The City of winnipeg is buzzing with the sudden resignation of the City’s top civil servant Annitta Stenning, CAO, with no explanations forthcoming from either the Mayor or Ms Stenning. All we hear is that it was an amicable separation. On top of that a replacement in the form of harvard unversity graduate, a Mr. Alex Robinson has been appointed as interim CAO immediately. Robinson has been with the city since 1991. Coun. Jenny Gerbasi told CBC News she was stunned by the news and disturbed by the appointment of Stenning's replacement and that this is a terrifying prospect.
"The person who has been appointed acting CAO is actually in charge of the EPC secretariat, which is political staff, so now we've gone from having an administrative leader in charge of all the departments to having a political appointee in charge of the entire City of Winnipeg," said Gerbasi, councillor for Fort Rouge - East Fort Garry. I am sure this matter will engage community activists for the next little while.