Good works from Public Works

It’s not often that anyone extols people who work in government — especially in the seldom appreciated public works departments, those behind-the-scenes government workers who keep your water flowing, sewers from backing up and streets smooth.

Here is a good occasion, however, for a shout-out to the Longboat Key Public Works Department staff. 

Michael Garey, chairman of the Longboat Key Kiwanis Club’s annual Lawn Party and owner of Lazy Lobster, sent this note recently to Jame Linkogle, capital projects manager and longtime lawn party volunteer, thanking the public works staff for its help setting up vendor tents and guest tables and chairs at the Dec. 3 event. Wrote Garey: 

 “I don’t have a vocabulary good enough to express my gratitude well enough for the incredible job you and your Pubic Works staff did before, during and after the event!

“I have been involved in this event in a significant capacity for the last six years, and your contribution to our success keeps getting better and more significant every year! 

“This year the set-up was so smooth, and we ended up so comfortably ahead of schedule on Friday night … for the first time ever all of us, with the exception of you, actually had a good night’s sleep!

“Awesome and incredible are overused words these days. You deserve them both!”

Indeed — with a little extra shouting out to Linkogle, Mike Ball and John Michael.