HomeMy WebLinkAboutLTR - R. DashPalm Desert, CA 92211
January 1, 2006
The Honorable Jim Ferguson, Mayor
City of Palm Desert
73-510 Fred Waring Drive
Palm Desert, CA 92260-2578
Dear Mayor Ferguson:
I regret to inform you that I am unable to accept reappointment to the Housing
Commission. The management style of the Assistant City Manager for Redevelopment is
incompatible with my willingness to continue to serve.
Under the direction of the coordinator of the Housing Commission activities, the role of
the Commission has evolved from active participation in the development of
recommendations submitted to the City Council, to a body expected to endorse decisions
already made by staff, sans supporting documentation and detailed discussion. This
represents a major departure from the rapport that prevailed with the two previous
coordinators. When queried on actions that have been disquieting to Commissioners, the
glib responses have contained more puffery than substance and on occasions have posed
a question of credibility.
The Commission has experienced a diminution of its sense of value or worth, which has
caused an acrimonious environment. That is antithetical to the relationship that should
exist between the coordinator and the Commissioners.
Please convey my sincere appreciation to other Council members for affording me the
opportunity to serve the City of Palm Desert.
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Roger Dash, Ed. D.
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