Mayor Dismisses Embattled COO and Takes Reins of City Management

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Mayor Dismisses Embattled COO and Takes Reins of City Management

Following criticisms of Chief Operating Officer Eric Dargan in recent weeks, Mayor Todd Gloria announced Tuesday he was eliminating Dargan’s position of COO. Dargan is out and department executives will now report directly to the mayor.  Gloria announced Dargan’s dismissal as part of a raft of other measures, including merging multiple departments and eliminating empty managerial positions, designed to stabilize the city’s careening budget situa…