business IS a fricken bypass of Eureka! Driving through Eureka sucks; and, city officials actually believe this suck-arse driving causes people to stop and shop, not stray away. Eureka is a “hell-hole”because of the 101 boondoggle ——————->exactly why locals re-migrate away from that shit hole wannabe a city for the county seat of government. Now, to expect the liberal base to deny rural lifestyles is very deplorable, considering they want to force everyone into “city limits” and away from freedom! – HOJ
Bill, meet Jeff.
“This is called political incest.”
No, Hench-man, this is just some nutty drivel you typed.
Mr. Bill,
Take heed . . . you can say things with your words, but your actions speak much louder and more profoundly.
Don’t come to us trying to make Humboldt into -or a clone of- your beloved Sacto. Won’t work, and you won’t last long. Enjoy Humboldt, get to know it and put changing it out of your goals. If you want to perfect some place to Sacto’s status, go elsewhere, young man, go elsewhere.
As Mudmuse stated eloquently, others have tried it (Marsee) and failed miserably, leaving destruction in their paths, and a bad taste in our (those who remain) mouths!!!