by Christine Robinson | Sep 3, 2018 | News
Red tide. It has dealt a tough blow to our community’s tourism and other businesses. It does not matter where you are in the county, you have felt the effects. It is a reminder of our most recent recession and how, when businesses suffer, so do our residents’ overall...
by Christine Robinson | Aug 31, 2018 | News
Argus – Red Tide The Florid red tide alga, Karenia brevis, that has been destroying sea life all along the Gulf Coast for nearly 10 months now, was the subject of a sold-out Meet the Minds event, sponsored by Argus Foundation and held at the Sarasota Yacht Club....
by Christine Robinson | Aug 30, 2018 | News
Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium President and CEO Michael Crosby has noticed that when red tide appears, state funding for research increases. When red tide fades, so does the funding. Regardless, Mote Marine Laboratory scientists are working on solutions to...
by Christine Robinson | Aug 30, 2018 | News
It was a sold out crowd at the Argus Foundation Luncheon held at the Sarasota Yacht Club on August 30, 2018. A panel discussion, with scientists from Mote Marine Laboratory and the owner of a full scale agricultural operation, focused on the causes and solutions to...
by Christine Robinson | Aug 30, 2018 | News
Pollution from Lake Okeechobee does not start red tides but may enhance them along the Gulf Coast, according to Mote Marine Laboratory scientists. “What we are seeing now is not unprecedented, but it is bad,” said Vincent Lovko, a phytoplankton ecologist at Mote. He...
by Christine Robinson | Jul 24, 2018 | News
Administrative Review has become a hot topic in today’s news. The history of how and why it came to the City of Sarasota has been rewritten in an attempt to fit a narrative of convenience for those who want to see Sarasota frozen in time. In 2001, I was working in...
by Christine Robinson | Jul 9, 2018 | News
The Argus Foundation has written about affordable housing since we began to contribute to the Business Weekly columns. Frequently, we write to bring attention to the issue, or to chastise government for contributing to the problem. Not so today. This year, the...
by Christine Robinson | Jun 16, 2018 | News
his is a pivotal time for the Tourist Development Tax and its use. It involves a lot of money and the Board of County Commissioners will have critical decisions to make about the use of this tax in the upcoming months. Last fiscal year, we collected $21,344,166.92....
by Christine Robinson | Jun 14, 2018 | News
The city is obligated to place a referendum on the November ballot about moving the city’s election dates, but first, it must make a series of decisions related to the potential change. The referendum will ask voters whether the city should move its elections from...
by Christine Robinson | Jun 8, 2018 | News
On June 18, the Sarasota City Commission is scheduled to review the draft of an ordinance that will set in motion a Nov. 6 referendum on whether citizens wish to change the dates of the city elections. On a June 4 motion by Commissioner Willie Shaw, seconded by...
by Christine Robinson | Jun 5, 2018 | News
Shifting Sarasota’s spring City Commission elections to the fall could temporarily extend commissioners’ terms by more than a year. The City Commission will have several options to phase in new election dates that could temporarily extend commission terms by 18 months...
