CAL CITY MAN CHOSEN AS NEXT CITY MANAGER; COMMUNITY KNOWLEDGE WAS KEY.Byline: Jim Skeen Daily News Staff Writer Longtime resident Jack Stewart Jack Stewart is a name shared by several people:
Stewart was selected from a field of 40 applicants to succeed Steve West Steve West can refer to:
Stewart could assume his new post as early as this week, pending the completion of a physical exam. He will earn $75,000 a year. ``One of the things that made him a strong candidate is that he knows the city and he knows the problems,'' said Mayor Larry Adams. ``We felt he could hit the ground running.'' Stewart recently resigned from The Weisman Group, the investment company involved in bringing a Rite Aid Rite Aid (NYSE: RAD) is a United States retailer and pharmacy chain, operating over 5,000 stores in 31 states and the District of Columbia. Rite Aid Corporation is one of the nation's leading drugstore chains. drugstore to the community, Adams said. The City Council delayed filling the city manager's post until officials knew the results of a June parcel tax measure - which was approved - and received the first payments from it. The tax is expected to generate $3 million a year. City Council felt that the uncertainty over the tax measure's success would scare off Verb 1. scare off - cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal" daunt, frighten away, frighten off, scare away, pall, scare, dash intimidate, restrain - to compel or deter by or as if by threats potential candidates. The post has been filled on an interim basis by Terry Hicks Hicks , Edward 1780-1849. American painter of primitive works, notably The Peaceable Kingdom, of which nearly 100 versions exist. , the city's financial officer. |
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