The revolving door to the Natchez city planner’s office stopped spinning just long enough to be greased up for another go round, it seems.

The next man or woman to come through the door and take a seat will be city’s seventh city planner in a decade.

A city as unique in history, design and architecture as Natchez, should be batting away potential planners with a stick.

Instead, Natchez has spent 10 years batting away the planners we’ve had.

City planners who should have been focused on the details that make a city great have instead been forced to spend too much time defending attacks launched on their office by the aldermen or pursuing code enforcement only to later have the aldermen overrule them.

The city’s elected leaders have made it tough to be a planner. They’ve taken away much of the authority the position should have and caused unnecessary troubles in an already busy office.

It’s got to stop.

Natchez needs a long-term planner — young or experienced — who can make the job his or her own, focus on projects and think about the future.

Our city has everything a planner would want — minus the hassle, of course — and attracting interest shouldn’t be a problem.

Making a promise to support, not belittle, the next person through the door will be the key to stop the spinning and start the vision.