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by Kurt Schultheis | City Editor

Lift station project in limbo Commissioners plan to hire an attorney and a micro-tunneling expert, each at a cost of $400 per hour, to look into legal ramifications involved with the stalled project.

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Ann Anderson, Nancy Curtis and Bev Meadows host an informational and educational booth for Save Our Seabirds at the event.

The $9.5 million lift-station project in Luke Wood Park has been mostly sitting idle since March, when the equipment used to drill underground tunnels for new pipes was removed from the site.

City attorney Robert Fournier

informed the Sarasota City Commission at a special meeting Tuesday, July 10 that the project, dubbed Lift Station 87, is at a standstill and is off schedule.

The project was supposed to be completed by December 2011.

“The contractor has had a lot

of difficulty with a micro-tunneling procedure under Hudson Bayou and the surrounding area,” Fournier said.

The equipment being used to dig tunnels for new pipes that will connect to a new lift station was removed months ago. Al-

by Kurt Schultheis | City Editor

City land attracts two developers

Root Cellar Entertainment and the Quad Squad roller-derby team hosted a fundraiser for Save Our Seabirds Sunday, July 8, at Pastimes Pub and Grill.

There was a barbecue lunch, games and a dunk tank. Part of the proceeds from the event benefited Save Our Seabirds.

Sarasota city commissioners have already directed staff to finalize a $1.4 million purchase contract.

Photo courtesy of Laura Freedman

Cara Sheyner poses with a shark jaw.

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+ Bookstore1 hosts dog-day afternoon Bookstore1Sarasota celebrated the fifth birthday of its mascot, JJ, the French bulldog, Friday, July 6. Employees celebrated with cake, and JJ even received a few gifts from customers.

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Children at Temple Sinai’s Gan school kicked off their summer camp with a splash thanks to a special visit from a scuba diver, a boat captain and Gilly the Shark, from Mote Marine Laboratory. The children enjoyed learning about the ocean and visiting with the mascot as well as face painting, arts and crafts, games, story time and breakfast.

though the lift station construction is 80% complete, the digging and installation of the pipes that connect to the lift station are months behind schedule.

“The city has some reason to

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Wyatt Forsyth, 3, and Liam Keltch, 2, try to make their way down a hill on the Strider practice course, Saturday, July 7, at the Sarasota BMX Olympic Day. For more photos, see page 14A.

A piece of city-owned land at a busy high-profile intersection is now being sought after by at least two developers. But, for now, the city is only working with the company offering the lowest bid for the 11.1-acre strip of land on the northeast corner of Fruitville and Beneva roads.

At the Sarasota City Commission’s Monday, July 2 regular meeting, Lakewood Ranch-based Commodore Realty offered Sarasota city commissioners $3 million for the land — the price for which the parcel was last appraised.

However, on June 4 the city approved the continuation of contract negotiations with Benderson Property Development to sell the land for $1.4 million.

Real-estate developer Brian Lichterman made the $3 million offer during the commission’s public-to-be-heard section of the July 2 meeting.

Lichterman said Commodore Realty “is offering to the city a far supe-

rior land use,” with plans to build a multi-family, mixed-use development that would include some commercial outparcels such as a bank and a restaurant.

“It is a critically important, strategic intersection in the largest parcel of unified acreage left along the city’s portion of the Fruitville Road corridor,” Lichterman said.

Benderson Executive Director Larry Fineberg’s pitch to the commission for the land, meanwhile, is an 110,000-squarefoot shopping center.

During a tense negotiation exchange during a June regular meeting, Fineberg explained to commissioners his company is willing to pay $1.4 million, even though the last appraisal of the land came in at $3 million, because the company has to perform expensive drainage work that includes filling in a ditch to make the shopping center work. If Benderson discovers it can build its project without filling in

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LIFT STATION / FROM PAGE 1A believe the means and methods of construction used by the contractor were not suitable in some way,” Fournier said. “No one is talking a lawsuit yet, but we would like someone from the outside with no dog in this fight to give us an opinion.”

Commissioners agreed with Fournier’s assessment to hire a legal attorney at a cost of $400 per hour that will cost the city $8,000 to $10,000 to look into legal ramifications involved with the project.

A micro-tunneling expert from the United Kingdom will also be hired at a cost of $400 per hour. His estimate to perform a report on the city’s drilling problems will cost approximately $18,000, and the city must pay his estimated $6,500 travel expenses.

The goal is to have both a legal and drilling report done in a couple of months, while the city also moves forward with allowing the contractor to bring in a larger drilling machine

LAND / FROM PAGE 1A the ditch, Benderson officials have told the city the company is willing to pay $3 million.

The sale is also contingent on Benderson and the city being able to get a Comprehensive Plan amendment for the property to allow Benderson to build its shopping center.

Lichterman told commissioners he believes Benderson’s project is more of the same commercial saturation and contends his client’s mixed-use proposal would “more than double the assessed value” of the property.

Commissioner Paul Caragiulo has previously suggested the site might

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to see if that solves the problem and jumpstarts the project.

Fournier said the contractor believes there’s an issue with the soil and the unforeseen conditions mean the extra work is the city’s financial responsibility. The city believes some failed attempts were a result of the contractor not using the equipment correctly and digging some trenches with incorrect measurements.

“We want to know what the problem actually is,” Fournier said. “It’s either the type of pipe, the soil, the machine, how the procedure was performed or a combination of those.”

Deputy City Manager Marlon Brown said the city will bear the cost for upgrading the machine for a test run and the cost of mobilizing onsite to see if it works, although the contractor has yet to provide an estimate for the new machine’s cost. If the machine works, the contractor has agreed to pay the additional cost to use the larger machine.

Although pipes from north of Hudson Bayou to the lift station have been completed, approximately 400 feet of pipe to the south of the bayou has yet to be installed.

Interim City Utilities Director Bill Hallisey warned that the contractor is incurring costs on a daily basis to keep much of its equipment on-site, including metal sheeting that’s holding up pits dug to perform the work.

The contractor, Hallisey said, will most likely submit those costs, in an attempt to seek reimbursement from the city.

On Wednesday, Hallisey confirmed his department is working with the contractor to determine if there’s enough room in the interim to open a portion of the southbound lane of Osprey Avenue that’s been closed to thru traffic.

“If there’s enough room and it’s deemed safe, we will open the road for the time being until construction starts again,” said Hallisey, who believes a decision on the road could be made by the end of the week.

garner more tax-roll dollars with a mixed-use project.

Benderson has been working diligently with city staff for more than a year on the proposed purchase and also has preliminary agreements in place with Sarasota County, which currently has a helicopter landing pad and a firefighter-training course on the property.

But senior city planner Steve Stancel said, for now, the commission has not directed staff to do anything but finalize a purchase and sale agreement with Benderson. That agreement will most likely come before the commission in August, and the commission can accept the contract, reject it or modify it.

“It’s our understanding the commission has directed us to come back with a finalized purchase agreement,” Stancel said.

Caragiulo, meanwhile, said although the mixed-use project is appealing, the city would be sending a bad message if it nixed the purchase agreement with Benderson.

“It’s an iffy purchase to begin with because a sale is contingent on Comp Plan changes that need to be done,” Caragiulo said. “If we are going to put the property on the tax rolls, we should get as much as we can for it, but it’s also not the right message to tell Benderson we’re nixing the deal after they’ve been working on this for two years.”

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Sarasota Observer named No. 1 weekly For the second consecutive year, a newspaper published by The Observer Media Group has been named Florida’s top weekly newspaper in the highest circulation division in the Florida Press Association’s Better Weekly Newspaper Contest. At the awards ceremony July 7, at SanDestin Beach Resort, the Sarasota Observer took home the top prize in the general excellence category for newspapers with a weekly circulation of 15,000 or more.

This year’s contest included a total of 1,607 entries in 44 categories for three circulation divisions: 15,000 or more; 15,000 to 7,000; and 7,000 or fewer.

In total, The Observer notched 14 first-place wins out of 35 awards for all of its newspapers: the Sarasota Observer, the Longboat Observer, the East County Observer, the Pelican Press, Gulf Coast Business Review and the Palm Coast Observer.

The Longboat Observer, competing in the middle circulation category, has won first place for overall graphic design for four of the last six years and has won first for front-page makeup three of those years. This year, the newspaper took first place for overall graphic design and front-page makeup (Nancy Schwartz).

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by Alex Mahadevan | News Editor

County Commission: The hunt is on for feral hogs Thirty hunters will descend into Deer Creek Prairie Preserve two times over the next year to root out invasive feral hogs.

When the podium opened for public input at the July 10, Sarasota County Commission meeting, board members knew the proposed feral hog hunt would dominate discussion.

Opponents of the hunt held up protest signs and displayed pictures of splayed hogs and a video of a squealing pig bleeding out. After discussion, commissioners approved the proposal submitted by the Southwest Florida Water Management District, which is aimed at containing an invasive species destroying protected lands.

There will be 30 permits issued for a hunt lasting from Dec. 11 to Dec. 13 and again from March 19 to March 21 next year. The boundaries are roughly 770 acres, available for pursuit of feral hogs, with safety buffers in check for neighboring communities.

The two dominant arguments against the proposal were based on the efficacy and ethics of such a hunt, which allows hunters to use trained dogs and knives to kill the invasive hogs.

“I would argue that our wildlife adapted better to hogs in 500 years than anything we throw at them,” said Kevin Barton, co-founder and executive director of the Wildlife Center of Venice. “And that includes dogs.”

There were two speakers who cited Florida Statute 828, which makes cruelty to dogs a felony.

“If a dog owner did to their dog what

a hog can — and will — do during a hog hunt, the hunter would be cited for cruelty to an animal,” said Sarasota County resident Valarie Clark.

Only one hunt supporter participated in the public discourse, noting that every hunter he knows is working.

“My dogs mean a lot to me, and I spent a lot of time training them, and I really care for them,” said Hank Duyn. “I’d like my son to grow up and have that same experience when he’s older.”

In the end, commissioners followed the advice of two advisory boards, which Commissioner Joe Barbetta said is crucial to the public office, and voted 4-1 in favor of the Water District proposal.

“I grew up in Manhattan; we didn’t hunt a lot, and, frankly, I’ve never shot at an animal,” said Commissioner Nora Patterson.

“I don’t see that we have a choice if we are to adequately protect these lands.”

Commissioner Jon Thaxton, well-known for his hunting background, delivered the lone dissenting vote.

“Control of the feral hogs is just as critical as controlling the rats in our home, they’re just as bad a nuisance,” he said.

“But, this particular method does not fit our county.”

He did note, however, that he disagreed with hog-hunt opponents who claimed hunting created emotionless psychopaths.

“I began my hunting career at an age so young I don’t remember what it was,” he explained. “And I think I turned out OK.”

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Critics of the feral hog hunt wait anxiously for the Sarasota County Commission vote on the Southwest Florida Water District proposal.

Barbetta, perhaps, summed up the supporting commissioners’ decision best.

“I know you showed videos of what happens to the hogs, but look at the damage

not only to the land, but to the nesting birds that are killed — the eggs that are eaten,” he said. “We just need to do something about it.”

2012 PRIMARY ELECTION

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by Rod Thomson | Editor-at-Large

Primary election Q&A

12th Judicial District State Attorney race

Editor’s note: As the Aug. 16 primary election draws near, the Sarasota Observer will publish profiles and Q&As from each of the candidates who will represent the area.

In this week’s issue, we profile candidates for the 12th Judicial State Attorney’s post.

In the race for the 12th Judicial District’s State Attorney Office, Republicans Ed Brodsky and Peter Lombardo will compete in the primary for a chance to challenge Democrat John Torraco in November’s general election. Longtime incumbent Earl Moreland is retiring.

Brodsky, who has worked with the state attorney’s office for more than 20 years, began his career prosecuting misdemeanor and juvenile defenses, such as DUIs and domestic disputes. After several promotions, he was named Felony Division Chief, before becoming the chief assistant state attorney in Manatee County.

Today, he oversees day-to-day operations of attorneys and staffs at offices in Manatee, Sarasota and Desoto counties.

Lombardo, a former prosecutor who worked up the ranks to felony division chief with the 12th Judicial Circuit State Attorney’s Office, worked for the attorney’s office from 1988 to 1996.

Lombardo has more than 18 years as a local prosecutor and five-and-a-half years as owner of the Law Office of Peter Lombardo.

Ed Brodsky

Age: 47 Family: I’ve been married to my wife, Kim,

for 18 years, and we have a 14-year-old son named Evan, and an 11-year-old daughter, Alexa.

Hometown: Bradenton Education: Associate’s degree in criminal justice from St. Petersburg Jr. College;

bachelor’s degree in criminology from the University of South Florida; and a law degree from Nova University Law School.

Relevant experience: Currently serving as a prosecutor with 20 years experience, serving as the office’s Brodsky chief assistant state attorney responsible for overseeing the four offices in three counties we serve: Manatee, DeSoto and Sarasota counties. I have worked in all divisions of the State Attorney’s Office, working my way through the misdemeanor and juvenile divisions, to the felony division. I also was a child-sex crimes/major crimes prosecutor and have tried many sex-crimes cases and homicide cases. I also have previously served as the head of a felony division and was responsible for overseeing the Manatee County office. I worked as an interviewer while in college with the public defender’s office, and I have served previously as a reserve policeman and with the military police in the Florida Army National Guard.

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What would be your top priorities if elected?

My top priorities as state attorney will be multiple. To strengthen our gang prosecution, I’ll continue to partner with the office of the statewide prosecutor’s office.

We currently utilize attorneys who work in conjunction with their agency, but we must increase the number of prosecutors who specialize in gang prosecution so that we prosecute gang members to the fullest extent of the law and to eradicate all gang violence and gang-related crimes working in partnership with statewide

and in stand-alone fashion without them.

I also believe it’s important we specialize in white-collar crime and exploitation of the elderly cases. These are typically very complex investigations and prosecutions, and it’s important to have highlyskilled prosecutors tackling those cases.

I will also ensure that career criminal, habitual offenders and violent offenders are prosecuted to fullest extent of the law.

We must also be committed to being responsive to the needs of law enforcement and the community to address all qualityof-life crimes that bring down our quality of life, such as battling the prescription pill epidemic and the scourge of metal theft recyclers.

In Sarasota, I believe Newtown must be a priority, as well, for the next administration. I was also a part of a delegation of 12 that traveled to High Point, N.C., to study a model that has been implemented there and has seen a 54% sustained reduction in violent crime over six years. I joined members of the Sarasota Police Department, the Sarasota Sheriff’s Office and other city leaders in reviewing that model. I’ve spoken to Manatee Sheriff (Brad) Steube, Palmetto Police Chief Rick Wells and Bradenton Police Chief Mike Radzdilowski about possibly implementing this program here in Manatee County.

What changes need to be made in the State Attorney’s Office?

In implementing my goals on battling gangs, the office will need to continue to implement and expand the number of prosecutors devoted to prosecuting gang members.

We will also need to implement attorneys that are highly trained and skilled to go after white-collar crime and the exploitation of the elderly. In doing so, we’ll need to partner more closely with law enforcement during the investigative stages of prosecution to ensure better investigations and prosecutions.

We will also not condone any crimes of violence, and we must ensure that violent offenders are put away for the maximum amount of time possible. We must also seek maximum sentences for all career or habitual offenders.

We must also remain committed to going after those who sell, deal or traffic in prescription pills or controlled substances.

What cuts would you make if budgeting requires it?

Our prosecutors battling crime in the courtrooms and working side-by-side with our law-enforcement partners are our greatest asset. So, I believe it’s vital we do everything to protect our number of prosecutors, currently 72, and increase the number and not allow it to diminish.

To achieve that, support services and staff must be examined. We currently operate on 2007 funding levels, and I remain committed to providing maximum benefit to our community and being good stewards of your tax dollars.

What makes you a better candidate than your opponent?

I’m the only candidate endorsed by the law-enforcement community. I’m the only candidate who currently serves as a prosecutor because I’m passionate and committed to protecting and serving our community, and who has hands-on experience prosecuting serious crimes as a courtroom litigator, and who has the administrative experience running an office of 72 prosecutors, with a staff of 150 in four offices covering three counties. I’m the only candidate board certified by the Florida Bar in criminal trial.

I’m also the only candidate in this race who has had administrative responsibilities first overseeing the Manatee County office, and now all four of our offices in

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+ Commission will reconsider candidates Sarasota city commissioners unanimously agreed during a special meeting Tuesday at City Hall that they should reconsider the list of city manager candidates they previously rejected, even one candidate who dropped out of the race.

Commissioner Terry Turner urged commissioners to reconsider a list of four during an agenda item that at first was meant to appoint an interim city manager after Interim City Manager Terry Lewis announced he’s leaving Aug. 3.

“We are unlikely to find better candidates,” Turner said. “If we don’t change our approach and develop a sense of compromise, we are never going to find a candidate. The turmoil and morale it’s causing our staff is unacceptable.”

Turner suggested the commission discuss appointing one of the candidates at the Monday, July 16 regular meeting.

“If we all insist on our first candidate, we will never get there,” Turner said.

The rest of the commission agreed to reconsider the candidates Monday at their regular meeting.

“I agree,” said Commissioner Paul Caragiulo. “It’s very reasonable and, frankly, I think it’s the right thing to do.”

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Downtown Improvement District Board of Directors Chairman Ernie Ritz said at the Tuesday, July 10 DID meeting that the parkingmeter enforcement time, which runs till 8 p.m., is hurting down-

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“Downtown parking enforcement times should end at 6 p.m.,” Ritz said. “It’s terrible to see patrons come out after eating or shopping downtown and see parking tickets on their cars.”

DID board members said those who get an evening ticket will think twice about coming downtown again for dinner or to an evening event.

The enforcement times will most likely be discussed at an upcoming Parking Advisory Committee.

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by Kurt Schultheis | City Editor

City budget deficit now stands at $3.3 million The city of Sarasota’s budget deficit for fiscal year 2012-13 has been reduced from $5.9 million to $3.3 million, in part, because of an unexpected increase in property values.

Percentage of General Fund Revenues by Major Source Investment Earnings: 0.6% Fines: 1.8%

Charges for Services: 2.9% Charges to Other Funds: 30.3%

Excise Tax 22.1%

Other Financing Sources: 8.9%

License and Permits: 10.0%

transfer of solid waste and selfinsurance funds.

The proposed preliminary 2012-13 fiscal year budget calls for keeping the city’s property tax rate flat. Increases for taxpayers, though, come in the form of 4%

Budget Comparison Fund General Fund Special Revenue Funds Debt Service Funds Enterprise Funds Internal Service Funds OPEB Trust Fund Total

Ad Valorem Tax 30.3%

Miscellaneous: 2.6%

2011-12 Budget $55,085,324 $25,707,569 $8,945,268 $62,842,800 $15,373,124 $6,066,972 $174,021,057

2012-13 Proposed Budget $56,900,121 $22,496,282 $8,955,621 $69,746,323 $13,222,135 $6,791,287 $178,111,769

Inter-governmental: 12.7%

water- and sewer-rate increases and increases in some building fees.

The budget, which includes $178 million in expenditures, also calls for more city-wide layoffs because almost 80% of the city’s budget involves personnel costs. As proposed, nine city jobs are offered up as suggested eliminations, including four layoffs in the building department.

If commissioners approve more layoffs, the city will have 585 employees, which is 192 fewer than the city had at its peak in 2007 with 777 employees. The budget also includes a proposed four-month hiring freeze.

Lyons noted that just more than half of general fund expen-

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• The budget reflects the utilization of $1,687,815 from the city’s $3 million revenue stabilization fund.

• The budget includes general fund revenue of $500,000, which was performed by a transfer of $250,000 from the Solid Waste Department and selfinsurance funds.

• Provides for the elimination of 10.5 employment positions city-wide. of expected revenues in 2013.

The budget, though, provides $934,000 in operating funds for the community center and $161,000 for the pool to offset expected shortfalls in the coming year.

Commissioners will also review a variety of building-fee increases and other cost-saving measures in an attempt to eliminate the deficit.

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“It is almost impossible to balance (the budget) without taking something from the police department,” Lyons said. “Everything else is relatively small, comparatively.”

Noting that the commission approved on first reading a revised police pension ordinance just a week earlier that will save the city at least $1 million a year, Commissioner Terry Turner said police changes are coming.

Pension costs city-wide, Lyons showed, have doubled from $7.6 million in 2008 to $14.5 million this coming fiscal year.

“We’ve got problems we are working through,” Turner said.

“I think the vote on pensions was quite significant.”

The commission is scheduled to hold additional budget workshops at 8 a.m. July 17 to July 19, at City Hall.

Tough decisions are planned in the budget workshops next week.

For instance, keeping Lido Beach Pool and the Robert L. Taylor Center operational this past fiscal year cost the city more money than the facilities generated. It costs $161,000 to run the pool, but revenues are only expected to be $75,000. Lyons also said he expects the new community center to be $475,000 short

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Sarasota city commissioners began budget deliberations Friday, July 6, with the knowledge that a deficit has been cut in half from $5.9 million to $3.3 million.

Because the city of Sarasota saw a slight uptick in property values — 0.88% — instead of an expected 4% decrease, city Finance Director Chris Lyons told commissioners staff could be more flexible when making cuts to achieve a balanced budget.

Despite the news, Lyons suggested the city use $1.7 million of its $3 million budget stabilization fund to balance the $178 million budget. The fund was created in 2008 to weather the plummeting property values and hasn’t been tapped yet.

Lewis and staff were also able to reduce the budget hole by making $1.2 million in expenditure cuts and making a $500,000

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Our current state attorney, Earl Moreland, was both a prosecutor and defense attorney before becoming state attorney.

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The email Thaxton presented to attack Dent’s record of transparency came from staff member Bobby Walker, an employee who had been in charge of electronic voting machines four years earlier. It contained the phrase “the babies’ diapers have been changed” and was sent to notify Dent that repairs were made to electronic voting machines.

“It’s curious to me why someone would want to use coded language in a public email,” he said.

Dent, who is banking on 12 years of experience in the administrative position to sway voters, explained the staffer was not intentionally trying to conceal operational details but just speaking the way he normally does.

“You don’t know Bobby Walker,” she said to Thaxton, “but there certainly was no coding there.”

“After three years of elections being in the headlines,” Thaxton said, “I’m ready to return to when it’s the candidates in the headlines.”

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“If we are to build a better world, we must remember that the guiding principle is this — a policy of freedom for the individual is the only truly progressive policy.”

Friedrich Hayek “Road to Serfdom,” 1944

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3 ideas for a city manager

And what would you say if the mayor of Sarasota called you and said, “I know we told you two weeks ago you weren’t good enough for me and my four City Commission colleagues, but now we have changed our minds. We’d like to offer you the city manager job.”?

To be polite, you probably would say: “Thank you, I appreciate the offer and confidence in me, but I think I’m going to stay where I am.” All the while you’re saying that, you’re thinking: “And you think I would now want to go to work for you guys?

Are you kidding?”

And, really, are they serious? The commissioners are thinking they might want to try to persuade one of the four finalists they rejected to take the job?

Too late, commissioners. You’ve built a dirty nest, and now you have to sleep in it and figure out how to clean it up.

Here are suggestions on the latter: 1) Replace outgoing Interim City Manager Terry Lewis with Deputy City

Manager Marlon Brown. Promote Brown to interim city manager and tell him the job is his to lose.

We know he and former City Manager Bob Bartolotta are under investigation for alleged email scrubbing. But if Brown hasn’t been dismissed for that up to now, let it play out. The fact he is still deputy city manager says he has credibility and adds value to the organization.

Give him the opportunity to rise to the occasion. What’s more, he knows the city and City Hall.

If Bartolotta thought enough of Brown to appoint Brown as his top assistant, that is tantamount to Bartolotta saying he had enough confidence in Brown to lead the city’s day-to-day operations in the event the proverbial bus knocked Bartolotta out.

Commissioners Paul Caragiulo and Shannon Snyder should take one for the team. Get over their buggaboos about Brown being a Bartolotta guy. Express reservations about Brown, and then add: “I

hope for the city he proves me wrong.”

2) Appoint Mayor Suzanne Atwell as interim city manager. That would be a wonderful test for what it would be like to have an elected CEO mayor.

This idea will bring scoffs, and there is a provision in the charter that says a commissioner cannot also be a paid city employee. But, as with all laws, there are ways around them. Mayor Atwell, for instance, might agree to forego the city manager salary for a designated period to perform “a test run” at having an elected, CEO mayor.

3) Advertise locally for another interim city manager who will agree to serve for up to two years. The executive talent pool in Greater Sarasota is deep (Remember Jody Hudgins?). Once appointed, Mayor Atwell, commissioners and neighborhood association and business leaders should form a coalition to draft an acceptable charter amendment that would shift the city’s governance to an elected CEO mayor.

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Talk about fiddling while Rome burns.

The city of Sarasota is facing a series of crises threatening to escalate further.

The city has no manager, but city commissioners can’t agree on a new one. Last week, commissioners rejected all three finalists. One could not get a super majority of four out of five commissioners, and the other two were considered to have too much baggage — there were “controversies” in their past.

Now, anyone who has been involved in running governments ROD for decades is bound THOMSON to have controversy.

Presumably, if he makes it to finalist, those are not major. And if a leader has absolutely no controversies in his past, he probably hasn’t led anywhere worth following.

In the wake of its interim city manager stepping down, the commission is now trying to backtrack and snag one of the three it booted.

It’s more than embarrassing. It’s bad.

The city is an emasculated mayor form of government, which means it is led by committee when it comes to elected officials.

Anyone involved in decisions by committee knows what the results usually look like.

Think Congress — without a president.

There is also a turf battle going on between Sarasota City Auditor and Clerk Pamela Nadalini and the empty city manager’s office, pointing to further problems in the city’s structure. Co-presidents, co-CEOs, co-leaders, co-quarterbacks just rarely work. And when the co-leaders

answer independently to a commission of equals, messes are inevitable.

Further, the city is facing an employee pension bomb that is blowing up the budget and could get much worse. But it lacks the leadership to make substantive changes. The move toward $1 million in savings by tweaking the contracts is a modest start, and one that may be legally challenged by the Police Benevolent Association, which hotly opposes changes to the pension system.

To be sure, the candidates for city manager were not wholly impressive. But there is no reason to think a second round will be anything but worse given the results of the first round.

This is the perfect opportunity for city leaders to be bold and look to a new kind of leadership — a strong mayor, strong manager, something. Because Sarasota undoubtedly must be one of the best, badly run cities in the country, living off a blessing of natural assets and some good decisions from earlier city leaders. Who thought we would pine for the days of City Manager David Sollenberger?

The truth is that a commission of five equals and rotating city managers keeping the seat warm for a couple of years while an independent clerk plots for power is a disastrous recipe for Sarasota going into the future.

But, alas, that is not the thinking among the five one-fifth mayors on the commission — or at least not among enough of them.

What is the thinking among commissioners? … Political correctness.

They are planning to add a registry to expand benefits to unmarried couples. This is not really about giving rights to people

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who are living together. This is all about gay rights.

There are few, more powerful special interests representing small constituencies than the gay lobby, nationally and locally.

The idea that they are a persecuted minority, such as blacks once were, is preposterous on the face of it. They are probably the wealthiest and most influential small constituency in the country — largely upper-middle-class white males.

Nonetheless, with the other major issues pressing all around, the City Commission is happily looking to make sure those employees are covered.

How many are we looking at for this urgent problem? The city has about 700 employees. The gay population is about 3%.

So that means the city has maybe 20 gay employees. Of those, only a fraction have long-term live-in partners, probably less than half. Where are we sitting — maybe at five to 10 employees?

Why? Everybody else is doing it!

However, by opening this door, it also opens up the benefits to the straight live-in couples. The percentage of those is much, much higher, and there is no reason to extend them benefits. They can just get married and have full benefits.

This direction will raise the city’s benefit costs when they are already unaffordable and further encourage destructive behavior.

This is where the city is right now. Unable to deal effectively with the largest issues, but willing to tackle small issues that might carry political goodies at the broader expense.

On this, they appear to find unanimity.

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

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Pine View School: gifted or gilded?

+ Check your facts Dear Editor: This is in response to the June 28 editorial by Rod Thomson regarding the proposed “dog-hog hunt” in Sarasota County.

I have a number of issues with his article.

Labeling those who do not agree as having “skewed principals and utter lack of commonsense” is absurd. My principles include fairness to helpless beings and teaching our children that torturing animals is not a good trait. To me, “commonsense” is getting the facts straight.

No one who opposes this hunt argues that the hogs must be killed. It is the manner of the killing that we oppose. As far as the hogs not being “native,” the hogs were brought here in 1539 — I think that makes them a bit more native than you or me.

Let’s talk about what Thomson considers “serious thinking,” which, according to him, we who oppose this hunt lack.

The University of Florida IFAS Extension research shows that “trapping is usually a better method of controlling hog numbers than hunting, especially when the animals are active at night.”

Trapping is more humane and effective in the long run.

And another correction to Thomson: One can crate pregnant sows; this has nothing to do with the “pregnant sow” law that was passed. Again, Thomson called people who simply wanted factory farm sows to have the ability to turn around in their crate “crazy environmentalists.”

The last hunt of this kind was in 2009 on the same property and was deemed “not effective,” according to SFWMD, yet cost the taxpayers about $15,000. This next hunt admittedly by SFWMD will cost us even more.

Plus, were you aware that the NO ONE keeps records of where or when traps are set? How would anyone know if maybe consistent, monitored and recorded trapping might just do a better job than this barbaric hunt? “Serious thinking” to me is doing research before you scribble out an opinion about it.

And, about my “overheated hyperbole,” as Thomson described my address to the commissioners June 5: Apparently, he was not present, because I spoke in a calm, informed manner with facts, not exaggerations. I mentioned that Sarasota was voted the meanest city toward the homeless by The National Coalition for the Homeless in 2006. Thomson calls that group “pro-homeless.” I guess

The enrollment statistics for Sarasota gifted school are out of the norm. Are that many children really gifted?

The Pine View Public School in Osprey has 74 acres dedicated to serving the gifted. Students qualify for this school as part of Florida’s “exceptional education and student services” (ESE), provided to help gifted children with special needs “progress in public school and prepare for life after school.”

Only 2.2% of students in the world score a 130 or higher on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, or 830 on the Stanford-Binet — each the standard minimum score to qualify for attendance in Pine View’s gifted program.

In Sarasota County, 5.2% of Kalahar students meet this standard, or more than twice what is statistically expected.

Other relevant statistics: • There are 42,030 students in Sarasota County. That would translate to 924 statistically gifted students in Sarasota.

Pine View enrollment is 2,150.

• Sarasota County’s population is 4.7% black. Pine View’s black enrollment is 25 students, or 1% of its student body.

• The county is 7.9% Hispanic. Pine View has 89 Hispanic students, or 4% of the student body.

• Asians make up 1.2% of the county’s population. Pine View has 111 Asians, or 10 times the statistical average.

• Pine View has 8.6 % eligible for free and/or reduced lunch. This is four times below the county average of 32.8%.

With exceptional talent, high achievement and potential to excel, the Pine View student has a greater chance to be afflicted with specific social and educational ills that naturally emerge as a counter balance to their extraordinary talents. The ESE paradox is that the slow learner and the gifted learner place too much emphasis on being smart, which is a cause for their disabilities.

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Common concerns with the gifted include: heightened emotional, physical and psychological sensitivity; misaligned development between motor skills and their conceptual abilities; relationship issues; apprehension; perfectionism; frustration; self-esteem issues; anxiety; and depression.

They use negative, obnoxious or creative ways to show their intelligence and make problems. Gifted learning disabilities include: central, auditory, sensory- and visual-processing disorders; spatial disorientation; dyslexia; and attention deficits.

Until the late 1960s, 130 was the gifted IQ marker used by psychologists to determine whether students would get special educational services. In place of this standard, Joseph Renzulli’s “Three Ring Circle” and Howard Gardner’s “Multiple Intelligence Theory” have been used to blur the lines of reality and move the definition of gifted from innate to my child’s great. These therapeutic theories have so watered down the gifted label that it can now be stuck on any child with a little rhetorical sleight of hand.

Pine View’s sole responsibility is to identify and provide special services to special children. While federal law drives ESE programs, Florida’s gifted program is based on loose state law and administrative rules.

Strict entrance requirements to protect and serve the truly gifted student should not be compromised, because using arbitrary standards creates an abuse of standards that are set to protect children.

Take a look at the numbers and you decide if Pine View has become Sarasota’s semi-segregated elite public prep school for the not-all-gifted.

Dean Kalahar is an economics teacher at Sarasota High School. He lives in Sarasota.

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I should label Thomson “pro-animal abuse,” then. I mentioned the issue because of the ramification this barbaric hunt will have on Sarasota’s reputation.

Another adjective he used was “loud extremists,” which is simply not accurate. No one was loud; no one was extreme. We were simply advocating a more humane way to control the hog population.

Often, the dogs used in such a hunt are maimed or killed. They round up the hog and virtually start to eat it alive, and then the hunter comes to stab it to death. The tortured hog is terrified and fighting for its life. I guess that’s more of a sport than simply shooting them.

Many times the dead dogs are thrown on the back of the truck with the dead hogs. It is very bloody and very loud, with both hogs and often dogs screaming in pain. And is something to bring your kid to? Yes, children are allowed.

And, finally, another bit of misinformation that was printed: The hogs are not “usually shipped overseas, where they are slaughtered for dinner.” They are slaughtered right here. And Thomson insults one more group, sarcastically adding, “I’m sure the Chinese do it very humanely, though.” If, in fact, the hogs did go to China, why does he assume the Chinese are crueler than anyone else?

So next editorial — let’s get the facts straight before spewing out insults.

Karen Ankerstar Sarasota

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Dear Editor: What a shame that the people who purchased condos at the Dolphin Towers cannot live in their homes. One has to wonder how this building passed the city of Sarasota inspections, and why aren’t the condo owners going after the builder/developer as well as the city of Sarasota?

Granted, Sarasota invested more than $1 million in the defunct parking-meter program and has made a big issue out of maintaining the “Surrender” statue, so it is doubtful that they can assist these people with financial help. By the way, did you know that this is the third time that Sarasota has spent taxpayer money for parking meters?

It is surprising to many residents that Sarasota thinks of the city as full of “arts and culture,” but the Planning Committee seems to continue making “bad choices.”

I agree with Sarasota City Commissioner Shannon Snyder in that we ought to have the meters taken to the skeet club and let everyone who hated them shoot ’em up with slugs.

And, that Duncan Solutions of Milwaukee charged $10,000 apiece for the meters and will only reimburse $1,000: Shame on them.

And shame on Sarasota for making such a big mistake, not once, but three times.

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11:30 a.m. — 100 block of South Orange Avenue. Robbery. A man reported that two days earlier, he was walking through an alley near Orange Avenue and was punched in the face by two men, who then reached into his pocket and stole $20 in cash.

4:40 p.m. — 1400 block of First Street. Trespassing. A grocery-store manager reported that a man tried to walk out with two cans of soda and four sandwiches.

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1:15 a.m. — Intersection of Main Street and Lemon Avenue. Trespassing. Police trespassed a man from a club after the bouncer threw him out.

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Criminal Mischief. A woman told police she observed a man throwing rocks at cars in a parking lot. Another woman, who owns a silver Nissan Altima, showed police 10 dents to the right side of her vehicle. Other cars were damaged as well.

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1:10 p.m. — 1400 block of Tenth Street. Theft. A man told police someone stole his bicycle after he placed it against a fence near The Salvation Army.

8:16 a.m. — 1100 block of Highland Street. Criminal Mischief. A woman told police she parked her car in her front yard and returned to find her left front and rear tires flat. She told police it’s the second time it’s happened in two weeks, and she suspects her ex-husband is the culprit because he’s upset she is dating someone.

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Tamiami Trail. Criminal Mischief. A man driving a black BMW told police a man became upset after he braked in traffic and drove alongside him, throwing an object at the side of his car. The man got the tag number of the car, and police made attempts to locate the car’s owner.

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by Nick Friedman | Community Editor

Brides Across America outfits military brides with free wedding gowns For couples with one or both members in the military, tying the knot can be an even more complicated and stressful process than usual.

Depending on where the servicemen or women are stationed or deployed, long-distance relationships can make planning the big day even more difficult.

Many brides often marry with a civil ceremony and postpone a formal wedding ceremony until after they or their fiancé returns home.

Recognizing this difficulty, Sarasota Brides and Formalwear decided to participate in Brides Across America, an organization that partners with bridal shops across the country to provide military brides with free wedding gowns.

“We really wanted to be able to honor our military folks, and this was a great way to do it,” said Diane Warmbier, store owner. “We’re really excited; this is an emotional day for a lot of these women.”

Between Tuesday, July 10 and Wednesday, July 11, qualifying military brides were invited into the shop, where they were offered a free dress and bouquet on a firstcome, first-served basis.

“Everything is tentative when you’re trying to plan the wedding,” said customer Melissa Moss, who will marry her fiancé, Hunter, who is currently serving in the Army, this fall. “You never know which dates are going to work. It’s really difficult, and this takes a lot of the stress off.”

In order to qualify, brides or their fiancé must be on active military duty, either currently deployed or deployed within the last five years to Iraq, Afghanistan, Bahrain, Libya, Qatar, Kuwait or Japan.

Being the only store in the state to participate in the event, brides traveled to Sarasota Brides and Formal Wear from as far away as Georgia and Texas for the opportunity to get a free gown. Some even camped out overnight.

This is the first year the store has participated in the event, but store manager K r i s t y Musteffe s a y s she isn’t surprised at the big Kristina response. She esCastner timates that over the course of the two-day event, the store gave away between 40 and 50 dresses.

“We’re always looking to be a part of the community,” said Musteffe.

“We’ve been working on this for the past two months, and we’ve gotten calls from all over. These people do so much for us, and this is our way of giving back.”

SOMETHING NEW These military brides share their stories with the Sarasota Observer.

Kristina Castner How did you find out about Brides Across America?

Immediately after I asked my aunt to help me with the wedding, she saw a blurb on TV about it, so she called me and left a message. I couldn’t believe the timing, and she was over the moon.

Did you tell your fiancé you were coming?

Yeah, he’s deployed in Qatar, and he was really excited. He told me I had to come try to find one. He called me this morning to make sure I was up and everything. It really is an amazing opportunity.

What’s the secret to a long-distance relationship?

Skype and FaceTime. It’s kind of nice, because all you have time to do is talk. You’re not distracted with fancy dates, you just really get to know each other. I’m excited to spend the rest of my life with him.

Amber Canady How did you hear about this?

My sister saw it on Facebook and told me about it, so we drove down and got here at about 8 this morning.

Did you find a dress that you liked?

Yes, I’ve been looking for a while now, and I’m really happy with it; it’s gorgeous!

How long have you and your fiancé been together, and how did you meet?

We’ve been together for seven months. My sister and I went to high school with him, but we never met until recently. We met on the dating site, Plenty of Fish.com.

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Above: Fireworks lit up the sky over Sarasota Bay. Left: Martina and Fiammetta Marchegiani with Eleonora DelSole Photos by Loren Mayo

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From Marina Jack to City Island, from high-rise condos to jam-packed side streets, people young and old gathered in every available space to watch fireworks burst over Sarasota Bay on the Fourth of July. It was a glorious sight as sparks soared through the sky, resounding with a clap of thunder as they faded just as quickly as they started. After the grand finale, spectators fled from their perches, chattering about the successful show.

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Sarasota BMX held its inaugural Olympic Day Saturday, July 7, at its track on Tuttle Avenue. BMX tracks around the country participated in Olympic Day to celebrate BMX being one of the newest Olympic events; it was introduced in Beijing during the 2008 Summer Olympics.

There were more than 80 participants racing pedal bikes and Striders and ranging in age from 2 to 60. The Strider riders, ages 2 to 5, raced a shorter course first, followed by the pedal bikes. There were three levels for the contestants to compete in: novice, intermediate and expert. The winners got to stand on a podium with first-, second- and third-place steps and received medals and certificates.

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Four-bedroom Beau Ciel condo sells for $5.6 million Vista Bay Point

The following residential real-estate transactions took place between June 25 and June 29. A condominium in Beau Ciel tops all transactions in this week’s real estate. Richard Nicolosi and Tamara Densmore, of Sarasota, sold their Unit 1800 condominium at 990 Blvd. of the Arts to Daniel Rutnik, trustee, of Delmar, N.Y., for $5.6 million. Built in 2003, it has four bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths and 8,111 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $4.9 million in 2003.

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Unit 1800 at Beau Ciel, 990 Blvd. of the Arts, sold for $5.6 million.

Bank of America sold the home at 7794 N. Holiday Drive to Sean and Amy Bennett, of Sarasota, for $630,000. Built in 1977, it has three bedrooms, two-anda-half baths, a pool and 2,030 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1,825,000 in 2005.

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Flowers Sarasota LLC sold the home at 1808 Flower Drive to Kevin Schoeler, trustee, of Denver, for $1.95 million. Built in 2008, it has five bedrooms, four-and-ahalf baths, a pool and 4,585 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1.9 million in 2009.

Axel and Fiona Lohrisch, trustees, of Sarasota, sold the home at 1508 Flower Drive to Louis and Rebecca Cohen, of Weston, Mass., for $1.5 million. Built in 2004, it has three bedrooms, three-and-ahalf baths, a pool and 4,751 square feet of

Janis Payne, of Sarasota, sold her home at 1108 Brewer Place to James and Cheri DeSarno, of Sarasota, for $525,000. Built in 1950, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,703 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $650,000 in 2008.

Eugene and Shelley Gelpke sold their Unit 201 condominium at 1921 Monte Carlo Drive to Robert and Milada Kahn, of Sarasota, for $691,250. Built in 2006, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,024 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $315,000 in 2010.

Henry and Susanne Rodriguez, of Nokomis, sold their home at 2718 Casey Key Road to Sharon Carole, of Sarasota, for $4,924,000. Built in 1985, it has four bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths, a pool and 5,484 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $2.6 million in 2003.

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Brett and Cynthia Blair, of Sarasota, sold their home at 904 Pomelo Ave. to Reba Sachs, trustee, of Dallas, for $2.6 million.

Built in 2006, it has four bedrooms, four baths, two half-baths, a pool and 6,659 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $2,512,500 in 2010.

Unit 120-C condominium at 235 Cocoanut Ave. to William Hatz, trustee, of Bloomfield Hills, Mich., for $575,000.

Built in 2006, it has two bedrooms, threeand-a-half baths and 2,310 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $780,100 in 2006.

Federal Street Holdings II LLC sold the Unit 801 condominium at 128 Golden Gate Point to Bank of New York Mellon, trustee, for $1,000,100. Built in 2004, it has four bedrooms, four baths and 3,000 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1.3 million in 2007.

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Richard and Leslie Rivera sold their Unit 802 condominium at 401 S. Palm Ave. to Douglas Baker, trustee, of Sarasota, for $1,895,000. Built in 2006, it has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths and 3,600 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1,625,200 in 2006.

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State Central Bank sold the Unit 1403 condominium at 505 S. Orange Ave. to Robert and Virginia Rec, trustees, of Sarasota, for $1.15 million. Built in 2007, it has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths and 3,003 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $3 million in 2007.

David and Patricia Haas sold their home at 1806 S. Lake Shore Drive to Jami Kellogg, of Sarasota, for $625,000. Built in 1962, it has two bedrooms, two-and-ahalf baths, a pool and 2,358 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $520,000 in 2003.

James and Christina Mangie, of Sarasota, sold their home at 1810 N. Lake Shore Drive to David and Whitney Verdoni, of Sarasota, for $597,500. Built in 1962, it has four bedrooms, one bath, a pool and 3,204 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $356,700 in 2001.

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William Blacksher and Linda WinterBlacksher, trustees, of Placida, sold the

Robin Starr, of Richmond, Va., sold her Unit PH-2 condominium at 770 S. Palm Ave. to Mary Breshears, trustee, of Centerville, Md., for $460,000. Built in 1975, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,284 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $530,000 in 2003.

Sapphire Heights Eric and Sayward Grindley, of Boone, N.C., sold their home at 671 Marlin Drive to Dante and Sonya Bottini, of Sarasota, for $410,000. Built in 2008, it has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths, a pool and 2,152 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $370,000 in 2010.

Rivo at Ringling Gianfranco Lorieri, of Massa, Italy, sold the Unit 811 condominium at 1771 Ringling Blvd. to Joseph and Gail Hoey, of Sarasota, for $369,000. Built in 2006, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,483 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $409,900 in 2006.

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NCA Properties LLC sold the Unit 806 condominium at 800 N. Tamiami Trail to John Godshall, of Sarasota, for $315,000.

Built in 2007, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,310 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $419,000 in 2007.

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Klara Mihaly, of Sudbury, Mass., sold her Unit 608 condominium at 1100 Imperial Drive to Mary Ewing for $268,500.

Built in 1971, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,262 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $107,000 in 1997.

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Terry McCuiston and Mary Sanders, trustees, of Sarasota, sold the Unit 403 condominium at 11 Sunset Drive to Lana Piazza, of Sarasota, for $260,000. Built in 1980, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,380 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $132,500 in 1984.

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Edward Burns Jr., trustee, of Sarasota, sold the Unit 603 condominium at 888 Blvd. of the Arts to Richard Carpenter, of Sarasota, for $238,750. Built in 1982, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,555 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $129,500 in 1993.

sold their home at 4861 Hanging Moss Lane to Thomas and Stacia Devlin, of Sarasota, for $570,000. Built in 1995, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,554 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $510,000 in 2003.

Jack and Mary Conner, trustees, sold the home at 5075 Timber Chase Way to Henry Live and Daisy Delgado-Live, of Sarasota, for $380,000. Built in 1998, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,475 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $242,500 in 1998.

Boris and Yeva Tsiperovich, of Sarasota, sold their home at 4941 Sabal Lake Circle to Georg and Elsbeth Nadorff, of Sarasota, for $379,000. Built in 1998, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,599 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $635,500 in 2005.

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Burgess and Maryls Hildreth, of Osprey, sold their home at 8830 Bloomfield Blvd. to David and Nanci Illingworth, of Middletown, N.J., for $550,000. Built in 1999, it has four bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, a pool and 2,659 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $99,900 in 1999.

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Michael Cochrane and Ronald Gobble, of Sarasota, sold their home at 3749 Spyglass Hill Road to Richard and Ann Owens, of Sarasota, for $442,000. Built in 1985, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,852 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $495,000 in 2008.

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BMX is a sport where kids just get to ride for fun and just try their best.

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Do you have any family members who do BMX? My mom, Dawn, my cousin, Austin, and my other cousin, Bryce, also do BMX with me.

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Sunrise/sunset Sunrise 6:44 6:44 6:45 6:45 6:46 6:46 6:47

Sunset 8:28 8:28 8:28 8:27 8:27 8:27 8:26

One sample collected alongshore of Sarasota County contained background concentrations of K. brevis, the Florida red tide organism, as of Friday, June 29.

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Brand New Siesta Key bay front home on magical 1 acre lot with dock, lift and infinity pool

Fabulous Siesta pool home located directly on Sarasota Bay in gated community - 4 beds/4.5 baths

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701 Treasure Boat Way - $1,390,000

524 N Spoonbill Drive - $1,150,000

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4568 Woodside Road - $1,100,000

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1771 Ringling Boulevard #1001 - $500,000 4555 Tuscana Drive - $429,500

also sold in 2012

5128 Windward Avenue - $549,000

1245 Sea Plume Way - $1,150,000 618 Owl Way - $800,000 1919 Grove Street - $745,000 757 Tropical Circle - $730,000 5300 Ocean Boulevard #903 - $670,000 550 Commonwealth Place - $670,000 5044 Faberge Place - $315,000 9393 Midnight Pass Road #401 - $300,000

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5153 Sandy Cove Avenue - $729,000

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5911 Midnight Pass Road #201 - $335,000

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SIESTA KEY AND SARASOTA AREA HOME & CONDO SALES LAST WEEK*

SIESTA KEY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES SOLD Idlewild Way Siesta Isles Unit 5 SIESTA KEY CONDOMINIUMS SOLD Avenida Navarra #3 Siesta Gardens Midnight Pass Rd #18 Aloha Kai Apts Midnight Pass Rd #19 Aloha Kai Apts Midnight Pass Rd #48 Jamaica Royale Unit I W. peppertree Ln #106A Peppertree Bay IV W. Peppertree Dr #505 Peppertree Bay III SIESTA KEY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES PENDING SALES Cummings Street Ocean Beach Replat 2 SIESTA KEY CONDOMINIUMS PENDING SALES Midnight Cove II PL #71 Midnight Cove II Midnight Pass Rd #309D Gulf & Bay Club PH4

$750,000 $103,000 $152,500 $152,500 $235,000 $350,000 $410,000 $589,000 $349,000 $699,000

SARASOTA MAINLAND, KEYS, SINGLE FAMILY HOMES SOLD Trinidad St. Bahama Heights $74,900 Nelson Ave. Dixie Heights $100,000 Ashton Rd. Ashton Park $105,000 Silver King Way Guf Gate Unit6 $136,000 Lockwood Terrace Gulf Gate Unit 11 $150,000 Briarwood Ave. Florence $160,000 Morningside Drive Lido C Lido Shores $1,700,000 Pomelo Ave Bungalow Hill $2,600,000 SARASOTA MAINLAND, KEYS, CONDOMINIUMS SOLD 101 Gulfstream Ave #14G Dolphin Tower $30,000 3342 Westford lane #109 Gulf Gate Garden Homes E $80,500 2949 Swifton Dr. #90 Swifton Villas Sec. D $82,500 3193 Lake Park Ln #1 Park Place Villas $144,000 767 John Ringling Blvd. #34 Sarasota Harbor $180,000

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Kestral Park Way S #52 Landings Carriage House I $223,000 N. Tamiami Tral #1614 Broadway Promenade $250,000 Sunset Dr. #403 Sunset Towers $260,000 N. Tamiami Trail #1519 Broadway Promenade $350,000 S. Palm Ave. #904 Embassy House $550,000 Ben Franklin Dr #10F Key Tower South $670,000 Monte Carlo Dr. #701 Phillippi Landings A $750,000 Central Ave #12F Plaza at Five Points $1,100,000 SARASOTA MAINLAND, KEYS, SINGLE FAMILY HOMES PENDING 6040 Rodgers Ave. Denham Acres Unit 1 $133,300 2214 Alvarado Lane River Forest $199,000 7456 Starfish Drive Coral Cove $250,000 5617 America Drive Phillippi Gardens 4 $374,000 244 N. Adams Drive John Ringling Estates $574,900 175 Morningside Drive Lido Shores $1,575,000

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Based on information compiled from the Mid-Florida Regional Multiple Listing Service, Inc. for the period of 7/02/2012 thru 7/09/2012 This information may or may not include all listed, expired, withdrawn, pending or sold properties of one or more members of the Mid Florida Regional Multiple Listing Service.

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5827 Riegels Harbor Dr #A3945858 Melba Jimenez

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5300 Ocean Blvd # 502 #A3962233 Mark McCann

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now reporting by Heidi Kurpiela | A&E Editor “I came to be aware that my voice could be intimidating,” Jack Perkins says.

“I never intentionally used it that way.”

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journalist After eight years as the face and unmistakable voice of the PBS program, ‘A Gulf Coast Journal,’ Casey Key resident Jack Perkins is off the air and publishing a new journal — his first memoir.

J

ack Perkins should really be interviewing himself.

He’d ask better questions in fewer words and in a voice that’s at once commanding and gentle — his most defining characteristic.

Following the interview, he’d offer whole-

some commentary in a slow, graceful cadence, a sparse straightforward delivery patterned after his mentor, the late David Brinkley.

He’d get all his inside jokes and references.

He’d know that Moosewood is the name he and his wife, Mary Jo, gave their island homestead off the coast of Maine.

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He’d know the Emmy Awards he earned during his 25 years as a reporter with NBC are “up on a shelf somewhere that nobody sees,” and that the last Suncoast Emmy he received for “A Gulf Coast Journal” is sitting in the back of his car and has still not been engraved.

He’d already know his stance on television awards: They’re nice, but they’re not worth fussing over.

His dog, an Australian shepherd aptly named Boomerang, wouldn’t be going berserk over the arrival of a stranger in his Casey Key home, and Perkins, fresh off a trip to Georgia, would be free to glance over the final revisions of his book, a spiritual memoir slated for publication early next year by Zondervan, the Christian book division of HarperCollins.

“There will be an audio book,” Perkins says. “One of the conditions was that I narrate it.”

Of course.

Now that “A Gulf Coast Journal” is in re-runs, Perkins will need an outlet for his voice.

The show, which earned nine Suncoast Emmy Awards and the largest programming grant in WEDU’s 45-year history, has not been renewed for a ninth season.

Sponsored by the Gulf Coast Community Foundation, the monthly news magazine, which premiered in 2004 on local PBS station WEDU, lost its funding in the fall.

Although the station insists it will find alternate finances, Perkins is doubtful it’ll come through.

“I’m greatly disappointed,” he says. “Of all the opportunities I had in TV, ‘A Gulf Coast Journal’ was one of my favorites. In a lot of ways, it was the best thing I ever did. It was positive and heartening. It focused on those aspects of life that are good, good, good.”

For eight seasons, the series highlighted the eccentric, artful characters that make

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Jack Perkins is rarely seen outside without his hat. A bout with skin cancer several years ago turned him on to hats.

Sarasota and Manatee County Florida’s cultural mecca. From Balinese dancers to beach yogis, Perkins rubbed elbows with them all, broadcasting their stories each month into 700,000 living rooms.

As the show’s host, Perkins was forced to embed himself in the community. With each 30-minute episode his affection for the area grew, as did the area’s affection for him.

Grandfatherly and outdoorsy in his trademark Tilley hat, Perkins’ towering presence brought comfort and experience to the program.

No matter the subject, he began each episode with the same two words: “Dear journal,” an introduction that’s taken on

a whole new meaning now that Perkins is publishing a memoir.

Dressed in track pants and a T-shirt, the 78-year-old journalist is the portrait of a man at rest.

At the suggestion of his editor, he’s been sorting through boxes of old keepsakes for the photo section of his book.

In the process of unearthing photos, he came across several black-and-white images of his early days as a reporter for NBC, snapshots of himself in Buddy Holly glasses interviewing Hollywood starlets.

He also found scripts from his most formative years with Brinkley, most notably the script from NBC’s Nov. 22, 1963, broadcast — the day John F. Kennedy was assassinated.

“What Brinkley taught me was a master class in how TV news should be written,” Perkins says. “Say less, mean more. If a story is dramatic, you don’t have to tell it dramatically. Be simple. Direct. None of this, ‘The nation suffered a great tragedy’ nonsense.”

The process of rifling through old stuff has conjured up feelings of nostalgia, even if Perkins won’t admit it.

“Missing is a negative emotion,” he says. “It’s the past tense, and life happens in the present tense.”

The 13 years he spent in a small cabin on a remote island in Maine is at the heart of his memoir, the title of which says it all: “Finding Moosewood, Finding God: What Happened When a TV Newsman Abandoned His Career for Life on an Island.”

Already a published author of several books of poetry and photography (“poetography,” as he calls them), Perkins says he’s finally at a place in his life in which he can publish an honest memoir.

“I’ve written it many times, and each

time it was completely different,” Perkins says of the book. “It was never right, until now. I hadn’t fulfilled myself yet.”

A veteran television journalist and host, Perkins began his career at NBC, under the tutelage of Brinkley. During his time with the network, he served as a correspondent, commentator and anchorman.

In the 1990s, he resurfaced on cable television as the host of several shows on the A&E channel, including the network’s flagship series, “Biography.”

“This was before A&E morphed into a home for reality TV,” Perkins points out.

“Before it became the channel for ‘Dog The Bounty Hunter’ and Gene Simmons’ family saga.”

In 1999, when Perkins retired to Casey Key, he was happy to settle in and slow down.

Five years later, when he took a job hosting a regional PBS program devoted to showcasing Sarasota’s arts-and-cultural scene, he resurfaced again, although this time in a more low-profile way.

“It is a producer’s dream to work with someone of Jack’s stature,” says producer Jen Noble. “I’ve had other people ask me to write for them like I write for Jack and I can’t. It’s like a tailored suit. Nobody says my words like Jack says them.”

She pauses for a second to consider how exactly he says them.

“The only way I can describe it is ‘poetic,’” Noble says.

“A rhythm of spoken words.”

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+ Artistic duo says, ‘Sayonara, Sarasota’ The joint farewell show of s/ ART/q artists Brian Haverlock and Sabrina Small at Clothesline Gallery & Boutique has been one long happy/sad send-off, that’s for sure.

“Moving Through Time,” which closes Saturday, July Heidi Kurpiela 21, at Clothesline Gallery, is Brian Haverlock and Sabrina Small a well-deserved celebration of the couple’s work dating from 2005 to 2012.

The show, which includes a few collaborative efforts, will cap off its one-month run with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. July 14, at the gallery’s Pineapple Avenue location.

Small and Haverlock, both of whom I profiled for this section in 2010 and 2011, respectively, are planning to leave Sarasota to pursue other opportunities.

Small is returning to her hometown of Philadelphia, and Haverlock is moving to Montclair, N.J., to get his M.F.A. from Montclair State University.

“We’ll only be a two-hour commute from each other,” Small says. “Definitely more than a five-minute bike ride, but not too bad.”

With their portfolios and lovable personalities, I predict gallery doors will fly open wherever they go.

+ Speaking of bittersweet good-byes …

Eight years ago, I showed up at Jack Perkins’ front door at 5:45 a.m. to comb Casey Key Beach for sea-turtle nests with his wife, Mary Jo. I was writing a story on Mote Marine’s sea-turtle volunteers. It was one of my first feature assignments for The Observer.

I remember when I showed up that morning, a towering man with a white beard greeted me from his second-story balcony.

“Mary Jo will be right down,” he said, his voice breaking the dawn.

I knew Perkins was a revered journalist who had worked for David Brinkley at NBC and as the host of “Biography” on the A&E channel, in addition to a million other things.

However, I wasn’t there to interview him. I was there to see his wife. As I shuffled across the street to a quiet stretch of beach, I thought to myself, “Someday, I’ll sit down and talk shop with him.”

Not long after that, Perkins jumped into the first season of “A Gulf Coast Journal,” and, for whatever reason, I failed to follow up on an interview.

That is, until this issue — my last issue as The Observer’s arts and entertainment editor.

When I contacted Perkins to see if he was free for a chat, I explained I was leaving the paper to try my hand at freelance

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He said, “For you? You bet.”

So, dear readers: I leave you this week with a story of a journalist whose meandering career path inspires both the writer and adventurer in me.

When I showed up at Perkins’ house, he greeted me, once again, from the upstairs balcony, reminding me that no matter how many years go by, some things never change.

I started at The Observer in November 2004, a few months after graduating from Buffalo State College with a degree in journalism. I was hired to write for the now-defunct Osprey Observer. I wanted the job so bad. I must have called the Longboat office 10 times to inquire about my resume. I think Matt Walsh hired me so I’d stop calling and emailing him. I remember him telling me he liked my “persistence,” which I took as code for “annoying relentlessness.” When the Osprey paper folded, I became community editor of the Sarasota Observer. In 2009, I moved onto Diversions. To be brief, working for the paper has taught me more than I could ever sum up in a column blurb. I carry a little piece of every story I’ve ever written, which is the most valuable tool for which a journalist could ever ask.

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Twisted sister Elayne Kramer wants to get one thing straight before we go any further: She was not born double-jointed.

It’s the question she gets asked most about her job.

“I wish I were,” she says. “It would make life so much easier.”

She’s also not a dislocater, meaning she doesn’t purposely throw out parts of her body for the sake of a good contortion.

(Yes, some performers do this.)

Instead she trains. And trains.

And trains.

Staying flexible enough to sit on your head is one thing. Staying flexible enough to sit on your head while balancing on a pole using only your mouth to support you is quite another.

There’s a reason why Kramer appeared three years ago on Ellen DeGeneres’ TBS variety show. She’s one of the best handbalancing contortionists around.

Her signature trick — shooting a bow and arrow with her toes while doing a backbend on a balancing pole — earned her a third-place win at the 2008 Monte Carlo International Circus Festival.

“A lot of people ask me if it’s an original trick,” says Kramer, who was raised in Sarasota until she was 13. “It’s actually an old trick. I’m happy to be one of the people bringing it back to the circus.”

Currently billed as the grand finale in Circus Sarasota’s “Summer Circus Spectacular,” the 20-year-old performer is giving local audiences something to talk about as they exit the Historic Asolo Theater.

For example: Does she ever drop her bow or miss the target?

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“That’s why there’s practice — to make perfect.”

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“I feel like TV has taken a lot away from what we do,” Elayne Kramer says. “I don’t think people realize how much time and dedication goes into learning an act. It’s live. You’ve got to get it right the first time.” a little girl on the road with her family.

Her mother, an aerialist, and her father, a world-renowned circus clown, urged her to focus on ground acts. They’re safer.

The rigging is minimal, and you don’t have to depend on someone else to keep you afloat.

Shortly after her fourth birthday, Kramer started training her body to bend.

“I remember watching this one contortionist,” she says.

“Her act was beautiful. I’d seen other contortionists before but never like her. She made it look easy. It was like watching a balle-

rina. She was so calm and peaceful. I couldn’t stop watching.”

Naturally, Kramer developed a similarly enchanting routine centered on backbends and slow, flowing poses and a strong upper body.

She remembers her first trick: a surprise handstand act for her father’s birthday, which she performed on a makeshift table that her mother draped in red velvet.

She was 7 years old and not quite ready to perform under the big top.

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“I’m constantly watching videos of myself,” Kramer says. “It’s not just, ‘Oh, I did a somersault, ta-da.’ A five-minute act might take years to perfect.”

To maintain her Gumby-like form, Kramer avoids exercises that strengthen her back muscles, such as sit-ups and weight lifting. Though not a waif, she’s small and fit but not musclebound like a gymnast.

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“Stay busy at something you love,” she says. “You need purpose in your life. It shows in your face and your walk.”

Her purpose at the moment includes acting (she has a new play, “One November Yankee,” scheduled for October, in Los Angeles) and her work for animals is never-ending. She’s particularly committed to Ayla’s Acres, a no-kill animal shelter in St. Augustine, and the Search Dog Foundation, which recruits rescued dogs and trains them to work with fire departments.

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She’s 75 years old — I looked it up — but there is no hint of the old lady to her. Her body is supple, and she has the prettiest fingernails I’ve ever seen. It’s not that she looks younger than her age or is magnificently well-preserved. She’s just a very cool 75-year-old.

Naturally, I wanted to know how she did it.

Swit was a little surprised at my questions about her regimen, but gamely answered them all. The most important thing: Protect your skin. Swit swears by the Arbonne products, a Swiss line that also has creams for men. She also insists on covering up when in the sun. This means long sleeves and long pants.

“We should learn from the desert people,” Swit says.

Next on the list is exercise. Swit does 45 minutes a day, every day, using weights every other day.

“It’s my own combination of stretches, calisthenics and aerobics,” she says.

Here we’re in sync. I do 30 minutes of swimming in the Gulf, then a brisk walk for 40 minutes. And we both play with our dogs. Swit has a six-pound Yorkie named Charamusca ­— “Munchkin,” for short — who is also here for the run of the play. (Her two cats didn’t make the trip.)

“No smoking, no drinking,”adds Swit.

She saw the disappointed look on my face.

“Well, maybe a little drinking. But don’t mix fruit juice and alcohol. And no gin, particularly for women. Leave the gin martinis to James Bond.”

Take supplements, Loretta advises. She uses biotine, the secret to her beautiful

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