AUBURNDALE — Jeff Brown recalls a day from 1994, when he sat in Auburndale’s City Hall for an interview with City Manager Bobby Green.
As Brown sought a position as Green’s assistant, the city manager asked about his ultimate career goal. Brown answered that he wanted to be a city manager.
“And he says, ‘You will be, but don’t expect it to be here,’” Brown said. “And so, what he was trying to tell us – matter of fact, he’s told every assistant that he had — was that his intention was to train you up and get you be a city manager somewhere else.”…