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  August 4, 1999    Sunnyvale, California  Since 1994

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    City Employee Exodus

    Critics blame City Manager Bob LaSala for City Hall's massive exodus of talent


    Sunnyvale has long been heralded across the nation as a model for effective, innovative city government. In 1993, President Bill Clinton recognized the city as a government 'performance leader' for its entrepreneurial style. The city has consistently turned in the lowest crime rates in its population bracket, and it has been cited in several leading books on municipal government as the pinnacle of progressive city management. But the stability that has so long characterized Sunnyvale has been shaken. During the past five years, the city's employee turnover rates have nearly doubled, even though retirement rates have barely budged a percentage point. In February, an independent survey gauging the morale of city employees indicated that although they take pride in working for Sunnyvale, they have a deepening mistrust of high-level management. Many say City Manager Bob LaSala, who recently hit his two-year mark in that post, is to blame for rocking Sunnyvale's solid core.   More

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