Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Incumbent's Beware & County Commission Term Limits

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Jeremy Wallace's column today emphasizes the precarious position many incumbents find themselves in.  He mentions the District one race...
Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Do-It-Yourself Myakka Ranchlands?

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One implicit goal of a political campaign is to turn up the contrast between candidates, eliminate the overlapping shades of grey and make t...
Friday, April 4, 2008

If I were a Commissioner #2: Dredging Big Pass Shoals

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T he April first edition of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune featured a front page story about six possible strategies for dealing with the incr...
Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Five things to Improve Downtown Sarasota

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Joe Moraca asked for five things we'd like to see happen downtown .  I'm posting mine here: 1) Water taxi to South Lido so people wh...
Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Times Obit Triggers High School Memories of the Cambodian Invasion

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Attempts by candidates to link present virtues to early indications sometimes fall flat and I like to think I've changed a lot since I w...
Friday, March 28, 2008

Reflections on the Legacy Trail Opening

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Today (March 28th) was truly historic day as the long awaited Legacy Trail opened. Former Commissioner David Mills was on hand and this mus...
Thursday, March 27, 2008

From "book club without a book" to "cabal unmasked"!

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Rick Barry rips the lid off the soft underbelly of a mysterious organization unafraid of mixed metaphors! Taking investigative journalism  t...