Arroyo Grande’s City Manager Steve Adams has announced his resignation after being discovered alone with the city’s community development director, Teresa McClish, at city hall after hours.
Community development, indeed. Allegedly.
The San Luis Obispo Tribune has the salacious details.
“In separate statements written after the incident, officers described Adams and McClish as looking disheveled. Adams appeared unkempt, with his shirt partially untucked and his hair uncombed, and appeared agitated when speaking to the officers, according to the police statements.
“A few of the officers who saw McClish described her as holding a shirt or article of clothing in front of her chest.
“In his resignation announcement, Adams said he stands by earlier comments that no one was unclothed or partially dressed.”
The paper says the July 3 incident “has dominated public debate and prompted a torrent of criticism against the City Council.”
“To be involved in something divisive to the community would be the ultimate contradiction of everything I have tried to stand for in bringing the community together during these past 14 years,” Adams wrote in a statement announcing his resignation. “As a result, my family and I have decided to pursue new opportunities elsewhere.”
Adams said he is voluntarily resigning and will not receive a severance package. He said he will receive a payout for annual leave and believes he currently has 691 hours accrued. Based on Adams’ current salary of $157,294, that would be about $52,255.