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by Kurt Schultheis | Managing Editor

Beach project stance shifts The town of Longboat Key will re-bid its beach project next year in the hopes of attaining a cheaper price. That project could include three groins.

The town of Longboat Key’s taxpayers have agreed to pay for their own beach projects for years. Those beach projects were performed island-wide every six to eight years without fail.

Until now.

The Longboat Key Town Com-

mission and its town manager are rethinking future projects, when they need to be performed and how they are funded.

At the Town Commission’s Monday, June 17 workshop, Town Manager Dave Bullock needed and received direction

from his seven commissioners to nix a summer beach project that was 40% more than town staff expected. That project came with a price tag of $13,290,525.50.

Bullock explained that the demand to rebuild the Northeast’s coastline from Superstorm

Sandy’s destruction in October, among other variables, led to the lack of bids and the one overpriced bid.

“The only bidder told us he would leave the Northeast for six to eight weeks to do our project, but we would have to pay $5 million to move the dredge down

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+ Biller has a circus of a celebration Happy belated birthday to Longboat Key resident Robert Biller.

Biller celebrated his 90th birthday June 8, at the Ringling Circus Museum with 80 guests, including his wife, Joan, three sons, two stepsons, one stepdaughter, four daughters-in-law, son-in-law and 12 grandchildren.

Biller has traveled all over the world with his family and still enjoys playing golf.

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Christian and Caroline Corcoran celebrated Father’s Day with their dad, Joe, Sunday, June 16, at the Longboat Key Club and Resort. To see more photos from the event, see page 16A.

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by Kurt Schultheis | Managing Editor

Town looks for answers on top issues A group of town officials and Key residents created a list of questions that will be used to find out what the town wants and where it’s headed.

The Longboat Key Town Commission will get 10 questions answered for a price tag of $125,000.

At the commission’s workshop and a subsequent special meeting June 17, commissioners ap-

proved those questions created by a subcommittee of commissioners and residents.

The questions were prepared for the Washington, D.C.-based The Urban Land Institute (ULI).

The commission approved a

$125,00 contract with ULI to help answer those questions for the town this fall.

ULI will meet with 100 residents during the third week of October to discuss Key issues and get answers to those ques-

tions.

Even the most critical commissioner of this process showed signs of support Monday.

“I have been the biggest skeptic of this process and I’m still concerned we won’t get a dollar value for this exercise,” said

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SAND / FROM PAGE 1A here,” Bullock said. “It’s hard to spend $13 million on something that was supposed to be $8 million or $9 million.”

Commissioners agreed with Bullock’s plan to re-bid a beach project next year that could also use approximately $8 million in federal reimbursement dollars the town received last month from sand losses from Tropical Storm Debby.

It could end up being a much larger project than the one originally slated for this summer.

“Our plan is to combine two (beach) projects with Debby money and perhaps add the north-end structures and give you one larger beach project,” Bullock said.

Translation: A beach project that was once supposed to put sand at the Broadway beach access to Gulfside Road, and from The Islander condominiums to the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort could also include plans for up to three groin structures that would help hold sand on the sand-starved north end of the Key. On Monday, Bullock and Public Works Director Juan Florensa reported that the state of Florida could approve permits for groins on the north end this summer.

“We are making progress for a permit,” Bullock said.

Bullock also reported Monday he plans to bring back a multiyear strategy for commissioners within the next year that proposes the town be considered for federal money for future beach projects.

The proposal, to which commissioners are open, is a dramatic shift in the town’s beach policy.

Since the 1980s, the town has paid for its own beach projects through beach bonds approved through referendums to get the quality of sand it wants, while not having to wait for federal dollars to

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come through for beach projects.

Bullock noted that communities all around Longboat Key have access to federal dollars. Anna Maria Island is receiving sand this summer from federal dollars and the city of Sarasota will use federal money for future Lido Beach projects.

“It just makes sense to look into this,” said Mayor Jim Brown.

Florensa also showed commissioners a review of the shoreline both before and after Tropical Storm Andrea hit the shoreline earlier this month.

The pictures showed that the storm actually caused sand to accrete in certain sand-starved areas that include the area just south of The Islander Club groins.

Town staff and the town’s beach engineer have reviewed the Key’s coastline and determined that much of the shoreline is in good shape. The assessment of the shoreline is also a shift from past town policy, which called for sand for much of the Key’s shoreline every six to eight years no matter how much sand the shoreline lost.

It’s the town manager’s intent to have town staff prepare a bid next year that allows the town to use the $8,610,483.70 in federal funds the town received from Tropical Storm Debby’s sand losses and add some other sandborrow options that dredge companies can use to grab sand next year.

“During the first half of next year, we will bid again and, hopefully, receive more competitive bids,” Bullock said.

Commissioners will also review an option at their July regular meeting to consider assessing a beach millage for taxpayers in the 2013-14 fiscal year budget. Taxpayers already approved a beach project for up to $16 million in March 2012 and commissioners are debating whether or not to start assessing taxpayers now or later for the project. The town held off on assessing the beach millage during summer budget discussions last year.

Commissioner Phill Younger. “But the efforts put into this by this committee were extremely well done and there’s been some great discussion about the future of this Key.” Planning and Zoning Board Chairwoman B.J. Webb, who has past experience with ULI’s work in Virginia, urged commissioners to move forward.

“My personal experience has been that concerns will not be in your heart when this opportunity is over,” Webb said. “You will be both surprised and pleased with what the results tell you about what this town wants to be moving forward.”

A working subcommittee that prepared the questions last week will also stay intact to work to prepare documents and the history of the town for ULI consultants to peruse.

Urban Land Institute Mission The mission of the Urban Land Institute is to provide leadership in the responsible use of land and in creating and sustaining thriving communities worldwide. Below are the approved questions.

• Longboat Key has an adopted Vision Plan.

How realistic is it and does it contain the appropriate elements to help ensure that Longboat Key remains a premier residential and visitor destination. Which elements work or do not work and why? What recommendations can be made to ensure the plan is relevant to future residents and visitors, and how do we measure our progress?

• Who will be the likely future residents and visitors of Longboat Key over the next 20 years (age, retired/families, fulltime/parttime, etc.)? How do we target and attract those who are most likely to help Longboat Key remain a viable premier residential and visitor destination, with both short and longterm objectives?

• What should be the balance of residential, tourism and supportive commercial services to ensure Longboat Key’s status as a premier residential and visitor destination?

• Much of the building stock on Longboat Key is aging. How should the town encourage revitalization to make properties attractive for the future?

• What challenges and opportunities should the town be aware of that are likely to influence our future and how can the town prepare for them? i.e.: Market and regional forces, demographics, changes in resident and visitor expectations and recreational and lifestyle trends.

• What innovations or creative approaches should Longboat Key be developing to address challenges in community infrastructure that could be applied on Longboat Key? i.e. natural systems, technology/communications, waterfront/waterrelated, arts and culture, island-based medical services and transportation.

• What are Longboat Key’s most important assets? How should we protect, enhance and leverage those to make a better community in the future? What might we gain or give up when leveraging those assets?

• How important is the concept of a town center to Longboat Key? If important, what would be the best attributes of a Longboat Key town center and where would be the best location for it to be successful?

• Should Longboat Key have a community center and, if yes, what attributes should it include and where should it be located?

• Do the differences in the north, mid and south Key warrant separate planning efforts? If so, what would be the primary elements of those plans?

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Chief updates residents on crime

The Police Department has “another set of eyes” with the town’s future licenseplate-recognition cameras that will make department employees busier.

Longboat Key Police Chief Pete Cumming told the Longboat Key Kiwanis Club Thursday, June 13, the license-plate recognition cameras are only three weeks away.

The approximately 25 people in attendance were told the cameras and the technology that come along with them, though, will not be surveying every car that comes onto the island.

The information captured from a vehicle’s license plate will be run through a current database the Florida Crime Information Center and Federal Crime Information Center will provide. Those agencies will immediately notify Longboat Key police if the registered owner of the car has an arrest warrant, suspended or expired driver’s license or expired tag, or if the tag comes from a stolen vehicle. The cameras, which will not photograph people, Longboat Key Police Chief Pete Cumming was the speaker at the could also help in missing- weekly meeting Thursday, June 13. person cases. ment doesn’t have the re- tem is being paid for with po“It’s just a misconception sources to catch everything lice forfeiture funds. that Big Brother is watching,” and “this is just another tool Also at the meeting, CumCumming said. “It’s just an- for us to use.” ming told Kiwanians the other set of eyes for our ofThere will two cameras town saw no break-in acficers.” each on the Longboat Key tivity when Tropical Storm Cumming said the cameras sides of the New Pass and Andrea passed over the Key don’t infringe upon anyone’s Longboat Pass bridges — June 6. Cumming increased rights. one to capture data from ve- patrol that day after expe“If a camera image pro- hicles entering the Key, the riencing break-ins when vides probable cause to stop other for vehicles leaving the Tropical Storm Debby hung the vehicle, that’s the same as Key. The locations are not in over the Key for a few days in officers noticing an expired FDOT rights of way; the cam- June 2012, allowing thieves tag on patrol and pulling the eras will be placed on town to break into flooded, unoccar over.” equipment. cupied homes in Longbeach Cumming said his departThe $79,487.42 camera sys- Village. Cumming said pa-

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trols would be increased during and after storms from now on to deter such activity.

Cumming also reiterated a previous stance that he’s unwilling to give up his 911 dispatchers on the Key to have the service performed by either Manatee or Sarasota counties, if that costcutting measure affects the town’s level of service. The town is investigating with both counties at this time, but Cumming isn’t ready to render a recommendation.

by Robin Hartill | City Editor

Wildlife groups flock to SOS Save Our Seabirds CEO David Pilston wants the group to improve its relationship with other organizations.

Before the digital age, a “tweet” had one meaning: the chirp of a bird.

Save Our Seabirds CEO David Pilston believes modern tweets — those 140-characters-or-less messages users send out through Twitter — could benefit those birds.

Tweeting is just one idea Pilston suggested for improving communications between wildlife rescue groups during a Thursday, June 13 meet-andgreet, which representatives from the Wildlife Center of Venice, Sarasota Audubon, Peace River Wildlife Center, Wildlife Education & Rehabilitation Center Inc., and Island Veterinary Clinic attended.

Frequently, multiple organizations receive calls about the same sick or injured bird, and each dispatches a rescuer without knowing that another group is already on scene, but if each organization tweeted before sending someone on a rescue, the organizations could avoid wasting volunteers’ time.

Pilston organized the get-together to reach out to other groups.

“Save Our Seabirds has had a pretty isolationist attitude in the past, and that’s changing,” he told the Longboat Observer.

“In the past there’s been virtually no communication with other groups. It was almost viewed as a competitive relationship. But we’re all in this together.”

Group representatives discussed ways to determine which group handles which rescues.

“We’ve always had a lot of overlap in range,” said Wildlife Center of Venice President Kevin Barton, who suggested taking advantage of the fact that SOS has earlier hours than his group, which closes later.

Pilston described recent changes at SOS.

Study will sketch St. Armands Circle garage plans

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Save Our Seabirds CEO David Pilston with Jeanne Dubi, of Sarasota Audubon Society, Kevin Barton, of Wildlife Center of Venice, and Dr. Robin Jenkins, of Peace River Wildlife Center

In the past, he said that calls sometimes went unanswered for hours at SOS. Now, the organization aims to respond within 10 minutes of a call.

A new system allows people to call and check the status of any bird that SOS has treated.

The facility itself has implemented facility improvements, and SOS has created four accredited field trips for Sarasota County schools, a summer camp program and an internship program. The facility started charging for admissions last year, generating approximately $100,000 in additional revenue for its first year.

One other major change: Former Executive Director Lee Fox is gone from SOS — a separation that has ruffled a few feathers. (See sidebar) Pilston didn’t refer to Fox by name during his remarks, but said: “I am not a Pelican Man, and I am not a bird lady. SOS is not about any one personality.”

Protest plan Supporters of former SOS Executive Director Lee Fox have planned a protest for Saturday, June 29 — but Fox told the Longboat Observer she didn’t learn about the protest until after it was planned; she will not be there.

Fox insists she was fired, but the SOS Board of Directors maintains that Fox refused to accept new terms of employment.

Fox declined to comment about whether she wants her position back, but said she plans to meet with an attorney for the board next week.

“Let’s see what happens there,” she said.

SOS CEO David Pilston said the board offered to meet with Fox because “a lot of misinformation is being spread out there,” citing the protest.

“All it’s going to do is disparage SOS, and, ultimately, it’s going to hurt the birds.”

A St. Armands parking feasibility study set to begin in August will illuminate concepts for a parking garage that could be located at one of two potential city-owned parcels on the Circle.

The St. Armands Business Improvement District (BID) will fund the study, up to $50,000. The study will concentrate on two parcels — one at the corner of Fillmore and Monroe drives, on the south end of the Circle; and the other on a parcel on North Adams Drive behind the Columbia Restaurant.

According to Mark Lyons, the city’s parking manager, the study should answer the following questions: “If we did build a parking garage, where would it be? What would it look like? How much would it cost?” The city is overseeing the study.

During an update on the parking project at a June 11 Business Improvement District (BID) meeting, Lyons said it’s important the study also addresses concerns about blending the parking garage into the environment of homes located near the structure, especially if the site at the corner of Fillmore and Monroe drives is chosen. That site is located close in proximity to homes on both sides.

“We want to make sure the neighborhoods are completely protected and it blends in,” Lyons said.

The city will begin seeking bids from consultants next week to conduct the study.

“We are trying to move it forward as quickly as we can,” Lyons said.

If plans for a garage advance, the BID — a taxing district that St. Armands Circle property owners voted to create to help finance improvements on the Circle — along with the city, would co-fund the cost of the parking garage, said Marty Rappaport, chairman of the Circle’s business district.

Rappaport expressed a mood of willing compromise between commercial property owners and merchants, who say a lack of parking spaces has been hurting business, and Circle residents, who are concerned about the impacts of a multi-level parking structure.

Some residents want to see two improvements — buried powerlines and a newly landscaped median on John Ringling Boulevard heading onto the Circle from Sarasota — completed if the city moves ahead with the parking structure.

“Here is the entrance to the jewel of the whole area, and we have these horrible powerlines,” Jay Sparr, president of the St. Armands Residents Association, said after the meeting.

Homeowners would like to see both improvements completed simultaneously with the garage.

Ed Rosenblum, a member of the residents association, agreed that the two improvements would be a welcome addition to the Circle when packaged with a parking structure deal.

“We do not oppose a parking garage, provided it meets our needs,” Rosenblum said.

The biggest unknown for the construction of a parking garage is funding. One possible source would be contingent on an extension of the St. Armands BID taxing district.

On May 14, the St. Armands BID announced its second effort to mail out ballots for a 10-year extension vote for the district. In April, the district failed to receive adequate landowner approval for the extension.

“On Sept. 18 we should know the results of the referendum,” Rappaport said.

The need for a parking structure was identified in the Circle’s master plan penned five years ago. At the time, the master plan pointed out a shortage of 750 to 1,000 parking spaces on the Circle, where parking for visitors is mostly limited to on-street parking.

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+ Town makes plans to use Colony bond Town Manager Dave Bullock sent a letter to the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort Association dated June 14, noting the town’s intent to draw from a $50,000 cash bond to address some of the shuttered resort’s deficiencies.

In order to properly shutter doors, openings and windows during hurricane season, Bullock said it’s necessary to draw $3,152.50 to address concerns and bring the property into compliance.

If the Association does not address the concerns by June 28, the town will notify the Association of its failure to comply.

The Association will then have 10 days to request a public hearing before the Longboat Key Town Commission if it disagrees with the town manager’s decision to draw from the bond.

+ Town manager makes pension appointments Town Manager Dave Bulllock has appointed town employees Sandi Henley and Steve Schield as his two appointees to the town’s new General Employees’ Pension Board, citing their years of service and “good understanding and experience that can help the board in their work.”

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The Longboat Key Town Commission did not grant an easement agreement between the town and Michael and Michelle Morris for the construction, maintenance and repair of a seawall during a special meeting Monday afternoon. A portion of that seawall has extended across town right-of-way prop-

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All meetings take place at Town Hall, 501 Bay Isles Road, unless otherwise noted. erty on Jackson Way that fronts on Sarasota Bay for years. The majority of commissioners, though, were uncomfortable the easement was non-exclusive and would force the town to give up rights to the strip of public property. The agreement will be revised to not give up exclusive rights as part of an easement agreement.

+ Tornado warnings concern mobile home park residents Longboat Key Fire Rescue Chief Paul Dezzi reported he received three calls on Thursday, June 6, from concerned mobile home residents who were unsure what to do when the Key was under a tornado warning while Tropical Storm Andrea passed over the island.

Dezzi released information from the National Weather Service that states “there is absolutely no safe way to remain in a mobile home during a tornado. Tornadoes are too strong for mobile homes, even ones that are well-anchored.”

Dezzi said residents living in the Key’s two mobile home parks should try to get to a safer building while tornado warnings are issued for the Key.

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by Kurt Schultheis | Managing Editor

Commissioners debate future tax increases The Commission discussed whether or not to raise the maximum millage rate July 1, to prepare Key residents for tax increases in future years.

“I’m comfortable with it, but just barely.”

Those were the words Town Manager Dave Bullock used more than once Monday at a Longboat Key Town Commission special budget workshop to describe a draft of his recommended 2013-14 fiscal year budget.

The town began the current fiscal year with a general fund balance of $4,464,151 and forecasts a balance of $4,097,651 when the fiscal year ends Sept.

30 — a reduction of approximately $366,500, or 8.2%, because of unanticipated revenue shortfalls stemming from 3% cost-of-living allowance (COLA) increases for town employees that went into effect earlier this year; and the use of the commis-

sion contingency to hire zoning and Comprehensive Plan consultants.

Further complicating matters, until the town’s pension actuary releases actuarial impact statements in late June that show how much the town’s pension plans will cost annually once they are frozen, Bullock doesn’t know whether to build a budget based on a $2.7 million number (the lowest number) or a higher $3.3 million number. If it’s the higher number, Bullock told commissioners, “I go from being barely comfortable, to uncomfortable.”

Bullock showed charts that reveal the town’s fund balance running out of general fund balance by 2017, if the status quo for revenues and expenditures

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“We must remember taxpayers are willing to pay a premium for the services we have, though,” said Vice Mayor David Brenner.

Bullock also showed the commission two provisions in its code that it currently doesn’t follow. Both measures could provide additional revenue for the town’s general fund.

The town code states the town’s utility find is obligated to generate 5% a year to the town’s general fund annually. That mandate alone could generate up to $150,000 a year of revenue to the general fund.

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ity levy could generate up to $140,000 and the water levy could generate up to $203,000 in revenue to the general fund.

“I have no problem if you don’t want to levy these, but if you don’t, I need to know so we can change the code,” Bullock said.

Bullock said it’s his intent to levy the taxes per the town code, calling the utility fund “healthy enough” to do so.

The town will get final assessed property values for town property July 1 and anticipates a 3% increase in ad valorem taxes.

Bullock will present his recommended budget to the commission Aug. 1, and the commission will adopt the budget on first and second reading in September. The 2013-14 budget begins Oct. 1.

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FY14 beginning balance.......................................................$4,097,651 Net reduction to FY14 revenue projections............................($557,453) Expenditures • Savings in capital expenditures..........................................$206,223 • Increase to personnel costs (not including pension).........($941,667) • Decrease to operating costs ................................................$19,860 • Decrease to pension (using UAAL and admin. exp. only)...$399,832 Projected FY14 beginning balance.......................................$3,224,446 Target ending balance (90 Days)...........................................$3,510,000 Amount needed to balance budget while retaining sufficient fund balance............................................($285,554)

remains.

“This year, I want to discuss a fund-balance policy that everyone is comfortable with moving forward,” said Bullock, who wants policies put in place for all of the town’s balances. Bullock currently operates with a budget that has at least 90 to 120 days of general fund balance to run the town in case of an emergency.

While Bullock said he’s fine with the commission keeping the millage rate flat for another year, Commissioner Jack Duncan suggested the commission “consider our tax strategy going forward.”

“Are we going to try to avoid a tax increase every year or forecast a tax increase later on?” asked Duncan.

Duncan suggested the town could keep the millage rate the same, but July 1 set its maximum millage rate higher than the current millage rate, to let taxpayers know that the tax rate can’t stay the same forever. The maximum millage rate is just a number the commission uses to set a maximum tax rate; the town can’t set its tax rate higher than the maximum rate once it’s established.

Other commissioners also agreed the tax rate eventually will have to increase.

Bullock maintains his budget allows the town to operate with no visible decrease in service for taxpayers.

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Scott Gerber’s Tube Dude showroom moved off Main Street June 1 to the Circle. The aluminum figures are already catching some major attention of passersby.

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The new store and showroom contains about 30 of the metal sculptures.

company employs a total of 12 fulltime employees, including four Ringling College graduates, who work to design and make the pieces.

In addition to its signature metal sculptures, the company has plans to produce merchandise someone can fit in a suitcase, such as T-shirts, mugs, key chains and decals for cars.

Gerber is also planning to open showrooms in up to nine cities, including Orlando, across from Ripley’s Believe it or Not, and another in East Hampton, N.Y. He has also been in touch with galleries interested in being licensed to sell Tube Dude merchandise.

For every new showroom that opens, Gerber estimates his company will hire five or six new employees at the Sarasota manufacturing facility to help make the Tube Dudes.

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Scott Gerber is convinced he’s found the perfect new home for his Tube Dudes to hang out.

After six months on Main Street, Gerber moved his Tube Dude showroom to 26 N. Blvd. of the Presidents on St. Armands Circle. The growing company’s new showroom opened June 1, and since that opening, business has been brisk.

At 1,450 square feet, the space on N. Boulevard of the Presidents is about half the size, but Gerber loves the locale and has signed a five-year lease.

According to Gerber, the move made sense because more vacationers pass through the Circle, and, as a result, sales on St. Armands are year-round as opposed to the seasonal flux on Main Street.

“Yesterday was our best day,” Gerber said in an interview June 13. “We sold $10,000 worth of merchandise. Our best day on Main Street was $3,000.”

In February and March, the best month for sales at the Main Street showroom, the company sold 88% of its aluminum tubular sculptures to tourists or seasonal residents staying on Lido Key or Longboat Key. The store is currently filled with about 30 of the metal sculptures and Gerber hopes to put one of his large 18-foot-tall giraffes out near the sidewalk, or in the median on North Boulevard of the Arts, to gain even more attention of Circle shoppers. But first, he’ll need approval from City Hall.

The aluminum pieces are manufactured in a 5,000 square-foot manufacturing facility in north Sarasota. The

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The free weekly newspaper, which will debut in August, will offer local news and advertising to its readers in east Hillsborough County. With a circulation of 15,000 copies each week, the paper will be available in racks and through home delivery.

The paper will publish as a free-standing paper and as a section of the Tampa Bay Times in the Plant City area.

A year ago, the Observer Media Group formed a new company, the Plant City Observer LLC, with three Plant City businessmen, Ed Verner, Nate Kilton and Felix Haynes, to begin publishing the Plant City Observer. A week prior to its launch, the Tampa Bay Times also began publishing a weekly — the Plant City Times.

But, rather than continue serving the 34,000-population market with four newspapers, including the Tampa Tribune and the Tribune-owned Plant City Courier, the owners of the Plant City Observer and the Times Publishing Co. decided to join forces.

“Combining our respective strengths will allow us to publish for Plant City the best daily newspaper in Florida and a one of the best community weeklies in Florida,” said Matt Walsh, CEO of the Observer Media Group.

The Plant City Observer staff will handle the Times & Observer’s news-editorial; the Times will handle advertising, printing and distribution.

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Missing wallet 8:45 a.m. — Linley Street. Lost/Missing Property. A man left his black wallet on a pier and returned to find it missing. He wanted a report so he could obtain a duplicate driver’s license.

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Dog on the run 11:48 a.m. — Longboat Drive North and Fox Street. Dog Found. Police found a friendly mixed-breed dog walking in the street wearing a leash and collar. The dog got a ride home in a police car, after a Village resident told police where he lives.

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100 can’t speak for all What is the role of the “state”?

That one question seems extraordinarily pertinent of late, especially in light of all that is occurring at the national level within the executive branch’s alphabet soup — IRS political targeting, FBI tapping reporters and the NSA tapping all of us.

Much less freedom threatening than those three usurpations of individual liberty and far closer to home, you certainly could pose that same question on Longboat Key. Indeed, what should the role of the state — in this case, the town — be in determining Longboat Key’s future, in determining what direction the town should go as a collective community?

Unfortunately, it’s too late. As the cliche goes, the train already has left the station.

We’re referring to the Longboat Key Town Commission’s authorization to spend $125,000 to bring in representatives from the Urban Land Institute in October. They will conduct interviews and focus groups with 100 Longboat Key residents as part of a continuation of the town’s 2007 vision process and the development in 2011 of a mission statement and core values for the town.

The results of these efforts are expected to give the town’s 6,888 full-time and 4,000 or so part-time residents and property owners a road map of where we, the collective body of Longboat Key residents and taxpayers, want to take Longboat Key over the next 10, 20, 30 years.

Sorry, we don’t buy it.

It’s a noble idea. But it’s fraught with inevitable conflicts and flaws.

For one, the idea of establishing a specific vision or direction for the collective town defies what noted economist Ludwig von Mises wrote about in his seminal 1966 book, “Human Action.” Wrote von Mises: “The life of a collective is lived in the actions of the individuals constituting its body. There is no social collective conceivable which is not operative in the actions of some individuals.” Heavy stuff.

Perhaps this is more clarifying: “All actions are performed by individuals,” von Mises also wrote. Every individual has a free will and thinks and acts differently from everyone else. So it’s virtually impossible for the Urban Land Institute representatives to interview 100 Longboaters and even attempt to present a direction Longboaters presumably want the town to go in future. In truth, with 6,888 full-time population, it would be impossible to have all 6,888 people agree on a direction. Maybe a majority can, but not everyone.

Respect for the individual

Likewise, it’s worth remembering that near the top of this nation’s historical values is a reverent respect for the minority, individual freedom and a strong fear of “the tyranny of the majority.” In other words, while a majority of those 100 residents who will be interviewed may offer the ULI representatives some common themes of what they want to see in the future on Longboat Key, you cannot conclude that their views will be emblematic of or embraced by Longboat’s 6,788 other residents. In those 6,888 residents, there are 6,888 free wills

and free-thinking minds. Never unanimity.

To wit: Remember the most recent Town Commission elections? Incumbent Terry Gans defeated challenger Irwin Pastor Gans by 27 votes — 50.54% versus Pastor’s 49.46% of the roughly 2,500 votes. Gans, you may recall, was a strong supporter of the Longboat Key Club and Resort’s $400 million expansion plans; Pastor was a strong opponent.

This 50-50 split clearly says half of the Key’s residents want to go in one direction, half in a different direction.

And that leads to this: People choose to own property and live in places that suit their individual needs, desires and values.

We look for places that are safe, clean, attractive and affordable (for our standard of living) and where taxation is reasonable.

People want to live in peace, with as few threats of harm as possible to property or person. They want a minimum of government intrusion into what they can and cannot do with their property. They want what the French farmer told the minister of finance after the French Revolution: “Laissez faire” — to be left alone.

Here’s the point: A municipality may be incorporated, but it’s not a business corporation. In a business, you expect employees to buy in to a specific mission and vision.

Sure, the town’s employees at Town Hall should adopt a mission and vision for how it wants to serve its customers. But it seems beyond the role of the “state” to try to craft collective mission and vision statements by which all citizens should live and aspire.

What’s more, who are these ULI representatives to be advising the town’s residents to begin with? There’s the old saying: You’re not an expert unless you’re from out of town. And while the ULI reps may be experts, they’ll never have an appreciation or understanding of the historical nuances of the Key the way its residents do.

Create the framework

As noted above, the process is already under way. So let it play out. Our prediction is that the outcome will be one that focus-group experts already know: Seldom do focus groups produce anything startling or new; typically, they reinforce 90% to 95% of what you already expect. And that will be this: Those 100 Longboaters who will be interviewed will tell the ULI representative they like Longboat Key the way it is — beautiful and safe, but they also will say it needs some updating in looks, amenities and its outmoded zoning codes. They’ll say there should be a balance between residences, tourism and businesses.

All of which will — and should — turn the focus and discussion back to Town Hall and the Town Commission.

Longboat Key’s collective 6,888 residents don’t need a mission statement or vision statement. Our bet is they would prefer a clear framework for the role of town government, specifically, an updated town constitution and codes that shift Longboat’s government from an obstructive, regulatory regime to allowing property owners flexibility and encouraging investment, re-investment and creativity.

Those ingredients would move the town in a positive direction for the future.

THE CASTAWAY by Jorge Blanco

THE ULI QUESTIONS

Here are nine of the questions to be posed to about 100 Longboat Key residents in October: • Longboat Key has an adopted Vision Plan. How realistic is it, and does it contain the appropriate elements to help ensure that Longboat Key remains a premier residential and visitor destination. Which elements work or do not work, why, what recommendations can be made to ensure the plan is relevant to future residents and visitors, and how do we measure our progress?

• Who will be the likely future residents and visitors of Longboat Key over the next 20 years (age, retired/ families, fulltime/part-time, etc.)?

How do we target and attract those who are most likely to help Longboat Key remain a viable, premier residential and visitor destination, with both short- and long-term objectives?

• What should be the balance of residential, tourism and supportive commercial services to ensure Longboat Key’s status as a premier residential and visitor destination?

• Much of the building stock on Longboat Key is aging. How should the town encourage revitalization to make properties attractive for the future?

• Do the differences in the north, mid and south Key warrant separate planning efforts? If so, what would be the primary elements of those plans?

• What challenges and opportunities should the town be aware of that are likely to influence our future and how can the town prepare for them? i.e.: Market and regional forces, demographics, changes in resident and visitor expectations and recreational and lifestyle trends.

• What innovations or creative approaches should Longboat Key be developing to address challenges in community infrastructure that could be applied on Longboat Key? i.e. natural systems, technology/communications, waterfront/water-related, arts and culture, island-based medical services and transportation.

• What are Longboat Key’s most important assets? How should we protect, enhance and leverage those to make a better community in the future? What might we gain or give up when leveraging those assets?

• How important is the concept of a town center to Longboat Key? If important, what would be the best attributes of a Longboat Key town center and where would be the best location for it to be successful?

• Should Longboat Key have a community center and, if yes, what attributes should it include and where should it be located?

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by Robert Gault

We have four branches of government The Founding Fathers of the United States of America created three equal branches of the government (that’s government with a lowercase “g”) — the executive, legislative and judicial branches.

This system was designed to create checks and balances to avoid the tyranny of government experienced under the king of England and many other autocratic failed states. Over the past two centuries, this system has worked — for the most part. And it will continue to work if we continue to work it.

But in 2008 and again in 2012, we elected a president who openly declared that he would “fundamentally transform” America. Our country is currently experiencing the results of that basic strategy of transformation. Our president has fundamentally, and, on an ad-hoc basis, created a fourth branch of government that should be called “the president’s branch.”

This relatively new branch includes only the president with a few close-friend advisers. The charge of this “branch” is for the president to fly around the country and world almost daily, making eloquent, soaring rhetorical speeches designed to make people feel good and create the appearance of leadership and action.

But this branch actually has nothing to do with governing America.

Yes, the president’s branch does influence the executive and legislative branches behind closed doors, mostly about the president’s self-serving political-policy agenda, but the executive-branch departments apparently are operating autonomously, reporting to no one. Also, un-elected

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bureaucrats in the executive branch — i.e. Environmental Protection Agency, Health and Human Services — are writing many rules that seriously impact the rights of American citizens.

The president in this new role has no real responsibility for anything and appears to stay as disengaged and uninformed as possible from policy-issues mismanagement within the executive branch departments.

He hears of things in the newspapers, then responds with pronouncements that this or that must stop and be fixed! “We will fix it,” the president says. Just words, no responsibility.

Just a few of the undeniable and disastrous results from this new structure of four branches of government: • Massive, unsustainable increases in the national debt. No president’s branch involvement.

• “Fast and Furious” U.S.-approved gun running into Mexico, with the attorney general held in contempt by Congress for cover-up lies. No president’s branch involvement.

• The total botching of the Bengazi Consulate terrorist attack — before, during and after — and the lies and cover-ups. No president’s branch involvement.

• Judiciary unconstitutionally targeting AP and Fox News reporters phone records looking for government leaks. No president’s branch involvement.

• The unconstitutional IRS targeting of conservative and Jewish-Israel supports groups prior to the 2012 election. No president’s branch involvement.

• Huge government spending waste as evidenced by the IRS’

spendthrift and unnecessary conferences.

• Broad, sweeping National Security Agency procurement of 121 million-plus phone records, plus all interactions on major web-based social media and search engines, affecting the privacy of all Americans.

We haven’t heard yet about the president’s branch involvement in this privacy-rights issue, but he probably just heard about it in the media.

All of this, not to mention the 2009 president’s branch recommendation to the Democratic-controlled Senate and House to pass the most-sweeping, big-government, most-costly program in history — the “Affordable” Care Act. This was a complete handoff to the legislative branch. No guidance, just do it.

It will be interesting to see how the president’s branch avoids responsibility for this when it collapses as well.

In every organization, everything starts at the top. We need to get back to the original three branches of government with leadership, responsibility and accountability at ALL levels. We need to trim the federal government back to a manageable level.

Let’s get back to the original intent to be a federalist republic, focused on states’ rights and most important, individual rights and responsibility.

Robert Gault lives on Longboat Key. With 42 years in the theme-park industry, Gault is the former president of Universal Orlando and Hollywood; executive vice president of Universal Japan; and CEO of SeaWorld San Diego, Orlando and Ohio.

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Dear Editor: Last week’s editorial denunciation of Village residents — “with their opposition so strident” to Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub’s most recent expansion efforts — fails to meet minimal journalistic standards.

You claim: “It would be a strain (for Ed Chiles) to be a pleasant host to some of the Villagers who are campaigning to drive his restaurant back to 60 seats from the 113 he now has.”

That’s totally untrue. Had you read the application and files at Town Hall, you would have discovered that Mar Vista is already authorized to have 169 seats, which the neighbors do not seek to reduce.

They do object to Mar Vista’s application to add still more seats to increase that total to 180.

By visiting Town Hall you also might have discovered that two recent seat counts by town employees revealed the actual number of already existing seats at Mar Vista to be 192, not the authorized 169 and certainly not the mere 113 that you incorrectly allege.

The neighbors did oppose reconstruction of the Jordan House, presently an office/storage space, but you did not mention that it would then have the capacity to accommodate up to 150 additional customers for weddings or special events, albeit in standing rather than seated mode so as not to require more parking spaces!

You also failed to mention that the neighbors voiced no objection to a major alteration of the restaurant, which would include the addition of a second floor with a new dining area to replace the indoor dining area below with a gift shop.

Finally, was your reporter not present at the Town Commission’s June 3 public meeting, when Mr. Chiles represented to all present that Mar Vista currently has 168 seats?

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COMMUNITYCALENDAR 28.99 Johnnie Walker Red Label 1.75 L

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Harry’s Summer Solstice Soiree — takes place from 5 to 7 p.m. at Harry’s Continental Kitchens, 525 St. Judes Drive. The event features wines, beers and hors d’oeuvres and benefits the Anna Maria Island Community Center. Cost is $20. Call 383-0777.

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Thursday, July 4 Freedom Fest Parade — begins at 9 a.m. in front of Longboat Key Town Hall, 501 Bay Isles Road; lineup begins at 8:30 a.m. Patriotic people (and pups) of all ages are invited to participate in what’s known as the shortest and most charming Fourth of July parade in America. Parade participants are invited to walk the walk around Bay Isles Road or make the rounds via bike, trike or wagon. Then, enjoy breakfast, games and good, old-fashioned fun in Bicentennial Park. For information, call 383-2466.

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School was in session from 1936 to 1943 at the Longbeach Village School on Linley Street.

The school’s days are captured in a 1940 photo, in which 11 of its students are sitting on the steps of the schoolLONGBOAT house.

On June 16, 1990, LongLORE beach Village School alumni held a 50-year reunion at Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub and even posed in the same positions as they did for the 1940 photo. They held their reunion in conjunction with the reunion for Sarasota High School, which several of the Longbeach students went on to attend.

Approximately 20 students and their spouses attended the reunion, some traveling from as far as Oregon, Atlanta and North Carolina for the occasion.

As they walked down memory lane, they agreed the deserted little island they used to call home had changed “a little.”

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The Longboat Key Town Commission unanimously denied a request from Goodwill Industries to place a 10-by-20-foot donor collection building on Bay Isles Road at its June 22, 1995 meeting.

Commissioners worried that allowing the placement of the facility on public property would open the door for other charities to ask for public space.

“I never in my life thought I would be sitting here voting against Goodwill. My father spent the last 20 years of his life finding donor locations for Goodwill,” Mayor Jim Patterson said at the time.

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a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at 555 Bay Isles Road. The nonprofit, membershipbased library offers books, audiobooks and Internet access. Call 3832011.

Alumni of the Longbeach Village School found an island that had changed “a little” when they reunited 50 years later.

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What: A Mote volunteer will lead participants on a leisurely one-and-a-half-mile walk in which they’ll learn about sea turtles and other wildlife.

Children must be accompanied by an adult. Call 3884441.

When: 6:45 a.m.

Saturdays in June and July Where: Longboat Key Hilton Beachfront Resort, 4711 Gulf of Mexico Drive. Meet in the pool area.

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George Edward Frost

George Edward Frost, 95, of Sarasota, died June 2.

Born March 28, 1918, he was a noted patent attorney who practiced law in Chicago before serving as director of the Patent Law Division of General Motors Corp. from 1966 to 1983. He taught law at the John Marshall Law School and University of Chicago Law School and received numerous awards for his service to the profession.

Mr. Frost was a member of All Angels by the Sea Episcopal Church.

Mr. Frost was preceded in death by his wife of nearly 66 years, Elizabeth. He is survived by his daughters, Lillian Dean, Maygene Daniels, Carol Ann Frost and Susan Davis; six grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

A service will take place at 2:30 p.m.

Monday, July 1, at All Angels, 563 Bay Isles Road.

Joyce Kolligian

Joyce (Juskalian) Kolligian, 76, of Longboat Key and formerly of Winchester, Mass., died June 11.

Born Sept. 7, 1936, she was the executive director of the Simmons Leadership Conference for the last 13 years. Mrs. Kolligian also established the J.K. Carlyle Associates, a boutique marketing and

communications consultancy firm.

Mrs. Kolligian was an avid golfer and was a member of the Longboat Key Club and Resort, where she achieved the distinction of scoring a hole-in-one in March 2008.

Mrs. Kolligan was preceded in death by her husband, Dr. Michael Kolligian Jr. She is survived by her son, Michael Kolligian III; daughter, Valerie Kolligian Thayer; and two granddaughters.

Memorial contributions may be made in her name to Holy Trinity Armenian Church, 145 Brattle St., Cambridge, Mass., or to Colby Sawyer College, attn: Joyce J. Kolligian scholarship fund, in New London, N.H.

Mr. Vonachen was general manager and investor in Vonachen’s Hyatt Lodge from 1965 to 1976. From 1978 to 1985, he became general partner and developer for Days Inn Motel in Peoria. He sold his restaurant in 1970 and became president of Peoria Blacktop Inc. In 1983, Mr. Vonachen purchased the Peoria Chiefs.

He earned a number of honors, including Sporting News Professional Baseball Class A Minor League Executive of the Year, Midwest League Executive of the Year, National Society of Fundraising Executives Philanthropy Award, and Ambassador of Baseball for the State of Illinois.

Mr. Vonachen owned a home on Longboat Key, where he enjoyed vacationing.

Mr. Vonachen was preceded in death by his wife of nearly 50 years, Donna. He is survived by his daughter, Mary Shadid; sons Rocky, Greg, Dan and Mark; sister, Susie Dawson; and 11 grandchildren.

A service was held Friday, June 14.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to St. Thomas Church of Peoria Heights, stthomaspeoria.org, the Children’s Hospital of Illinois OSF, childrenshospitalofillinois.org, or the Vonachen Baseball Scholarship Fund at Bradley University, Bradley.edu.

Harold “Pete” Vonachen Jr.

Harold “Pete” Vonachen Jr., 87, of Peoria, Ill., died June 10.

Born Aug. 31, 1925, in Peoria, he served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and graduated from Bradley University in 1949.

He began a part-time job running Field House concessions at Bradley University, then moved to Murphy’s in 1954, where he began his restaurant career as a maître’d. In 1955, he opened his restaurant, Vonachen’s Junction.

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Longboat Island Chapel, 6200 Gulf of Mexico Drive, holds Sunday worship services at 10 a.m. The Rev. Vincent Carroll is the minister. 383-6491.

St. Armands Key Lutheran Church, 40 N. Adams Drive, holds contemporary Sunday worship services at 9 a.m.; fellowship and education at 10 a.m.; and traditional Sunday worship services at 11 a.m. The Rev. Mark Bernthal is the pastor. 388-1234.

St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Catholic Church, 4280 Gulf of Mexico Drive, holds Sunday Masses at 8:30 and 10:30 a.m.; daily Masses are at 9 a.m.; and Saturday Masses are at 5 p.m. Msgr. Gerard Finegan is the priest.

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by Robin Hartill | City Editor

Work like a dog

These employees work their tails off for belly scratches, love and, of course, the occasional treat.

Who doesn’t want an employee who works like a dog?

You know the type: He or she is early to work, leaves late, always does their best and does it all without complaining.

But several Longboat Key employees who work like dogs are, in fact, dogs.

June 21 is the 15th annual “Take Your

Dog to Work Day,” an online campaign created by Pet Sitters International in 1999 to encourage pet adoption.

In honor of the day, the Longboat Observer interviewed three dogged workers, along with a semiretired dog (and their owners) to find out what the workplace is like for those loyal employees who work their tails off every day.

Chloe Cheshker

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Gnarly Miller sure is going places.

He rides around the Longbeach Village in a golf cart greeting people and dogs. He paddleboards, although he doesn’t doggy paddle; he opts instead to let his mom, Lucy Miller, do the paddling. And of course, as an employee of Cannons Marina, he loves to be out on a boat.

Gnarly, a goldendoodle, turned 2 June 11 and has been working at the family-owned marina since he was just a couple months old. You can find him sitting near David Miller’s desk at least three days a week.

The Millers’ old dog, Sirius, a golden retriever, who died in 2011, was also a dogged worker at Cannons for at least 12 years.

David Miller said Gnarly is great for public relations. He gets along with anyone — dogs and kids —

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and he’s even been known to get women, who are dressed in expensive clothing, to get down on the floor and roll around with him.

“People have come in just to see him ever since he was a little puppy,” David Miller said.

Chloe Cheshker is that doggie in the window of Secur-All Insurance.

Sometimes, people pass by the agency on their way to bank at SunTrust across the hall or visit one of the other offices in the building. Then, they notice Chloe in the window and stop by to pet the 13-year-old toy poodle. That gives staffers the chance to ask the visitor if they have any insurance needs.

She has a nameplate in her bed that lists her title as “public relations.” But that’s not her only role.

“She’s the greeter,” said associate Maggie Plasencia.

“She’s the top seller,” said associate Patti Colby.

Chloe made a midlife transition to the insurance business five years ago. She worked for a year or two at the Longboat Key Public Tennis Center, when her mom, Sandra Ceshker, was court coordinator.

She then spent several years as a stay-at-home dog, before returning to the workforce when George and Sandra Ceshker opened the Longboat Key Secur-All branch.

“She’s just so good with our clients,” Sandra Ceshker said. “She has excellent people skills.”

But beyond her public relation skills, this dog knows how to dress for success. Chloe has at least 40 outfits — including a tankini for when she’s feeling like a hot dog.

But don’t think this dog is spoiled. She earns those outfits with 50-hour workweeks that often don’t include lunch hours. Still, sometimes a dog needs a break.

“I have to make a sign that says she’s on vacation because people get worried about her,” said Colby, of the 13-year-old dog.

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Age: 13 Owners: George and Sandra Ceshker Employer: Secur-All Insurance On the job since: 2008

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Jake Reilly was originally hired as a goose chaser.

After his owner, John Reilly, interviewed for the position of director of agronomy at the Longboat Key Club and Resort four years ago, it became a running joke that he had been hired so long as Jake would chase away the geese.

Today, the black Labrador retriever is more focused on other responsibilities.

He gets to work at 5 a.m. each morning and runs the courses.

“He has that rock-star status with members,” Reilly said. “Everyone comes up and says hello.”

He also makes sure his coworkers drive their golf carts at the right speed by coming along for the ride.

“Without any other moving objects in the cart, he keeps you grounded so you’re not going too fast,” Reilly said.

Before Jake became a golfcourse dog, Reilly owned another black Lab named Jake who worked

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Racquet Straff stays active in retirement: He walks 5 miles and goes to the tennis courts every day.

On Election Day, he made an appearance at Longboat Key Town Hall, where he campaigned for Commissioner Phill Younger.

But here’s how Racquet is different from your typical retiree: He’s just 4 years old, or 28 in dog years.

Racquet retired two years ago at age 2 in 2011, after his owners, Larry and Roberta Straff, closed their TRL Enterprises, a wholesale women’s clothing business, in Avenue of the Flowers.

“Racquet was the actual greeter,”

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alongside him at the Legends Golf & Country Club in Clermont. Jake ran away, and Reilly put up advertisements in an effort to find the missing dog. One person called Reilly, thinking he had found the missing dog. When Reilly met the dog, he knew right away it wasn’t his dog, but he agreed to take him anyway, thinking he’d never find the original Jake.

He named the new dog Jake and put him to work on the course.

Years later, Reilly saw a story in a trade publication about a black Lab at the Eaglebrooke Golf Course in Lakeland who worked the golf course. The dog turned out to be the original Jake living under a new name, Rosco, while doing the job he was meant to do: work the golf course.

The second Jake, however, has proven himself as top dog on the course. A golf course dog has to follow certain protocols: He can’t demand attention from golfers or take care of certain business just anywhere.

“He knows his role,” Reilly said.

“He’s just there to be your partner in crime but he definitely paces you.”

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Roberta Straff said. “People just loved him and he loved them. He’s just a loving, social dog. He would have been a great salesman.”

The cockapoo had some big paws to fill four years ago when he started on the job four years ago.

The Straffs’ cocker spaniel, Tennis, died at 18 in 2009 and went to work every day and had licks and kisses for everyone.

Racquet easily embraced the role and worked for two years.

Now, in retirement, he’s living the good life and still sees many old customers during his daily walks.

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DAD DAY

by Yaryna Klimchak | Community Editor

Sisters Thoeni Smyth, Terri Syros and Patti Corcoran spent Father’s Day on Longboat Key with their father, George Sonblis. Every year they do a staycation and spend time with the family.

Longboat Key Club celebrates Father’s Day The Longboat Key Club celebrated Father’s Day Sunday, June 16, with a barbecue on the beach. Approximately 70 people streamed in and out of the annual Father’s Day celebration between 5 and 7:30 p.m.

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Members of the Sarasota Yacht Club gathered Saturday, June 15, to kick off the start of summer with a concert. Guests enjoyed live music as well as food and drink, while socializing.

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BUSINESS OBSERVER

By Robin Hartill | City Editor

Addy & Wittig Sells 3 Two Bedrooms and 7 Club Suites in 2013!

+ Rugs by Reza moves to new location Rugs by Reza, formerly known as Heriz Persian Rugs, has moved from St. Armands Circle to 652 S. Washington Blvd. in Sarasota. The store features contemporary and antique rugs from around the world and home accessories.

Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and Sunday by appointment. Parking is available behind the store. Call 388-2049.

+ Harry’s earns TripAdvisor certificate Harry’s Continental Kitchens, 525 St. Judes Drive, has earned a 2013 TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence. To qualify for a Certificate of Excellence, businesses must maintain an overall rating of at least four out of a possible five points and must have been listed on TripAdvisor for at least 12 months. The certificate is also based on the volume of reviews in the past month.

2013 Addy & Wittig Listings and Sales 2702C 2 Bedroom, Gulf View $995,000 Gross Income: $111,700+

3101C+ 2 Bedroom, Gulf View $950,000 Gross Income: $106,000+

5401/02B+ 2 Bedroom, Bay/Golf views $699,000 Gross Income: $71,500+

3302A Club Suite, Gulf View $439,000 Gross Income: $64,400+

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2303A Club Suite, Gulf View $429,000 Gross Income: $71,800+

4303A Club Suite, Gulf View $439,000

3807D 2 Bedroom, Gulf View $1,100,000

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+ Baron D’Orr to close Baron D’Orr Designer Jewelry, 353 St. Armands Circle, will close at the end of July after 25 years on the Circle.

Owners Don and Linda Orr are retiring.

The store is currently holding a retirement sale. For information, call 388-2099.

+ Key Club to hold new summer camps The Longboat Key Club & Resort will hold Camp Loggerhead for three one-week sessions for ages 5 to 12.

The first week is “Spirit Week” and runs from June 24 through June 29; “Ocean Explorer Week” runs from July 15 through July 20; and “Wet and Wild Week” is from Aug. 5 through Aug. 10.

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real estate | transactions

By Adam Hughes | Research Editor

Country Club Shores home sells for $2.8 million The following residential real estate transactions took place between June 3 and June 7.

A home in County Club Shores tops all transactions in this week’s real estate. John and Judith Hays, of Sarasota, sold their home at 596 Halyard Lane to Melvin and Linda Rhinelander, of Ontario, Canada, for $2.8 million. Built in 2011, it has three bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 3,212 square feet of living area.

in 1996.

Lindsay Clarie Designs Ltd. sold the Unit 105 condominium at 5396 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Francis and Dorothy Kindellan, of Ontario, Canada, for $350,000. Built in 1979, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,300 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $293,000 in 1996.

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David Briggs, of Hamilton, Ohio, sold his home at 1561 Harbor Cay Lane to James McLeod and Mary Kowalski, of Valrico, for $1,295,000. Built in 1981, it has three bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 3,467 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1,625,000 in 2003.

Longboat Key Towers

William Foster and Lisa Whitney, of St. Davids, Pa., sold their Unit S-403 condominium at 601 Longboat Club Road to Julianne Vardan, of Sarasota, for $735,000.

Built in 1970, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,458 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $830,000 in 2010.

Phyllis Zilewicz, trustee, and Joseph Zilewicz sold the Unit S-303 condominium at 601 Longboat Club Road to Sarah and Vladimir Jelencic, of Fox Point, Wis., for $655,000. Built in 1970, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,458 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $305,000 in 1998.

Islands West

Robert Greenberger and Phyllis Greenberger, trustees, and Cynthia Lieberbaum, of Westport, Conn., sold the Unit 4-D condominium at 2525 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Wendy Laguardia, Mildred Larson and Peter Larson, of Randolph, N.J., for $640,000.

Kurt Schultheis

This home at 596 Halyard Lane in Country Club Shores has three bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 3,212 square feet of living area. It sold for $2.8 million.

Built in 1972, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,468 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $225,500 in 2008.

Longboat Cove

Karen Cahill, of Cos Cob, Conn., and Mary Cahill-Hojraj, of Brooklyn, N.Y., sold their Unit 401 condominium at 5461 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Ann Cahill, of London, England, for $600,000. Built in 1980, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 3,205 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $987,500 in 1995.

Country Club Shores

Jacklyn MacInnes, of Sarasota, sold her home at 561 Ranger Lane to Polymathic Properties Inc. for $525,000. Built in 1968, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,015 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $380,000 in 1997.

Sleepy Lagoon Park

Mario and Cathy Grippi, of Barnstable, Mass., sold their home at 586 Lyons Lane

to Gregory Ciccolo and Stephanie Sonnabend, of Brookline, Mass., for $575,000.

Built in 1977, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,718 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $439,000 in 2011.

The Castillian

Diane and Gerald Levy, of Sarasota, sold their Unit 302 condominium at 4525 Gulf of Mexico Drive to James and Carole Leish, of Wyoming, Ohio, for $425,000.

Built in 1979, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,398 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $214,700 in 1990.

Longboat Terrace

Robert Sherry, trustee, of Spring Lake, N.J., sold the Unit 210 condominium at 5393 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Bruce and Kimberly Peterson, of Birmingham, Mich., for $420,000. Built in 1979, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,300 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $293,000

Duane and Barbara Henderson, of Sarasota, sold their home at 112 Fillmore Drive to Marc and Renee Preininger, of Sarasota, for $945,000. Built in 1967, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,240 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1.5 million in 2008.

Elizabeth Hannan, trustee, sold the home at 444 Monroe Drive to Thomas Luzier, trustee, of Sarasota, for $522,000. Built in 1960, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,644 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $50,000 in 1980.

Lido Key

Roy and Susan Palmer, of Bradenton, sold their Unit D202 condominium at 2052 Benjamin Franklin Drive to Anthony Bottalla, of Chicago, for $2.6 million. Built in 2005, it has four bedrooms, three-and-ahalf baths and 3,697 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $3,795,000 in 2006.

Anthony Bottalla, of Chicago, sold his Unit B503 condominium at 2050 Benjamin Franklin Drive to Richard and Denise Harrison, of Oneida, Wis., for $1.6 million.

Built in 2005, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,936 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1,325,000 in 2006.

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by George Rauch | Contributing Columnist

Market bears unacceptable risk, bond market crash possible The market continues to set records weekly with the Dow now over 15,000 points. Interestingly, the fervor among the investing public we have witnessed the last 40 years, when the market hits new highs, simply does not exist. To the investing public this new Dow Jones Industrial’s record is no big deal. Since the last time the market exceeded 14,000, with inflation, the market would need to be around 17,000 for purchasing power to remain even with its “last record.”

The dollar has lost 10% of GEORGE its value against international RAUCH currencies during that time, too. The market would therefore need to be 19,000 points to be even with international values. So this new “record” really is “much ado about nothing.”

The idea that the stock market remains a great opportunity to make money is no longer valid. The DJIA is currently way overpriced with low, low cash yields of 2.3%.

Should the market be selling at an average Dow cash yield of 4.2%, instead of being 15,200 points, the Dow would be about 8,300 points.

There is too much risk associated with current market values to view the market as a future moneymaking opportunity.

Through all the bubbles we have had the last 40 years, the biggest, most dangerous bubble of them all has been built since 2005 in the bond market. The last three years of the Bush presidency created a combined deficit of more than $1 trillion, for a total national debt of $8.5 trillion. The Obama administration has doubled that national debt to $17 trillion thus far. Projections for the next three years indicate continued huge deficits. Unstated obligations upon which the signature of the United States exists include all the bad Fanny Mae, Freddie Mac, and “government sponsored businesses”

paper out there that add at least another $6 trillion to U. S. taxpayer obligations.

The government currently prints new money for 43% of every dollar it spends.

The money is literally borrowed this way: The Fed (controlled by the government and a small group of private institutions) runs a printing press until the desired amount of money is printed.

The Fed hands the money to the federal government, and the federal government hands back a note to the Fed promising to pay back the money that was just transferred into its account. That’s it.

For as long as that obligation is outstanding, a string of interest payments goes back to the Fed, all paid by the American taxpayer who had absolutely no control over the obligation that has been created. The taxpayer will now pay interest on the debt for the rest of their lives. Those interest payments find their way back into the spending stream through the banks.

Congress has little inclination to stop this cycle as a significant part of the funds, created out of nowhere, go to paying for the congressmen’s, senator’s, and the president’s campaign contributions. Keeping the Democrats and Republicans in office is a very expensive proposition for the U. S. taxpayer, particularly, because both parties are responsible for our deficit spending and the huge obligations we pass on to future generations.

Where did the money go? ALL of the money went to welfare. Only 60% of working age adults work. 100 million people, 30% of our population, are dependent on government for some type of income support. In 2007, 23 million people received food stamps.

Now it is up to 47 million people. Oddly, all of our military engagements since Vietnam could have been financed out of general tax revenues. War, most responsible for historic government bankruptcies, is currently being replaced by welfare costs driving gov-

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When there is a vast price reduction in bonds (and these reductions occur when the public finally realizes how much risk is associated with their investment), banks that hold bonds have a large reduction in the value of their investment portfolios.

Bond investments comprise a significant part of the capitalization of the bank, so now the bank has a problem.

The bank’s capital just shrank dramatically. That “paper value” the bank lost has been used to lend out money that the banks cannot now collect. Banks can’t collect because customers who have obligations to the bank have to sell assets to meet their obligations. They cannot sell assets at a price high enough to meet the obligations because prices have crashed, and so the cycle continues.

A bond market crash sets off a chain reaction making it difficult for most debt obligations to be met. One then resorts to a barter system, which is what has happened in all bankrupt countries over the years: Russia, Germany, Yugoslavia, Chile, Argentina (numerous times), Spain, Greece and Portugal to name a few.

The failure of every one of these systems was mostly the buildup of costs in their welfare system and the subsequent creation of debt to support the politicians who ran those states. Politicians and bankers are not producers of wealth. Industrialists, businessmen and farmers create wealth.

Our government is taxing the wealth away, redistributing that tax revenue through welfare payments, and placing the country in a position where bankruptcy is eminent, all in collaboration with the Fed and banks that are “too big to fail”.

For an examination of the mathematical impossibility of our situation, go to www. gwrauch.com and read the last Market Watch article entitled “No Clear Path”. ernments to the brink of disaster.

This large buildup in obligations is because our government is living beyond its means — a trite statement when one must print new money to meet 43% of government expenditures. Most importantly is that increasing government debt will negatively affect the stock market. In addition to all the other economic factors mentioned above, government represents 40% of our GDP. That is not sustainable, especially with our existing obligations, let alone what’s coming down the road.

What is important from an investment point of view is to realize that sooner or later we will have a crash in our bond market, coupled with far greater decreases in the dollar’s value than the inflation we have so far seen. Only a handful of companies will be able to persevere through this financial disaster.

The likely future scenario is what is called a bond market crash. A bond market crash occurs, because people who own bonds cannot sell them without drastically reducing their price. A reduction in the price of bonds increases the percentage of cash yield an investor receives, so, for 10-year treasury bonds, one now receives about 2.2% interest annually.

Private economists believe that if the Federal Reserve System had not been manipulating interest rates down to virtually nothing for so many years, and the free market was allowed to work, those same treasury bonds bear enough risk that they should yield at least 6%. That would mean the 10year bond price would go from $1,000 to $600, and the cash yield annually would be $60 from that bond, instead of $22 a year.

Caveat Emptor.

George Rauch, Longboat Key, is chief execu-

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Furnishings

Condos/Apts. For Rent

BEDROOM SETFurnishings for sale: 2 twin beds, dresser, night table in Furnishings perfect condition. Best offer.

BEDROOM SET for sale: 2 twin beds, dresser, Call 914-419-1406.

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For 2BR/3BA condo on high floor withRent wrap-around KEY. L’AMBIANCE, LONGBOAT Beach front deck, 270 degree views over KEY. the Gulf, Sarasota L’AMBIANCE, LONGBOAT Beach front 2BR/3BA condo onSunrises, high floor with wrap-around Bay and LBK Club. sunsets with light all 2BR/3BA condo on high floor with wrap-around deck, 270 degree views over the Gulf, Sarasota day through floor toviews ceiling windows in allSarasota rooms. deck, 270 degree over the Gulf, Bay and LBK Club. Sunrises, sunsets with light all Viewand at: www.thephotos.smugmug.com Bay LBK Club. Sunrises, sunsets with light all day through floor to ceiling windows in all rooms.

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Clothes, jewelry, THRIFT SHOP: The Lord’s Warehouse.

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6140 Chapel.

Gulf of Mexico Drive.

Next to Longboat Island Chapel.

Wednesdays & Saturdays, 9a.m.-1p.m.

Clothes, jewelry, 941-383-4738. & Saturdays, 9a.m.-1p.m. Clothes, jewelry, furniture, other items. 6140 Gulf of Mexico Drive. furniture, other items. 6140 Gulf of Mexico Drive.

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CASH FOR Old MilitaryWanted Items. Swords, Merchandise uniforms,Merchandise insignia & old guns.Wanted Call 941-416-3280.

CASH FOR Old Military Items. Swords, CASH Old Military Items. Swords, SENIOR FOR LOOKING metals, uniforms, insignia & to oldpurchase guns. Callprecious 941-416-3280. uniforms, insignia & old guns.

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HOUSEKEEPER P/T for Longboat Key resort.

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727-244-5906. hours week, 6 hour shifts, evenings & weekends.

Located on Siesta Key. Retirees Welcome.

Located on Siesta Key. Retirees Welcome.

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Olympic pool,January health club, Available throughtennis March,courts. $5000/mo.

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Available June through December, $2000/mo.

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December, $2000/mo.

Also available January through March, $5000/mo. Call for info. Contact through March, $5000/mo. Call for info. Contact Elizabeth/NYC. 212-570-2950.

Elizabeth/NYC. 212-570-2950.

LARGE 2BD/2BA Villa on LBK. Small resort w/pool. Annual lease, $2,190/mo.

LARGE 2BD/2BA Villa on LBK. Small 941-312-1747.

LARGE 2BD/2BA Villa on LBK. Small resort w/pool. Annual lease, $2,190/mo. resort w/pool. Annual lease, $2,190/mo.

941-312-1747.

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Beachfront, heated pool, covered parking, exercise room.

A BEACHPLACE LBK Condo.

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March, pool, 2014. covered Non-smoking/ By owner. heated parking,pets. exercise room.

Available Aug., Sept., Oct., Dec., 2013 & Feb. & 941-383-1884.

Available Aug., Sept., Oct., Dec., 2013 & Feb. & March, 2014. Non-smoking/ pets. By owner.

March, 2014. Non-smoking/ pets. By owner.

941-383-1884.

941-383-1884.

GULFFRONT: LONGBOAT TERRACE 2BR/2BA condo. 2014 Seasonal rental.

GULFFRONT: LONGBOAT TERRACE Tastefully decorated.

GULFFRONT: LONGBOAT TERRACE 2BR/2BA condo.

Seasonal rental.

BOOK NOW.2014 321-279-3610.

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2014 Seasonal rental.

Tastefully decorated.

Tastefully decorated.

BOOK NOW. 321-279-3610.

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LBK: TIFFANY Plaza Beachfront Condos, 1st floor, 2BR/2BA, W/D in units, walk out to beach.

LBK: TIFFANY Plazapool, Beachfront Condos, 1st1floor, Furnished, heated covered parking. mo.

LBK: TIFFANY Plaza Beachfront Condos, 1st floor, 2BR/2BA, W/D in units, walk out to beach. min. 941-383-3338.

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Furnished, heated pool, covered parking. 1 mo.

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Slips For RENT, to 25’. High, dry, BOAT Boat SLIP FOR Boat Slips ForupRent/Sale Rent/Sale indoor marina. Excellent boating location. By the FOR RENT, BOAT SLIP up to 25’. High, dry, month or yearly.

Private owner, 941-371-1866.

FOR RENT, up to 25’. High, dry, BOAT SLIP indoor marina. Excellent boating location. By the indoor marina. Excellent boating location. By the month or yearly. Private owner, 941-371-1866.

LBK MOORINGS Slip Rental, 65’ Open Water month or yearly. Private owner, 941-371-1866.

View (R/8) Dock, $500/per month annual.

LBK MOORINGS Slip Rental, 65’ Open Water 813-500-0566.

LBK MOORINGS Slip Rental, 65’ Open Water View (R/8) Dock, $500/per month annual.

View (R/8) Dock, $500/per month annual.

813-500-0566.

Boats 813-500-0566.

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Homes For Homes Longboat For Rent Rent 400/sq.ft., 1BR/1BA, modern kitchen, heat & air, UPSCALE, HISTORIC Longboat Village cottage.

Washer/ dryer, large walk-in closet, private yard, UPSCALE, HISTORIC Longboat Village cottage.

400/sq.ft., 1BR/1BA, modern air, storage, short walk to beach.kitchen, Lease.heat No & pets.

400/sq.ft., 1BR/1BA, modern kitchen, heat & air, Washer/ dryer, large walk-in closet, private yard, $1000/mo.

941-383-5080.

Washer/ dryer, large walk-in closet, private yard, storage, short walk to beach. Lease. No pets. storage, short walk to beach. Lease. No pets. $1000/mo. 941-383-5080. $1000/mo. 941-383-5080.

Autos TOPWanted $$ PAID FOR YOUR WE BUY CARS. Autos Wanted VEHICLES. Call Hawley Motors, 941-923-3421.

WE BUY CARS. TOP $$ PAID FOR YOUR WE BUY CARS. TOP $$ PAID FOR YOUR VEHICLES. Call Hawley Motors, 941-923-3421.

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BoatCallSlips Rent/Sale

Boats well. 17 yr. Island resident, Boats are selling very Boats many references. “Business On A Hand Shake”. selling very well.

Boats are yr. Island resident, I also buy visit:17 sellingPlease very well.

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On A Hand Shake”.

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LONGBOAT KEY BEACH FRONT, 1BR, 2BA Sands Point condo with Gulf views, large living room, den and beautifully renovated kitchen.

2-3 Month minimum. Call 203-984-8477 or email: garment@optonline.net

EXPERIENCED CAREGIVER available P/T-F/T. Private care for loved ones. Excellent background and references. 941-735-7769.

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LONGBOAT KEY. Gulf front, heated pool on beach, 1BR/1BA condo, full kitchen, dining, sleeps/4, king pillowtop. 617-328-7145, 857-939-1049.

ON THE Gulf w/pool. 1BR condo, sleeps 4. Nicely furnished, cable, phone, full kitchen, living, dining area, W/D in building. Weekly or Monthly. May through January. $1600/mo. 351-5101.

PRIVATEER WINTER 2014. 3 month rental.

2BR/2BA with full Gulf views. Pool, tennis, beautiful beach and watch complete sunsets from two balconies. Please call 1-203-803-0655 for more information.

SINGLE PERSON, non-smoker looking for condo rental on Longboat Key, February 2014. Reply to: mhgolin@yahoo.com

THE WESTCHESTER GULF FRONT 2BR/2BA, open, direct views, tennis court, 2 heated pools, steps away from the sand. Recently remodeled.

941-228-5671.

WEEKLY RENTALS. Luxurious, fully furnished 1 - 4 bedrooms. Condominiums and Cottages.

Beach to Bay. On-site management. Pools, tennis, boat slips. Visit: www.FloridaRent.com for information and virtual tours. 800-333-7335, 941-383-3117.

Weekly/ Monthly/ Seasonal Rates Beachfront, Bayfront and In Between Houses or Condos

LICENSED 6 bed assisted living residence.

Beautiful, private room/ bath available in Sarasota.

Alzheimer's and Hospice patients welcome.

Excellent local references. 941-350-7907.

PROFESSIONAL TILE & MARBLE INSTALLATION

Auto Service WE WANT TO BUY YOUR VEHICLE!!!

Any Make, Any Model, Any Condition.

No Title - No Problem! Bank Lien - No Problem!

Paying up to $30,000 for Vehicles. Call AJ now at 813-335-3794 for a Free Quote or 813-531-4298.

Auto Transport

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Personal & Business Bookkeeping Accounting/ Taxes

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Free Estimates & Custom Designs.

BONDED & INSURED Over 25 yrs. experience

SHIP YOUR CAR, TRUCK OR SUV anywhere in the United States. Great rates, fast quotes. Call Hawley Motors, 941-923-3421.

Expert Marble & Travertine Installation Floor & Walls

Cleaning

Grout Cleaning & Sealing Service Available

EDLA’S CLEANING SERVICES: Residential Commercial, New Construction. Meticulous, deep cleaning top to bottom. We Guarantee. Affordable & Reliable. Excellent References. Free Estimates.

Licensed & Insured. 30% off first cleaning.

941-536-7447.

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Landscaping & Lawn Service

EXCELLENT HOUSECLEANING - European experience. Quality, honesty, trust. Perfection is my trademark. Mariola 941-586-1934.

PERSONAL GARDENER: From exotic and native landscapes to vegetable and container gardening.

All phases of plant care. Over 25 years experience.

Free estimates. Nancy 941-284-3659

Computer Services

Masonry

Cmagik - LBK resident, servicing our island year round for over 12 yrs. Bachelors Degree with 20 yrs. experience, PC or MAC. Professional help with computers, iPad/iPhones and tutoring.

References upon request.

Call Cort: 383-3878, 587-5588 cmagik.com

ALL TYPES OF MASONRY Specializing in concrete driveways, pavers, decorative concrete, stone work, patios.

Call for free and honest estimates.

941-525-2435

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ROGER SELLS LUXURY WATERFRONT PROPERTY For the third time in five years, Roger has been named: #1 Realtor in both Sarasota and Manatee Counties • #1 Single Coldwell Banker agent for all of Florida

ROGER SELLS COUNTRY CLUB SHORES ROGER SELLS LONGBOAT KEY

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This updated waterfront home with 4BR plus den features views down the canal, out to the bay from nearly every room. Updates include tumbled marble floors, custom window treatments and teak ceilings. Also includes heated pool and spa plus a dock with 6,000 lb lift.

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Perfect Gulf breezes and ideal sunsets from this beautiful beach home. Situated on 1+ acre site with an extended, gated entry. This home is centrally located near Longboat Key Club's facilities and is minutes from St. Armand's Circle. With the beach in your backyard and a private dock just across the street, you will never want to leave.

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grandbay263.com Beautifully upgraded 2BR/3½BA Cayman.

Media room, wine storage, cook ’s kitchen and custom features throughout. $1,595,000

7100longboatdriveeast.com A boater’s dream with deep-water dockage and multiple boat lifts, this property offers two separate homes. $1,295,000

BIRD KEY 582southspoonbilldrive.com Light and bright home with 100’ of water frontage. Sweeping views of the bay, direct access to the Gulf. $2,649,000

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350southshoredrive.com Palatial 5BR/3½BA estate with views of the bay and downtown Sarasota. Heated pool.

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Wraparound terrace, far-reaching bay and 435lambiancek505.com city views, 4th-floor residence. $1,295,000 Gulf to bay views at every turn, 3BR/3BA, grandbay241.com all new windows and sliders, 2 terraces, 2 Lovely 3BR direct bayfront Antigua with covered parking spaces. $1,795,000 wraparound terraces and 2,900+ living space.

SANCTUARY Many upgrades throughout. $1,195,000 grandbay325.com 535Sanctuarydrive203.com South side 3BR/3½BA Biscayne with marina This 3BR/3BA is light and bright. Includes and city views. Walls of windows. $829,000 one covered parking space. $799,000 grandbay315.com Charming 3BR/3½BA Biscayne with SEAPLACE wonderful updates and views of the bay and seaplaceg8406.com twinkling lights of downtown. $819,000 Gulf views from this top-floor 2BR/2BA. grandbay212.com Updated kitchen and 9' ceilings. $419,000 3BR/3½BA Biscayne plan with wraparound seaplaceg1211.com bay and pool views. In wonderful condition.

Spacious 2BR/2BA with upstairs living area.

May be purchased furnished. $759,000 Steps to the beach. Furnished. $339,000 grandbay542.com seaplaceg4204.com 2BR/2BA, 4th floor, Bimini abounds in Terrific value, this 2BR is located in the custom details and views of the bay, golf popular G-4 building. $309,000 course and downtown. Furnished. $725,000 seaplaceg6106.com Wonderful 2BR/2BA just steps to the beach.

Light and open layout. Furnished. $249,900

988 CONDO ON THE BAY condonthebaynorth409.com Direct bay front 3BR/3BA residence with wonderful water views from nearly every room. $599,000

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longboatkeytowersn802.com Gorgeous 2BR/2BA direct Gulf residence.

Enjoy Gulf sunsets on one private terrace and bay breezes on the other terrace. $995,000

ritztowerresidences503.com Stunning sunsets from nearly every room in this 3BR residence. Furnished. $1,495,000

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332bananapatchcourt.com Cliff Scholz-designed 4+BR with over 5,000 feet of quality construction on the bayside.

Spectacular outdoor living areas. $1,095,000

LONGBOAT BEACHCOMBER II www.longboatbeachcomber11.com 2BR/2BA direct Gulf residence – ideal retreat or rental. Small community conveniently located. Furnished. $695,000

SORRENTO SHORES 2405bayshoreroad.com Expansive multi-faceted estate on more than 200' of water frontage. A main home, guest cottage and a private theater. $1,995,000

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