With the dust barely settled from the abrupt and unceremonious departure of Greensboro’s previous city attorney, Chuck Watts, it’s fair to ask whether his boss did an adequate job of supervising Watts.

Or in this case, his bosses .

Watts happened to report to nine supervisors: the City Council.

As for how effective they’ve been: Are you kidding?

Watts’ moonlighting should never have been allowed in the first place.

Moreover, how effective can it be to have nine bosses, all of whom are part-time elected officials — and most of whom also have day jobs —anyway? Who’s in charge? Who has the last say? And where does the buck stop?

It wasn’t always this way.

Not that long ago, the city attorney in Greensboro reported to the city manager.

But in 2011, the council successfully sought leg

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