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I read former Mayor Mollie Cardamone's attack on a letter writer who called STOP!'s policies into question for their clearly negative effects on our vibrant downtown ("STOP! and think," Saturday Herald-Tribune). In that letter, Cardamone, a founding member of the...
The National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation has named Gecko's Hospitality Group a 2017 Florida Restaurant Neighbor Award winner for the fifth consecutive year. The awards honor restaurants that go above and beyond in community service and that aim to...
For father and son duo Robert and Rob Morris, volunteering on behalf of Goodwill Manasota is a family affair. Robert served on the board of directors for at least 20 years, serving as chairman several times; this month, Rob will step down as chairman after two years...
While there isn't a companion bill in the Senate yet, the House version has the backing of Speaker Richard Corcoran. The Land O'Lakes Republican told an audience Thursday at the Sarasota Yacht Club local governments cannot be allowed to "thwart the free market."...
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Speaking to a room full of Sarasota business leaders Thursday on the eve of Florida's two-month legislative session, House Speaker Richard Corcoran passionately defended eliminating taxpayer-funded business incentives, an issue that has roiled Florida politics in...
Jon Thaxton, the senior vice president for community investment for Gulf Coast Community Foundation, said he was going to read from a script first and then tell members of the Argus Foundation, the Education Foundation of Sarasota County and the Greater Sarasota...
