OPINION: "The most troubling takeaway from that meeting is that the saga of Mr. Huckelberry will forever be shadowed by black clouds of suspicion, mistrust, and conspiracy. The issues and controversies of his pay plan, benefits, retirement, resignation, and termination will be all that will be remembered," writes Pima County Supervisor Steve Christy.
Jan Lesher will earn $260,000 a year, about $32,000 less than Chuck Huckelberry, who retired last year but worked on a contract basis without supervisors knowing.
OPINION: "Actions have consequences, and it is apparent that all parties involved here did not consider the extent to which Chuck’s change in employment status with the county could have on the various stakeholders involved," writes Tucsonan Thomas Horrigan.
OPINION: "Nothing associated with either his resignation or retirement detracts from the fact that our entire community owes him and his family a sincere debt of gratitude," writes Pima County Supervisor Rex Scott.
For Star subscribers: Pima County supervisors were surprised to learn eight months late that administrator Chuck Huckelberry had formally retired. In the post-Huckelberry era, they need to run the show.
It was learned this week that the longtime county administrator officially retired from the position last July and was working as a contractor. He is still recovering from critical injuries suffered in bicycle crash.
Seriously injured in a bicycle wreck in October, Huckelberry is set to end nearly three decades as Tucson's top county executive.
The county administrator has returned home after a months-long period of hospitalization and rehabilitation.
As Chuck Huckelberry recovers from a serious bicycle wreck, Deputy County Administrator Jan Lesher is taking over his role in the meantime.
A county report says constables take varying approaches to the job and have uneven workloads.
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