Ralph Giglio hiring

Ralph Giglio was a nice, personable guy back in high school. He was very quick, kinda like a scatback, on the football field, and had some success, but was really too small to move up to the next level. It would be interesting to hear from somebody who has kept up with him over the years, maybe seen him at some of the Reunions, or at the Festival, and get their opinion. I wonder how much of what he learned 25 years ago, he remembers. I dont want to hang the guy before he has a chance to show what he can do, but being the City Managers choice places him in a difficult position from the start, as Gym has had several other bouts of poor judgement in the past ie contractors and costs for the CC addition, the bathrooms contractor, the "forgotten" bathroom hookups, the costs for the bathrooms elevations, paying Santana's electric bills, the ongoing pool snafu, etc. He brought on Ron Gorland who was supposed to keep an eye on our bonds, but fell asleep at the switch and cost us 75k when our bonds went South. He DID bring on Mike Aldredge and Sandy Pell to run the golf course, and they seem to be doing a good job. We are still hopeful they will one day break even. Its too early to decide on the Finance guy yet. The Chief Baan was a good choice, and the grant lady has done some good things. So the City Manager has a spotty record, at best, of personnel and performance decisions up to this point.