Taft City Manager Bob Gorson held a wide ranging 30 minute news conference on Thursday where he defended his tenure as City Manager, and called Councilman Cliff Thompson a "Rogue Councilman" whose harassment of city employees has caused enough stress that city employees required medical treatment.
Gorson said that Thompson had approached him about employment with the City of Taft but said that as long as he was city manager, Thompson would never be an employee of the city.
Gorson also rejected Thompson's claim at Tuesday's City Council meeting that he had offered Thompson a public safety job with the city.
A video of Gorson's press conference can be seen at the Taft Independent Facebook page.
Publisher's Note: The City Manager's entire 30 minute News Conference can be seen on the Taft Independent's Facebook page.