No Drama Love
Interim Fort Lauderdale City Manager Allyson Love. Got a nice ring to it! Don't you think?
At 3:18 a.m. Thursday morning, ( yes, that's the middle of the night) the Fort Lauderdale City Commission identified current Assistant City Manager Allyson love as the new City Manager that will take the baton from George Gretsas on the last day of his employ - July 31st.
Gretsas photo as new City Manager - 2003
If you read this blog, ( or any political blog for that matter!) you know the controversies and consternation of Gretsas's final year as Manager, so I'm not going over any of that.
Today is Love's day. And I rightfully describe her as No Drama Love. From all I can tell, she's all business, scandal free, and from what I can tell, has no detractors. She's stayed mostly under the radar for those decades, head down, and has earned the respect of her fellow workers.
It was really a bright move by the City Commission to choose her. They needed a smooth transition, no fireworks, and they'll get that with Love. The Commission did indicate that her's might be a short term, and another interim might actually take over before a permanent Manager is found, but for now, she's the cat!
Allyson Love has spent more than 20 years working for the City of Fort Lauderdale, most all of that time in the mind numbing areas of City Finance. Her promotion to Assistant City Manager only happened in January of 2009. She started to gain attention in 1999, when she identified widespread problems with the City's HOPWA (Housing of persons with Aids) monies, and furthered those budget sleuthing creds by uncovering "irregularities" with the City's vendor programs in 2005.
This is not a picture of Allyson. She's been so no-drama, I couldn't find a picture of her anywhere! But she does look something like this !
During the fiscal upheaval of 2003-2005 in the City, Love was quoted as saying, "I haven't seen my daughter much, when I get home, she's usually in bed". Now that she's taking the top spot, she might not see her daughter even that much!
Good Luck Love !
At 3:18 a.m. Thursday morning, ( yes, that's the middle of the night) the Fort Lauderdale City Commission identified current Assistant City Manager Allyson love as the new City Manager that will take the baton from George Gretsas on the last day of his employ - July 31st.
Gretsas photo as new City Manager - 2003
If you read this blog, ( or any political blog for that matter!) you know the controversies and consternation of Gretsas's final year as Manager, so I'm not going over any of that.
Today is Love's day. And I rightfully describe her as No Drama Love. From all I can tell, she's all business, scandal free, and from what I can tell, has no detractors. She's stayed mostly under the radar for those decades, head down, and has earned the respect of her fellow workers.
It was really a bright move by the City Commission to choose her. They needed a smooth transition, no fireworks, and they'll get that with Love. The Commission did indicate that her's might be a short term, and another interim might actually take over before a permanent Manager is found, but for now, she's the cat!
Allyson Love has spent more than 20 years working for the City of Fort Lauderdale, most all of that time in the mind numbing areas of City Finance. Her promotion to Assistant City Manager only happened in January of 2009. She started to gain attention in 1999, when she identified widespread problems with the City's HOPWA (Housing of persons with Aids) monies, and furthered those budget sleuthing creds by uncovering "irregularities" with the City's vendor programs in 2005.
This is not a picture of Allyson. She's been so no-drama, I couldn't find a picture of her anywhere! But she does look something like this ! During the fiscal upheaval of 2003-2005 in the City, Love was quoted as saying, "I haven't seen my daughter much, when I get home, she's usually in bed". Now that she's taking the top spot, she might not see her daughter even that much!
Good Luck Love !
Dig a little deeper Tim. Pete Witchen, former Assistant City Manager, tried to terminate her during her probationary period but newly appointed City Manager George Hanbury did not want to start out with a potential discrimination charge and stopped the termination. Look for Pete's original performance review if it is still in the files (might have never made its way in there and was redone at Hanbury's request). Allyson has NOT earned the respect of employees as you wrongly state. Her management style is horrendous & turnover from her office when Internal Auditor was huge (look up those records too)...people taking voluntary demotions to get out from under her supervision. Not because they were afraid of hard work but because they could not stand her management style and total lack of people skills. She fits the mold of Gretsas and his management style, hence he promoted her to Assistant City Manager when Gunn and Scott just coincidentally both "voluntary" sought to give up their Assistant City Manager positions. (Interesting story how each of them was rewarded with a $100+K job to go to (Assistant to the City Manager and Dir. or Economic Development respectively). What a system!! Two more Gretsas sycophants. Posted by Long Time City Employee
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Tim,
Does Ms. Love live in the city as is required by department heads and city managers?
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