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Sunday, February 25, 2024
On Tuesday, environmental activists will plead with the Manatee County Commission to protect the Emerson Point extension land. The North Port City Commission will discuss rezoning 262 acres north of I-75 for multifamily housing.
But teachers’ unions are energized.
Public input has been minimal; Newtown residents object.
Saturday, February 24, 2024
Stepped-up policing curbs violence, the police chief says. But a mother is worried.
The developer-friendly county commission hikes impact fees by 50%.
Neighbors in Newtown did not want it, nor did local governments. So the lynching marker is at a church now.
But the ultimate decision may be in the state’s hands.
New ordinances give more clarity to business owners, but neighbors fear more noise.
Staffer says that the main factor, for now, is families leaving the county — not private-school vouchers.
Sunday, February 18, 2024
On Wednesday, the Sarasota County Commission will discuss the county’s biggest commercial affordable-housing project yet.
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