Local Sarasota County Republican Party

Update: Waechterians at the Gate

January 21, 2016 cathycantunes@gmail.com 1

  The Sarasota County Charter is your local constitution!  Here’s what happened at last night’s Charter Review Board meeting: The Charter Review Board took a closer look at their bylaws and recognized that over the […]

Waechterians at the Gate

January 13, 2016 cathycantunes@gmail.com 2

Your presence is kindly requested at the January 20th Charter Review Board meeting.*  Here’s why: We have a lot to celebrate and give thanks for in Sarasota. Sarasota County is a “home rule” county—one of […]

Prince of Dark Money

June 10, 2015 cathycantunes@gmail.com 12

School Board Member Frank Kovach announced in April he will not run for reelection after 16 years of service. Kovach said the recent nonpartisan school board race was “corrupted by cash” and he expects the trend […]

Sign the petition – 446 and Counting

March 29, 2015 cathycantunes@gmail.com 1

Today 446 people in Sarasota County have signed the petition telling Christine Robinson it is unethical to work as a County Commissioner and as Executive Director of a local lobbying organization, the Argus Foundation. The […]

A County Commissioner Cannot Serve Two Masters

March 16, 2015 cathycantunes@gmail.com 1

Last month it became official: Sarasota County Commissioner Christine Robinson is now Executive Director of the Argus Foundation. This relationship between a sitting County Commissioner and Sarasota County’s leading business lobbying organization demonstrates a new […]

Argused

November 23, 2014 cathycantunes@gmail.com 7

When it comes to flouting standards, one consultant auditing Sarasota County procurement in 2012 opined “these people take the cake.”  The audacity level in local government has been kicked up a notch.  Commissioner Christine Robinson’s […]

Look Who’s Running For Hospital Board, Part Two

August 20, 2014 cathycantunes@gmail.com 1

Since reporting in July on a Hospital Corporation of America/HCA PAC connection to the slate of Republican challengers running against the Republican hospital board incumbents, others have also reported on the issue.  Susan Nilon referenced […]

Real Republicans vs. Machine Republicans

July 26, 2014 cathycantunes@gmail.com 2

The arrest of Bob Waechter for felony identity theft of fellow Republican Lourdes Ramirez laid bare a political machine in Sarasota dedicated to advancing its own interests within the Republican party. Voters often believe casting […]

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