Karen Rushing
She’s been the Clerk of Circuit Court and County Comptroller since 1987—jobs that are essential to the operations of county government by serving as Sarasota County’s Treasurer, Recorder, Auditor, ex-officio Clerk to the Board of County Commissioners, and custodian of county funds. Her staff of almost 300 responds to needs from “cradle to death” by recording almost 200,000 documents and transactions every year related to birth, adoption, marriage, purchase or foreclosure of a home, domestic violence, and death.

In addition to managing her office’s $22 million, she annually collects over $180 million in fines and fees, oversees investments of over $855 million, and audits the County’s budget (now over $1.1 billion) every year. .... more



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