This Week in Local Government On Monday, the Sarasota City Commission will discuss garage design and funding at The Bay Park. Tuesday, Manatee County commissioners will discuss the desecration of the Old Memphis Cemetery and community response. And on Wednesday, City of Sarasota planners will review the controversial Adagio twin-tower project downtown. Read Article »
Weeks after operator’s dissolution, concrete crushing plant continues running But it does so without a permit, apparently. Neighbors are now trying to get the state to shut it down. Read Article »
Suncoast Searchlight: How Mark Vengroff became a force in Suncoast affordable housing One Stop Housing, after pivoting from renovating motels to new construction, is gearing up for rapid growth. Read Article »
New College documentary premieres at film festivals ‘First They Came for My College’ bows as universities around the nation are facing similar political takeovers. Read Article »
This Week in Local Government On Wednesday, City of Sarasota planners will give feedback to a developer who would like to build a 324-unit apartment complex on Fruitville Road that would replace the Historic Downtown Village. Read Article »
Peace & Justice March 18 – Katie Sanders, Mark Edgington and Angela McArdle This Wednesday, Tom will talk to Katie Sanders, Editor-in-Chief of the fact the fact-checking website PolitiFact. Then he’ll talk to two Libertarians, Mark Edgington and Angela McArdle, about prison reform. Read Article »
Bradenton Times Podcast: Glen Gibellina, Manatee County Commission candidate Coming up this Sunday: Glen Gibellina joins Mitch Maley to discuss the relationship of our local government to its community. Read Article »
Q&A: ‘First They Came for My College’ WSLR News interviews the makers of a new documentary film about New College. Read Article »
What will Urban Meyer bring to the New College Board of Trustees? A culture war crusader is out, and the football coach is in. Read Article »
Suncoast Searchlight: Fight erupts over plan to hand Meadows golf courses to Benderson One resident filed a lawsuit to roll back the lease. Read Article »
Micromobility is booming in Sarasota But laws and infrastructure have not caught up with the growing numbers of scooters and e-bikes – and their speed. Read Article »
Taking a stroll on the farmer’s market with Rhatia Murphy ‘For a few hours, it feels less like a transaction and more like a community’. Read Article »
The City of Sarasota is inching towards an embrace of composting Recycling of organics helps slow landfill growth. Read Article »