By Philip Haldiman, The Republic | azcentral.com
When New Hampshire-born Peter Jankowski was unanimously chosen as Cave Creek’s town manager five months ago, he was ceremoniously dropped into a position that had stirred divisiveness with his predecessor.
Jankowski replaced the former town manager of more than 10 years, Usama Abujbarah, who was fired last year. That helped spark a recall effort to oust a group of Town Council members newly elected last year that made the firing their first order of business..
Jankowski said his job is to serve the council and the town. In other words, he says in a marked Northeastern accent, “I stay out of politics.”
