Laguna Beach continues to recruit candidates to permanently fill its city manager position. Gavin Curran has been named acting city manager as Joyce exits.
Despite urgings to disclose a report into former City Manager Shohreh Dupuis' exit and harassment claims against Councilman George Weiss, the council majority declined to do so.
Every politician has a mentor, a sounding board, a guiding presence. Nelson Mandela had Walter Sisulu, Winston Churchill had Bourke Cockran, and John F. Kennedy had Ted Sorensen. When wondering about councilman George Weiss, only one name comes to mind: Yosemite Sam. Yes, the proud cartoon cowboy, the mean-spirited and aggressive gunslinger with the hair-trigger temper and an intense hatred of rabbits - whose “shoot first” efforts always seemed to backfire. Substitute common sense for rabbits, and we have our doppelganger.
Laguna Beach City Manager Shohreh Dupuis will retire from the position on Sept. 1, per the terms of a separation agreement executed Thursday during a closed session of the City Council.