I didn’t even know a job was open at the city of Fairhope. I am very qualified to run a basic fitness operation like the small town recreation center. If I had known, I would have applied. Seems to me Mr. Boyett is older and had already retired. How about all the young energetic people who do not even have a job in this economy and are fighting to build a career. Looks like someone was close friends with someone again in Fairhope. I think there is a lot more to this story than the article discloses.

Eddie Silvano

Fairhope

How can they hire someone without advertising a job? These are taxpayer dollars and everyone should be given a chance. I would love to see who they say actually applied. I bet they did not even interview one person, not even Mr. Eddie Boyett.

Marie Castellano

Mobile

Editor’s note: In an article published after these letters were received, the Courier reported that Boyett was the only person who applied for the position, and that he was hired less than a week after the position was announced, despite city rules requiring the job be posted for a week’s minimum.  In that Dec. 13 story, Mayor Tim Kant stated that the position was posted on the recreation department bulletin board, and not on citywide bulletin boards or on the city website. Although not included in that article, Kant said during an interview that he could not confirm that the job announcement was actually posted on the rec department bulletin board, but doing so was the procedure that typically should have been followed for such an “in-house” position.