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The county commission held a transportation workshop recently, walking residents through the community’s most pressing transportation infrastructure needs. The agenda covered capital improvement planning, unprogrammed thoroughfare improvements, and an overview of current and alternative funding options.
Accountability has to start at home. A government that bypasses its own constituents has no standing to lecture the state about public participation.
This column is not about whether the County Commission reached the right decision. It is about how they reached it, and why that matters. The process lacked transparency and public participation. The commission may have arrived at the same conclusion through proper channels, but we will never know. What we do know is that community members, advocacy groups, and directly affected property owners were shut out entirely.
Sarasota County held its much-anticipated budget workshop on February 26th, and the results were a mixed bag. There was genuine progress to acknowledge budget problems, and the commission deserves credit where it is due. At the same time, several issues surfaced that will require continued scrutiny. Taxpayers need to stay engaged
Sarasota County kicks off its budget workshops for the year on Thursday, February 26th, and the numbers deserve your attention. The county has budgeted $23 million more in economic uncertainty reserves than it collected in general fund revenue, and that gap has real consequences for taxpayers.
