The Mayor can't keep his top aid.

I am glad that the Mayor is confident that the COA David Montgomery will work out. That makes one person in the city and in city hall that is. The talk around town the last few days has been the firing of Michael Ashcraft and this being the the third person fired or leaving the office. Mayor Ness now going on his fourth COA is only in his second year as mayor.

Those that have came and gone threw the doors of city hall. John Hall who was Mayor Bergson COA, he was not going retained by Mayor Ness. Lisa Potswald was given a different job then Mark Winson was brought back he left after a short time back. Now Achcraft fired for what seems to be little reason.

Ashcraft and the Mayor have given little reason for his firing other then to say it was not a good fit. After talking with some one connected to the Mayor Duluth politics has learned that the mayor is quietly saying that Ashcraft just was not getting things done fast enough. He was not well enough connect to the city.

Lets say many people are not buying that, nor is the person that contacted me with the information. The mayor is placing blame on other all the time sooner or later the blame needs to fall in the mayor lap. Well the Mayor has said he takes the fall for the hire of Ashcraft.