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' t , ~t <br />(f~" <br />d I apologiz to all of you if members of my Department did not serve you as well as ~~ <br />,~~would have lik them to have. The responsibility for those shortcomings lies not with <br />them, but completely with me as the elected official in charge of the Department. And, it <br />is also appropriate at this point of my report that I thank all of those who have served <br />with me in the Law Department over the past 8years-lawyers, law clerks and the <br />department's secretary, for all the invaluable contributions they made to the La ~ ~ ,~ <br />Department's mission. ~ t~1' 6 ~ ~-wf L~--~~-0 <br />u,~.6kl~ ~+• - ,rS1 r~rB , ~~,( ~~Cy~s ae~...~ ~~ l,~c~cer+t-C,}+-Z~c-' ~t~/''~r~r~u~C. r~.. <br />Finally, I want to once again thank Mike Gateau Sr. for giving me my start in North Olmsted city <br />government, for his legal guidance and legal training over the years, and for allowing me to serve <br />these two terms as law director without doing a Dick Cheney on me. I know that there were <br />many things I did as Law Director the past 8 years that must have raised Mike Sr.'s blood <br />pressure by 20 points, but he never publicly criticized anything that I did, and did not in any way <br />interfere with my opportunity to serve in the oi~ice to the best of my ability. I assure you, Mike <br />Jr., that I will follow your father's example and not do anything in the future that will interfere <br />with your opportunity to serve the City as law director in the manner and way that you best see <br />fit. As I said at the first Council meeting following your election last month, I've known you <br />since you were a teenager, and I've seen you grow into a fine man, an excellent lawyer, and a <br />good and decent member of this community. The North Olmsted Law Department will be in <br />very good hands with you at its helm on January 1. <br />And Mr. President, that concludes my report. <br />t Qr.~ <br /> <br />