Thank you to both you and Valiant for your responses. I will respectfully say (as an amateur), that I would not have taken this approach...budget or not. But then again, I don't know what went on to prompt this. I guess it's best to keep my amateur speculations to myself until we know more! : )
I totally understand your position and feel for his wife and children who are probably now in a precarious financial situation. City managers normally earn good six figure salaries. I really hope he is found soon.
Well, since he didn't know where his dad was buried, I'd say he wasn't close with his dad either.
I'd read a little about John's father, Orval, early on, but hadn't seen this. Thanks for sharing. John has a wife and four children and a sister. Man, I feel for them.
I still hold to the speculation he had a medical episode and is off-road, yet to be found. I know all the other tidbits of info point to some issue at work, but this makes the most sense to me.
I think he's deceased, still with his truck, and the cause was self-harm.
THIS!!!!! ^^^^^
Or, perhaps they have and the public hasn't been advised.
I'm an acquaintance of our City Administrator and I'm tempted to ask him how it would be handled if he went missing. But that sounds creepy.
Why? He's not performing the job and they likely need someone to step in to fill the position. They can't just make special circumstances for one person who doesn't show up for work.
