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Article: Grand Rapids seeks a star

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July 27, 2009
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By Tim Hrenchir

THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL

Saying they weren't getting the "superstar" candidate they wanted, Grand Rapids, Mich., city commissioners in April suggested firing the search firm they had hired to help them find a city manager.

But the commission gave the firm a second chance. And one new name has since been added to the list of finalists -- that of Topeka city manager Norton Bonaparte.

Bonaparte and the three other top contenders will be interviewed Tuesday in Grand Rapids, a city of about 193,000 people that is trying to fill the manager's job vacated when Kurt Kimball retired effective Jan. 5 after almost 22 years.

Kimball had shared an office with Bonaparte when both worked as ...

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