Humpty-Dumpty



As the City of Wentzville mourns the passing of its new City Administrator, Mr. T. Michael McDowell, our government is once again trying to fill vacancies in its staff. Mr. Mcdowell had filled the job of City Administrator since May after a series of interems held that position for almost two years. My first hand experience with Mr. McDowell was that he was highly skilled at the job and an excellent addition to Wentzville's staff. Things seemed to be on track for our city for the first time since the middle of Mayor Lambi's final term.

Wentzville has been bailing the boat trying desperately to fill holes in the staff for the past three years. In that time, every single director position with the exception of two has been replaced for one reason or another. In just the past month, the City of Wentzville had finally accomplished procuring a full compliment of Directors. Things were looking up until the passing of Mr. McDowell.

Now, during the search for a new City Administrator, yesterday they received the resignation of it's Economic Development Manager, Mr. Larry Tucker. I could speculate for months on why Wentzville cannot keep high level staff employees but it all comes back to poor leadership, and that lays smack in the lap of our last two mayors. Lambi with his ethics problems and now Mayor Nickolas Guccione with his total lack of leadership qualities.

Guccione will suffer with the loss of McDowell because now he has no one to tell him what to do, or how to do it. Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty-Dumpty had a great fall. This little nursery rhyme speaks volumes about Wentzville's personnel problems and the fact that King Guccione will never be able to put Wentzville back together again.

I'll be back later with more from Wentzville.