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Mike Podegracz named new Hesperia City Manager

Friday, July 29, 2005, 12:02
Section: Journalism

As I mentioned previously, I have to operate with the expectation that, as a weekly reporter, I won’t always beat the Daily Press or the Sun. And so it is that Gretchen has gotten a story to print before I could:

After four months of searching, the City Council chose Interim City Manager Mike Podegracz as the right man for the city manager post. The council tapped Podegracz during a special closed session Wednesday.

“We had about 40 candidates. We weeded them down to 15 and interviewed seven,” Mayor Jim Lindley said. “It was a field of outstanding candidates but he rose to the occasion and got to be the one that we picked.”

Podegracz is expected to take on the role as city manager Thursday. He will be the city’s fifth city manager in the past 17 years.

And it’s entirely likely the Sun will have something before Tuesday as well.

So if I can’t have it first, I’ll have to do it better. Check back here on Tuesday for what I think is the definitive story about the top government job in the city being offered to Mike Podegracz. 😉

  • Well, as of Tuesday, the San Bernardino County Sun did not, in fact, have this story.
  • And here’s my version of the story complete with more information on the process, comments from all the council members, comparative salary info and a look at Robb Quincey’s benefits, for additional insight into what Podegracz might be looking at. We’ll find out more after his contract is approved by the council.

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