Palesh: Means are justified for the people

Each Thursday, we put one of our local newsmakers On The Spot. This week: Auburn City Manager Mark Palesh

This week's question: What has been your biggest disappointment and your biggest achievement since starting your job a little less than a year ago?

In my late 20s, soon after being appointed to my first position as city administrator in a small Utah community, my father came to visit me from New York. As he sat in my office chair he said; “Well son, how do you do this job, and how do you know when you have done it well?” I could not answer his questions at the time, but after having served six communities in three states, over a 30-year career, I am closing in on them.