by Christine Robinson | Dec 16, 2017 | News
We lost a giant in the business community this past month. Ron Royal was a past president of The Argus Foundation, past Sarasota Chamber chair and past chair of the Gulf Coast Builder’s Exchange, to name a few of the many business leadership positions he held. His...
by Christine Robinson | Dec 15, 2017 | News
A group led by a pair of politically prominent Sarasotans is attempting to do what the City Commission has repeatedly refused to do: Provide voters an opportunity to determine when municipal elections are conducted. It’s about time that someone offered an alternative...
by Christine Robinson | Dec 12, 2017 | News
Decide the Date is co-chaired by Larry Eger, the elected public defender for the 12th Judicial Circuit, and Suzanne Atwell, the former mayor who repeatedly, but unsuccessfully, pushed for such a referendum during two terms on the commission. It also is supported by...
by Christine Robinson | Dec 12, 2017 | News
In October, the City Commission discussed holding a referendum about moving municipal elections from the spring to the fall. The board ultimately declined to pursue a ballot initiative, citing a lack of established public support for the concept. Now, a citizen-led...
by Christine Robinson | Dec 11, 2017 | Argus Impact
VENICE, FL: Caldwell Trust Company and Agape Flights teamed up in November to bring a taste of home to missionaries who spend Thanksgiving Day—and every other day—working in Haiti, the Bahamas, and the Dominican Republic. Helping with Agape’s Missionary Thanksgiving...
by Christine Robinson | Nov 30, 2017 | News
Construction executive Jack Cox approached Ron Royal at an Argus Foundation event in fall 2014, minutes before Royal received the organization’s most prestigious honor — its lifetime achievement award. “I told him congratulations, and that I was so happy for him,”...
by Christine Robinson | Nov 20, 2017 | News, Uncategorized
The Argus Foundation is a non-profit, membership-based think tank and government watchdog that was created in 1983. Its founders were concerned about an anti-business climate in government and wanted to make sure they had a pure, unified business voice, unfiltered by...
by Christine Robinson | Nov 18, 2017 | News
If you had the opportunity to spend $900,000 worth of money on transportation expansion, how would you spend it? Would you use it to add more bike lanes on existing roads? Lay down more sidewalks? Would you use it to expand our road grid system? How about extending...
by Christine Robinson | Nov 5, 2017 | News
Argus Dinner Every year, Argus celebrates individuals whose life and work have had a significant impact on our area. This year’s honorees — Dan Baileyand (posthumously) Sen. Bob Johnson — certainly meet that criteria. More than 400 guests came out to the Hyatt-Regency...
by Christine Robinson | Nov 1, 2017 | News
The 16th Annual Lifetime Achievement Awards Dinner was held on Oct. 30 at Hyatt Regency Sarasota. Every year, The Argus Foundation honors outstanding members of the community at its Annual Lifetime Achievement Awards Dinner This year one of those awards went to...
by Christine Robinson | Oct 31, 2017 | News
The 16th Annual Argus Foundation Lifetime Achievement Awards was held at the Hyatt Regency, Sarasota Monday October 30, 2017.The awards banquet honored Charles (Dan) D. Bailey Jr. and posthumous awarded Senator Robert Johnson.—-Herald-Tribune Photo / Rod...
