Tax Cut, or Tax Shift? The Property-Tax Amendment That Could Remake Longboat Key
On November 3, Floridians will vote on the largest rewrite of the property-tax system in a generation. Few towns in the state have more...
Silent but Deadly: Inside Longboat Key’s Great E-Bike Reckoning
Are they the silent killers — e-bikes and e-scooters whisking quietly over our island, where even the Mennonites race around over the bridge —...
13.7 Inches in the Hole: Sarasota’s Driest Stretch in Years, and its Impact
—It is reaching every lawn, every flower bed, and, as a great many residents are now discovering when they open the mail, every water...
From Tension to Pension: After 40 years in public service, the steadiest heart in Town Hall is going home
Trish Shinkle has long hair and deep blue eyes and a steadiness that 20 years of commission meetings could not wear down. She loved...