Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Each weekday, Sarasota Patch will give you a brief rundown of need-to-know information and events for the day.
1. The Baltimore Orioles opened the renovated Ed Smith Stadium yesterday with a 12-6 win over the Tampa Bay Rays. Sarasota Patch was on the field for the opening ceremony. Check out yesterday's photo gallery from the game. 2. Last night, the Charter Review Committee was "more fluff" than substance. They chose not to put anything into the city charter about the "State of the City" video. “What is the value of this report?” Member Shannon Snyder said, “It’s fluff no matter who makes it. The city commission can ask for anything they want. We don’t need this fluff in the charter.” 3. At Monday's Criminal Justice Commission meeting, Sarasota County Sheriff Tom Knight and Detective Dan Valentino made a presentation about the thefts of precious…
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Each weekday, Sarasota Patch will give you a brief rundown of need-to-know information and events for the day.
1. Yesterday the Sarasota County School board learned that proposed state education budget cuts from Governor Rick Scott could mean a budget shortfall of more than $37 million in the 2011-12 fiscal year for Sarasota County Schools. 2. Tonight from 6 - 7:15pm at Suncoast Polytechnical High School, there will be an open house for enrollment in the 2011-12 school year. 3. The Sarasota High Lady Sailors defeated the Riverview Rams 41-34 Tuesday night to advance to the 6A-Region 2 Title Game. The Lady Sailors will play Orlando Dr. Phillips on Saturday at Sarasota High. Yesterday Sarasota Patch wrote about Sarasota High's Sarah Bradtmueller. Force to play varsity due to injuries, the sophomore belts out the National Anthem before each varsity …
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
The Charter Review Committee voted 'no', 7-3, to the idea of having a publicly elected mayor.
Sarasota’s Charter Review Committee Tuesday night fired seven silver bullets to bring down the city’s policy werewolf – the idea of an elected mayor. Three times in the past decade, the proposal made it to the polls and three times voters killed it by a 2:1 margin. It came back during the committee’s discussions on possible charter changes, and was slain again by the same margin – 7 to 3. Considering the heat during the three referendum campaigns, the audience at Tuesday’s meeting was sparse; only five people spoke. Last week, a much larger group came to speak their minds on the issue, many opposed, some in favor. Mary Ciner said on February 1, “The issue of an elected mayor comes up every two years, it seems like. This is not …
Monday, December 6, 2010
The Charter Review Committee recommendation would have put a vote to the public to eliminate minimum wage requirements to businesses that accept city subsidies.
Correction: The city manager was misidentified in an earlier version. The city manager is Robert Bartolotta. On Monday afternoon at City Hall, the Sarasota City Commissioners rejected a proposal that would have allowed the public to vote in march to eliminate minimum wage requirements to businesses that accept city subsidies. The proposal was brought to the commissioners by the Charter Review Committee, which said that the current wage requirements hinder brown field development in the Newtown area. "I think we can wait on this. I need more information," said commissioner Suzanne Atwell. Commissioner Richard Clapp motioned to accept the the proposal, but without a second, the motion died. The current federal minimum wage is $7.25 and …
