Tom Taggart has experienced a lot of change while serving in local public leadership positions in the past 25 years. Taggart, who has been the Lakeland Joint School District director of business and operations for the past 14 years and served as Kootenai County administrator and clerk for a combined 11 years before that, will retire on June 30. "I've enjoyed working with people to make a difference at the local level," Taggart said. "It gets harder to do that when you head up the chain (at the state and federal levels)." Taggart, 61, said his service at the school district has been the most rewarding among his years in public leadership/Brian Walker, Coeur d'Alene Press. More here.

DFO: I'm trying to remember the name of the restaurant on Sherman Avenue (about the location of the Pita Pit or San Francisco Sourdough cafe) that Taggart owned several decades ago.

Question: When do you know when it's time to retire?