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SRQ Daily: Vote Yes on the School Board Referendum

SRQ Daily: Vote Yes on the School Board Referendum

The School Board Referendum renewal is on the last page of your ballot this year. This renewal, which is supported and funded by most of the business community and local foundations, is fundamental to our county’s future and our “A” rated school district. This historically widely supported referendum is important for retaining and recruiting our teachers, enhancing workforce training, upgrading our schools with technology and improving school safety and classroom security

SRQ Daily: Vote Yes on the School Board Referendum

SRQ Daily: After the Fact Transparency a Challenge for Local Governments

Transparency has been a challenge this past year for many local governments. We have written about specific examples of government documents not being provided to the public ahead of time or not allowing public comment on commissioner proposals from the dais. Today, we are writing about what we will call “after-the-fact transparency.” This phenomenon is permeating local governments

Observer: Sarasota County Commission cuts will affect at-risk children

Observer: Sarasota County Commission cuts will affect at-risk children

The Sarasota County Commission recently voted against funding parental choice school readiness childcare.

Commissioners cut $510,000 from the program, the amount voted through last year, and turned their back on a long-term partnership with the Legislature and governor. And to make matters worse, that cut likely will cause the loss of an additional $292,000 in matching state funds for parental choice in school readiness.

SRQ Daily: Vote Yes on the School Board Referendum

SRQ Daily: In Florida, Commissioners Can’t Just Say No

You hear it often from people who want to see Sarasota County and its cities frozen in time, “commissioners need to stop all of this building.” It is a fascinating premise to think a commissioner would have this sort of power, to issue a moratorium on building.
In reality, in Florida, they don’t. In Florida, private property owners have rights that have special protection due to the Bert J. Harris, Jr. Act.