Azusa Official Accepts Offer to Be City Manager

Azusa City Manager Rick Cole, known for his energetic and outspoken style, said Thursday that he had accepted an offer to become city manager of Ventura.

Cole, 50, told Azusa officials this week that he would resign to take the post vacated earlier this month by Donna Landeros. “The City Council in Ventura is getting a guy who is not afraid to speak and not afraid to take action,” Cole said Thursday .

Ventura Mayor Brian Brennan said a majority of the council had agreed in closed session last week that Cole, a former Pasadena mayor, was the best of six finalists for the job.