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The chair they all want to fill. (© FlaglerLive)
“Look no further! I’m ready to be Flagler Beach’s next City Manager.” It’s not the sort of opening line elected officials expect to see in a cover letter when recruiting for their next executive, though it states more explicitly what every applicant by definition believes when applying.
Kathy Laur, the town administrator in Tonka Bay, a lakeside community of 1,500 people in the outer suburbs of Minneapolis, is the author of that opening line. She’s been the administrator for barely a year, but she’s ready to leave. She was among the 57 candidates who applied to replace the late Larry Newsom, who died in August after giving the city five years of relative stability and solid executive leadership. Laur didn’t make the recommended cut to seven candidates, though nothing stops city commissioners from choosing their own candidates to short-list when they meet this evening and discuss the applicant pool for the fi ....

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