STEWART: Taking over hiring process

So, let me get this straight, Commissioner Stewart still hasn’t come to the conclusion that Tondee is the right person for the job, but he had no part in the hiring decision… If that is true, what is he grandstanding about? He says that he “can’t influence the hiring process,” but then he says “I have some strong questions for her,” what is he talking about other than influencing the hiring process?

Any HR professional knows that it is illegal to talk about a candidate’s qualifications and/or job interviews publicly, so what is Stewart going to do, call her in for a meeting and make her publically decline to answer questions that he should know are illegal for her to answer? Is he going to start dictating who she, or anyone else in the county, can hire? One bitter guy complaining that he didn’t get a job and now a commissioner starts taking over the hiring process just so that he can look good to the voters? That is just plain stupid. I made a HUGE mistake in voting for him, I would rather vote for Millie next time. I only hope that Eberlein and Green have more sense.

CASSIE MATHESON

Coeur d’Alene