David CookI don’t like resignation letters. Never have.
They can be so … so … polished. Reading one feels like looking at Pamela Anderson. Hard to know what’s real and what’s not.
Look at Jeff Cannon’s recent letter of resignation to Mayor Andy Berke. It’s 11 sentences long, and nearly every one of them praiseworthy toward the mayor.
“It’s because of your leadership and vision over the last few years as Mayor that I see more momentum in Chattanooga today than ever before,” Cannon writes.
Two sentences later, the city’s chief operating officer resigns.