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Article: Lauer to Retire After Decade in Charles Post
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- The Washington Post
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- September 8, 2005
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Eugene Lauer, Charles County's top administrator for the past
decade, abruptly announced this week that he plans to retire at the
end of next month and end a 32-year career in local government.
In his resignation letter, sent late last week to the county's
commissioners, Lauer, 58, said that "in addition to enjoying a less
hectic and stressful environment, I intend to pursue, while I am
still in relatively good health, some long-neglected personal and
professional goals and interests."
Colleagues praised Lauer as a calm, detail-oriented county
administrator who led Charles through a period of rapid growth and
change.
"He brought a sense of stability and straightforwardness," said ...