Who is Tim Sweezey Monticello City Manager?

Tim Sweezey is the new city manager for Monticello.  Who is he?  Where did he come from?  When was he interviewed?  When did the city council vote to hire him?    The Monticello "News" has not reported these things.  A search of the internet tells us a few things about Tim Sweezey.   He is from Alabama and went to Auburn University at Montgomery. 

What the internet does not reveal is the confirmation of the rumor that Tim Sweezey got his job because he is related to Joel and Jan Gaston.  Getting a job because who you know is part of the Monticello elite.  It's the Jasper County Way.


April 23, 2009
St. Clair News-Aegis 

2006 Police Report Surfaces Alleging Assault by Sweezy

By Michael Mee

Last week Pell City Parks and Recreation Director Tim Sweezy was not reappointed to his position at a council meeting after a 4-2 vote.

After his ouster, Sweezy and his wife appeared on AM 1430 WFHK’s radio show and spoke for nearly an hour with host and ex-mayor Adam Stocks about an incident that both Sweezy and his wife called “regrettable.” That incident involved a domestic violence report.....
http://www.newsaegis.com/local/x155259984/2006-Police-Report-Surfaces-Alleging-Assault-by-Sweezy

 May 1, 2009
St. Clair News Aegis (Pell City, AL)

Sweezy Pleads with City for Job

By Joel Paris

The Pell City Council voted unanimously there was no position opening for former director Tim Sweezey in the parks and recreation department last Thursday afternoon at his personnel hearing. Mayor Bill Hereford allowed Sweezy to make a lengthy statement in which he implored the council to reconsider their decision.

“In the ten years that I’ve been here… I’ve had a solid track record for the city, a solid track record of achievement and a solid track record of doing what’s right. We all make mistakes,” Sweezey said. “I’ve admitted publically and I’ve admitted privately to my wife that I have made mistakes, she’s made mistakes. We both accept 50 percent of the responsibility. In fact, I’ll go a step further. I actually have more responsibility that she does. With that being said, I don’t know that the punishment is equal to the crime.”

Sweezey’s wife, Rebecca, filed a domestic abuse report and has since filed a supplemental report to further explain the incident that Sweezey believes cost him his job.
http://www.newsaegis.com/local/x155260030/Sweezy-Pleads-with-City-for-Job/print