WHAT HAPPENED TO INDIANTOWN’S GRAND VISION? How Did Indiantown Get So Far off Track? Indiantown is off track only if you believe that citizen oversight and input into local government is not only necessary, but vital; that the millions of dollars being spent by the …
WHAT HAPPENED TO INDIANTOWN’S GRAND VISION? Part 5: Brown Perfects His Sleight of Hand Indiantown’s vision of what it can be – Indiantown, only better – grew from nearly 20 years of citizen ideas that created a blueprint for the future. Dozens of residents spent …
What Happened to Indiantown’s Grand Vision? Part 4: A Village Manager’s Lessons in Loyalty Indiantown Village Manager Howard Brown Jr. avoided the divided loyalties most new managers face by ensuring every member of his staff – which extended also to certain critical consultants – would …
WHAT HAPPENED TO INDIANTOWN’S GRAND VISION? PART 3: Cracks Show in Howard Brown’s Indiantown Pedestal Almost everyone walks away from his or her first meeting with Indiantown Village Manager Howard Brown Jr. with a positive impression. He’s articulate, charming, and underscores his marketability by speaking Spanish, …
WHAT HAPPENED TO INDIANTOWN’S GRAND VISION? A 5-Part Series 2: A New Beginning or the Beginning of the End Within three months of Howard Brown’s appointment as the new Village of Indiantown’s manager, the mission and vision statements had been rewritten, goals rearranged (he said …