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Clerk in 2012, employees of the clerk were noticeably absent from electioneering. Moran has asked that his name be removed from the list, but by press time, it remained there. Nonetheless, his affiliation has been changed to "downtown roundtable." Meanwhile, the CCNA has voted — with only one contrary voice — to ask the webmaster for the charter change group to delete any mention of "neighborhood association" from the names on the list. The list now contains a disclaimer saying, "Note: individuals pres- ent were not representing organizations in an official capacity." What they were "present" for is not. At the CCNA meeting on Feb. 1, Kate Lowman made a motion to send a letter to It's Time Sarasota, the group backing the new charter: "The letter should say the neighborhoods have not taken a position and ask their names not be used on their website and in their documents." The motion passed with one opposing vote — from Linda Holland, chairwoman of the Gillespie Park Neighborhood Association and chairwoman of It's Time Sarasota. "We all have a different idea on this," Holland told the other CCNA members. "If you'd like to send a letter, I'll be more than happy to take your concerns back to our committee." LEGISLATIVE ACTION REQUIRED? A charter is a grant of home-rule powers by the State of Florida. All cities have charters, and 16 of the 67 counties in the state have Linda Holland is chairwoman of It's Time Sarasota. Photo by Norman Schimmel Sarasota News Leader February 7, 2014 Page 18