The city of Flagstaff has come up empty again in its second search for a permanent city manager. A preferred candidate had been identified and offered the job, but that person said the approximately $200,000 annual salary wasn’t going to be enough.

So how did Flagstaff get to this point? And what’s next?

For answers to those questions, The Show turned to Adrian Skabelund, city government and development reporter for the Arizona Daily Sun.

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