Editor,
A recent letter advocating for the incumbent city treasurer is perpetuating a myth that our elected, part-time treasurer is solely responsible for investing our city’s $100 million! A part-time, elected official?
Municipalities are restricted by law to very narrow investment choices for these funds; the finance department and the city’s financial consultants must be howling with laughter at these claims.
Seriously, for the 17 year, unopposed incumbent to insist that for 10 years she has actively sought a position that required her to “volunteer” hundreds of hours of overtime is illogical.
Anne McGraw has run her own bookkeeping business with large, local clients providing the same services for over 10 years.
In a debate, Anne McGraw was repeating concerns of the four councilpersons, city manager and the former city manager who stated that the elected, part-time position of city treasurer has been expanded to a point that it is unrecognizable, unjustifiable and hard to question the growing number of hours in billings.
They voted 4-1 to limit the hours to part-time.
If the incumbent thinks she’s been “volunteering” her time without pay for 10 years, we should question her judgment. Enough with the smoke screen!
Julia Kelly, Laguna Beach
