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228 APPLY FOR POSITION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR.


Byline: David Bloom David Bloom (May 22, 1963 – April 6, 2003) was an NBC journalist (co-anchor of Weekend Today and reporter) until his sudden death in 2003 at the age of 39. Early life  Daily News Staff Writer

Nearly 230 people applied for Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850.  County's top administrative job, but few of the applications came from members of the county's own 80,000 work force, county officials said Tuesday.

The Board of Supervisors was briefed in closed session on the search for a replacement for Sally Reed, the chief administrative officer A chief administrative officer (CAO) is responsible for administrative management of private, public or governmental corporations. The CAO is one of the highest ranking members of an organization, managing daily operations and usually reporting directly to the chief executive  who quit after 2-1/2 years to take over the state Department of Motor Vehicles In the United States of America, Department of Motor Vehicles (or DMV) is a commonly used name of the government agency of a U.S. state which administers the registration of automobiles (e.g., by issuing license plates), and/or the licensing of drivers (e.g. .

In all, 228 people filed for Reed's job during the monthlong application period that ended May 22, with the candidates possessing mostly government, business and financial backgrounds, said Michael Henry, the county human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees.  director overseeing the search.

Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich Michael Dennis Antonovich (born 1939 in Los Angeles, California) is a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors representing the Fifth District, which covers northern Los Angeles County, the Antelope, Santa Clarita, Pasadena, and parts of the San Fernando and San , the board's chairman, said the government candidates include people working in some of the state's largest cities and counties.

But of all the candidates, only a ``very, very small number'' are in-house, Henry acknowledged.

He declined to specify how many, other than to say it was considerably less than 10.

Several possible contenders, including interim CAO Sandra Davis, Treasurer-Tax Collector Larry Monteilh, Public Works Director Harry Stone and others, took themselves out of the running weeks ago for a variety of personal and professional reasons.

Henry called the CAO position a ``really tough job. There's not a lot of people who have the qualifications for that job in the county.''
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Date:May 29, 1996
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