Hendry Emergency Personnel Gone

LABELLE, FL.(May 31, 2005) -- The Hendry county government and citizens of
the county have no one to manage the Emergency Management department as of
May 27. Brian Brunge was allegedly fired by the county administrator. Two
week ago, Stephanie Taylor from Emergency Management left, leaving only one
technician to run the department at the start of the 2005 Hurricane season.
In the last several weeks Hendry county also lost the County Engineer and
the Airport Manager who both quit. With the departure of all these key
personnel, the Hendry county two-person administrator's office would now be
officially in charge of the Engineer's office, Emergency management, and
both airports in Hendry county.