02-03-2010, 04:00 PM
The word on the street is that Newton Finn is the voice inside Mayor Sabonjian's head these days. Curious really when you consider that Robin Schabes who has been nothing short of a disaster gets promoted, Ray Vukovich who helped drive Waukegan deep into the ground over the last 8 years has maintained his exact position and salary and most importantly nothing but strife and controversy continue between the Mayor's office and City Council.
In the advisory role he has slipped into, has Newton been providing poor counsel; or perhaps planting the seeds of sabotage within the current administration in preparation for his anticipated run in the next mayoral election?
I only ask because as the Mayor's advisor certainly Newton can plainly see, as we all can, the weak links administratively within City Hall that should have been jettisoned and replaced with competent professionals at the very beginning of Mayor Sabonjian's administration.
The very fact that those that find themselves closely around the Mayor and in advisory roles have all apparently agreed that vigorous and promised changes should be avoided is enormous cause for concern. I would have suspected that Newton himself would have been scary vigilant in this role.
Huge questions of budget and finance, operations and nepotism, corruption and constant un-professional disregard for the good of our fine City are what fueled an ousting of the longtime Democratic foothold on the fragile neck of Waukegan. Yet here we are a year later and the major players are still major players, and those who have had the opportunity to stand tall and assemble opinion and support for change have seemingly become complacent or have alternate personal agendas that are yet to be seen.
In the advisory role he has slipped into, has Newton been providing poor counsel; or perhaps planting the seeds of sabotage within the current administration in preparation for his anticipated run in the next mayoral election?
I only ask because as the Mayor's advisor certainly Newton can plainly see, as we all can, the weak links administratively within City Hall that should have been jettisoned and replaced with competent professionals at the very beginning of Mayor Sabonjian's administration.
The very fact that those that find themselves closely around the Mayor and in advisory roles have all apparently agreed that vigorous and promised changes should be avoided is enormous cause for concern. I would have suspected that Newton himself would have been scary vigilant in this role.
Huge questions of budget and finance, operations and nepotism, corruption and constant un-professional disregard for the good of our fine City are what fueled an ousting of the longtime Democratic foothold on the fragile neck of Waukegan. Yet here we are a year later and the major players are still major players, and those who have had the opportunity to stand tall and assemble opinion and support for change have seemingly become complacent or have alternate personal agendas that are yet to be seen.