The Guilford shuffle
I had heard rumors that something big might be shaking loose in county government.
Now it appears that it was. David McNeill will be out soon as county manager.
In a deal concocted by an unlikely alliance -- new commissioners Chairman Skip Alston and Vice Chairman Steve Arnold -- Finance Director Brenda Jones Fox reportedly may step in as interim manager and Sharisse Fuller, the county Human Resource director, as her deputy.
We hear that the commissioners (or at least six of them) wanted to replace McNeill because they preferred someone with a long-range vision of five to 10 years.
Which is ironic, since county managers around here typically don't last that long.
McNeill, of course, replaced Willie Best, who was forced out two years ago.
Yankees managers have more job security.
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