Sarasota Rejects 50% Parking Rate Hike, Opts for Extended Hours, Fines to Offset $2.8M
—Facing a ballooning multimillion-dollar deficit in its parking program, the Sarasota City Commission voted unanimously on Monday, March 23, to extend paid parking hours...
Etch-a-Sketch Empire: The True Cost of an Aimless War, from Hormuz to Longboat Key
—Here on the barrier islands, the illusion of insulation is one of our most cherished local commodities. We watch the Gulf tides shift and...
You Don’t Praise a Rat for Fleeing a Sinking Ship: Sarasota Commission ‘Listens’ After Being Verbally Cajoled into Reality
Welcome to the neon-lit bureaucratic casino of Sarasota, where the house always loses and the dealers want you to thank them for the privilege...
Iberian Wines for Quixotic Times
—The Oxford English dictionary traces the use of the word “quixotic”, coined after the publication of Cervantes’ account of the delusional Don Quixote in...