Here's your hat, Harry

Harry Bethel, at far left, finally got bumped from the public trough. Or drawn away from it.

As I mentioned, he and Charles Lee (at far right) were in a dead heat to face Ty Symroski, the highly regarded former city planner, in a runoff for a seat on the Utility Board. Each received 1,879 votes. (Ty got 2,390.)

Harry Sawyer, the supervisor of elections, broke the deadlock, in this picture from the Citizen: He held the hat while Cheryl Smith, the city clerk, drew a name -- Lee's -- from a campaign hat.

Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.