Tuesday, June 10, 2008
By CRAIG MYERS
Staff Reporter
ORANGE BEACH — Mayor Pete Blalock said Monday he has suspended an effort to hire ousted Escambia County, Fla., administrator George Touart as the city's next administrator and will leave that decision to the municipal leadership elected in August.
Several City Council members and Blalock said Monday that Touart, of Pensacola, was the most qualified of nearly 70 candidates to replace Jeff Moon, who left the position in April.
Blalock said he and the city's attorney were negotiating the details of a contract with Touart that would have been brought back to the council for a vote. But the process has ended, he said.
Mobile Press Register Article
Pensapedia- About George Touart
