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« Roberts bringing health-care meeting to Aquidneck | Today | Farmers' Market to reopen in Providence » June 2, 2008W. Warwick picks new town manager from MaineJames H. Thomas, the former town manager of Old Orchard Beach, Maine, has been selected to fill the manager's seat in West Warwick. Thomas will fill the position left vacant in December when former town manager Wolfgang Bauer was fired after he was accused of mismanaging funds related to the Riverwalk Project. Thomas is spending today meeting town staff and working on getting up to speed as acting Town Manager David Clayton helps him transition. The Town Council will officially appoint Thomas during their meeting Tuesday night, and Clayton is set to formally pass the baton to Thomas at noon on Wednesday. His base salary in West Warwick will be $98,000. Thomas, of Biddeford, Maine, most recently served as the town manager of Old Orchard Beach, Maine -- a position he held for a little more than four years. Old Orchard Beach is in southern Maine -- 10 minutes from Portland -- and has a population of 10,000 in winter and more than 100,000 in the summer. "I was looking for a new challenge," Thomas said of his decision to leave Maine. He knew some people who'd previously worked in Rhode Island and after he put his resume in, "things just fell into place after that." -- Journal staff writer Talia Buford He previously served as the village manager in Whitefish Bay, Wis., for two years; village administrator and village clerk in Forest Park, Ill., for three years; and city manager and recorder in Roy, Utah, for two years. He received a bachelor's degree in political science and communication from Weber State College, Utah, in 1982, and a master's degree in public administration from Brigham Young University in 1990. Posted by Mike McKinney Commentssteve | June 2, 2008 1:48 PM link Steve, go for it! You have got to be more qualified than the last town manager who was canned after it came out that he apparently didn't notice that he overspent his budget on the riverwalk project by $802,000. Steve, go for it! | June 2, 2008 4:01 PM link Quality comes with a price, Steve. And I think someone from outside the RI crony network is exactly what West Warwick and many other towns need. Ps- 4th time trying to post this, Projo! Your anti-spam feature sucks! EMT | June 2, 2008 4:45 PM link Hmm, ... does $98,000 buy a knowledgeable leader or a good salesman? Allan Thomas | July 6, 2008 8:13 PM link Post a commentPlease be civil. Vicious comments, personal attacks and profanity won't be published. Name and email are required; email address will not publish. |
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West Warcik couldn't hire anyone inside of RI? They had to hire outside?
$98,000! Again they couldn't hire him for $70,000? I would of done it for $70K if I was qualified.