Cause of Firing

For John, BLUF:  Not exactly fired.  They just didn't pick up his contract renewal for next year.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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San Fran's election director fired because he’s white

From Tilting At Windmills, by Tom Knighton 23 November 2022.

Here is the lede plus eight:

Some of us like to just think the best about our nation, but the honest among us have to admit that we haven’t always gotten it right.

One of the sins of our past is institutionalized discrimination based on the color of one’s skin.  As a born and raised Southerner, it’s something I couldn’t hide from if I wanted to.

Luckily, those days are over.

Right?

Right?

It seems that San Francisco elections director John Arntz appeared to do a satisfactory job running elections for the city. Despite that, though, his contract was not renewed.

Now, contracts don’t get renewed for a number of reasons.  Maybe the person wants more money or, conversely, maybe the funding for the job dropped due to budget cuts.

Yet that doesn’t seem to be the issue with Arntz.

In fact, according to one elections commissioner, the problem is that Arntz is white.

I am hoping the reolacement for Mr Arntz is competent to run the Election Office.  What if the Election Commissioners had to bring Mr Arntz back at the last minute for the next election?

The deeper question is what does this mean for Caucasians in the US?  Are they now all at risk of being replaced in order to give a minority another employment option?  What is a fair employment promise to employees?  While I don't see this mushrooming up into a major issue everywhere, it is something we should discuss now, rather than wait for the A4 Protests.

Regards  —  Cliff