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Swift change comes at top of Gainesville's leadership
City manager's departure, attorney's retirement, council member's retirements shake up landscape
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Gainesville has some big roles to fill with the recent departure of its city manager, the upcoming retirement of its city attorney and the pending retirements of two council members. - photo by Erin O. Smith
It's all happened so fast, faster than some could have believed just the other day. “To say the least, it’s got my adrenaline pumping ...:” said Gainesville City Councilman George Wangemann. Bob Hamrick’s decision Tuesday to retire from the council and not seek reelection this fall clears the way for yet one more new member in Gainesville’s top leadership posts.