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Sarasota Herald-Tribune: Florida TaxWatch CEO weighs in on local incentives, impact fees
SARASOTA — The ongoing local debate about economic development incentives and impact fees on new construction should focus on more limited versions of both, the leader of Florida TaxWatch told area business leaders Friday morning. Economic development incentives, in...
SRQ Daily Perspectives Edition – Ending the Government Hamster Wheel
The government hamster wheel. It is a phrase I came up with when I started serving on government boards. I also used it while I served in office. It is the perfect description of the abyss a person or applicant falls into when they get involved in government...
Sarasota Herald Tribune Business Weekly – ROBINSON: The valuable lessons of California’s affordable housing crisis
A few weeks ago, the Herald-Tribune printed an article from The New York Times about California’s affordable housing crisis. Titled, “Housing costs cause California crisis,” the story sounded familiar — economic prosperity in the state combined with too-slow...
Sarasota Herald-Tribune: Goodwin opposes suing state over charter school funding bill
But with the school board possibly set to discuss the lawsuit against HB 7069 — which allows charter schools to get a portion of school district construction money — when it next meets Aug. 1, the news prompted Argus Foundation executive director Christine Robinson to...
Business Observer: Latvala: Term limits the root of the ‘rough’ session
“It was the least favorite of my 15 years in the Senate.” So says State Sen. Jack Latvala, R-Pinellas, one of the deans of the Florida Senate speaking July 20 to a luncheon of the Argus Foundation in Sarasota.
2017 Honorees
Dan Bailey Dan Bailey is a Florida native who moved to Sarasota from Jacksonville in 1957 with his family. A graduate from Mercer University and officer of the U.S. Army Reserve, Bailey has since been practicing law at one of the most prominent law firms in the...




