This Week in Local Government
On Wednesday, following revelations by an investigative news report, Sarasota County commissioners will discuss the sale of access through public land to the Hi Hat Ranch mega-development.
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Slabscrapers, light theft, and ground-level boredom
Urban planners criticize shortcomings of downtown Sarasota developers, planning.
Comprehensive plan re-write is exercise in contrasts
Manatee County commissioners talk walking, biking; developer wants more roads.
What’s playing at the Sarasota Film Festival?
New College takeover, Everglades, Florida foster care, noise-hating neighbors take the big screen.
New College fires asylum-seeking professor
Chinese teacher gets the boot because of a new Florida law.
Students and alumni resurrect New College’s newspaper
Now an independent non-profit, the Old School Catalyst aims to pick up where the New College Catalyst left off.
DOGE fires speaker, forcing Sarasota World Affairs Council to scramble
The US Institute of Peace expert was scheduled to speak about how to avoid a collision between the U.S. and China.
County outlines plan to transfer stormwater management to City of Sarasota
The Public Works director argues new development has strained county resources.
Peace & Justice Wednesday April 2 at 9am: CANADA!
This Wednesday on the 9am Peace & Justice Report we’ll talk about Canada. Our guest will be Colin Robertson, a former Canadian diplomat, and Vice President and Fellow at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute.
