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Sarasota News Leader November 2, 2012 Over the years, the CAC took on additional re- sponsibilities. Former Auditor and Clerk Billy Robinson started a public information office in City Hall in 2004 to handle public and press relations. Then-City Manager Mike McNees engaged in a tug-of-war with Robinson over control of the office, but McNees lost the City Commission decision over that battle. Page 26 Normally, public information falls under se- nior administration. Last year the City Commission stripped the city manager of responsibility for information technology (computers and communications). That department was transferred to the CAC's office. While the shift was made following un- proven allegations of email erasures by then- One proposed city charter amendment would shake up the responsibilities of the offices of the city manager and the city auditor and clerk. Photo by Norman Schimmel