tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7037030002547566426.post-85802420691746962752008-01-17T07:58:00.000-05:002008-01-17T08:17:31.272-05:00<img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_xU7K5T3L8JE/R49VMpqvMwI/AAAAAAAABtU/eMn5YxR486s/s320/bunker.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156433774194406146" />It will be interesting to see how the powers that be spin <a href="http://www.vindy.com/news/2008/jan/16/conglose-insulted-by-commission-decision/">this turn of events</a>. It was earlier reported that Carmen Conglose was going to be gifted a new traffic coordinator position without any competing interiews. Well, nothing makes for good government like closing the doors to competition. But Conglose has decided to take it personally.<br /><blockquote>The retired head of the public works department said the civil service commission’s refusal to recommend he be hired to a city job without first considering other potential applicants is a “slap in the face” and an “insult.”</blockquote>Whatever else it is, the mayor is clearly learning his political lessons. Keeping things open, where Youngstown city government is concerned, is the best approach, and anything else is suspect. The Vindicator's editorial page has called the mayor on the carpet recently for what it considers questionable financial decisions. I hope they'll give him his due on this one. But still, I'd like to know: what exactly does the traffic coordinator do?Tylernoreply@blogger.com