 Many aspects of the city are overseen by the county government ranging from the schools, the libraries, the bay, major waterways, county designated roads, the airport, fire departments, property and "ad valorem" taxes, voting, the health department, extension services, storm water control, mosquito control, the courts, and the jail.Therefore, the election of county commissioners is important to city voters.In January 2006, the city of Sarasota made national news when the National Coalition for the Homeless and the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty ranked it number one on the groups' list of twenty "meanest cities" in America in their published report "A Dream Denied