The city manager doesn't have a contract to renew. He was hired without one and the former mayor (bruce rogers) touted that as a significant point in favor of his being hired. Now the manager wants an employment agreement and will throw anyone under the bus in order to get it.
No doubt the officers who are critics of the chief will turn out to be the same as those who were critics of the former chief (and chiefs before that). Traditionally, east providence has hired its chiefs from within; so the end result of the internal agitation is promotional. Chief Tavares' hiring disrupted that flow but it looks like the malcontents of the police department have allied themselves with the city manager to ensure that regular promotions to chief are available to the politically connected rather than the competent.
Clearly, the city manager is acting to further his own interests and not those of the community.
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