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Tuesday is the day the Yakima City Council will begin the official search for a new city manager.

Last week the council voted 5-2 to remove current City Manager Bob Harrison which is set to leave on February 2.

The council voted 5-2 to remove Harrison who will serve in the role until February 2. He's agreed to help a smooth transition to a new manager.

Scott Bailey has also been placed on administrative leave as an investigation is underway into alleged misconduct.

Calls into his office Wednesday went to an answering machine.

This is an hilarious video! But it seems to me that his firing the guy was premeditated because he set up a video camera or did they set it up so he would get a lot of hits on Youtube!

Long story short, I know someone (a friend of a friend of a friend) who was recently fired from his job at a local area store because he caught a shoplifter off the store premises. Since it happened off of the store's property, he was fired, even though he may have saved many from harm from the shoplifter who was carrying a knife. Is it fair?

A 58-year-old Milwaukee woman was recently fired from her job at Wells Fargo after a background check revealed she was convicted of shoplifting more than 40 years ago. Is that fair?

Aubrey O'Day walked off last night's 'Celebrity Apprentice' show and you were almost thinking good riddance. I'm a fan of the show and she has driven me insane the last few episodes. I realize that this is just reality TV and the editing done by the editors can be misleading but someone has to take my side on this. I was glad that Arsenio Hall laid the smackdown on her.

Times are tough and big business types are looking for excuses to reduce their workforce to preserve their ridiculous salaries, unnecessary bonuses and pure ivory staplers that only work with staples made of gold. If you fit one of the following signs, it might be time to get your resume in order and feather dust your neglected LinkedIn page.

The drummer for ‘My Chemical Romance’ has been fired for stealing from bedmates.  Michael Pedicone was released from the group after their performance last week in Auburn, WA, Pedicone confessed to the police and feels ashamed of his wrongful doing...

Roger Kline may have saved the day when a thief tried to make good with over $1,600 in merchandise, but his instinct to tackle the sticky-fingered customer didn't save his job. In fact, it got him fired.