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Sarasota News Leader December 28, 2012 Page 73 NOV. 16 Using two staging areas ��� Ed Smith Stadium in Sarasota and Cranberry Elementary School in North Port ��� volunteers for the Mayors Feed the Hungry Program box up more than 44 tons of food for area residents who otherwise would not enjoy Thanksgiving dinner, Scott Biehler, vice chairman of the program, tells The Sarasota News Leader. The food is scheduled to be delivered to 25 different food pantries in Sarasota and Manatee counties, he says, but the need for assistance continues to grow in the area. ���We���ve seen a lot of people who have given to the food pantries in the past ��� are coming to the food pantries themselves now,��� he adds. NOV. 19 If charter officials do not perform as expected, they can be removed by a simple majority of three commissioners. After her selection as city auditor and clerk on Feb. 25, 2010, Pam Nadalini fought a bureaucratic battle that led to the dismissal of her b��te noire, City Manager Bob Bartolotta, enabling her to take control of the city���s Information Technology Department from the City Manager���s Office. For nearly three years, she stood in violation of a requirement in the city charter that she hold a surety bond; and for two years, she managed to keep that a secret from the City Commission. And she withstands a no-confidence motion at the City Commission meeting when nobody wants to second it. Kurt Hoverter, the city HR director, says the rates for the coming year for $100,000 in bond coverage will be $444 for City Manager Tom Barwin, $507 for Finance Director Chris Lyons and $9,350 for Nadalini. In other words, Nadalini���s bond is Boxes of food donated for the Mayors Feed the Hungry Program are marked according to contents at Ed Smith Stadium in Sarasota. Photos by Norman Schimmel 20 times more expensive than Barwin���s. The amount is too much for Commissioner Turner. ���Now we have quantitative evidence her integrity is one-twentieth that of Mr. Barwin and Mr. Lyons. Her unknown personal activities clearly disqualify her from office,��� he adds. His motion to terminate Nadalini ���for cause��� fails. ��������� When the Sarasota City commissioners yanked the parking meters out of downtown last year, they created a uniform parking policy but did not bother to tell the merchants and residents of St. Armands about it. Suddenly, what was unfettered and free became timed and policed. When the tickets appeared last month and word began to circulate, a political storm started to brew. Seven weeks later, the city is making everything as it was before the ���uniform policy��� was adopted. City workers are un-striping the new stripes, re-signing the new signs and un-enforcing the new rules ��� because the new rules no longer apply. After St. Armands merchants and property owners trooped to City Hall on Nov. 5, the commissioners ordered staffers to consult on the matter and find an agreeable solution. When the staffers return, the solution for the commission is to throw in the towel and return to the status quo ante.