Published on Thursday, August 28, 2008
By CASSIE MACDUFF
The retirement of Redlands Treasurer Mike Reynolds and his guilty plea to a felony count of falsifying an accounting record give the City Council a golden opportunity to rethink whether the post should be an elected office.
Anyone who is registered to vote in Redlands can run for treasurer. No accounting or investment background is required. There's no guarantee qualified candidates will run.
Making it an appointed position, as Mayor Pro Tem Pat Gilbreath suggested after Reynolds' arrest last October, would enable the city to set job requirements, recruit qualified applicants and select the best.
Reynolds retired Aug. 20 after 28 years as city treasurer. On Wednesday, he pled guilty to one of the three felonies with which he was charged after a $38,000 discrepancy was discovered in the petty cash fund.
Until the missing money came to light, everyone thought Reynolds was doing a bang-up job
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