We've all worked somewhere that a small group controls the information, decides whose ideas get heard and makes it nearly impossible for anyone outside that circle to accomplish anything. Eventually, people give up. Good employees start looking for other jobs because they're not going to waste their time and energy on an organization where nothing they do seems to matter. Now imagine that same dysfunction inside City Hall, where the people reaching that breaking point are the

These are the emails showing the timeline that CM Robert Eads and HR/Interim Finance Director Pam Sanders knew of the problems Charles Lino was embroiled in at his then current job as Pecos City's CM and continued with the hiring process anyway. These are all the emails sent by the City of Elgin Secrectary Peyton Standifer including multiple duplicates. These are the supporting hiring documents. I am still waiting on the application and background check. These were requeste

For weeks, Elgin residents were waiting to hear who would become the City’s permanent Finance Director. Behind the scenes, the decision was much further along. City emails show Charles Lino moving through the interview process in June, receiving an offer in July, signing it July 15, and becoming the subject of what City Manager Robert Eads later called a “big announcement.” The public still had not been told his name. Here is the timeline. June 8: Lino moves forward Email: Ju