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s- <br />Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />page 2 <br />May 30, 2008 <br />As you know, Jane and I are now grandparents. I want to continue to spend quality time and moxe <br />time with my family. Because of geography, that will take more time, xequire more planning and <br />Ynore flexibility. _ ' <br />I have shared with you the fact that Zane is in graduate school working toward a master's <br />degree in nursing and to become a certified nurse midwife. I want to be able to better support <br />lane as she pursues a professional career as a certified nurse midwife as she has supported me as <br />I I~a~pursued my professional career. I think I can da that best by having less responsibility <br />away from our home and mare flexibility to travel when she can. <br />I also want to become a better farmer. I want to produce grass finished beef from our <br />"cow calf' beef cattle business in Cedar Grove. Jane and I both want to maintain honey bee <br />hives, grow varietal grapes and put our goat herd back into "production." <br />These life changes will have to be made in a measured way and will take more time than I <br />have now. I think it is time for me to start making them. <br />It has been a particularly rewarding professional experience to me to represent Orange <br />County and the Orange County Board of Commissioners for the moxe than 30 years that I have <br />done so. I don't regret a minute of it. I want to thank you and those who have served before you <br />as County Commissioners for this professional opportunity and experience and for the <br />confidence you have shown me by your annual reappointment decision for so many years. <br />I have said and I'll say again it has been a singular honor and privilege tome to be <br />Orange County's lawyer. I am proud of Orange County government, with its focus on public <br />education, the environment, the civil rights of all of its citizens and, through land use planning, <br />progressive health, social services, aging, open space and recreation .programs, the health, safety <br />and welfare of its citizens. You, prior Board of Commissioner members and the competent and <br />dedicated people working for Orange County have done this. It has been a joy to me to have <br />played a small part helping achieve what has been achieved and to have worked with County <br />staff at all levels. <br />There is no place like Orange County. There is no other place I want to live. Our county <br />is a beautiful place. Its people are wonderful and I share their priorities. The quality of life <br />decisions that you have made and that you continue to make every day, in na small part, help to <br />make Orange County the outstanding place to Live that it is. <br />Finally, I think December of this year an opportune time for the County and the Board to <br />make the transition to a new county attorney and a different arrangement for the County to <br />receive its legal services. I have shared with you ideas that I.have about how I can continue to <br />work for Orange County in its attorney transition process and in other County work I would <br /> <br />