More on city manager story

According to Mayor Bill Bogaard, council members Steve Madison and Victor Gordo did participate via phone in discussions about the city manager on Monday, even though they did not participate in the open session part of the meeting.

I reported in Tuesday's article and on the blog Monday that Madison, Gordo, and Steve Haderlein did not attend the meeting, but did not know they had participated in the closed session.

In other city manager news, an email has been circulating about candidate Michael Beck in the preservationist community to the effect that he would make a poor city manager because of his record in Riverside. Janette Williams will have that story tomorrow.

Lastly, by coincidence, Beck returned my call (from Monday) and officially told me he can't comment on the Pasadena job unless/until he gets the job. He also told Janette he couldn't comment about the preservationist community's views on him either.