Longboat Key Letters to the Editor week of September 11, 2026
City of Sarasota Amendment Transmittal Flaws
To: Longboat Key Commissioner BJ Bishop
Commissioner, please give me a call when you can. I’m concerned that what appeared...
Michael Jordan-Backed Private Club Faces Its Final Hurdle Wednesday
With Jordan, Ernie Els and Serena Williams on the marquee and $6,000 annual dues on the menu, 1000 North seeks approval Wednesday amid a...
Two Days After the City Begged for Calm, a Parking Officer Was Assaulted on St. Armands
Two days after commissioners spent a workshop pleading with the public to stop abusing city parking staff, an enforcement officer was assaulted near the...
Midtown Plaza Trades Its Dead Supermarket for the New Sarasota
Eight years after the groceries left, one of Sarasota's busiest corners goes before the Planning Board Wednesday with a six-story bet on rooms, renters...
Sarasota’s Traffic Rewrite Would Make 100 Percent Congestion the Downtown Standard; A Commissioner Is Sounding the Alarm
For a builder, a comprehensive plan that has made peace with gridlock is one less lawsuit, one less denial, one less expensive traffic study...