{"id":64476,"date":"2015-07-06T15:24:44","date_gmt":"2015-07-06T21:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/?p=64476"},"modified":"2015-07-06T15:32:00","modified_gmt":"2015-07-06T21:32:00","slug":"corrections-to-commentary-hobbs-managers-contract-evolution-exposes-sense-of-entitlement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2015\/07\/corrections-to-commentary-hobbs-managers-contract-evolution-exposes-sense-of-entitlement\/","title":{"rendered":"Correction to commentary ‘Hobbs manager\u2019s contract evolution exposes sense of entitlement’"},"content":{"rendered":"

NMPolitics.net has\u00a0a\u00a0policy<\/a> requiring that we correct inaccuracies. In accordance with that policy, here’s a detailed correction\u00a0to the commentary “Hobbs manager\u2019s contract evolution exposes sense of entitlement<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

The column initially stated that Hobbs City Manager J.J. Murphy didn’t meet the minimum qualifications<\/a> the city commission set before hiring him. The commission initially required that someone with a master’s degree in public administration – which Murphy has – also have 10 years of municipal experience. Murphy’s r\u00e9sum\u00e9<\/a> lists eight years as deputy city administrator and later city administrator in\u00a0Wilkes-Barre, Pa.<\/p>\n

Murphy pointed out to NMPolitics.net that his r\u00e9sum\u00e9 also indicates he worked as a special assistant to the mayor of that city from 1996-1997. In addition, Murphy told NMPolitics.net he worked in the clerk’s office in\u00a0Wilkes-Barre, Pa. in 1992 and 1993. That experience doesn’t appear on his r\u00e9sum\u00e9.<\/p>\n

At any rate, Murphy wasn’t subject to the requirement of 10 years of municipal experience. After a failed initial search, the Hobbs City Commission reposted the job with lowered qualifications<\/a>. When Murphy applied, the job required someone with a master’s in public administration to have seven years of municipal experience.<\/p>\n

In addition, the column states\u00a0that Murphy started at $140,000 — which is accurate — but incorrectly stated that the prior city manager who Murphy replaced,\u00a0Eric Honeyfield, made the same amount his last year on the job. According to information Murphy provided, Honeyfield received a salary of $167,440 plus benefits his last year as Hobbs city manager.<\/p>\n

NMPolitics.net regrets the errors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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