The termination of Mark Dowling did not come as much of a surprise.  Probably the biggest surprise will be those department heads who are able to BS County Administrative Officer Greg Devereaux into NOT firing them.  We don’t have many who are non-Uffer appointees.  And with a few exceptions, Uffer appointees were hired for something other than their ability to manage a department.

Last November iePolitics reported on what appeared to be a major screwup by Mark Dowling and his staff in a meeting where Google was considering a large campus in the Victor Valley that would have brought hundreds of jobs to the area.  We were accused of making the story up, having inaccurate sources, etc.  We, of course, knew the story was true.  Now everyone knows that all was not well in the Economic Development Agency. Continue reading →