I think Dr. Brown got it wrong in her letter to the editor of the Killeen Daily Herald published this morning. The important point about the firing of Barbara Gonzalez has nothing to do with the mayor's ethnic views (in which I have seen no sign of bias) nor his political resentment of the recall (which he may well harbor--I wouldn't blame him--but which he has shown no sign of).
The central point is whether Ms Gonzalez should have been in charge of Fleet Services at all. It had no relation to her main function, which was to make sure the city can and does borrow money at the best available rate. Why was she in charge of the motor pool?
An argument can be made that assigning Fleet Services to the Finance director was capricious and arbitrary, and was almost certain to result in less rather than more oversight of that department. If Barbara were given a job she had no chance of doing well, it seems hard she would be fired when she did not do well. That is the important point; whether the mayor showed good judgement on Facebook is a very minor point.
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