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On June 4 in Venice, the County Commission will be having a discussion on eliminating the business license tax in Sarasota County. The Argus Foundation supports the continuation of the business license tax for a public-private partnership for economic development.
The Argus Foundation began to sound the affordable and workforce housing alarm eight years ago as our area was emerging from the Great Recession. We have subsequently written dozens of columns on the topic over the years as the City of Sarasota, in particular, pretended that there was no workforce housing problem.
Halfacre Construction Company was honored to provide a catered shrimp boil lunch from Bayou Market & Café to the Sarasota County (FL) Sheriff's Office on March 21st! It was a beautiful day, and they enjoyed spending time with this hardworking team at the Sheriff's...
The Argus Foundation last month wrote about the City of North Port increasing city fees dramatically and the lack of transparency as to how that occurred. Unfortunately, we are seeing a disturbing trend in artistically crafted language that seems to be unchecked by the City Commission in terms of accountability, the commission’s main responsibility in city government.
