WENGNews writes, "CHARLOTTE COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR TOM O’KANE ANNOUNCED WEDENSDAY THAT HE HAS RESIGNED HIS POSITION TO TAKE A SIMILAR JOB IN CALIFORNIA. ACCORDING TO THE SUN, THE 60 YEAR OLD O’KANE’S SON AND DAUGHTER-IN-LAW LIVE IN THE SAN FRANCISCO AREA, AND HE RECENTLY APPLIED FOR THE SONOMA COUNTY DEPUTY TRANSPORTATION & PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR POSITION, FOR WHICH HE WAS PICKED. O’KANE HAS BEEN WITH THE COUNTY SINCE 1999, AND HIS DEPARTMENT WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CLEARING OF THE ROADWAYS OF DEBRIS AND GETTING TRAFFIC LIGHTS OPERATING AGAIN AFTER HURRICANE CHARLEY BACK IN 2004. HIS FINAL DAY IS MAY 27TH, AND INTERIM COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR ROGER BALTZ TOLD THE PAPER THAT THE COUNTY APPRECIATED O’KANE’S SERVICE TO THE COUNTY AND THEY WISH HIM ALL THE BEST."
