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Dear Editor:
I’d like to bring some light into the money spent by the City of Willits and taxpaying citizens for the countless trainings of City Manager Brian Bender. Some of these attended training sessions are not even associated with his current employment position as city manager. Besides the Local Government Reimagined Conference, the West Coast conferences, the International City/County Management Association, etc., the city and its citizens have also been paying for Mr. Benders upkeep of his Planner License and the needed mandatory continuing education credits that are needed about every two years to maintain his credentials.
While Mr. Bender is given the opportunity to attend these events, it seems unbelievable that some of the other City of Willits employees, in need of attending these very important events and the knowledge that comes with them, are left behind. The number of events attended by Mr. Bender are out of control, and we are wondering who approved them. City Council? With the upcoming changes and a new city council, we are looking forward to a more controlled and accountable system for these kinds of issues — and more transparency.
Your fellow concerned citizen,
S. JacobsÂ
Willits
It’s funny that you said that because just seeing who got the most votes and seeing what you said just now kind of makes me laugh a little bit. Although it is not funny.
It’s about time that we the people are heard. The city manager should be managing the city.He wasn’t in when we went to speak to him about the trees at Starbucks. Are we getting a new manager or is he the same one who worked during Derek Hendry?Speak up people,PLEASE