FL: orderly transition

Odd news out of Sarasota: newly-elected public defender takes office, no employees summarily axed, no police throw a party for the p.d. or search the p.d. premises. From WWSB:

Larry Eger sworn in as Public Defender

For the first time in more than three decades, someone other than Elliot Metcalfe holds the position of 12th Judicial Circuit Public Defender. Republican Larry Eger took his oath of office Friday in Manatee County...

He's taking over for Elliot Metcalf, who's held the position for 32 years. "We were all kind of lulled into this belief that he would be a permanent fixture, so I can't say it was ever my ambition that someday I am going to replace this man," says Eger...

There's just one thing...