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Sarasota News Leader April 19, 2013 OPINION The county is always looking for more space. Indeed, as I write this, Sarasota County Sheriff Tom Knight is looking for a spot to house more of his personnel in one place. Page 71 He served in the Army Air Force in Italy during World War II and was recalled to active duty during the Korean War, when he worked in the Pentagon in the office of the Chief Scientist of the Air Force. Or, if that cannot be worked out, the Ringling center could be converted into a public He was married to the late Anne Proffitt for park. You could put in benches, swings, wad- 47 years. He has five children, two of whom, ing pools and lots of flowers and make it a Geoffrey and Scott, live in Sarasota. % place for children to play and office workers to come for lunch. For such uses and others you might come up with, I would be willing to give up the tax revenue the Ringling center pays under private ownership. Waldo Proffitt was managing editor or editor of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune from 1961 to 1998, and he wrote a weekly column for the paper for 15 years after his retirement. He was born in Texas, grew up in Oklahoma, graduated from Harvard College and worked for newspapers in Maine, North Carolina, and Ohio before moving to Sarasota. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR The Sarasota News Leader welcomes 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 number of the writer. Letters should be emailed to Letters@SarasotaNewsLeader.com, with "Letter to the Editor" in the subject line. Letters actually printed will be selected based on space available, subject matter and other factors. 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. The Sarasota News Leader No-Nonsense Reporting