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by Kurt Schultheis | City Editor

Roundabouts complete by June 15 Construction crews have completed 95% of the concrete work involved with shaping the Ringling Avenue roundabouts.

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+ Stoneybrook raises funds for breast health Ellie Brenan and the Stoneybrook Women’s Golf Association recently presented Suellen Kaeb, of Breast Health Sarasota, a check for $30,500.

The Stoneybrook community raised the funds as a part of its annual effort each February to raise money for breast-cancer diagnostic and treatment needs. The effort culminated with a golf tournament and dinner.

Downtown motorists and pedestrians clamoring for the reopening of Ringling Boulevard from Orange Avenue to the bayfront can circle June 15 on their calendars.

Ringling roundabouts project manager Neil Gaines said the road and the roundabouts being constructed on Ringling Boulevard

at Pineapple Avenue and Palm Avenue will be open no later than June 15. With any luck, Gaines said the roundabouts and the road could open sooner.

Construction crews have completed 95% of the concrete work involved with shaping the roundabouts and are working on installing the last stormwater project at

the Palm Avenue roundabout.

The crews then will be working to install irrigation and landscaping around the roundabouts before laying the road and asphalt.

Brick paving in the roundabouts will be completed before the intersections are striped and opened to the public.

The closing of Ringling Boule-

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+ Goodwill receives rare piano donation

vard from Orange Avenue to U.S. 41 in December was supposed to allow construction crews to work faster and get the roundabouts complete by May 15. But Gaines said the crews were met with a 30day delay when they discovered remnants from an old railroad that once stretched down Ringling Boulevard were buried under the road. A dilapidated brick

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BICYCLIST DISPUTE

By Kurt Schultheis | City Editor

Legacy Trail modifications questioned Some South Sarasota residents are questioning whether cars should have to stop for bicyclists as they ride The Legacy Trail and approach busy intersections.

The Goodwill Foundation recently received a rare 1896 Carl Bechstein piano from local donors Jim and Ronna Bridges, who had previously used the piano as a display in their customcabinet showroom.

“Goodwill does good things for people in our community,” said Jim Bridges.

“That’s why we decided to donate the piano.”

The Goodwill Foundation hosted a reception and auction of the piano April 17, featuring a performance by local pianist and Pine View School student Matthew Falgowski.

The intersection at Central Sarasota Parkway and The Legacy Trail is causing a stir among some area cyclists now that it has been designed to give motorists the right of way at all times.

Since the opening of The Legacy Trail three years ago, motorists and bicyclists have had many close encounters, including fender benders, at the intersection in question.

In February, a change to the intersection was made

by Sarasota County at the request of the Palmer Ranch Communities Coalition.

The modification removed a flashing orange light

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+ Jungle Gardens donates food Following its 11th annual Jungle Trails and Bunny Tails event, Sarasota Jungle Gardens raised 928 pounds of donated food to All Faiths Food Bank.

“Our generous guests enabled us to donate such a large amount of food for the community,” said Chris Lavick, chief operating officer. “We’re looking forward to another record year in admissions to exceed our goals for next year.”

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RJ Belvin, 1, has fun drawing with chalk in Five Points Park during the 2012 Natural Awakenings’ EcoFest April 14, in downtown Sarasota. For more event photos, see page 15A.

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Bicyclists are now required to stop and wait for traffic to clear before crossing Central Sarasota Parkway on The Legacy Trail.

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LEGACY TRAIL / FROM 1A activated by bicyclists seeking to cross Central Sarasota Parkway. Stop signs were, instead, placed on either side of the trail, and signs were installed warning trail users that motorist traffic does not stop. The county also agreed not to install a traffic light at the intersection, which the coalition strongly opposes.

By removing the flashing light, bicyclists must now stop and look before proceeding through the intersection.

But Steve Christian, a Friends of Legacy Trail board member and an avid bicyclist, said the changes made “aren’t clear and are confusing for bicyclists and motorists.”

Christian said the issue is whether cars should have to stop for bicyclists.

“It’s still designated as a county crosswalk, so the debate is whether a bicyclist in the crosswalk qualifies as a pedestrian or not,” Christian said.

“What we want to know is do we have to stop or not?”

Christian has sought county staff’s opinion, which has agreed to look into the matter.

Christian said there needs to be more uniformity for The Legacy Trail intersections. Currently, there are four places on the trail that intersect with streets (not including the U.S. 41 Bypass in Venice that now bypasses

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ange Avenue to U.S. 41.

“We knew it (the construction) was coming, but we had no idea how bad it was going to be,” said Nancy’s Bar-B-Q founder and partner Nancy Krohngold.

The restaurant, which sits right on Ringling Boulevard on the edge of Burns Square, has a direct view of pipes, dirt and loud construction noises that come right up to the back door of the restaurant.

“It’s been a significant decrease in our business,” Krohngold said.

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Roundabouts on Ringling Boulevard at the intersections of Pineapple and Palm avenues are taking shape.

car traffic altogether). One of those intersections, at Laurel Street and The Legacy Trail, contains a red light, while another intersection at Colonia Lane still has the same yellow flashing lights that the county eliminated on Central Sarasota Parkway.

“From a clarity standpoint, red lights at these intersections make the most sense,” Christian said. “We just want some clarity on those intersections moving forward.”

Sarasota County traffic engineer Christopher Hauber, however, said there doesn’t appear to be any safety issues with the Central Sarasota Parkway intersection. In fact, the changes made to the intersection, Hauber said, follow federal traffic safety standards.

“We will be taking a look at uniformity of the intersection and the other intersections on The Legacy Trail,” Hauber said.

Hauber said he doesn’t foresee recommending the county install red lights at The Legacy Trail intersections just for bicyclists.

As for uniformity standards, Hauber said he’s more inclined to recommend that other Legacy Trail intersections be modified like the intersection at Central Sarasota Parkway.

“Bicyclists, pedestrians and rollerbladers all yield for traffic and go when they have a chance, regardless

of whether there is a red light there or not,” Hauber said.

Mike Gippert, president of Friends of the Legacy Trail, said, “There’s no evidence to support that the modified intersection isn’t working well at this time.”

“There haven’t been any accidents,” Gippert said. “Traffic for both bicyclists and cars seems to be moving well.”

Meanwhile, Palmer Ranch Communities Coalition President Margaret Brading is urging the county not to spend more county taxpayer dollars to modify the intersection again.

“The intersection is working just fine now,” Brading said. “The problem is it’s now the bicyclists’ responsibility to stop, and some bicyclists think motorists should have to stop for them.”

Before the changes were made, Brading said some bicyclists used the light and enhanced crossing to charge right through the intersection without stopping, relying on motorists to stop for them and creating fender benders.

Brading and the coalition believe the move made by the county is much better than a traffic light that was once considered for the area.

“We are already saturated with lights on Central Sarasota Parkway, and one here would create traffic jams every time a bicyclist wants to cross,” Brading said.

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GOVERNMENT WATCH

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by Rod Thomson | Editor-at-Large

City pensions: Local debt crisis

The city of Sarasota’s pension crisis has been a long time coming. City officials, however, may not have the luxury of a long time to solve it.

Nor do they have any options that will not be costly to taxpayers.

With a debt load threatening to crash down on the city’s ability to operate, Commissioner Shannon Snyder said the city would be bankrupt in eight years.

Here’s why: The city of Sarasota — in other words, “taxpayers” — has between $272 million and $402 million in unfunded retirement obligations for police, firefighters and general employees. That means for all of the retirement pensions it has promised former and current employees, the city doesn’t have and will need that much money to cover its obligations.

For context, the city’s entire general fund budget is expected to be about $58 million next year. About one in every five dollars the city spends in the general fund goes to pay for retirees. And while the retirement situation continues to worsen, the City Commission, past and present, has been slow to face this deficit and slower yet to act.

Until now.

Commissioners have spoken publicly of drastic actions that must be enacted to stem the growth of the city’s retirement expenses. Ultimately, the commissioners must decide. Under Florida’s right-towork laws, after appeals and exhausting special magistrate rulings in contract disputes, elected bodies have the authority to impose a contract on public employees, even if those employees are represented by unions. It’s just politically difficult.

Before understanding the details of the retirement-fund problems, it helps to have context about the city’s entire debt load, including the city’s non-retirement debt.

Sarasota has about $144.3 million in outstanding debt for things such as road improvements, the new police department headquarters, Ed Smith Stadium renovations, water-and-sewer projects and so on.

Those are the normal types of debts for a municipality and are not out of line. Indeed, the city’s debt-rating, is Aa2, considered strong. What’s more, there are dedicated funding sources for a large chunk — at least $40 million — of that debt, and overall that debt load is shrinking.

So the normal bond debt the city has issued is not the problem. The time bomb is in the city pension plans, which have become unaffordable.

Retirement bomb

Here’s how the city pension system works: In retirement, police officers receive 75% of the average of their highest three years of salary paid during their final 10 years of employment with the city. They also receive a 3.2% cost-of-living increase in pension payments each year. (The rate of inflation the past 20 years has averaged 2.5%.)

An independent actuary takes several assumptions based on averages, such as normal length of employment, wage increases over that time, percent that employees contribute to the retirement fund (6% right now), retirement age, life expectancy, net returns on investment and so on and determines how much money that is required to fund all of the employees during their entire retirement.

From there, the actuary walks back the total promised amount, minus the employee contributions, and determines how much money the city needs to contribute to the plan each year to make it sustainable. Lately the city has been paying 25% of the cost, but that will increase to 28% next year. So for 2012-13, nearly $12 million out of a $58 million general fund budget will go to retirees. That’s nearly 21%.

One of the reasons city taxpayers must contribute 25% to 28% of the annual funds needed for the pensions can be attributed

With up to $400 million in city pension plans unfunded, the city is heading toward a financial crisis. Taxpayers will pay. It’s just a matter of when.

The city of Sarasota’s debt

About 74% of Sarasota’ entire debt load comes from its retirement plans. The remaining 25% covers all the rest of the city’s debts.

Retirement obligations Obligation OPEB* Firefighter pension Police pension Other pensions Total

Old method** $129 million $55 million $47 million $40 million $272 million

New method** $129 million $89 million $103 million $81 million $402 million

* “Other Post Employment Benefits” ** The old method used an expected rate of return of 7.75% to 8%. The new method uses 6% to 7%.

Other debt obligations

(As of Oct. 1, 2011)

Police HQ building* Golden Gate streets TIF debt 2002 Water/Sewer bonds 2004 Water/Sewer bonds 2005 Water/Sewer bonds 2009 Capital bonds** Ed Smith Stadium bonds 2010 Water/Sewer bonds 2010 Water/Sewer bonds 2011 Water/Sewer bonds 1993 Fed revolving loan Lemon/Main improvements 2003 Revenue bonds*** 2005 Revenue bonds 2011 Glen Oaks assessment Total debt obligations

$40.5 $3.4 $2.8 $0.3 $1.8 $6.1 $19.2 $8.3 $8.9 $25.3 $21.1 $0.4 $0.6 $2.2 $2.4 $0.2 $144.3

million million million million million million million million million million million million million million million million million

* Has dedicated millage funding of .4298 mills ** Paid for Payne Park improvements, R.L. Taylor Community Complex and the Palm Avenue parking garage *** Portions of Second Street parking garage

Retirement fund return on investment The key issue in determining the city’s retirement debt is how well its retirement fund performs. This chart shows in the past 10 years that it has been far below expectations, meaning the city’s unfunded retirement debt is getting larger, exposing taxpayers to the difference.

Estimated

Return Rate Actual Rate 2002 8.50% -1.00% 2003 8.50% 5.30% 2004 8.50% 4.60% 2005 8.50% 4.90% 2006 8.50% 8.90% 2007 8.50% 13.00% 2008 8.50% 6.50% 2009 8.50% 4.30% 2010 8.50% 3.10% 2011 8.30% 1.00% 10-year average 8.48% 5.01%

Pension fund contributions The city is spending 20% of its general budget funds on annual pension contributions.

Pension fund

Police pension contributions G.E. pension contributions Fire pension contributions Total city contributions General Fund spending

City contribution

$6,737,331 2,098,693 2,865,199 $11,701,223 $58,285,000

Source: City of Sarasota

to what has become a sensitive issue: the net annual return on investment that actuaries have assigned to the pension system’s investment funds. The industry standard has been about 8% to 8.5%. That is what a conservatively invested retirement fund is expected to earn each year over time.

But the city’s actual return has averaged closer to 5% for the past 10 years. Last year, it was at 1%.

That is why some commissioners think that assuming 8% is sharply underestimating the real looming costs. They are pushing for an assumed rate of investment return of 6% to see the obligations more realistically — more responsibly, they say.

But that two-percentage-point change turns a huge hole into a chasm. Under the assumed 8% return, the city’s unfunded retirement obligations are about $272 million. But with a 6% return, the unfunded obligation rises to $402 million. That’s because the payout costs remain the same, but the fund grows slower.

The reasons for the decline in fund returns the past decade are twofold. First, the stock investments have taken a 10-year hit.

The dot-com bubble burst at the turn of the century, and then the stock market lost half of its value in the 2008 meltdown.

But the retirement fund also has a lot invested in fixed-income instruments that have a guaranteed rate of return. Those have been hurt by U.S. monetary policy.

As the economy collapsed, the Federal Re-

Read the Sarasota city commissioners’ and mayor’s comments regarding pensions / PAGE 10A

serve Bank kept interest rates low with the hope of spurring borrowing and spending.

But those low interest rates became reflected in what the city earned on its fixedincome investments.

The result is the city is required to pitch in much more to make the fund sustainable each year — 28% of the annual total.

And that has ramifications for the entire city budget and for city operations as a whole. If interest rates and the funds’ rate of return stay low, the city’s contribution will keep increasing, squeezing out more of the rest of the budget. This is not a far-out scenario. It is already happening.

It becomes so dire that one commissioner publicly has raised the issue of getting rid of the police department. While that sounds extreme, and there does not appear to be political support for such a move now, the options are stark.

Eight painful options

There are at least eight alternatives.

Seven are difficult, with varying degrees of effectiveness. The eighth is relatively easy and probably ineffective as a long-term solution.

1. Keep cutting. Personnel costs make up 80% of the city budget, and the city has already cut 24% of its employee base since the recession began. That is obvious in city departments, where one can walk down a hallway of mostly empty cubicles.

It becomes clear that the city’s pensions are part of the reason services are being cut and employees are being laid off — along with the decline in property values. As property values recover, the massive retirement obligations will be a bigger driver for

layoffs. And cutting city services and employees is an increasingly difficult political proposition.

2. Raise taxes. This is a non-starter.

There is no political support for raising taxes on a community struggling to get out of a recession with high unemployment and a crummy real estate market. It is technically an option, but one that also could exacerbate the economic challenges. Higher taxes typically slow economic growth and stunt property values, factors that would put increasing pressures on the city’s tax revenues.

3. Borrow the difference. The city could borrow a lump sum to cover the unfunded obligations for all three pensions. There are serious defects with this solution.

First, the borrowed money would still need to be invested, and that would run into some of the same issues as with the retirement fund. The city actually could lose principal on the borrowed money but still have to pay back the whole thing.

Another factor: The city probably cannot qualify for a loan even at the lowest amount.

Although the city’s debt rating ticked up to Aa2 for general obligation bonds in 2011, the city does not have the bonding capacity to borrow $300 million to $400 million.

“I know it’s not there,” said Chris Lyons, the city’s finance director.

4. Close the retirement funds. Closing the fund and putting everyone in a 401(k)-style retirement plan would mean borrowing the money for the unfunded pension liabilities, running into the same pitfalls as option three.

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The study considers all aspects of organizational performance, including patient care, efficiency and financial stability. The annual benchmark study evaluates 10 measures of hospital performance.

Sarasota Memorial, named to the list for the second time, was one of just 15 independent hospitals to make the top 100 list and one of only 12 across the nation to earn Thomson’s Everest Award, which is awarded to hospitals exhibiting top current organization-wide performance as well as the fastest longterm performance improvement.

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Meetings agendas

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 Sarasota County Commission Regular Meeting — 9 a.m.

Tuesday, April 24, Sarasota County Administration Center, Commission Chamber, 1660 Ringling Blvd., Sarasota

Sarasota City Commission Workshop — 2 p.m.

Tuesday, April 24, City Hall, Commission Chamber, 1565 First St., Sarasota

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Towles Court Artist Association Meeting — 5 p.m.

Wednesday, April 25, LeCafe Du Jardin, 238 S. Links Ave., Sarasota

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 Alta Vista Neighborhood Association Meeting — 7 p.m.

Thursday, April 26, Concordia Lutheran Church, 2185 Wood St., Sarasota

John Ringling Boulevard Neighborhood Association Meeting — 10 a.m. Thursday, April 26, Sarasota Harbor West, 761 John Ringling Blvd., Sarasota

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Each year, more than 3,000 law enforcement officers carry the torch on a 1,500-mile relay through more than 60 Florida counties.

Beginning at 9 a.m., members of the Sheriff’s Office will carry the torch north along U.S. 41 in Sarasota, beginning at Beneva Road and continuing past Stickney Point and Proctor roads. The torch will be handed off to the Sarasota Police Department at Paradise Plaza just past Bee Ridge Road.

Citizens should be aware that traffic delays may occur between 9

a.m. and 10 a.m. on U.S. 41.

Anyone interested in contributing to the Special Olympics should contact the local office at 412-0402 or visit www.sosarasota.org.

+ Correction A Goodwill Superstore being built on the North Trail will have about 60 employees, compared to the 40 the old located employed.

A story in the Feb. 12 issue of the Sarasota Observer incorrectly stated the new store would employ 80 employees.

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by Nick Friedman | Community Editor

Sarasota district must do more with less Sarasota County School District officials expect the district’s budget to be about 55% of what it was during the 2007-08 school year.

Sarasota County School Board members were told by its staff at a workshop Tuesday that property-tax collections county-wide, which are the district’s primary funding source, are estimated to be $41.5 billion in 2012-13, a 35.6% decrease in overall dollars when compared to the $64.7 billion the county collected in 2007-08.

For the district, that drop means revenues the district can use to fund projects in 2012-13 are about half of what they were just five years ago. The district is faced with a capital revenue reduction of 55% in fiscal year 2012-13. Total district revenues most likely will fall from $165.3 million in 2007-08 to $75.4 million in 2012-13.

School Board Deputy Chief Financial Officer Al Weidner said the figures won’t be finalized until July, but the workshop pro-

vided an overview of the financial environment.

“We’re not getting as much to run the school district as we did last year,” said Superintendent Lori White.

“Our economy has been hit very hard,” Ken Marsh, director of long-range planning for the district, told school board members Tuesday. “We have higher unemployment rates than at the state and national levels, which is in contrast with the past.”

Despite the figures, staff told school board members they have learned to be creative with the dollars they have. That includes approving a $26.5 million Sarasota High School campus renovation project this summer that will be funded through a combination of anticipated savings at the Sarasota County Technical Center and the rebuild of Venice High School. The Sara-

sota High project, which will be officially approved in July, is expected to begin later this year.

Some mid-sized projects at the school level, which were prioritized according to their impact on instruction and student safety and return on investment, can also be funded in the future.

Those projects include: • Building a North Port Transportation Depot funded by impact fees; • A covered walkway at Garden Elementary; • Creating more athletic locker space at North Port High School; • Continuing to fund Classroom of Tomorrow and Technology Enhanced Active Learning labs; • Renovations to Fire Science Academy portables; and • A possible renovation of Building 5 at Venice Middle School.

Money Management Sarasota County School Board officials reported the following projects can either be completed or begin in fiscal year 2013-14. These projects are funded through a combination of savings from other projects.

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The Sarasota City Commission won’t proceed with plans to target the Sarasota Kennel Club as the sole site for any future casino site — at least for the foreseeable future.

At its regular meeting April 16, the commission chose to heed the recommendation of its Planning Board, which decided March 14 not to recommend the city move forward with plans.

Last fall, commissioners were so concerned the Legislature may open up casino gaming to non-American Indian tribe Florida properties in the future, it directed staff in October to draft zoning text and Comprehensive Plan change amendments to keep any future site away from the bayfront and the downtown core.

Since then, bills drawn up that would have allowed for the issuance of three Las Vegas-style casino gaming licenses in South Florida did not pass. Those and other casino bills are expected to reappear next spring in the Legislature.

Although Commission Shannon Snyder noted three other Florida counties are approving zoning amendments for casinos in case they get approved, he made the motion to hold off until the Legislature approves casinos statewide.

“We’ve done the work,” Snyder said. “It’s not like we can’t pull it off the shelf when the state approves this.”

The work involves zoning-code text amendments and a Comprehensive Plan amendment that Director of Neighborhood and Development Services Secretary David Smith had prepared if commissioners approved the changes. The changes would designate any casino be placed at the kennel site near the Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport and away from the bayfront.

Smith felt it appropriate “to get ahead of the game and begin addressing casino regulations.”

But planning board members and commissioners would rather wait to see what the Legislature proposes in the future after they were told by city attorney Bob Fournier they can’t ban casino gaming in the city altogether.

“If it’s made lawfully permissible on a statewide basis, you have to allow it somewhere,” Fournier said.

Vice Mayor Terry Turner said given the uncertainty of what the Legislature may approve in the future, the city should delay its decision.

“We didn’t make a mistake moving this forward, and staff did good work,” Turner said. “But given the general uncertainty, I’m not ready to conclude this is in the best public interest at this time.”

Commissioner Paul Caragiulo agreed.

“It’s going to come back again next year,” he said. “When there’s an issue to deal with, we’ll deal with it.”

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We received the following letter on Tax Day from the owner of a local business: Dear Editor: It comes as no coincidence that today I will be signing my tax return and thus feel compelled to write this letter to you.

As I read the total income received, I see that I am included as a target of those “take over Wall Street” protesters and the Obama administration as a “One Percenter.”

The president has been on quite a campaign lately promoting his so-called “Buffett rule” and virtually attacking the 1% of Americans who allegedly are not paying their fair share.

One problem I have is what has been glossed over by the mainstream media, and of course, the Obama administration as well. My company is a subchapter “S” corporation, which means my personal income — which is well below $1 million — is combined with the company’s net income for the year.

This past year, because of the great work of my company’s employees, we made a profit of $1.5 million. President Barack Obama would now like for me to pay the combined personal and company income at more than 30%.

It should also be noted, however, that we also face several state-tax obligations because we do business in nine other states, which would bring the total tax higher.

Another important point that cannot be forgotten is that because of federal withholding, my personal income already has been taxed at a rate greater than the 20% tax rate Obama has recently disclosed he paid. But because of my employees’ fine work ethic and success, I now must pay an additional 25% to 30% on top of what I already have paid!

I am at a loss as to how I can expect to be able to give back to my employees more benefits and bonuses, health care improvements and try to find ways to invest in growth to employ more people if the administration has its way.

I will have very little left over to handle the day-to-day fiscal obligations, including the cost of the significant governmental regulations in place.

Yes, I am a One Percenter. But please let me know Mr. Obama how this is working out for me!

Sincerely, One Percenter Dear Mr. One Percenter: But alas, as Barack Obama sees it, your concerns of having to pay more than 50% of what your labors earned (i.e., your income, your property) to “the state” are misplaced. As noted in his speech last week to the roomful of his allies, America’s daily newspaper editors, we “as a country” cannot succeed if you do well and others struggle.

As the president told the editors (see box): “Everyone” must get “a fair shot” and “everyone” must do “their (sic) fair share.”

Surely you note, however, that Mr. Obama is never specific on what he means by “fair shot” and “fair share.” He cleverly and connivingly avoids explicit definitions.

But you know full well if you read his words

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“… In the face of all these challenges, we’re going to have to answer a central question as a nation.

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“And everyone does their (sic) fair share. And everyone plays by the same rules. This is not just another run-ofthe-mill political debate. I’ve said it’s the defining issue of our time, and I believe it. That’s why I ran in 2008.

It’s what my presidency has been about. It’s why I’m running again.” …

Barack Obama April 13 speech to American Society of Newspaper Editors

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Top 25%

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and listen, there is little ambiguity. “Fair” means “the state” will decide what is yours and what unearned benefits must be given — by the force of a gun, mind you — to others deemed deserving by him and “the state.”

In Obama’s speech to editors, he said in one breath: “I believe deeply that the free market is the greatest force for economic progress in human history.” And yet, he didn’t really mean that, because he followed that statement one sentence later by saying what he really believes: “… through government we should do together what we cannot do as well for ourselves.”

Through government. Through “the state.” Through the force of law, the force of a gun. Through central planning in Washington. Through collectivism, communism and socialism, the state will decide what is “fair” and “just” and how your private property will be conficscated and distributed to others.

THE CASTAWAY by Jorge Blanco

As you have found out, in Mr. Obama’s beliefs, you and all Americans acting in your day-to-day self-interests apparently are not morally driven or capable of taking care of those in need — in spite of the historical record to the contrary (i.e. Americans are the most charitable and generous people in the world).

To be sure, in Mr. Obama’s beliefs, you One Percenters are not paying your “fair share” — even though, as the table shows, Americans who earn $343,927 or more a year pay 37% of all federal income taxes.

Altogether, there are 1.4 million Americans in the Internal Revenue Service’s top 1% of earners. Because of your company’s earnings, you are among these. And even though you and your fellow One Percenters comprise only 0.6% of all Americans of tax-paying age, and even though all of you combined paid a whopping $318 billion in income taxes, Mr. Obama says that is not enough.

What makes more sense, Mr. Obama asked in another speech last week: To extend existing tax rates — or, as he derisively said, give another tax break to “the rich,” or raise taxes on you and “invest in” schools, teachers, more police officers and alternative energy sources?

Once again, he couched the choice in his conniving cleverness — as if there is a direct connection between your specific tax rates and the government services that pull at the heart strings of invincibly ignorant American voters. Unless we tax you more, he infers, there won’t be enough teachers, schools and cops. In his vision, government spending is untouchable and its growth should be unstoppable.

This is scary for Americans — Obama’s vision of what it required to “succeed as a country.” As you see, Mr. One Percenter, his is a vision that shows disdain for you, the efforts and fruits of your labor, your ingenuity and success.

While you believe in the self-evident truths that all Americans are created equal and endowed by their Creator with the unalienable rights of Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness, unfortunately our incumbent president does not.

We cannot let him have a second term.

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RARE IS THE FACT TO BACK WHAT HE SAYS OBAMA’S ASNE SPEECH: “They keep telling us that if we just … let businesses pollute more and treat workers and consumers with impunity, that somehow we’d all be better off. We’re told that when the wealthy become even wealthier and corporations are allowed to maximize their profits by whatever means necessary, it’s good for America …”

Who are “they”? When and where did anyone say any of that? Obama gave no citations.

This is his habit: deliberate, incessant, egregious distortions.

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The Tyson-Trayvon solution: morals The stories of a pair of 17-year-old black men tells us that we are badly off track in dealing with racial issues.

One is Shawn Tyson, convicted three weeks ago of murdering two British tourists last year who had wandered into his Newtown neighborhood in the early morning hours.

The second is Trayvon Martin, who was killed by a Hispanic man in Sanford for apparently looking suspicious. In neither case are we sure of the motives.

ROD Both are tragedies.

THOMSON But hardly alone. In fact, they are not drops in the murder tsunami in this country, in which blacks are the primary victims and the primary perpetrators.

In Chicago on St. Patrick’s Day, 10 blacks were killed — one a 6-year-old girl sitting on her porch. But there was no outrage.

Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton did not take their traveling grievance circus to town.

It seems safe to say that if Trayvon Martin would have looked like one of my sons, President Barack Obama never would have noticed the crime, let alone insert himself into it.

The obvious lesson seems to be that interracial crime is a more grievous act than intraracial crime — even when intent and racism is not clear. But that is nonsense, the antithesis of what Martin Luther King Jr. dreamt of on the Washington Mall.

Indeed, it is more dangerous than nonsense. It is keeping race relations from improving. It is feeding the racial tensions that linger much longer than they should because there are those whose power and wealth feed off it. Jackson, Sharpton, the NAACP, etc. would need to get actual jobs if race relations settled into a calm peacefulness that would be good for everyone. So they stoke them. I hate to sound so morbid about people’s intentions, but it is hard to read it any other way.

Read Thomas Sowell, senior fellow at the Hoover Institute in Stanford, Calif., who is also black: “Playing with racial polarization is playing with fire,” Sowell wrote recently.

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“Race hustlers who hype paranoia and belligerence are doing no favor to minority youngsters. There is no way to know how many of these youngsters’ confrontations with the police or others in authority have been needlessly aggravated by the steady drumbeat of racial hype they have been bombarded with by race hustlers.”

The New Black Panthers, who offered a dead-or-alive bounty for Trayvon’s shooter and who shockingly are protected by Attorney General Eric Holder, plus the Jacksons and Sharptons, seem to want to return to Jim Crow, but just flip whose in charge. So a case of a white (sort of) killing an unarmed black is ratcheted up to a national fever, with charges that it is “open season” on whites killing blacks.

But that is 100% wrong.

The danger to black males is from other black males, according to FBI stats. Young blacks are seven times more likely to die of homicide than young whites and Hispanics. And young blacks kill at 10 times the rate of young whites and Hispanics. There are about two-and-a-half times as many white and Hispanic victims of black killers as there were black victims of white and Hispanic killers.

But the problem is not really racial anymore, or largely not. And this is where some people will flip out.

It is moral.

More than 73% of black children are born out of wedlock. The black family is on life support. The black churches are not vibrant like they used to be. The black father raising his children with the mother of all of them is an endangered species and almost nowhere to be found in the Newtowns of our country.

Yet the stats are roughly the same for poor white women, who have children out of wedlock at about 70% and whose sons commit violent crimes at much higher rates than sons born to married couples.

Want to save young black men from getting killed or becoming killers? Tell them and their girlfriends not to have sex until married and to get back in church. Education, jobs, stability, obeying laws, moving up in the world.

It’s all there waiting.

Rod Thomson can be reached at rthomson@yourobserver.com.

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The Sarasota City Commission is willing to work with G.WIZ officials on a lease extension because the vacant bayfront parcel it owns can’t be sold to a private party.

G.WIZ will stay put

The city cannot sell either its vacant bayfront parcel or the G.WIZ Science Museum property. The mere proposal caused a rift between city and museum officials.

The Sarasota City Commission will move forward with G.WIZ Science Museum lease negotiations after city staff examines the museum’s audited financials and ensures G.WIZ is in compliance with the city’s grant policy.

In the meantime, the commission will work to repair the damage museum officials say came with previous commissioner comments regarding a possible relocation of the museum.

The decision, made at Monday’s regular commission meeting, came after city officials learned G.WIZ could not be moved to another city parcel, as suggested by Commissioner Shannon Snyder. Both a city-owned parcel at 1000 Blvd. of the Arts and the neighboring G.WIZ parcel can never be sold to a private entity, according to submerged lease mandates and other requirements that are tied to both parcels.

City attorney Bob Fournier confirmed Monday the land cannot be sold.

G.WIZ Executive Director Molly Demeulenaere and museum board members told commissioners the comments made regarding G.WIZ upset museum officials and the community that supports the museum. Demeulenaere asked the city to consider a 17-year lease extension to 2037 to assuage future concerns and undo damage done by the comments.

Former Sarasota city commissioner Ken Shelin, a member of the G.WIZ advisory board, encouraged commissioners not to make such comments at future regular meetings .

“Schedule workshops and do brainstorming so comments at this table during

regular meetings aren’t misinterpreted,” Shelin said. “Move ahead with diligence for a lease renewal, so this museum can go to donors and say this is a valuable community asset that’s here to stay.”

While commissioners agreed the museum was an asset, they were not comfortable with approving a lease extension until 2037. The current lease allows the museum to stay on the property for another eight years, and Commissioner Paul Caragiulo and others agreed to review future lease extensions at the proper time once the museum’s audited financials are reviewed.

Commissioners, meanwhile, expressed frustration with how the public perceived the past discussion.

“Perhaps it wasn’t the right time to discuss this, but when is it the right time?” asked Caragiulo, reiterating the commissioners must follow Government in the Sunshine laws that prohibit them from discussing such matters outside of meetings.

Vice Mayor Terry Turner said the city was never looking to evict the museum.

“It was implied we would explore opportunities with G.WIZ if they were willing to do so,” Turner said. “As it turns out, the city can’t sell the property or adjoining property for private purposes. It’s this commission’s intention to help you thrive.”

Mayor Suzanne Atwell said it is time to drop the matter.

“We all understand what happened here and how it negatively affected the museum,” Atwell said. “We will move forward now.”

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But there also are financial pitfalls to that plan. First, in the police contract is a section stating that if the department is merged with another department, the city pension board must still administer the plan and the merger could not diminish the retirement benefits. So it is not clear how much the city could save. It is also unknown if the county and sheriff would be open to a merger.

6. Declare bankruptcy. If the city declared bankruptcy, it could nullify its contracts and restructure the retirement in an affordable way. That has the drawback of a severe public relations black eye. Further, it is not clear it accomplishes more than the City Commission already has the authority — if not the will — to accomplish by imposing a new contract.

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8. Delay further. Probably the most likely option is delay the tough decisions by gently tweaking the retirement plans at the edges and keeping an 8% assumed rate of return. The problem is that the Police Benevolent Association and the Teamsters Union are not of a mind to bend much on retirement benefits.

Sharply changing employee-retirement plans will require a majority of city commissioners voting to impose a contract with affordable provisions. It’s not clear that majority exists.

Sarasota’s mayor and commissioners discuss the pension problem.

Mayor Suzanne Atwell: “This problem developed slowly over the years as commissions enacted future benefits which did not require immediate funding. … The current commission has addressed the issue, made some changes and will probably consider further changes during our upcoming budget deliberations. One of the major concerns is the assumed rate of return on funded liabilities.”

Commissioner Paul Caraguilo: “The math is very important, but … I want to offer a benefit package that allows us to retain and recruit people. It’s not just about retirees, but about down the road. It’s all too much.

I’d be in favor of imposition of a contract as along as its not absurd. It’s about judgment, not about fear. It can’t be about fear.”

Commissioner Shannon Snyder: “We may not be able to survive through the end of decade. The issue is completely understated. We can start to turn law enforcement over to the sheriff now in an orderly fashion or in five years in a panic.”

Commissioner Terry Turner: “It is not just a pension cost crisis. It is a health care cost crisis, too. By any reasonable estimate, the current labor contract costs exceed the tax payer's ability to pay. It is, therefore, essential that the city negotiate labor contracts whose terms are fair both to the employee and to the taxpayer.”

Commissioner Willie Shaw did not return a call for comment as of press time.

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about the 18-mile mark, we had to climb back up on the wall. A lot of people couldn’t finish those last few miles, but it was spectacular up there.”

O’Connor’s quest to run the globe has placed him in equally scenic and challenging environments, including the site of the original marathon in Athens, Greece, near Ayers Rock in the Australian outback, and a four-day run through the Sahara Desert.

Although his running has taken him all over the world, O’Connor says one of his favorite places to run and train is right here in Oscar Scherer State Park, where he also volunteers.

Less than 1% of marathon runners fall in the 70 and older category, but as he prepares for the marathon in Brazil, O’Connor says neither his knee problems nor his age will hold him back.

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Sarasota Republican Club meeting — takes place at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 19, at the Sarasota Yacht Club, 1100 John Ringling Blvd. Mark Wilson, President and CEO of the Florida Chamber of Commerce will speak.

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Goodwill Earth Week — takes place from 4 to 6 p.m. Friday, April 20, at 1704 N. Honore Ave. Several local businesses will participate in the fairs, including SunTrust Bank and Doctor’s Hospital with free information, food, beverages and more.

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Downtown Kiwanis Club Meeting — takes place at noon Friday, April 20, at the Golden Apple Dinner Theatre, 25 N. Pineapple Ave. Congressman Vern Buchanan is the featured guest speaker, and Downtown Kiwanis Club will celebrate its 90th anniversary.

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SATURDAY APRIL 21 YouthArts Fest — takes place from 9:45 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 21, at Five Points Park and Selby Library. In its third year, YouthArts Fest aims to bring awareness to the importance of art in education. Hundreds of students will showcase their talents in various ways.

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Sarasota Coastal Conservation Association Photo All-Release Challenge — takes place at 7 a.m.

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to honor veterans and military men and women in Florida’s 13th District.

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Veteran’s Appreciation Fair — takes place from 10:30 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 21, at Sarasota Military Academy, 801 N. Orange Ave. Congressman Vern Buchanan hosts this fair

Israel Independence Day — takes place at 7:30 p.m.

Friday, April 20, at the Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, 3023 Proctor Road. A brief Shabbat Service

Walk Through the Bible — takes place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 21 at St. Wilfred Episcopal Church, 3773 Wilkinson Road. Meet characters from the Bible up close and in person, and learn the entire Old Testament in just a few hours. Ages 13 and older.

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Above: Lea Hall gave a presentation on permaculture.

Left: Rhythm Inlet performed on Main Street and Lemon Avenue.

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Hundreds celebrated the 42nd Anniversary of Earth Day at the 2012 Natural Awakenings’ EcoFest April 14, in downtown Sarasota.

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Joe Cacka and Anabel Procel-Cacka, 3, enjoyed some finger chaining at the knit-a-thon at the Waldorf School’s tent.

Tami Rockwell and Christopher Knox

Casey acted as a donation dog for the Racing Dog Rescue Project.

Cindy McRee showed her granddaughter, Lena McCree, a stuffed jellyfish from Mote Marine Laboratory’s table.

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Ringling Picnic delights with first Spring Fling The Ringling Picnic and its food-truck entourage enticed guests with a plethora of flavors during its Spring Fling April 13.

The event included music by DJ Dan, palm readings, hoop danc-

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The Sarasota Open is under way, providing another year of matches from top tennis players. The Sarasota Open is the premier ATP/USTA men’s professional tennis event on the West Coast of Florida, and this year, the Open added the WTA/USTA women’s invitational tournament, which features 16 female players, including Dasha Sharapova, Maria Sharapova’s cousin.

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GABBY HALULA Gabby Halula, 18, is a senior at Sarasota High School and one of the captains of Sarasota Crew. She is a member of the undefeated Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Varsity Eight and also was selected to participate in the U.S. Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Rowing Junior Selection Camp this summer in Connecticut. Halula will be racing with her team at the District Championships April 21, in Tampa, where she hopes her team will continue its dominance.

Max Fulton Age: 14 Grade/School: Eighth grade, Sarasota Middle School Position: Third base, left field and pitcher Number: 9 What do you enjoy most about baseball?

I think hitting probably, because it is the most action-packed and the hardest challenge.

Why did you decide to start playing baseball?

Because I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t play tackle football.

Who is your favorite baseball player?

Evan Longoria If you could describe The Observer baseball team in one word, what would it be?

Baller

How long have you been rowing?

I started in the eighth grade. I was originally on the Sarasota Scullers, but my step-dad started being a coach for Sarasota Crew, so I switched.

What is it like being a captain?

As a captain, you have to have leadership skills and be able to help with the younger rowers and teach them and mentor them and try to keep control of the team â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and keep everybody happy. I enjoy being looked up to and helping the younger rowers with an issue or if

many years. For us to go and race them made us very excited, stressed and nervous. Then, we defeated them and beat their course record on their home course.

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What was the best race for you this season?

I have two. I would have to say our race this past weekend, the Florida Sprint League Championship, and our Winter Park Dual. The Winter Park Dual was first race of the season head-tohead against a big state team. Winter Park is a very fast team and has had the state title for many,

Do you plan to row in college?

I will be rowing for the University of Washington in Seattle on a rowing scholarship. When I visited them, they were a very fun and well-rounded team.

It was really beautiful out there, and the coach was super nice and very welcoming.

What are your plans for college outside of rowing?

I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what I am majoring in yet, but I want to go into vet sciences and maybe marine biology. I am interning right now at Cat Depot as a veterinary assistant.

What will you miss most about Sarasota Crew?

The people I have met and all the experiences we have had together. I truly have a second family.

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Casey Key home sells for $5.77M The following residential real estate transactions took place between April 2 and 6.

A home on Casey Key tops all transactions in this week’s real estate. Melissa and Richard Hall, Sarasota, sold their home at 612 S. Casey Key Road to Rajakumari Muppavarapu, Port Charlotte, for $5.77 million. Built in 2008, it has four bedrooms, four-and-one-half baths, a pool and 6,572 square feet of living area.

Gary and Desiree Littlestar, of Missouri City, Texas, sold their Unit 9B condominium at 464 Golden Gate Point to S.E. Kretz, trustee, Sarasota, for $4.63 million. Built in 2006, it has four bedrooms, four-and-one-half baths and 5,469 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $3.4 million in 2008.

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Sarasota Bay Club LLC sold the Unit 812 condominium at 1301 Tamiami Trail to Rhoda Roth, Sarasota, for $415,000. Built in 2000, it has one bedroom, one bath and 984 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $500,000 in 2007.

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Elizabeth Wakeman, Sarasota, sold her home at 1600 Hyde Park St. to Ralph and Carrie Major, Sarasota, for $1,575,000. Built in 1924, it has three bedrooms, three-and-one-half baths, a pool and 4,091 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $310,000 in 1999.

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Glenn and Margaret Walters sold their home at 4805 Riverwood Ave. to P&H Scaffolding Designs Corp. for $1 million. Built in 1973, it has four bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 4,823 square feet of living area.

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Unit 1408 condominium at 1255 N. Gulfstream Ave. to John and Penny Cloud, Sarasota, for $900,000. Built in 1982, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 2,055 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $746,000 in 2003.

Rivo at Ringling

The Rivo at Ringling LLC sold the Unit PH301 condominium at 1771 Ringling Blvd. to James and Rhonda Browning, Longboat Key, for $804,000.

Built in 2006, it has three bedrooms, three-and-one-half baths and 3,373 square feet of living area.

Michael Abshire, trustee, sold the Unit K-818 condominium at 100 Central Ave. to Moises Grayson, trustee, Miami, for $570,000. Built in 2005, it has two bedrooms, two-and-one-half baths and 1,707 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $600,000 in 2005.

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Tammy Burns sold her home at 5384 Palos Verdes Drive to William and Lisa Temple, Sarasota, for $500,000.

Built in 1974, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,021 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $196,000 in 1996.

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Andrea Smith, trustee, Sarasota, sold the Unit 70 condominium at 1443 Landings Circle to Sallie Hicks, Sarasota, for $452,500. Built in 1983, it has three bedrooms, two-and-one-half baths and 2,176 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $347,000 in 2009.

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SARASOTA BAYFRONT Beautifully updated 4th floor, CONDO: 1,248 sq/ft.2BR/2BA including Condos For1,248 Sale Beautifully updated 4th views. floor, sq/ft. including Lanai w/Bay & Park Pool, $1,550/mo.

Lanai w/Bay & Park views. $1,550/mo.

Condos/Apts.

For Rent COZY COVE: Large 2BR/2BA atPool, Turtle Beach with Annual, including Water & Cable.

First/Last/Sec. Annual, including Cable. Comes First/Last/Sec. water andWater boat& slips. newly Call for views appt.

941-966-7042.

SARASOTA BAYFRONT CONDO: 2BR/2BA Call for appt.

941-966-7042. furnished and ready to go………$329,000.

Call Beautifully updated 4th floor, 1,2481BR/1BA, sq/ft. including SERENDADE PALMER RANCH: pool, Siesta Beach Realty @ views.

941-993-5722.

SERENDADE PALMER RANCH: 1BR/1BA, pool, Lanai w/Bay & Park Pool, $1,550/mo. exercise room, tennis court. Non-smoking. exercise room, tennis &court.

Non-smoking.

Annual, including Water Cable.

First/Last/Sec. First, & security. pet okay. $825/mo.

PALMlastAIRE Villa: Small 3BR/2BA 2,150 sq/ft.

First,forlast & security.

Small pet okay. $825/mo.

Call appt.

941-966-7042.

941-822-3172.

Maintenance free, reserved. Quality updates, open 941-822-3172. daily, $199,900.

941-355-4345.

SERENDADE PALMER RANCH: pool, SIESTA KEY Villa: 2BR/2BA, 18001BR/1BA, sq/ft. Monthly, SIESTA KEY Villa: 2BR/2BA, 1800 sq/ft. Monthly, exercise room, court.

Non-smoking.

New kitchen, Musttennis see!! Pool & Beach access.

New kitchen, Must see!!

Pool Beach$825/mo. access.

First, last & security.

Small pet& okay.

941-586-8186.

941-586-8186.

941-822-3172.

Homes For Rent

Affordable Affordable Senior Senior Housing Housing

2 BEDROOM, 2 BATH, 2CG,1800 Partially SIESTA KEY Villa: 2BR/2BA, sq/ft.furnished, Monthly, Fenced backyard, pet ok.

Non-smoking, New kitchen, Must Small see!! Pool & Beach access.

Yearly lease, $1100/mo.

941-586-8186.

941-586-5834, 508-564-1720.

JEFFERSON CENTER JEFFERSON CENTER 930 N. Tamiami Tr., Affordable Senior Housing

3 BED 3 bath Home, 900 feet from 930 N. Tamiami Tr.,Siesta Beach Sarasota, 34236 access. $2900.00 month.FL 1st, last, and security.

Sarasota, FL 34236 Annual 941-320-6000.

JEFFERSON CENTER 941-953-9585 941-953-9585 Utilities & Cable Included Greg Nowak 941-809-6034

Rentals from $427-$588 SIESTA KEY BEACH HOME FOR RENT

Condos For Sale Condos For Sale

COZY COVE: Large 2BR/2BA at Turtle Beach with COZY COVE: at Turtle Beach with water views Large and 2BR/2BA boat slips.

Comes newly water views slips. Comes newly furnished and and readyboat to go………$329,000.

Call furnished and ready@to941-993-5722. go………$329,000.

Call Siesta Beach Realty Condos For Sale Siesta Beach Realty @ 941-993-5722.

COZY COVE: Large 2BR/2BA at Turtle Beach with PALM SARASOTA AIRE Villa: 3BR/2BA 2,150 sq/ft.

THE OBSERVER/PE water and boat slips. Comes PALM views AIREfree, Villa: 3BR/2BA 2,150 newly sq/ft.

Maintenance reserved.

Quality updates, open furnished and ready to go………$329,000.

Call Maintenance free, reserved.

Quality updates, open Thursday, April 19, 2012 daily, $199,900.

941-355-4345.

Siesta Beach Realty @ 941-993-5722. daily, $199,900. 941-355-4345.

PALM AIRE Help Villa: Wanted 3BR/2BA 2,150 sq/ft.

Homes ForQuality Rentupdates, open Maintenance free, reserved.

MEETING MANAGER Homes For Rent daily, $199,900.

941-355-4345.

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Please submit all SIESTA KEY BEACH HOME FOR RENT SIESTA KEY BEACH FOR Sarasota Real Estate Assoc., Inc. materials to diane@narca.org and RENT "Meeting Big 3,200+ sq ft, 4 HOME bedrooms, 4put 1/2 baths, Big 3,200+ sqw/waterfall, ft, 4 bedrooms, 4Tray 1/2ceilings, baths, Greg Nowak 941-809-6034 Manger" in the subject line.

Submissions are Fireplace, Pool Pavers.

Fireplace, Pool w/waterfall, Pavers.

Tray ceilings, encouraged as soon as possible.

Granite counters in Gourmet kitchen. Separate Granite room. counters in Gourmet kitchen. Separate Dining 4 good size bedrooms - 17x14, SIESTA KEY BEACH HOME FOR RENT Dining room.

4 good size bedrooms - 17x14, 21x15, 15x14, 13x12.

Screened lanai.

Big 3,200+ sq ft, 4 bedrooms, 4 1/2 baths, 21x15, 15x14, 13x12.

Screened lanai.

Washer/dryer room.

2 car garage.

Tile, wood and Fireplace, Poolroom. w/waterfall, Pavers.Tile, Traywood ceilings, Washer/dryer 2 car garage. and carpet flooring.

Totally renovated in '06.

Like new.

Granite counters in Gourmet kitchen.

Separate carpet flooring.

Totally renovated in '06.

Like new.

Freshly painted.

Bike walk to beach and village.

Dining 4 Bike goodwalk size - village.

17x14, Freshlytoroom. painted. tobedrooms beach and Positions Wanted Close Out-of-Door Academy.

In town Owner.

21x15, 15x14, 13x12.

Screened lanai.

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In town Owner. $4,000/mo.

Call Mark 203garage.

979-4774.

Washer/dryer room.

2 car Tile, wood and $4,000/mo. Call Mark 203 979-4774. carpet flooring. Totally renovated in '06. Like new.

Freshly painted. Bike walk to beach and village.

HomesAcademy.

For Sale Close to Out-of-Door In town Owner.

Homes For Sale $4,000/mo. Call Mark 203 979-4774.

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MULTI-TALENTED COUPLE is available for live in position with senior, executive or professional.

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National Register of Historic Homes, $549,000 NORTH RINGLING AREA, problem-solver.

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Handyman, Gardener.

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Reduced $50K! COREY'S LANDING Flair, uniqueness & VILLA personality like no other Husband plays tennis.

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Golf Course andhouse Lake home!Prudential National of wardrobe, Historic Homes, business writing,Register events, Elite Realty Services Harold Lasky 941.780.8514.

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Courts Heated Community Pool -Beach homeand +separate 1BR/1BA guest cottage.

941.330.5882.

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SARASOTA 2BR/2BA SIESTA KEY:BAYFRONT Grand Canal:CONDO: 222 Island Circle.

Beautifully updated 4th Village, floor, 1,248 sq/ft. including Walk to public beach/ private pool, dock, Lanai Park views.

4/3/2, w/Bay excellent& in/out.

Built toPool, code.$1,550/mo. $899,900.

Annual, including941-475-9263.

Water & Cable. First/Last/Sec. MLS#T2512069.

Call for appt. 941-966-7042.

SERENDADE PALMER RANCH: Lots/Acreage For1BR/1BA, Sale pool, exercise room, tennis court. Non-smoking.

Sarasota Grave sights First, last &Memorial security. Park: Small TWO pet okay. $825/mo. together. Valued $3,800/ea. Priced $4,000 for 941-822-3172. both. Call 941-312-6677.

SIESTA KEY Villa: 2BR/2BA, 1800 sq/ft. Monthly, New kitchen, Must see!! Pool & Beach access.

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Heated pool MISTY CREEK COUNTRY CLUB. 16TH FAIRWAY decorating, cherry hardwood floors. pool & spa.

Huge lanai, 3 car 4BR/3BA, garage.Heated $629,000.

11 Room Executive Home Brazilian & spa. Huge lanai, 3 car garage. $629,000.

941-780-2993. cherry cabinets kitchen & baths.

930 N. Tamiami Tr., Stainless 941-780-2993. appliances, granite countertops, customer interior Sarasota, FL 34236 decorating, cherry hardwood floors. Heated pool & spa. Huge lanai, 3 car garage. $629,000.

941-780-2993.

Affordable Senior Housing

Utilities Included Big 3,200+ sq ft, &4 Cable bedrooms, 4 1/2 baths, Fireplace, Pool w/waterfall, Pavers. Tray ceilings, Granite counters in Gourmet kitchen. Separate Dining room. 4 good size bedrooms - 17x14, 21x15, 15x14, 13x12. Screened lanai.

Washer/dryer room. 2 car garage. Tile, wood and carpet flooring. Totally renovated in '06. Like new.

Freshly painted. Bike walk to beach and village.

Close to Out-of-Door Academy. In town Owner. $4,000/mo. Call Mark 203 979-4774.

JEFFERSON CENTER 941-953-9585 800-955-8771 TDD/TTY Rentals from $427-$588

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OPEN SATURDAY & SUNDAY 1P.M.-4P.M., Utilities & Cable Included OYSTER BAY WATERFRONT: 4450 CAMINO REAL. 3230SF, 4/3/3+Den. $1,899,000. Prudential Elite Realty Services, Rita Ferrell Lasky.

941.780.3579.

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