It’s been a whole 20 years since that happened, but as the article says, the memory, the tragedy of that arson remains vivid in everyone’s mind. Were there no other qualified candidates?
He is first being considered because of who his father was.
“Were there no other qualified candidates?”
Admittedly, I gave this a quick read. However, I gather there wasn’t a good reason to replace the man who was in the office.
Having been in the position of needing a replacement in a large department, if you can’t promote from within, there had better be a good reason. If you don’t promote from within you run the risk of people thinking, “I’m never going anywhere here. It’s time to look for other employment.”
When I became a manager the first thing I did was start training my replacement. By the time I left there were several good candidates for my seat. (The company collapsed after I left but for other reasons. The people I trained went on to other, better jobs.)
This looked like pure politics and it backfired bigtime.
He got to be assistant Chief because of his Fathers pull.
Now, the demon seed is acting Chief.
Cannot fault the ten who quit.
Who wants to put their life on the line following an imbeciles orders