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Thursday, December 14, 2023
Ziegler points out their resolution has ‘no teeth’.
At the same meeting, he gets pushback for a new online program developed with a conservative foundation.
Developer wants to fill block with townhomes, cut grand trees.
But the Sarasota Sheriff’s Office abstains.
Tom Walker
Monday, December 11, 2023
This Wednesday, Dec. 13, at 9 am we’ll interview City Commissioner Jen Ahearn-Koch and several other officials about the repeal of the civil cannabis citation program in Sarasota. Then we’ll talk to Dr. Haywood Brown of USF about racial inequities in health and healthcare.
Monday, December 4, 2023
This Wednesday we’ll talk to Pat LaMarche and Cheryl Brooks, two of the eight authors of American Roulette, a new novel about a mass shooting. Then we’ll talk to two of the Tampa Bay Five, USF students and members of the Tampa Bay Students for a Democratic Society arrested in March.
Saturday, December 2, 2023
On Thursday, the Manatee County Commission will be discussing the Lazy C Ranch project, potentially allowing 1,100 homes on agricultural land in Parrish, and a 257-unit affordable housing project.
Friday, December 1, 2023
This continues the string of marches, protests and rallies in response to the war in Gaza.
Right after being sworn in, they faced a first test.
We talked with a key protagonist behind the non-profit that broke the news.
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