Times Union: Mayor Alvin Brown seeks more control in future of Jacksonville Children's Commission

This never stops and although, the mayor has done a good job up until now, he wants to take over everything and minimize any control our city council has.  Does that sound like anyone else you know?   I have been watching this happening since Mayor Brown took over, and he just never gives up on the unilateral control over everything attempts.  No, he should not be in control of everything; corruption being what it is, there is too much of an opportunity to use these programs to buy votes (again, we are seeing that at the federal level, so I don't want it here locally).  That's my opinion.  What is your opinion?

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A behind-the-scenes fight for control of the Jacksonville Children's  Commission is spilling into the public, bringing the City Council into the  mix.

The heart of the matter: Should the agency, which gets a third of its $60  million budget from the city, report to an independent board or directly to the  mayor?

The issue came to a head last week after a month of efforts by the commission  to hire an interim executive director were stymied by Mayor Alvin Brown.

Executive Director Linda Lanier retired in March, and the commission first  appointed an existing employee as acting director — a move the board saw as  mollifying the mayor, who had asked them not to appoint a permanent  replacement.

Brown is looking to change the commission's structure so he directly appoints  the executive director, although city law now requires the commission to do  so.

In April, the commission voted to hire Jill Dame as an interim director, with a  planned start date of May 7.

When the city's human resources department was notified of the hire, though,  employees there said they couldn't process the paperwork until the mayor signed  off on it, commission Chairman Ken Wilson said.

As weeks went by and Brown didn't do so, Dame instead agreed to work as an  "advisory volunteer," a position that wouldn't let her sign documents or handle  other official tasks.

The city pushed back against this, too, Wilson said, saying that Dame  couldn't volunteer without a background check.

The commission did a background check, but by then Wilson had had  enough.

Read more at Jacksonville.com:  http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2012-05-29/story/mayor-alvin-bro...

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