We have an update on a previous story about a North Carolina mayor caught with his pants down at city hall. The FBI visited a Florida city hall to serve subpoenas. One or more staffers recorded a city administrator in a one-party consent state and now demand an audit. Residents are frustrated after experiencing more than a year of problems with their city’s utility billing software. And have you heard about the “Montana Loophole”?
All that and more news after the job postings.
Job Board Postings
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City/County Manager Recruitments
IL: Streator - City Manager (3/23/2026) | Arndt Municipal Support
TX: Marshall - City Manager (4/1/2026) | Clear Career
TX: Morgan’s Point Resort - City Manager (3/13/2026) | Clear Career
Other
IL: Village of St. Joseph - Public Works Director (2/23/2026) | in-house
TX: Dumas - Finance Director (Until Filled) | Clear Career
TX: Bridgeport - Assistant Chief of Police (3/20/2026) | Clear Career
TX: Lufkin - City Engineer (3/30/2026) | Clear Career
TX: Marble Falls - Finance Director (Until Filled) | Clear Career
TX: Odessa - Chief Financial Officer (First Review 2/22/2026) | Clear Career
WI: Staff Recorded City Administrator; Call for Administrative Audit
Former Sun Prairie city employee Sunshine Anderson attended a city council meeting to encourage alders to launch an audit of City Administrator Aaron Oppenheimer. Anderson has since shared recordings of a meeting with Oppenheimer with The Star and Sun Prairie alders. It also appears that other staffers may have recorded meetings with Oppenheimer as well. It is a little vague on that issue.
It should be noted that Wisconsin is a one-party consent state for recordings.
VA: County Admin Pushed Out After Failed Bid to Land Job Elsewhere
Southampton County Administrator Brian Thrower got hosed — twice. First, he was declared the finalist and was about to be appointed as the new city manager in Franklin. But the council controversially voted 4-3 to reject the contract and failed in their bid to re-hire the previous manager.
Now, it looks like Thrower’s flirtation was not well-received by his current bosses as he has now been pushed out and will “retire” in June after being placed on leave.
NC: Employee wouldn’t delete video of visibly aroused Mooresville mayor, then left: suit
Back in January, I shared a story about a frisky mayor who got caught on video with his…um…er…pants down. A third Mooresville employee has now…um…er…come forward with a whistleblower claim and filed a lawsuit naming multiple people, including the town manager.
IT Director Chris Lee alleged in the lawsuit that the video shows “Mayor Carney in a state of partial or complete undress, with his genitalia exposed and his penis visibly erect while inside Town Hall.” His female companion was supposedly just there for moral support and in a different area of the building while he was cleaning vomit off himself after drinking too much.
I don’t know about your kinks — but I have never had an erection shortly after vomiting on myself.
News Around the Country
CA: California Cracks Down on Montana Loophole, Indicts 14 for $20 Million of Out-of-State-Registered Cars
CA: Banning residents fall several months behind on utility payments after new billing software fails; been ongoing problem since December 2024
CA: Rogue Berkeley worker bought $285,000 ambulance without approval, audit says
CA: Lea Eriksen, Long Beach’s Director of Technology & Innovation and Chief Information Officer, tapped to be Culver City’s Senior Assistant Manager
CO: Resolution to appoint KC Hume as new Craig city manager pulled from city council agenda
CO: Steamboat Springs City Council approves $3M pilot program to boost workforce housing
FL: Fort Pierce Senior Assistant City Attorney Camille Wallace transitioning into deputy city manager role
FL: FBI agents served subpoenas at Riviera Beach City Hall; seeks records tied to officials, marina redevelopment project
GA: Americus announced 20-year Army veteran and former Waycross city manager, Raphel D. Maddox, as the sole finalist for their vacancy
NV: Henderson City Councilwoman Carrie Cox has filed a lawsuit against fellow council member James Seebock, saying he hit her multiple times
NY: Village of Mamaroneck’s Engineering consultant abruptly served notice terminating consulting agreement over “lack of communication”
OH: Centerville city manager Wayne Davis to retire in September
OR: Lake Oswego Mayor Joe Buck appointed politico, Lynn Peterson, as city manager pro tem
SC: Port Royal manager endured 10-year saga to get sidewalk built. Now it bears his name
UT: Park City’s mayor has selected veteran municipal administrator Adam Lenhard to serve as their next city manager; he was ousted from St. George after a controversy about an HBO series about drag queens
VA: No Surprise in Martinsville as Council appoints their police chief to fill the city manager vacancy where he served as the interim
WA: Pride banners out as East Wenatchee City Council adopts new banner policy
WA: Reader view: Time to revisit council-manager form of government in Edmonds
CANADA: City of Brooks bans hats and other head coverings at council meetings
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