Executive News
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06/15/2015
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I did know Mike [Pentecost]. We worked together the last few years before he retired.
Before MTAS was organized functionally, we were organized geographically, and Mike was the west Tennessee manager for MTAS. He served on my interview panel when I was hired (so blame him for me being hired).
Mike also served a few terms as the mayor of Dresden. As a city official, he had a pretty good grasp of what cities wanted and needed from MTAS. Mike had a liver transplant after retiring from MTAS, but he had a full recovery. He was an avid duck hunter and shared a duck blind with Ed Archer (another retired MTAS consultant) many times.
In his later years he served as an interim city recorder in Dresden and served as a consultant to a newly elected mayor. I had lunch with Mike while he was serving in that capacity. That was a few years ago, and I haven’t seen or talked to Mike since then. I am really sad about that today.
Mike Pentecost was an old school consultant. He worked (mostly) before we could interact with cities via the internet, but, give him an old monochrome IBM Thinkpad with a numeric keypad, and he could wear out a Lotus 123 spreadsheet (yes children, there were spreadsheets before Excel).
Maybe I’m showing my age, but I think it’s appropriate to remember the folks who molded MTAS and made it the success it is today.
During the retreat, maybe we can share a few war stories.
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