file photo by Boyd Loving
You can keep someone around with a less-than-great attitude if they’re highly competent, experienced, and brilliant. Maybe you can keep someone around who’s less than great, but their sunshine makes everybody happy and they get things done. People kept saying that at least she wasn’t an alcoholic like previous managers. Can you imagine hearing someone say that about yourself in your job? Talk about faint praise.
She worked hard–many hours–we know this because she mentioned it a lot. But what was she doing? Working on projects behind some council members’ backs and intended to foil the wishes of residents. Determinedly following through on Aronsohn’s plans. This woman was a hiring disaster except for the person who hired her. Unqualified for many important Village Manager tasks, requiring expensive outsourcing and in one case, the excuse for creating an HR position for a friend that quickly morphed from part time to full time. Let’s get rid of that person and that position soon.
Sonenfeld was incompetent, defensive, “attitude” prone, disrespectful of council members and the public, all too willing to do the former mayor’s bidding. Shockingly, did not hesitate to chew out council members–totally unacceptable. Expressed far more personal opinions than a manager should.
Waster of money, pusher of projects we didn’t need–most recently the digging up and overhauling of Van Neste, which fortunately was caught in time. Cashed in her favor-chips with that HR job and giving her Health Barn friend part of a municipal park (let’s rip up that contract asap). Never learned the true role of a village manager. We will be far better off without her. Aronsohn’s legacy is now diminished in the most significant way since the council election. CLEAN HOUSE. (Judge Pfund needs to go, too.)
Job number one as a manager is to get along with everyone, be polite, be pleasant. Then you can actually MANAGE things. Roberta is a nasty bitch, she is not suited to being a manager. Her resume indicates that she has not had a real job since early in this century. No wonder.
you people realize she’s gone now and you can quiet down. mission accomplished. pose in front of the banner. time for a new, improved hack to take the reins.
Hope they got a plan for leaves and snow because thats one thing Roberta sure was good at. I predict we are quickly back to the days of leaf piles and Christmas trees in the streets in February.
Brian, are you Serious? Do you think leaves and Christmas trees were never picked up before Queen Bert? We were fine before. We’ll be better now. Bye bye Bert
11:07 We live in Ridgewood. Home to the entitled, “I do whatever the f$%^ I want to” town. Definitely back to HUGE piles of leaves and Christmas Trees blowing all over the roads…….
Criticism is warranted but enough with the “B” word. It’s rude and crude.
well to 11;07, the trees and leaves can be picked up if the crew’s had efficient amount of worker’s to do the job. and have the crews work saturdays like all other towns do, in the past the leaf crews did work on weekends.
To 1,37,pm. Yes so very true. You are so right in the past they did work on saturdays. In midland park they do.
I wonder why there is so much hate and criticism. The role of the manager is to act as a spokesperson for the Village employees and be a part of the council. The council is elected to be a fair judge between the village government and the residents. Now, there is no way everyone would agree with the way things were handled and they certainly will not be 100% in support of going forward.
It’s amusing to see how this blog is becoming a podium for people to anonymously shame, disrespect and disregard others. Bible says that the person who did no sin shall throw the first stone, and yet here we are.
I would love to see the blog writers to put their energy into somethings more productive and help the community in a better way rather than just trying to creat a controversy. Paying taxes doesn’t mean we own people. This blog needs to be reported Since it’s acting as a platform for stirring hate and making the collar environment so toxic. SHAME AND DISGUSTING, THIS IS A PATHETIC EXCUSE FOR REPORTING.
Oooooooo….Leaves and frickin Christmas trees. you people are pathetic. Absolutely pathetic. Is this what your worried about?
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