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THE SUNCOAST NEWS

Published: December 31, 2008

Early in his tenure as Port Richey city manager, Richard Reade took us to task for something that appeared in this space. In commenting on the issue of the day in the city, we alluded to various unsuccessful attempts over the years to dissolve Port Richey. We also made reference to the rough-and-tumble nature of governance, Port Richey style.

In reading us the Riot Act, Reade suggested we were needlessly casting the city in a negative light and complicating his efforts to move the city into a new age. Reade was new to the city and had missed nearly three decades of strange behavior in and around City Hall. He also wasn't aware we had written variant forms of the editorial to which he was objecting through most of those years - with no discernible impact on what goes on in Port Richey.

Two weeks ago, with little warning and seemingly not much cause, City Council showed Reade the door. Three of the five council members voted not to renew Reade's city manager contract. One of the council members who voted against ousting Reade called the action a lynching. Sorry, Rich, we tried to warn you.

Ellen Posivach is now interim Port Richey city manager. She is a veteran of nine years as city manager of Tarpon Springs, where the occasional political kidney punch is thrown as well. Posivach is well equipped for her new job. She can bob and weave and has a nifty counterpunch.

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