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Meese was not alone in being the target of board exasperation that day, though she is the only one among them given the heave-ho so far. Beyond those staffing questions, one other telling aspect of the Harmer reorganization that will go into effect Oct. 1 is his decision to take on oversight of economic development efforts. Development in the county obviously has been a very high priority for a majority of the current commission. His other areas of responsibility are com- munications, community/intergovernmental relations and ethics. Everything else is being divvied up among his assistant county administrators. As Chairman Charles Hines and Vice Chairwoman Christine Robinson pointed out to the News Leader, Harmer had a lot of time as deputy county administrator to judge how Sarasota County government worked — who and what functioned well and who and what did not. Yet, one big reason County Administrator Randall Reid lost his job was because he would not cave to commissioners' wishes if he felt they were not in the best interest of Sarasota County. We most certainly hope Harmer is not so keen on keeping his job that he would work to keep the few happy only to harm the majority. % LETTERS TO THE EDITOR The Sarasota News Leader wel- comes letters to the editor from its readers. Letters should be no more than 300 words in length, and include the name, street address and telephone num- ber of the writer. Letters should be emailed to Letters@SarasotaNewsLeader.com, with "Letter to the Editor" in the subject line. Let- ters actually printed will be selected based on space available, subject matter and other fac- tors. We reserve the right to edit any letters submitted for length, grammar, spelling, etc. All letters submitted become the property of The Sarasota News Leader. Search for text in stories by clicking the icon in the menubar and entering a search term. Search the current edition or all editions. QUICK TIP Search Only The Issue You Are Viewing Search All Issues Your search term here OPINION Sarasota News Leader April 18, 2014 Page 103