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Gretsas Start Date in Fort Lauderdale Not Confirmed. No WP Transition Process.
Posted on Monday, June 14 @ 23:08:57 EDT by jfbailey
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WPCNR City Hall Spin. June 14, 2004: Speculation in White Plains on when the Mayor's Executive Officer would leave to begin his new assignment with Fort Lauderdale as City Manager continues, since the City of Fort Lauderdale does not have a start date for him yet. Mr. Gretsas appears to have vanished around city hall and has not been seen around City Hall. Rick Ammirato, a press aid said Mr. Gretsas would be leaving in "three weeks," but did not have a definite date. Leslie Backus, the Public Information Officer for the City of Fort Lauderdale reported this to WPCNR today, when asked for a copy of Mr. Gretsas' contract with Fort Lauderdale:
"I'm copying Harry Stewart, (Fort Lauderdale) City Attorney, for his reply regarding your request for Mr. Gretsas' contract. Mr. Stewart can forward the document to you. (Harry, please copy me on your response.)
As far as I know, Mr. Gretsas' starting date has not been established. I do not know the level of Mr. Gretsas' involvement with transition plans." (From an e-mail from Ms. Backus)
Meanwhile in the big house at 255 Main Street, the Mayor's office, after a week has not announced the date of Mr. Gretsas' departure, even though there have been two news conferences at which the Mayor could do so. The Mayor has not announced his successor, or whether a national search is going to be conducted for a Gretsas successor, or whether the position will remain unfilled. Speculation on potential heirs to the Gretsas power position include Commissioner of Planning Susan Habel, City Corporation Counsel Edward Dunphy, and Gretsas aide, Paul Wood.
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