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SRQ Daily Op-Ed – Planning Board Politicking Must End

SRQ Daily Op-Ed – Planning Board Politicking Must End

The City of Sarasota has an identity problem. It’s not the entire city; the problem lies in its appointed city planning board. This advisory board has decided it wants to become a second city commission. Ignoring the advice of staff and the advice of the City...

Sarasota Observer: City Commission declines to change development review

Sarasota Observer: City Commission declines to change development review

“A subjective political process for approval changes the redevelopment landscape of the community and makes investing in Sarasota risky and uncertain,” Argus Foundation Executive Director Christine Robinson said. “If you don’t like what’s going on, change the code,...

Sarasota Herald-Tribune: A revision of the vision for downtown Sarasota?

Sarasota Herald-Tribune: A revision of the vision for downtown Sarasota?

But in a letter to commissioners, Christine Robinson, executive director of the business group Argus, argued against politicizing the planning process. “Requiring community workshops are one thing,” she wrote, “but a subjective political process for approval changes...

SRQ Daily Op-Ed – Planning Board Politicking Must End

SRQ Daily Op-Ed – Administrative Review Vital to Ensure Certainty

On Monday, the City Commission will be considering a staff proposal for altering, or, eliminating administrative review for projects. Administrative review was an important part of The Downtown Master Plan 2020, which received input from hundreds and hundreds of...