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	Just About Everything You Want to Know About Greg Wilder... October 18, 2003 During the candidate's forum sponsored by ENN October 14, questions were raised about Interim Public Works Director Greg Wilder's qualifications for the job. Wilder's resume, letter of application, degrees and work examples can be seen at Resume To read the Town of Eatonville's job description for Interim Public Works Director please see Job A Funny Thing Happened at the Forum II... Public Works Director Wrongly Disparaged by Candidate by Dixie A. Walter October 16, 2003 ENN sponsored a candidate's forum at the Eatonville Middle School Library October 14. Although the turnout was light the room was filled. The forum, moderated by Tim Patterson with Strategic Portfolios, was held in two parts. School board candidates Mike Powell and Kirk Heinz answered questions from the audience. Next came most of the town council candidates. Cliff Murphy and Councilman Mike Gallagher did not attend. Murphy was out of the state. Bobbi Allison, Vern Fisher, Bruce Rath and Bob Walter all attended. There were many good citizen questions and good candidate answers. The question that seemed to stand out in most minds was one asked by John Sparrow from the Dispatch. This question points out that Greg Wilder, Interim Public Works Director, was fired from a job in La Center, Washington. And, as was said repeatedly by candidate Rath, Wilder was also "let go" from his position in Issaquah, Washington. Bruce Rath:... Alls (sic) I know is they let him go up there at Issaquah when he only had one year to go for a retirement. Now I don’t know, that tells me there was a big problem somewhere. Usually if you have good employees you hang on to’em right to the very end. You don’t cut’em loose with all the experience and everything. Rath Challenges ENN to Investigate Wilder* After the forum Candidate Rath sought me out and asked me to get to the truth about Greg Wilder, and I told him I certainly would do that. Rath said, with a smile, "I'll be hitting ENN..." The next day I questioned Wilder about the accusations. He was extremely candid, saying he was fired from La Center after three months on the job. According to Wilder he "would not compromise" his "professional ethics." Wilder also pointed out the fact that Eatonville knew he had lost a previous job when they hired him. He also emphatically avowed that he was not terminated from his position in Issaquah. Read More Wilder Sets the Record Straight... October 16, 2003 Dispatch EatonvilleNews.net EatonvilleCitizen.com Re: Letter to the Editor / Water Supply Issues and Interim Public Works Director Qualifications Dear People, I was raised in a family that believed and honored “public service” as a calling. My father served the Native American community as a physician for almost 30 years. And then went on to serve the State of Washington as an Administrative Surgeon for the Department of Correction for another ten. Those of my brothers and sisters that chose a professional calling did so with public service in mind… one brother has been an educator within the Native American community in Washington for 35 years and I choose to serve local government as my calling. Elements of the Eatonville community have elected to target my qualifications, my advice, and my decisions as they relate to the management and oversight of Public Works… specifically those relating to water capacity. They have questioned my motives and qualifications. Although I should know better (particularly during a politically active season) than to respond to demeaning allegations, I nevertheless am not going to ignore the voice of my conscience. I have found myself occasionally apologizing for being too direct and too defined, but I will not apologize or soften my edge regarding issues and matters I know with certainty to be right about! Read More Back to Top Back to Front Page





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