Local Dark Money in Sarasota & Manatee

July 15, 2020 cathycantunes@gmail.com 0

It’s election season! Soon voter mailboxes will be stuffed with PAC fliers. Who pays for these fliers? Finding out is difficult. Citizens United changed national elections. But in Sarasota & Manatee counties, PAC donors spend […]

Local Gerrymandering?

September 10, 2019 cathycantunes@gmail.com 1

Gerrymander: (verb) to divide or arrange (an area) into political units to give special advantages to one group. In the Herald Tribune, Nancy Detert assures the public that the Sarasota County Commission is not working […]

Celery Fields Sell Out, Part II: The Designer Ordinance

July 5, 2017 cathycantunes@gmail.com 3

Advocates for Sarasota’s celebrated birding and recreation park, the Celery Fields, gained a victory in June when the Planning Commission recommended the County deny James Gabbert’s petition to build an industrial waste recycling facility on […]

Bendersonville on the Ballot

November 3, 2016 cathycantunes@gmail.com 0

Important Sarasota races will be decided on November 8th. As party lines blur nationally, local elections may be similar. Party affiliation may not be the best guide in identifying who will effectively steward our community, […]

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