The Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners fired longtime Manager Harry Jones Tuesday. He had served 13 years on the job.
- Mecklenburg County
According to the Charlotte Observer:
In a packed government chambers, his firing was swift with no discussion in open session. After a 6-2 vote across party lines with commissioner Dumont Clarke and Vice Chairwoman Kim Ratliff opposing, the board ended Jones’ contract shortly after it emerged from a three-hour closed session.
Poor Harry couldn’t even clean out his own office. Apparently Chairwoman Pat Cotham told him his personal belongings delivered to his home.
The swift and impersonal termination should come as no surprise. Read John Grooms’ take on Jones and why he should have been fired months ago here.
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This article appears in May 8-14, 2013.
I do not have enough knowledge of the circumstances to know whether or not Mr. Jones should have been fired, but the way it was done was petty and vindictive. I haven’t seen a scene like that since I graduated from High School. The bitchy, ego centric “in crowd” used to treat people they felt were beneath them like that.