Scott Jorgensen Rebukes the Oregon City/County Management Association | Ep. 57

Rainier City Administrator Scott Jorgensen is no fan of the Oregon City/County Management Association (OCCMA).

A few years ago, he was the subject of an anonymous ethics complaint without any clear explanation of his alleged offense. About a year later, Jorgensen learned that another city manager had accused him of leaking his listserv comments. 

The evidence was a conversation between this city manager and one of his elected officials the city manager had surreptitiously recorded.

Jorgensen maintains that he did not leak the listserv comments and even if he did, he vehemently rejects the notion that those comments are not public records since the city manager used his official city email address.

Moreover, Jorgensen was disgusted by the fact that the OCCMA ethics committee knew that the conversation was recorded without the consent of the elected official and did nothing about it.

Jorgensen has some strong opinions about the OCCMA, the value of his membership not only to himself but the taxpayers, and how other city managers conducted themselves during the pandemic.

He is a fascinating person with a very unique background having worked in politics as an official staff to state legislators in the Oregon capital, to being a journalist, an author, and a guitarist in a rock band. 

Don't miss this episode where the guest is as unfiltered as the host!

SHOW NOTES:

W. Scott Jorgensen's LinkedIn page

You can catch his band, Robots Building Robots, on Spotify where you can listen to their album "Dysphoria."

Jorgensen has four books he has written listed on Amazon. You can view them here.

In the episode, I discussed Ferris, TX city manager Brooks Williams' book "Rising to Serve."

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