Status Quo Prevails in the City of Sarasota Elections
Sarasota just completed the city commissioners at-large election. Suzanne Atwell was reelected and Terry Turner was replaced by Susan Chapman. Chapman is as bad or maybe even worse that Terry […]
Tag Archives: Sarasota
Walmartphobia Strikes Sarasota
A mile or so from my current residence sits an empty lot; an empty lot that will remain empty thanks to the Sarasota city commission. After initially approving a new […]
Unoccupied Sarasota
Yesterday Sarasota had its very own Occupy Sarasota event in front of the Bank of America building downtown. This was an amazingly hilarious small mob of former hippies and typical […]
Sarasota Spring Training
Despite all of my complaining about the current state of affairs I am a very thankful American. My wife’s health has been a challenge, but we been blessed so far. […]
Real Problems: The Plight of Ohio
Now that LeBron James has left Ohio for the sunny shores of Miami Beach the fallout begins. The city of Cleveland and the state of Ohio are devastated that one of […]
Bayview Burger Bar
There are plenty of reasons to love the United States. We live in a mostly free and open society. Our key principles of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness […]
merry christmas from the herald tribune
Today outside of the Sarasota Herald Tribune building I saw a man carrying a sign. It’s kind of odd to see a man picketing in downtown Sarasota. It’s a dead […]
Sarasota Bookstore Succumbs to Smart Growth
The big news in downtown Sarasota this week is the announcement that Sarasota News & Books (SN&B) will be closing at the end of the month. A few days ago […]
hello sarasota
Another successful trip to Priest Lake is in the books and I’m back in Sarasota. I didn’t read as much as I would have liked, but the weather was too […]
subsidized stadium projects
Last summer I covered proposed move of the Boston Red Sox spring training facility to Sarasota. Ultimately the Red Sox were able to squeeze more money out of the city […]
