Commission Plan Abandoned As Cities Seek Trained Manager
The Citizen Times notes a steady decline in commission forms of city government. It argues that voters lack the expertise for selecting capable executives and that the system leads to conflicts when five department heads function under a common budget and tax levy. A council-manager plan is increasingly favored as cities modernize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizen - Times
Commission
Galveston
Des Moines
Roy N. Towl
Omaha
Nebraska
Otto Kahn
Lubbock
Texas
Authorities Praise the Manager Plan
A gallery of eminent citizens and organizations backs the council-manager form of local government. Notable endorsements come from Woodrow Wilson, Herbert Hoover, Estes Kefauver, Thomas E. Dewey, and Charles Edison, each praising efficiency and integrity in municipal governance.
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Woorrow Wilson
Charles Edison
New Jersey
Navy
Manager Plan A Boon To Large Cities
A 1948 Hartford charter shifts power from an aldermanic body to a nine member council that hires a city manager to direct department chiefs. Carleton F. Sharpe becomes Hartford’s manager, earning 18500 while overseeing a 24 million dollar budget. tax rate drops as services expand. The piece surveys nationwide adoption and success of council manager systems in cities from Des Moines to Fort Worth.
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Hartford
Connecticut
Carleton F. Sharpe
Syracuse University
Cincinnati
St. Petersburg
Florida
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Herbert Hoover
Estes Kefauver
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Board OF Commissioners
Graphic Associates
Des
Moines
Iowa
Des Moines Tribune
Harold W. Dodds
Princeton University
Jack Kroll
Political Action Committee
CIO
Pennsylvania Federation of Labor
AFL
Chicago Daily News
George Eastman, Eastman Kodak Company
Municipal Corporation
Board of Education
William Allen White
Emporia
Boom Town Story
Saugus
Massachusetts
Fort Worth Funds Solution
Fort Worth
Friends of the Charter
Conton
Redwood
Qand
Rvo Gal
Mary Carter
14Th Ave
Third Street
Novak
Ave
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