There's no maybe about it. Jon Ruiz is astoundingly incompetent and unprofessional. I'm not sure how he keeps the city council under his spell, but the rest of the city has certainly noticed how much destruction he has wrought.

While we're at it, the highest three tiers of management under Mr. Ruiz could do with a change of scenery as well. We've got parks that have been privatized by bums, planning that isn't, traffic engineering that puts all vulnerable users at inordinate risk, police that don't and recreation programs that consist mostly of driving. As Casey Stengel said of the Mets' first season, "Can't anybody here play this game?" Sadly, the answer is obvious.