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Anna-Marie Perry
Kansas City works, all right. But at what cost?
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Wayne Cauthen, Mike Musgrave, MWH, CIMO, Mark Funkhouser, Alvin BrooksThe Denver people were probably right to dread the idea of a stickler like Funkhouser becoming mayor. Musgrave's past suggests that he wouldn't be comfortable working for the new mayor, a nerd for transparency and process. In Denver, a city attorney said that Musgrave chewed him out for canceling a contract with the airport engineering company, O'Brien-Kreitzberg, that later hired Musgrave. The city attorney called the episode "highly irregular."
Also, Funkhouser wants to name Ed Wolf as chief of staff. Wolf is a former director of Public Works, a department that was decimated by the creation of CIMO. It's hard to imagine Wolf telling Cauthen "Love what you did with the place" after next Tuesday's inauguration. (Note: As city auditor, Funkhouser looked at CIMO in 2005 and concluded that Cauthen's decision to hire consultants was "reasonable.")
I was unable to speak to the architects of CIMO. Musgrave didn't return my calls. I put in a request to talk to Cauthen, but a city spokeswoman said he was out of town.
If Cauthen was out looking for another job, I don't blame him.
I hear Denver's nice.
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