Tied for second place were fellow Americans Kirk Triplett, Brad Faxon, Kenny Perry and Stewart Cink.

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Triplett and Commissioners Velma Williams and Mark McCarty voted for the motion, while Mahany and Jones voted against it.

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Mayor Jeff Triplett said he preferred to wait possibly several months for the results of an investigation into Lee and his department.

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"We try best-case scenarios and also try worst-case scenarios so our staff will know how to react, " said Secret Service Special Agent Renee Triplett, who oversees Secret Service training.

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"I'm not ready to have him come back and run the police department, but I don't know if I'm ready for this either, " said Triplett, who sided with the majority to reject the resignation.

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Jewett said he thinks Triplett's motivation is to foster calm and moderation and to reach out to different sectors of a town where people are at odds over the police handling of the case.

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Among the important interventions offered in this section was a contribution by Edward Timberlake , co-author with William Triplett of the best-selling books Year of the Rat and the newly released Red Dragon Rising.

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Mr. Triplett is a writer in Washington.

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Aubrey Jewett, a political science professor at the University of Central Florida who specializes in Florida politics and state and local government, said Triplett's vote Monday to reject the police chief's resignation was surprising since the mayor voted for the no-confidence motion in the first place.

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