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SARASOTA COUNTY Hours after Sarasota County commissioners would sign a proclamation declaring Tuesday “code enforcement officers week,” Commissioner Christian Ziegler defended the county’s integrity and accused the Herald-Tribune of inaccurately reporting on the potential illegal actions of a rogue code enforcement officer. “I don’t know if the news articles are always as accurate as some are led to believe but the investigation is going on, some processes are being put into place,” Ziegler said on Tuesday. “I can’t speak for the rest of the commissioners, but I think the county as a whole does a darn good job and I think that the process changes are good, and I don’t want that to be reflective, no matter how it’s spun or the context that’s added in the papers, on the rest of our staff within this organization. ....
Sarasota code enforcement officer Harvey Ayers has received almost a dozen complaints ranging from stalking to bullying. He s yet to be reprimanded. ....