Oceanside fire chief gets walking papers

This happened last week, but I thought I'd take a moment to comment on it. The Oceanside city manager asked the fire chief, Robert Osby, to leave, saying that it was something that they had previously agreed to. Osby claimed that Mayor Wood was behind it.

My sources tell me that Osby had indeed come in to fill a vacancy on a temporary basis, and that his agreed-upon tenure had come to an end. Apparently Osby is an old crony of Terry Johnson's, and was well known as one of those "10-2 manager" types who rolls in late, kicks his feet up, reads the sports page, and then takes off early, a job well done. Who wouldn't want a gig like that, right? So now that the city manager Steve Jepsen has finally decided enough is enough, Osby makes a stink, and makes it sound like Wood is behind the whole thing. A little political payback for his good buddy Terry Johnson.