Posted on 10/02/2009 1:07:50 PM PDT by La Enchiladita
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power's top executive, H. David Nahai, has resigned from the agency effective immediately, the mayor's office announced this morning.
In a letter to Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Nahai said he was leaving to take a position as an advisor to former President Clinton's climate initiative.
Nahai had served two years as a DWP commissioner before Villaraigosa elevated him to the post of chief executive and general manager in 2007. Ever since, he had been under fire from an array of forces.
He drew strong criticism from the head of the powerful International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 18, which represents thousands of DWP workers, who accused Nahai of doing too little to secure the passage of Measure B, a solar power ballot proposal that narrowly fell short of passage in March.
Neighborhood councils also complained of a proposal to increase electric rates. Residents of the San Fernando Valley have been upset in recent weeks over the DWP’s water conservation measures, which limited sprinkler use to two days per week. And residents across the city were perplexed by a string of water main breaks, including one that resulted in a sinkhole that gobbled up a portion of a fire truck.
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The Peter Principle is working overtime on steroids in this administration.
“Salt water bad for glass...”
He’s a lawyer, not an engineer.
They’re all lawyers, the Dems/the Libs.
Yet another episode . . . the continuing saga.
Meanwhile DWP has been funneling big money back into LA general fund. Fix the pipes, since we paid for it.
I’m not $ure why a lawyer with no background in utilitie$ is a good choice to run a municipal utility. I gue$$ political connection$ are more important to the politician$ who make the$e appointment$ than competence. :!))
Well $tated.
Meanwhile, the morning’s news brings us ANOTHER water main break, this time in Glassell Park.
We is wastin’ water when we don’t have it to waste.
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