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The Sarasota County Board of Commissioners held a budget workshop on June 21 to address tax increases in our community. They clearly want to improve the quality of life in Sarasota County through better amenities. But these improvements would come with challenges. We...
Without a doubt, Sarasota County is one of the most prominent counties in the U.S. because of our quality of life. We live on some of the most beautiful beaches in the world, have a number of diverse communities that are rapidly growing, thriving businesses, tourism,...
“Wants” and “needs.” It is budget crunch time in local government. Budget workshops are happening now and the most important decisions about the future of our area gets decided during these workshops. These are happening at the county level and on the municipal level....
The Sarasota County Commission has adopted 10 board priorities for fiscal year 2018. All are important and we commend the board for understanding how critical and crucial these issues are to our county. Among the top five bullet points are housing affordability,...
And Christine Robinson, executive director of the Argus Foundation, told the commission to take stock of the volume of issues that were brought up Monday. “How did this get to this point, and why do you have so many people in the room here today?” Robinson said. The...
“It always feels like I need to remind people of what happens when you don’t have growth,” said Christine Robinson, executive director of the self-described business think tank Argus Foundation and a former Sarasota County commissioner. “Restaurants close, your...
(Third heading in column) Back in January Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam came to Sarasota at the invitation of the Argus Foundation and delivered a speech that foreshadowed his bid for governor, which he announced earlier this month. Argus brought...
I am from Western New York. It is an area that was dying a slow death the entire 22 years I lived there. As you look to the southern part of Western New York, you will find a 17-mile body of water called Chautauqua Lake. On one end of the lake is a beautiful institute...
