Globe finally gets on the train

I totally missed this story from Sunday's Globe North about Mayor John Moak's being a finalist for the Winthrop town manager position.

You've gotta love Katie Ives' persistence in challenging this landfill deal.

Newburyport Councilor at large Donna Holoday (sic) said she was surprised when Moak informed her last week he was a finalist in Winthrop.

"But I certainly understand his reasoning for applying for a new job with double his salary. And it's a community in financial trouble and this is John's area of expertise," she said.

But Councilor at large Kathleen O'Connor Ives said she is concerned that Moak is pursuing another job after having recently acted independently of the council to order closure of the landfill. The effort to close the site, a persistent source of odor complaints, has been a longstanding issue among city and state officials and the site owner.

"Where he is taking the lead" on the landfill issue, "it's very difficult for me to understand how he can make those decisions independently and then simultaneously seek opportunities elsewhere," Ives said.

Some sloppy fact checking and copy editing in there ... but Ives is like a terrier that has a hold on Moak's leg, and she's not letting go.