Dear Lavarello for Sheriff Supporters: I'd like to take this opportunity to thank each and everyone one of you for your confidence in me.  It has been a long year and a half, but you all stuck by me, knowing this race was about issues to me, not about those running.  For your support, I THANK YOU. As you all know, my platform in this campaign was prevention, and my platform after this campaign will be prevention as I continue to lead the Sarasota Coalition on Substance Abuse.  As a community we must come together to create the change in the trends that are claiming so many lives of our fellow Sarasotans. I congratulate Tom Knight on his victory and commend him on the clean campaign we were both committed to running. My sincere thanks again and I look forward to seeing each of you again..... Sincerely, Curt