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By DIANNE HARDISTY, editorial page editor -- The question that hangs heavy in the air: What happens when you are an appointed commissioner who serves at the pleasure of the Bakersfield City Council and you are no longer a "pleasure"? Stuart Gentry, vice chairman of the city's Fire Civil Service Commission, may soon find out. Gentry, who waged a contentious and unsuccessful battle in 2000 to unseat Ward 6 Councilwoman Jacquie Sullivan, is in his third year on the commission. Oddly, he was nominated to the commission by Sullivan's ally, Harold Hanson, who represents Ward 5 and is now vice mayor. Sullivan and council members Irma Carson and Zack Scrivner voted against Gentry's appointment. Hanson and council members Sue Benham, Mike Maggard and David Couch voted to appoint Gentry. And that causes us to do the math and ponder: Will a new City Council majority now find Gentry not to be a pleasure? If it does, his removal from the Fire Civil Service Commission...

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