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Danny Castaldi was among the captains taking part in the 74th annual Labor Day Regatta at Sarasota Sailing Squadron.

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The gesture was the first of the school’s plans to recognize Sept. 11. The flag placement was done in advance of a remembrance ceremony for the 21st anniversary that will be held on USF Sarasota-Manatee campus at 8:15 a.m. on Sept. 9. The service is open to the public.

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A few miles offshore on Saturday, mariners spotted one of the Big Apple’s iconic Staten Island Ferry boats passing by. No, the Yankees haven’t switched to a more leisurely road-game itinerary, nor did the level of pizza quality suddenly spike in these parts.

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File photo Either landing on Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport’s main runway or taking off, commercial jets fly close to the proposed site of Aventon Sarasota. Airport Authority aims to challenge city’s approval of apartments across the street. SEE PAGE 4A

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Rather, the new passenger vessel — the Dorothy Day, for you Gotham-philes — was heading home from a successful U.S. Coast Guard inspection in Port St. Joe, prior to it entering service shuttling scores of commuters to and from Battery Park.

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Students, staff and volunteers turned out to the college’s campus courtyard to plant 2,977 American flags on Sept. 6. The number represented the people who died during the terrorist attacks. By the time the volunteer effort had concluded, the campus lawn was filled with American flags.

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The University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee recently paid tribute to the victims of Sept. 11 in a special way.

Sarasota boaters can be forgiven if weekend voyages recently left them in a New York state of mind.

City OKs first look at beach smoking ban

More than a decade after the city of Sarasota unsuccessfully attempted to ban smoking on city-owned beaches, smoking cigarettes and filtered cigars will soon be prohibited not only on beaches but also in cityowned parks.

from Parking Manager Mark Lyons around 2 p.m. Tuesday. He told officers he had received an envelope in the mail containing a length of white, unmarked PVC pipe, with both ends capped, and which rattled a bit with movement, raising initial suspicions.

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The commissioners appeared to be in favor of designated smoking areas — specifically parking lots — and left an option for those who are compelled to light up, courtesy of Commissioner Jen Ahearn-Koch.

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That’s good news for nonsmokers and those who seek to protect the environment, but not so much for smokers, which was a point of concern expressed by commissioners Hagen Brody and Liz Alpert.

750 Square footage of an apartment that qualifies for half-unit status under county affordable housing development regulations.

Poster in a pipe prompts evacuation

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n Sarasota City Planning Board regular meeting — 1:30 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 14, Commission Chambers, City Hall, 1565 First St..

Vote to approve land-use changes of the former Sarasota Kennel Club adjacent to SarasotaBradenton International Airport.

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The return address appeared to be that of a shooting range in California, which heightened concerns.Withalarge number of people in the City Commission chambers, officers with the Sarasota Police Explosive Materials Unit recommended evacuation of the building, along with the temporary closure of adjacent segments of First Street and Second Street.Aremote controlled robot entered the building and assisted officers in determining the pipe contained a rolled-up poster addressed to Lyons, along with

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A father and daughter have been arrested and charged in connection with a video that went viral on social media depicting a raccoon that had been apparently burned alive.

Sheriff’s deputies in Sarasota County arrested 30-year-old Alicia Kincheloe and 63-year-old Roddy Kinchloe on Thursday afternoon.

Now backed by state legislation in the form of House Bill 105, city commissioners on Tuesday unanimously approved the first reading of two ordinances intended primarily to prevent the proliferation of cigarette butts on beaches and in city parks, with the added benefit of mitigating second-hand smoke.

Police sent a robot into City Hall to examine a suspicious package.

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Police reopened the streets and allowed staffers and the public to re-enter City Hall around 4 p.m. The City Commission meeting resumed and continued into thePoliceevening.said it was unknown why the poster was mailed in such a suspicious container rather than a more-conventional cardboard tube.

“I would move that we direct the city manager to bring back a resolution addressing the designated parking area or smoking areas of the parking lots and potentially bring that before the Parks and Rec Board for recommendation,” said AhearnKoch.

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The man was charged with a single count of aggravated animal cruelty, while his daughter was similarly charged with an additional count of tampering with physical evidence. Both have been released on bond, the Sheriff’s Office said.

poster sent to a staffer in a suspicious-looking package, with an even more suspicious return address, prompted the evacuation of City Hall on Tuesday, according to a police report of the incident that interrupted a Sarasota City CommissionPolicemeeting.heard

“I think maybe in the parks that we designate some areas where people can smoke,” Alpert said.

Daily bicyclists expected to use a revamped Ringling Boulevard once a “complete streets” makeover is finished later this year.

small, self-adhesive tabs to hang the poster from a wall.

Lyons told police, according to the report, that he recognized the poster as a version of one already in his office.

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With the first phase of work on the Ringling Trail from Lime to Pineapple avenues nearing completion, work is set to soon begin west of Washington Boulevard.

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“Atflow.East Avenue we’re adding some left turn lanes eastbound and westbound, and then at the inter section with U.S. 301 (Washington) there’ll be a dedicated right turn lane going westbound,” Mills said. “I think that’s going to help traffic management long term.”

Legacy Trail is a nearly 23-mile, multimodal paved trail that will ulti mately connect Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport with the Ven ice Train Depot.

Concretesomewhat.”workforthe first phase, which includes the landscaped islands and ADA-accessible ramps at crosswalks, intersections and Sara sota County Area Transit bus shel ters, is nearly complete.

Parking had been accessible along the curb for much of Ringling Boulevard’s length. Now, in some cases, the cycling lane is the closest traffic feature to the sidewalk and curb. Particularly between East Avenue and U.S. 301, new parking spaces have been established.

Because traffic declined from an average of 14,000 vehicle trips a day in 2002 to 7,900 trips in 2019, los ing one travel lane in each direction would have minimal impact on traf fic, he Somesaid.elements of the project, Mills said, intended to improve traf fic

Built-in planters, where the outside travel lanes once were, will be completed in weeks to come to also help buffer the cycling lane from motorized traffic.

These new features will allow for Americans With Disabilities Act access from the sidewalk to a Sarasota County Area Transit bus, because now a bus might not be able to pull up as close to the curb as previously.

The Ringling Boulevard com plete street project was divided into two phases, the first between Lime Avenue and Washington Boulevard nearing completion. Work on the second phase between Washington and Pineapple began last week, with the $2.76 million project scheduled for completion before peak season this“Ourfall.strategy was to get the east ern side open first because that’s where the county’s Legacy Trail ter minated, so that way we’d have the first connection with the Legacy

Late last week, striping had already been applied to begin marking travel lanes, cycling lanes, parking spaces and buffer zones.

and said he appreciated the emphasis on cycling, but questioned the ratio of four-wheel access to two-wheel.

One of the main reasons for the shift in traffic patterns was to allow for a protected cycling lane along Ringling Boulevard. In so places, striped “no-go’’ zones buffer the cycling lane from the travel lane.

Anyone who has ever tried to make a right turn from Ringling Boulevard to U.S. 301 while heading west will appreciate the new, dedicated, right turn lane.

Shade Avenue is the No. 4 priority in the city’s transportation master plan, Sarasota in Motion. Ringling Trail is the first complete street project to begin construction. In May, the city unveiled design concepts for complete streets for 10th Street and Boulevard of the Arts, which followed public survey periods for each.

This week marked the end of a survey period for public input on a complete street project for Shade Avenue, a north-south corridor, between Hibiscus and 15th streets. To date, complete street planning has been limited to east-west corridors.

The city has projected as many as 1,000 bicyclists a day using the bike lanes.Ringling Boulevard is a suitable route for the project, Mills said, because the road, which runs parallel to Main Street, it is not a thorough fare or designated evacuation route.

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“Once that’s complete in the next couple of weeks, we’ll be moving on to landscaping and irrigation,” Mills said.“While they’re finishing that, they’re starting on concrete removal and prep work for the for the western portion west of U.S. 301.”

The online survey is the first of several opportunities for engagement to better understand citizens’ preferences and concerns that can be incorporated into the conceptual design.

“Our strategy was to get the eastern side open first because that’s where the county’s Legacy Trail terminated, so that way we’d have the first connection with the Legacy Trail completed and then move on to the western portion.”

lthough “complete street” construction on Ringling Boulevard in downtown is still incomplete, commut ers are already getting a sense of two lanes of vehicle traffic on the for merly four-lane road.

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Steven Chasen of Sarasota was driving through the area last week

Planners will analyze the survey results and work with designers to develop three proposals to present to the public in the fall. As they did for the Ringling Trail, citizens may then offer feedback on those designs. The city estimates that the first phase of the the Shade Avenue project will be completed in fall 2023.

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Often, vehicles had to squeeze past others stopped at the light to make a right turn on red, or simply wait their turn when the signal turned green. Not everyone was thrilled with the new design, though.

The city posted an advisory on its social media accounts alerting driv ers of new traffic flows and changing conditions from day to day.

A complete street promotes safe travel for all modes of transportation from walking to public transit. It is intended to be accessible to all and to create a sense of place for the community. Each complete street is unique and can include features such as enhanced sidewalks, street lighting, benches, street trees and landscaping, art and more.

In addition to striping, landscaped islands near intersections will serve as visual and physical separations between motor vehicles and bicycles.

The trail currently terminates at Fruitville Road while the city of Sarasota either successfully com pletes negotiations with Seminole Gulf Railway to co-locate along the railroad’s right of way or, failing that, plots alternate routes through the city’s neighborhoods.

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The eastern segment of Ringling Boulevard has been undergoing changes since June as part of the city of Sarasota’s plan to convert the thoroughfare into a “complete streets’’ project and establish a cycling link from Legacy Trail to the bayfront. Among the new wrinkles:

Trail completed and then move on to the western portion,” said Project Engineer Camden Mills.

“This really is too much of a depar ture,” he said. “Look at the cars, but do you see any bikes? I think they overdid it

Work began in early June on the Ringling Trail project, which will convert one lane of traffic in each direction between Lime and Pineapple avenues into a protected bicycle lane.

Work began in early June on the Ringling Trail project, which will convert one lane of traffic in each direction between Lime and Pineap ple avenues into a protected bicycle lane.Ultimately, the bike lane will con nect Legacy Trail from Payne Park to the downtown core, and eventually to the bayfront when work on the U.S. 41-Gulfstream Avenue round about is completed and trail access restored.Fromthere, cyclists may con tinue on the multiuse recreational trail across the Ringling Bridge to St. Armands and Lido keys.

City, SRQ squabble over approved apartment plans

At Tuesday’s Sarasota City Com mission meeting, commissioners green-lit Raleigh, North Carolinabased Aventon Cos. plans for Aven ton Sarasota on the 25-acre prop erty across University Parkway from Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport.Byidentical 4-1 votes, commis sioners approved an amendment to the Future Land Use Chapter of the Comprehensive Plan, then the rezoning of the parcel to Residential Multiple Family 4 and the site plan for Aventon Sarasota. Commissioner Jen Ahearn-Koch cast the dissenting votes.But“must” the city have approved residential on the site formerly zoned for commercial or mixed-use only? According to Sarasota attorney Robert Lincoln, who represented the Sarasota Bradenton Airport Author ity during the public hearing, that will likely be up to the courts.

Both Lincoln and SRQ President and CEO Rick Piccolo cited a 2018 agreement between the city and airport. That agreement included prohibiting residential-only devel opment on land surrounding the airport beneath the 65 decibel daynight average sound level (DNL) contour from the end of the runway, under which the majority of Aven ton’s residential buildings would stand.Unless, the agreement reads, housing “must” be built on the site. Lincoln defines that to mean that if a subject property has a preapproved residential use or a deed restriction that requires residen tial be built, the restriction is ren dered invalid. Conversely, city staff — which recommended approval of Aventon’s plan — and the majority commissioners interpreted “must” as a determined need for housing

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The Sarasota Bradenton Airport Authority suggests legal action may ensue to block Aventon Sarasota, a 372-unit multifamily complex beneath its noise contour.

Brody suggested potential legal action will be between SRQ and Aventon only, but before commis sioners voted on the rezoning and site plan, Lincoln launched one final salvo across the dais.

“The verbiage in the comp plan and zoning code all cite the health, safety and quality of life reasons that residential units in the 65 DNL are only permitted in a must situation,” Lincoln said. “It’s the official posi tion of the city adopted by this com mission. No must situation exists.”

Ahearn-Koch based her objec tions to the apartments for health and safety issues, citing research that continued exposure to com mercial aircraft operations result in hearing loss and even mental health problems. Further, she said, the city should honor its internal agreement withOtherSRQ.commissioners and Mayor Erik Arroyo countered the city’s housing crisis constitute a “must” condition, even though rather than affordable housing Aventon’s rents — largely because of its proximity to the airport — will be on the lower end of the Thatmarket.Aventon has emerged as the only willing buyer of the decaying kennel club site since it was forced to close in 2019 by statewide refer endum banning greyhound racing, Commissioner Hagen Brody point ed out, only accentuates the need to moveTheforward.airport authority had expressed interest in purchasing the land before 2020 but had to stand down amid the uncertainties of COVID-19. Piccolo insisted the air port’s objections are based on future noise complaints by new residents, and not its interest in the property.

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rather than a requirement.

Whether it’s actually built may come down to how a court defines the word “must.”

One nearby Manatee County resi dent spoke against the apartments, imploring commissioners to not allow new residences under the noise cone.Inaddition to the agreement, Lin coln and Piccolo argued that a res idential-only development on the site is contrary to the city’s compre hensive plan, and that amending it to accommodate Aventon’s project doesn’t hold legal muster.

Under its previous zoning, the site could have hosted more inten sive commercial uses such as a strip center or big box store, or even mixed use with a residential component. Neighborhoods surrounding the site balked at intense commercial uses.

or the time being, planning for a 372-unit apartment com munity at the former Sarasota Kennel Club will move forward.

“The city is going to be a defendant in any litigation,” Lincoln said. “And I’m not just here saying that because

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“What you have in the record is that it must be allowed because there’s a housing crisis, and it’s needed for housing,” Fournier said.

“In your professional opinion, is this a valid argument to support the city’s determination?” Brody asked.

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the Airport Authority is going to pay me to sue the city. I don’t enjoy doing that. If any of you know me at all, over the years I always come and say this is what’s going to happen. This is why it’s right, or this is why it’s wrong. It’s not gamesmanship. I say this stuff because I believe it to be true, and I know what I’m going to Brodydo.” questioned City Attorney Robert Fournier about the city’s legal exposure.

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Commissioner Christian Ziegler, who will rotate off the board along with Maio this fall, said several developments in the planning pipe line demonstrate progress toward the affordability goal, and that leg islation does take several years to manifest itself. He said he supports Detert’s proposal, providing the intent is to not eliminate the incen tive“I’maltogether.awareof a number of projects that are in design right now that are really excited about being able to do some studio-type of apartments over commercial development,” Ziegler said. “There are some over lays that we’ve done where we’ve increased density to 25 units per acre to facilitate that, and I’ve seen some preliminary designs. I think there’s going to be a lot more of that coming online.”

Adopted as a strategy in 2019, the policy allows residential units of 750 square feet or less to count as onehalf unit for density purposes in multifamily development. Although several projects that meet that cri teria are in the early planning stag es, the tangible results to date have failed to achieve the goal.

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hat began as a request by Sara sota County Commissioner Nancy Detert morphed into a discussion recently about affordable-housing intentions gone awry.Asthe final weeks of Chair Alan Maio’s tenure on the County Com mission approach, at the Aug. 30 commission meeting Detert brought up what she described as his signa ture piece of service over his eight years on the board — an innovative density formula designed to help facilitate lower-cost housing, par ticularly west of Interstate 75.

Sarasota half-dwelling unit density ordinance has yet to produce results, so commissioners direct staff to review and refine it.

“The first things that came out of the box were a shock to us,” Detert said. “The ones that are going up are not what we envisioned. I would hope that you would support a board assignment where we review our half-dwelling unit policies and see what impact the current language has on housing affordability and how can we tighten it Half-dwellingup.”credit is applied to rentals up to 750 square feet, the intent to incentivize entry-level workforce housing. Instead, Detert said developers are quoting rents of $1,900 to $2,300 for such units.

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Detert’s request to review the rule’s language to tighten up requirements intended to incentivize density and achieve affordability morphed into a deeper discussion about market forces, supply and demand and the tightrope that separates the public’s desire for workforce housing and resistance to the necessary density to make it a worthwhile business plan.

WIDER, TALLER, OR BOTH? Before consensus on the request in the absence of Commissioner Mike Moran, Maio and Ziegler — want ing to take the opportunity to ensure the program remains in place after their tenures end — expanded on the

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The county is going “wider,” the commissioners approving trans mitting to the state SMR’s request to amend the comprehensive plan to allow for the development of 4,120 acres. As for going taller, Maio ref erenced Sarasota Square Mall as a target of redevelopment west of the interstate.“Thereare people looking at doing just that when they come in and want to make it a mixed-use development and put a five- or six story-building in the middle of it surrounded by commercial and multifamily,” he said. “People will still come out and push back on that. I would ask them to please take a breath because what better place for some of this stuff?”

“We did things very deliberately,” he said. “It only applies in multi family districts. We recently added it to mixed-use, where somebody wants to put it on top of a strip cen ter where it’s appropriate and follows all the mixed use guidelines. We are desperate in this community — that’s not an exaggeration — desperate for workforce housing. … This is a place young people can land for the first time.”Ziegler went a step further, opin ing about those who resist new construction and greater density concepts while simultaneously demanding more workforce housing.

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“Nobody’ssaid. talking about elimi nating the good idea that we started out out with.”

Maio recalled public resistance to the half-dwelling unit credit con cept, saying commissioners were “chewed up” for an idea that would double the population of the county.

“The real discussion would be how do you get affordable housing?” Ziegler said. “You get it through supply and demand. We don’t have supply. There’s a lot of demand. The price goes up. That’s how the market works.”Ziegler referenced SchroederManatee Ranch’s request to build up to 5,000 homes in eastern Sarasota County between Fruitville Road and University Parkway east of Lorraine Road.“How do you address supply? Sarasota County west of the inter state is already built out,” he said. “The only thing you can do west of the interstate is go taller. No one wants to go taller. … So then the question is (if) you don’t want to go taller, how do you go wider? You

“That starts giving people some reservations in areas that they don’t want to see development go wider. So how do you get affordable housing because if you don’t want to go taller, and you don’t want to go wider, we’re not going to get more supply here. That’s the real honest debate that’s going on and as a commission, we have to decide how to navigate both.”

In the end, commissioners agreed with Detert’s request, providing it only offers a review and recommen dations for improving the county’s affordable housing strategies rather than eliminating them entirely.

“Does the language we have accomplish that for us or does it not and should we make a change?”

Detert

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The CRC has come under criticism in recent years, notably by State Senator Jeff Brandes (R). He has argued that both parties detest the CRC, and the fact that members are appointed, not elected, means they are not accountable to the voters. He tweeted: “It’s rediscovered every 20 years, has no rules, players have no experience, once it starts it can’t stop, crazy things pop out, and you never know how damaging they will be. Election night, you yell ‘Jumanji.’”Heandother CRC critics say that citizens can amend the constitution with proposals from the Legislature, citizen initiatives, a constitutional convention, and via the Taxation and Budget Reform Commission. They do not also need the CRC as a fifth mechanism.

Do not hand your power to politicians

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We have been through three rounds of the CRC since the state constitution was created. In 1978 the commission was appointed all by Democrats and not even one of the measures they put on the ballot was approved by a majority of voters. In 1998 CRC was bipartisan and much more successful with voter approval. In 2018 Republicans appointed all the CRC members and all seven of their proposals that went to the ballot were approved by over 60% of voters.

New College professor of political science Frank Alcock argues that “the CRC is a mechanism that was intentionally built into our current state constitution during its formation in the 1960s. It’s unique among state constitutions, and it reflects two important values of its designers: (1) the ability to adapt the constitution to changing times; (2) robust input and final approval of amendments on the part of the citizens of Florida. Like any institutional innovation, however, it can be exploited or used by those that control it. The CRC is what we make of it.”

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A 2020 poll by the LeRoy Collins Institute at Florida State University found 87% of Floridians like having

Professor Alcock told me “Amendment 2 would abolish the CRC entirely. While this would eliminate the political tactics that annoyed many Floridians this past cycle, it would also remove an important feature of our state constitution that was deliberately put there by its designers. And let’s not forget that we have another 15 years before the next cycle that could be used to talk about less drastic reforms.”

REFORMING THE CRC

n Apply Florida’s open meetings laws to the CRC.

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n Do not allow the CRC to “bundle” different issues into one initiative, imposing a single-subject requirement.

Some Floridians argue that issues should be solved by the Legislature, not left to the Constitution Revision Commission and voters to decide.

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Indeed, in the 2018 election, voters not only amended the state constitution by approving CRC proposed changes, but also got to vote on constitutional changes proposed by the Legislature and ones put on the ballot by citizen initiative.

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There seem to me to be more advocates for reforming the CRC than for eliminating it. Along with those already mentioned, for example, Florida State University Professor Carol Weissert has advocated for reforming the CRC, not abolishing it, and University of Florida Professor Mary Adkins has written extensively about ways to improve theSomeCRC.common reforms suggested include:

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But the biggest change would be creating a citizen legislative initiative process in addition to the constitutional amendment initiative process. Most of the issues people bring to the CRC each time it convenes are legislative issues they are frustrated the Legislature has not addressed. Lacking a direct democracy mechanism to change the law, they take the only route they have, addressing the issue via the state constitution. A constitutional amendment to create a citizen legislative initiative process and require the CRC to focus on issues appropriate to address in the constitution would both improve the CRC process and answer many of its critics and give citizens a more appropriate outlet for change.

As Carlos Beruff, a Manatee County developer who chaired the 2018 CRC put it, “The first one wasn’t terribly successful. the second one I think eight of the nine items they put on the ballot passed so it was pretty successful. So, we are going to be very careful with the taxpayer’s time and money and only bring forward things that we think will pass that 60% litmus test.”

n CRC members be more diverse and bipartisan rather than all appointed by the party in control at the time the commission happens.

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The Constitution Revision Commission is a unique Florida institution, a commission that meets every 20 years to consider changes to the state constitution and agree upon ones to put before the voters as ballot measures. It is made up of 37 members: The governor appoints 15, the Senate president appoints nine, the speaker of the House appoints nine, the chief justice of the Florida Supreme Court appoints three, and the attorney general serves on it.

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On the other hand, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel Editorial Board has pointed out that decades of corruption led the U.S. Supreme Court to force a new state constitution for Florida, and the CRC was included in it “to protect Florida from ever being paralyzed again by the self-interests of an entrenched political empire.”

State Sen. Darryl Rouson (D) served on the 2018 CRC and says that “The CRC may not be perfect, but as lawmakers, we should work to improve it rather than scrap it. Abolishing the CRC along with other efforts to make it more difficult and more expensive to circulate citizens’ petitions to amend the Florida Constitution will make it harder for citizen voices to be heard in shaping the future of their state.”

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a commission do what the CRC does and provide an alternative to the Legislature. About two-thirds of them also supported some changes to the CRC to address the concerns of critics.

OPINION / OUR VIEW

ne of the initiatives on the ballot in Florida this November is Amendment 2, titled Abolish the Constitution Revision Commission Measure. Not surprisingly, all that Amendment 2 does is abolish the Florida Constitution Revision Commission.

An initiative on the November ballot could abolish the Constitution Revision Commission, but should we instead be working to improve it?

It would make much more sense to reform the CRC and the citizen initiative process than to eliminate it as Amendment 2 does.

n Create a simple set of rules and procedures for all CRCs in the future so they do not make up their own each time.

But the single biggest criticism of the CRC is that many of the measures it proposes are things that should be legislative changes in law, not enshrined in the state constitution. Over the years the fact that Florida citizens can only vote on ballot initiatives that change the constitution, and do not have the option to change the law by initiative, as in other states, means the constitution is full of “issues of the day” rather than timeless rights and rules for the state.

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10 a.m. at Bazaar on Apricot and Lime, 821 Apricot Ave. The Bazaar’s customer appreciation day includes a free chair massage from Siesta Key See Bee Dee. Free. For information, call 445-1938.

10 a.m. at Nathan Benderson Park. Families can explore Nathan Benderson Park and try several activities including paddleboarding, kayaking, canoes, fishing and more. $5 for kids and $10 for adults. For information, go to NathanBendersonPark.org.

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11 a.m. at Burns Court Cinema, 506 Burns Court. The movie series paying tribute to military members continues with a screening of “Onionhead.” Free. For information, call 955-3456.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 14

7 p.m. at The Reserve Retreat, 1322 N. Tamiami Trail. The SRQ Quintet plays classics and new sounds. $5 in advance, $10 at the door. For information, call 253-6003.

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“I had some pieces I wanted to sell and pieces I wanted information on,” says Greenberg. “ I bought some pieces from him.

ARTS + ENTERTAINMENT

ary Greenberg has staked his claim to a well traveled stretch of Main Street that features food and drink.

ern masters on paper, and his col lection featured etchings and litho graphs from artists such as Picasso, Goltzius, Rembrandt and Piranesi.

MASTERS ON

But he’s selling Picassos and Rem brandts.Greenberg, a former architect who now runs the Stakenborg Greenberg Fine Art gallery, spent decades of his life yearning to open his own art space. That passion took a second place, though, as he developed his career and raised a family.

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He didn’t just want to sell masters on paper. He also wanted to repre sent some local artists.

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“Then the market crashed,” he says. “And I said, ‘This is crazy.’”

He had opened his own shortlived art space in a Detroit suburb in 1990, but he quickly learned that it could be a tough business.

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Reed Jones painted this street view.

A limited piece by Henri de Toulouse-Latrec.

An enigmatic figure by KD Tobin.

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“And finally the guy was like 80 years old; he said, ‘I’d like to retire. Why don’t you buy my gallery?’ So we worked out a deal and he stayed with me for about three years.”

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At one point, says Greenberg, Stakenborg had the largest collec tion of Rembrandt etchings. Those were all sold to a private investor, and Greenberg began to diversify.

This wasn’t Greenberg’s first time running a gallery.

working for a restoration company. He moved down permanently not long after that, and he began fre quenting the Stakenborg Fine Art space owned by Christian Staken borg.Adecade later, in 2016, Staken borg wanted to retire, and he offered Greenberg the chance to take over after the two became friends.

A bright row of flowers by Kwang Cha.

A work by Nikitas Kavouklēs.

Greenberg has one of the few galleries selling pieces by Otto Neumann.

Cary Greenberg is an architect by trade and an artist by nature, and he’s enjoying his second life in business as the owner of an art gallery.

Stakenborg’s specialty was mod

Greenberg spent decades working in architecture and living in Michi gan and came down to Sarasota for the first time in 2005 when he was

“He was very picky about what he did and who he did it for. He didn’t need the money. He did it for the art.”

Greenberg recently began selling the work of Otto Neumann, a famed German painter who died in 1975.

There are 10 Neumann pieces in the Stakenborg Greenberg gal lery, and that number will eventu ally jump to 24. Greenberg expects to stage a Neumann show later this year, and he says there’s a lot of inter est in seeing the works. The show, he says, will include one-of-a-kind monotypes created by the artist.

It’s a LeRoy Nieman painting of an event at Madison Square Garden honoring great boxing champion Joe Louis. It’s like the cover of Sgt. Pep per’s Lonely Hearts Club Band in that you can stare at it forever.

“I think I represent six local artists. And also American artists who come through here. The rest is all masters. Dead masters.”

Rockwell has an All-American enduring appeal, says Greenberg, both because of the prolific nature

of his work but also because of its familiar and dated aesthetic.

Right when you walk into the art space, you’ll see the highly distinc tive figures painted by KD Tobin, a fine artist based in Sarasota since 2004. Tobin’s abstract figures resemble ancient murals in their conception and their delivery.

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“There’s only 100 of these,” he says of the Toulouse-Lautrec. “This is what makes my gallery different. I’ve tried to bring in originals and differ ent things that nobody else carries.”

But it’s the stories behind the work, and the rarity that makes it worth owning for a collector.

KEEPING IT LOCAL

Greenberg says Neumann donated much of his work to the Rothschild Collection, and now Stakenborg Greenberg is one of a few galleries in the United States that has Neumann

He gestures around at the walls, pointing out a couple limited edition Picassos and a Toulouse-Lautrec.

The back room boasts a collec tion of numbered and signed photos from Rob Shanahan, personal pho tographer for Ringo Starr and author of “Volume 1: Through the Lens of Music Photographer Rob Shanahan.”

Greenberg says that at one point, the art on his gallery walls represented a sweep of about 500 years. But now it’s only about four centuries’ worth of artistic achievement.

A few steps away, back in the main room of the gallery, there’s a collec tion of four Norman Rockwell prints signed by the artist himself.

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“I think I represent six local art ists,” says Greenberg. “And also American artists who come through here. The rest is all masters. Dead masters. Nick always wanted to hang with Rembrandt. So here he is with his etchings on top of Rembrandt.”

“There’s something about the subject matter and the exuberance of the art,” says Greenberg. “He’s a master. He didn’t flood the market.

works to sell to the public.

Cary Greenberg has made a home for Rembrandts and Picassos — and also local artists like Nikitas Kavouklēs — in his gallery.

But now, in his second attempt at running his own gallery, he approaches it with new tools and experience.Greenberg, who holds a bachelor’s degree in fine art and a master’s in architecture, went back to school and became an appraiser in the hope of better understanding which kinds of art will sell.

“This is a great story here,” he says of the Rockwell pieces. “These were brought in by the daughter of a teacher who was his neighbor on the East Coast. He would show up and lecture her students, who were in elementary school. Every time he came in, he’d bring them a poster.

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He says that most of the art in his shop is there on consignment.

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“A monotype is a one-time piece,” says Greenberg. “He does the art on glass, then he presses the paper down. He pulls it up, does more col or, presses the paper down and pulls it up. That’s it.”

There’s also a wall of rock-and-roll memorabilia, including a painting of John Lennon and prints of original artworks made by roots rocker John Cougar Mellencamp.

Greenberg wanted to have a person al touch in his gallery, so he’s begun representing a select group of local artists and trying to sell their work.

Greenberg says he had a ToulouseLautrec in the same series that sold for $42,000. The one he’s selling now is marked for $38,000 because the stamp on it has faded a little.

Slowly but surely, he’s carved out space in his gallery for them to hang in a prominent place.

THE MASTERS

Greenberg has multiple pieces by Kavouklēs, who works in a variety of mediums including oil painting and monotypes. And it’s his hope that they’ll sell just like the masters arrayed on the wall around them.

Greenberg points out Frank Sina tra and Jerry Lewis, Billy Cosby and Henry Kissinger, even Ladybird and Lyndon Baines Johnson.

The artists — or the people who own the pieces — have left them in the hope he can sell them, and Greenberg says he relishes making connections in the community.

Greenberg’s gallery houses the sculpted figures of Saul Rubenstein,

“Mostly, we get serious art col lectors,” he says. “I also get a lot of estates. Kids come in and say, ‘My grandpa died and we don’t want the art. What can you do with our Rembrandts? What can you do with our Picassos?’ And that’s what I do. I sell them for them.”

“This is a print, a high-end print, but he’s hand-signed it. That’s the value on this. There’s four of them.”

a former optical surgeon who now splits his time between Michigan and Sarasota.Another local artist, Nikitas Kavouklēs, was part of Leger de Main, an arts consortium in Man hattan prior to relocating to Sarasota more than two decades ago.

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You’ll also find the evocative nature photography of Wayne Eastep, who says that he uses the medium as “visual poetry.”

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Built in 1938, this landmark on Tamiami Trail has served the community by hosting myriad events, from socials and stamp shows to theater productions and galas. Now, The Players has proposed an agreement that will see the space taken to new heights in symbiosis with other organizations while honoring the venue’s history as a community gathering space. “We think it’s an unprecedented and mutually beneficial proposal for us, the city and the region’s arts community,” says Skaggs.

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“It’s our staple sandwich,” says Kelly Dungan, marketing director for Duval’s. “We have people who come in specifically for that po’ boy. It’s the talk of the town sometimes.”

TASTES AND TEXTURES: You can get the po’boy with your choice of oysters, shrimp or chicken, and all three are served on a baguette with napa cabbage, tomato and chipotle remoulade.Theshrimp, chicken and oysters are breaded and fried, but Dungan says you could order them grilled if

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With so much history at stake and so much enriching activation, the city has a tough decision to make. Will it honor, celebrate and preserve an historic structure by letting an historic organization invest in and assume a lease at the Municipal Auditorium, or will it let the space often sit empty, unappreciated and underutilized?

Players has a strong business case for its proposal that works in tandem with its service proposal. On the business side, the initial investment upgrades the facility, alleviates over $200k in operating costs from the city’s annual budget, provides economic activation by way of more secure fulltime jobs and by attracting new stakeholders to the space as visitors and rental partners. On the service side, the Municipal Auditorium would see greater traffic by way of educational programming, expanded volunteer opportunities, productions from other arts organizations, expos, fundraisers, galas, and banquets, not to mention utilization by The Bay during the summer for its own initiatives.

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The proposal would see The Players manage and utilize the production space from September through April, with administrative offices being utilized yearround. The Bay Park Conservancy would schedule the production space May through August. Even with the shared approach, The Players would still invest as much as $6 million to upgrade the facility, including collapsible, modular theatre seating, new lighting and sound capabilities, upgrades to mechanical equipment, the addition of multi-use office space and IT enhancements, all without tarnishing historic architectural features. During the summer months, The Players would use the Payne Park Auditorium for its smaller-scaled programming.

“It’s a little bit less intimidating to try an oyster that way,” she says. “A

With Municipal Auditorium proposal, The Players reaffirms the city as its home.

Thursday, Sept. 8 - 7pm

WHAT’S THE DISH: Sometimes you like a sandwich so much that you buy the restaurant. At least that’s what happened to Jim Abrams.

DISTINCTIVE DISHES

The organization traces its history back 92 years to the city’s birth as an arts capital of the region, and it has worked dutifully during those nine decades to fulfill its unique promise as a community-based arts organization. “Alongside our commitment to providing high-quality and affordable theatre, our organization has also established itself as a service provider for the arts community over its history,” says The Players’ CEO, William Skaggs. Those services include adult and children’s theatre education, a safe space for the city’s diverse public and a conduit for volunteerism.

Eleven years later, his son Sean continues the mission of feeding crowds on Sarasota’s Main Street.

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When The Players sold its longtime home on Tamiami Trail, it did so with the goal of positioning itself not only for its centennial and beyond, but with the lofty ambition of expanding its impact as a core piece of Sarasota’s arts community.

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“Our proposal is a win on top of a win on top of win for everyone,” says Skaggs. What does the city have to lose?

Today, The Players finds itself in a unique position for a nonprofit organization, particularly one that straddles the seemingly disparate pursuits of generating revenue and providing services to the community. With a robust capital commitment, the performing arts organization has an opportunity to put a stake in the ground on a venue that shares a similarly long history—The Municipal Auditorium.

Homegrown Homebound&

And the one thing tying everything together is the po’boy on the menu.

CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVEN TURE: The shrimp is the original and the most frequently ordered of the po’boys, but Dungan says Duval’s branched out in the interest of giving customers a chance to try different types of Sometimes,flavors.she says, people even order off the menu and ask for a scal lop po’boy, and the chef is happy to accommodate.Oystersmaynot be a typical sand wich item, but Dungan says that the menu choice gives an entry point to eaters who may not want to slurp them raw from the shell.

Abrams, a former energy execu tive, walked into Duval’s more than a decade ago and he tried the shrimp po’boy sandwich and suddenly, he was in the restaurant business.

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The capital improvements in this proposal would enable The Players to elevate the quality of its productions, expand the impact of its services and give the city a much needed, modernized community venue that can be used by other arts organizations, businesses and events. “I think it’s telling that we have enthusiastic support from a dozen other arts organizations that can’t wait to utilize the updated space for their productions,”

“You get the crispy shrimp and the crunch of the cabbage, so you have a nice balance of textures and flavors.”

“Giving the option of having a fried oyster on there gives you something familiar with something maybe a little bit new and different.”

PO’BOY AT DUVAL’S

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“Some people take the top of the bread off and just use the bottom of the bread,” says Dungan. “There’s definitely people who use the fork and knife. And then there’s people who just kind of sandwich it into their face and get in there.”

“That’s probably our most wellknown cocktail,” she says. “It has candied pepper bacon.”

po’boy is an easy, friendly dish.

—SPENCER FORDIN

JUST A TASTE: You don’t have to go for the whole sandwich if you’re not hungry for it; Duval’s also offers the po’boy as part of a soup-andsandwich combo. You can get a half-sandwich and combine it with a soup or a cup of New England clam chowder for $12.75, and for an addi tional $5, you can upgrade from the chowder to the lobster bisque.

“There’s definitely people who use the fork and knife. And then there’s people who just kind of sandwich it into their face and get in there.”

Photos by Spencer Fordin Marketing Director Kelly Dungan

SOMETHING DIFFERENT: Dun gan says she would normally rec ommend pairing a local beer with the po’boy, but if a customer wants to try something unique, she’d steer them toward the bacon bourbon old fashioned cocktail.

DECORUM: This sandwich is thick and surely not everyone can get their mouth around it. Do some people eat it with a fork and knife?

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“It’s also on our happy hour menu,” says Dungan. “We like to serve it in as many ways as we can think of.”

‘THANK YOU FOR BEING A FRIEND’ 7:30 p.m. at Bownes Lab, 1265 First St.

MARTHA LOPEZ – MUSICAL JOURNEYS

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3 p.m. at Arts Advocates Gallery, 3501 S. Tamiami Trail

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will speak about how oral and written poetry have influenced Vietnamese culture over the centuries.

THE VIETNAMESE TRADITION

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It’s a revival of Stephen Sondheim’s work that takes on new meaning in the wake of his passing. You’ll hear songs from “Gypsy,” “West Side Story” and “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” in this revue, which made its Broadway debut all the way back in 1977. The Players will be singing Sondheim through Sept. 18.

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It’s the opening reception for an exhibit of the work by Cora Marshall, a painter and longtime arts educator. Michele Redwine, founder of the Suncoast Black Arts Collaborative, will deliver remarks about Marshall and her work.

11 a.m. at Elling Eide Center, 8000 S. Tamiami Trail

7 p.m. at Studio for the Performing Arts Recital Hall, 5840 26th St. W.,

The lecture will also be available via Zoom if you’re unable to make it out to the Elling Eide Center.

Lopez is a member of the faculty at State College of Florida Manatee-Sarasota, and she’ll sing on compositions from Bach, Rossini, Poulenc and more. Lopez, who holds a master’s in vocal performance from the University of South Florida, will be supported by Lurray Myers on piano and Sean O’Neil on violin.

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DON’T MISS FLORA IMAGINARIA

When: Runs through Sept. 25

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It feels like Flora Imaginaria was just installed, but there’s some bad news: It’s about to be disassembled. The exhibit, curated by photography historian William A. Ewing, attempts to tell the story of the history of flowers in photography. Ewing says that photos of flowers have existed pretty much since cameras were invented, and he wrote the book to prove it. Now, with the assistance of curator Danae Panchaud, he’s revisited the topic.

Tickets: Free with admission Info: Selby.org.

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‘RENT’ 7:30 p.m. at Manatee Performing Arts Center, 502 Third Ave. W.,

MontyMcCurdysComedy.com.Franklinistouringthe world and making a name for himself one show at a time. Franklin, an Australia native, has been honing his act for years and he’s shown up on TV programs like “New Girl” and “Becoming Bond.” He’ll play seven shows at McCurdy’s, starting Sept. 14 and running through Sept. 18.

1:30 p.m. at Sarasota Opera House, 61 N. Pineapple Ave.

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Nick Pawlak and Lelan Soklowski get their boat in order.

Donna Hillmyer, the chair for the annual Labor Day Regatta in Sarasota, works hard to get the event running each

Racing the wind

Adeline Dozark lifts her sail.

—HARRY SAYER

“Every time I see sailing clubs (and families) arriving with their cars and boats, I get so excited,” Hillmyer

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year.That can be exciting and exhausting in equal measure, but Hillmyer knows exactly what makes it worth it every year.

Aroundsaid.200 sailors and families again made the journey to Ken Thompson Park for the 74th annual Labor Day Regatta on Sept. 3. The annual race brings hundreds of sailors of various ages to Sarasota’s shores for a day of sailing races. Families arrived early Saturday morning to set up their boats and prepare for the activities to Hillmyercome.and other staff hosted a meeting for racers before it was time for the competitions to start.

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Around 200 sailors turned out for the annual competition.

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Viviana Romero, Javier Martin Rodriguez and Ricardo Martin, of Sarasota, sold their home at 2327 Riverwood Pines Drive to Sky Land Trust, trustee, for $505,000. Built in 1972, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,542 square feet of living area. It sold for $150,000 in 2012.

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James Champine and Maria Champine, trustees, of Sarasota, sold the home at 7428 Biltmore Drive to Frank Galdieri, of Sarasota, for $615,000. Built in 1973, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,828 square feet of living area.

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baths and 1,629 square feet of living area. It sold for $345,000 in April.

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home in Point Crisp tops all transactions in this week’s real estate. Larry Enterline, of Buford, Georgia, sold his home at 1321 Point Crisp Road to Michael Martin Kaiser and John Spencer Roberts, of Sarasota, for $7.2 million. Built in 2001, it has five bedrooms, six-and-a-half baths, a pool and 6,572 square feet of living area. It sold for $3,675,000 in 2013.

Cheskin Park, of Paramus, New Jersey, sold the home at 2234 Arlington St. to Hans Schmeits and Kimberly Royster Schmeits, of Sarasota, for $675,000. Built in 2007, it has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and 2,484 square feet of living area. It sold for $423,000 in 2019.

Bonnie McAuliffe and Jorge Castillo, of Sarasota, sold their home at 2340 Grove St. to Theresa Sarro, of Forest Hills, New York, for $545,000. Built in 1959, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 1,824 square feet of living area. It sold for $195,000 in 2018.

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Anita Rambo Dunlap, trustee, of Sarasota, sold the Unit 1003 condominium at 1771 Ringling Blvd. to Lone Pine Investments LLC for $670,600. Built in 2006, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,440 square feet of living area. It sold for $508,400 in 2006.

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Anthony and Rebekah Mullet, of Sarasota, sold their home at 1898 High Point Drive to Ryan and Joanna Rosenthal, of Deerfield, Illinois, for $4.1 million. Built in 2020, it has six bedrooms, six-and-a-half baths, a pool and 4,102 square feet of living area.

Patrick and Brenda Smith, of Sarasota, sold their home at 1726 Questar Lane to Gary Kompothecras, trustee, of Sarasota, for $5.5 million. Built in 2004, it has five bedrooms, six-and-a-half baths, a pool and 6,718 square feet of living area. It sold for $4.8 million in 2020.

The home at 1321 Point Crisp Road was built in 2001. It has five bedrooms, six-and-a-half baths, a pool and 6,572 square feet of living area.

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John and Barbara Rade, of Sarasota, sold their home at 3545 San Remo Terrace to Anthony and Dianna Pesavento, of Sarasota, for $2.95 million. Built in 1956, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,052 square feet of living area. It sold for $1,238,000 in 2001.

Yvonne Prodger, of Barrington, Rhode Island, sold her Unit 1417 condominium at 750 N. Tamiami Trail to Katherine Lee, of Sarasota, for $810,000. Built in 2001, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,460 square feet of living area. It sold for $610,000 in 2004.

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GULF GATE EAST Norma Howlett sold the home at 3811 Easton St. to Anthony and Sharon Fudoli, of Sarasota, for

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Bret and Beth Lewis, of Clinton, Pennsylvania, sold their Unit B15 condominium at 8920 Duval Lane to Jeffrey Manga, of Arlington Heights, Illinois, for $620,000. Built in 2007, it has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and 1,983 square feet of living area. It sold for $315,000 in 2019.

Philip Bradford Vaughan and Rebecca Julian Vaughan, of Sarasota, sold their home at 5336 Greenbrook Drive to Todd John Peplinski and Sheli Lee Poplinski, of Sarasota, for $1.8 million. Built in 2018, it has three bedrooms, three-anda-half baths, a pool and 3,639 square feet of living area. It sold for $989,600 in 2019.

Agredano Group LLC sold the home at 5651 New York Ave. to James Monaghan and Robin Van Zandt, of Sarasota, for $530,000. Built in 1959, it has three bedrooms, two

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Patrick and Meka Schurr, of Sarasota, sold their home at 2615 Rose St. to Maxwell Taylor, of Sarasota, for $875,000. Built in 1961, it has four bedrooms, two baths and 2,468 square feet of living area.

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BAY OAKS Jeffrey Mudrow and Teresa Lea Mudrow sold their Unit A-52 condominium at 6157 Midnight Pass Road to Victor Kairouz and Sonia Eid, of Cleveland, Ohio, for $650,000. Built in 1974, it has two bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and 1,332 square feet of living area. It sold for $530,000 in 2021.

Joanne Reeder, trustee, of Geneva, Illinois, sold the Unit 706 condominium at 6415 Midnight Pass Road to Molham Abdel Meguid and Maggy Youssef, of Ontario, Canada, for $700,000. Built in 1975, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,287

LA SIESTA Robert and Aileen White, of Brentwood, Tennessee, sold their Unit 408 condominium at 925 Beach Road to Debra Hering, trustee, of Sarasota, for $625,000. Built in 1972, it has two bedrooms, one bath and 753 square feet of living area. It sold for $351,000 in 2015.

PROMENADE AT PALMER RANCH Joseph Adam Tami and Lindsay Marie Tami, of Sarasota, sold their home at 8677 Palmer Park Circle to SN Florida II LLC for $500,000. Built in 2020, it has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and 1,819 square feet of living area.

square feet of living area. It sold for $220,000 in 2000.

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SIESTA ISLES Gary and Pamela Minnich, of Leesburg, Indiana, sold their home at 5551 Contento Drive to Larry and Yessenia Kershner, of Hagerstown, Maryland, for $1.85 million. Built in 1970, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,287 square feet of living area. It sold for $1.08 million in 2019.

Kelvin and Marjorie Cooper sold their Unit 205 condominium at 1157 Coquille St. to Eric and Christine Austvold, of Sarasota, for $1,125,000. Built in 1983, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,760 square feet of living area. It sold for $725,000 in 2018.

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SIESTA MANOR Shaun and Jennifer Williams, of Fairfield, Connecticut, sold their home at 338 Avenida Milano to 338 Avenida Milano LLC for $666,300. Built in 1960, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,316 square feet of living area. It sold for $849,000 in 2021.

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Benjamin Dispenziere, Judith Ann Dispenziere and Thomas Dispenziere, of Wayne, New Jersey, sold their Unit 505 condominium at 6500 Midnight Pass Road to Thomas Arthur Clark Jr., of Venice, for $850,000. Built in 1974, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,086 square feet of living area.

Ya Jia and Junhai Liang, of Sarasota, sold their home at 5781 Valente Place to Alexander Hotye and Daisy Otilia Hotye, of Sarasota, for $775,000. Built in 2005, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,521 square feet of living area. It sold for $559,900 in 2021.

SIESTA’S BAYSIDE Nancy Potter, trustee, of Nokomis, sold the home at 555 Commonwealth Place to Wesolve Properties LLC for $2.2 million. Built in 1977, it has four bedrooms, three-anda-half baths, a pool and 2,884 square feet of living area. It sold for $689,000 in 2013.

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$500,000. Built in 1983, it has two bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,204 square feet of living area. It sold for $108,000 in 1988.

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hree years after it was announced, the World Baseball Softball Confederation’s U18 Baseball World Cup 2021 is finally coming to Sarasota-Bradenton after being delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic (while keeping its original name). Games begin Sept. 9 at Ed Smith Stadium and Bradenton’s LECOM Park. Team USA is scheduled for two games at Ed Smith during the event’s opening round, at 7 p.m Sept. 10 against Korea and at 7 p.m. Sept. 12 against Canada. After the opening round, schedules are still TBD, but the event’s gold- and bronze-medal games will be held at Ed Smith on Sept. 18. If Team USA makes it that far, it will be a cool finish. Tickets for the event can be purchased at fielderton2021.com.sarasotabraden-FormerSarasotaHighout-

omeone’s phone was ring ing.It was not a typical ring. Somewhere in the string of athletic bags that lined the fence at 17th Street Park softball field No. 2 on Wednesday morning, muffled by material, blared an orchestral song, with swooning strings and rising tension.Yetit also served as the perfect score for the moment at hand: a tie game, 12-12, between the Sarasota Senior Softball Association’s Blue and White teams in the association’s ‘A’ League, the top league for talent. It was the bottom of the seventh, the final inning in SSSA games. The Blue team was at-bat. A run would win theItgame.wasn’t quite movie magic: the phone stopped ringing while the inning was still being played. But the Blue team did score, making league president Ken Shepard and his Blue teammates quite happy.

the dugout. The players rag on them selves as much as they do players on the opposing team — which is often, but always in a charming, sarcastic way. The level of play is high in the SSSA, but as any of the league’s more than 350 players will be happy to tell, it is the players and mix of personali ties that make the league worth play ing in year after year.

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emphasizes the enjoyment of the game, for as long as players want to compete.

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SSSA player Lenny LoCastro said the league is a great place to find new talent and make friends.

even. Pitchers threw underhand from behind a screen, which was not placed simply out of precaution. The seniors were hitting rockets all over the field. No one hit a home run, but a few players came close.

Vaun Brown continues his lightning-quick ascent in the San Francisco Giants organization. Brown started the season with the A-level San Jose Giants before being promoted to the High-A Eugene Emeralds. On Aug. 25, he moved up again, this time to the AA-level Richmond Flying Squirrels.

Lenny LoCastro, the Blue team’s third baseman, always got down into a ‘ready’ stance before each pitch in case a liner came smashing toward him. It’s the kind of thing that play ers are taught in youth ball, then take for granted as their reaction skills improve. But players can’t take it for granted in senior softball. LoCastro, who has 20 years of travel softball experience with the Florida Hitmen, would“Thisknow.league is like fun practice for travel ball,” LoCastro said. “It’s also great for recruiting new players (to travel ball). I’ll watch them a bit and invite them to a batting practice ses sion. I try to get more than one look at them because anyone can have one good day, you know? But it’s great for making friends and since we change teams every season, it keeps it bal anced and fair. I end up rooting for people on the other teams to do well.”

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“It’s a good group of guys enjoy ing themselves,” Dan Martin, 73, said. “Occasionally you will see guys arguing and you’re like, ‘Hey, come on. Why?’ We’re out here to have fun. There’s no reason to argue or get on a teammate. And mostly it’s great. It makes it worth coming back, as much as playing game itself.”

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n Number of leagues: 3 (A, B and C); the leagues vary by skill level n Total members: More than 350 n Locations: 17th Street Park and Fruitville Park n Teams plays doubleheaders once a week; the day depends on the league n For more information, contact Ken Shepard at 350-4747 or via email at KenShepard52@ yahoo.com

Shepard’s Blue team is tops in the league currently, but you wouldn’t know it by the way the team talks in

Brown is hitting .348 with a 1.066 OPS, 25 home runs and 89 RBI. He’s had one game with his new team. He went 0-2. This isn’t strictly local news, but it is news you can use: JustWatch, an app and website that help you look up where your favorite movies are streaming, had added a sports section to its site, tennis, soccer and Formula 1 streaming schedules, with more sports like baseball and basketball coming in the next few weeks. As the sports streaming landscape becomes more and more fragmented, tools like this will become all the more useful.

After a few minutes postgame to recharge and get a drink of water, the players went back on the field. Yes, the ‘A’ League plays double headers. By the end of game two, the players will be exhausted. But they’ll be smiling, too. When looking for a sport — a community — to fill your week, that counts for a lot.

Jay Wolfinger, 74, was not playing Wednesday, but was in attendance cheering on, well, everyone. Wolfin ger plays in the association’s Monday ‘B’ League, which is a step down in competition from the ‘A’ League. It’s not necessarily by choice; the league selects teams for each season by holding a draft. If a player is not selected for the ‘A’ League, he will fall to the ‘B’ league, and so on. Wolfin ger does not take it as a slight. In fact, he loves the system. Wolfinger said it is great for players who either don’t want to face elite competition or were once elite but are no longer. A player may be upset about the situ ation at first, but players often find that the more appropriate level of play makes for more fun games. The Blue and White teams in Wednesday’s game certainly seemed

“In college I decided my studies were more important than playing ball. I picked it back up when I turned 60.”

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The Tigers are coming off a crushing overtime loss to Braden River High and will be out for revenge against Riverview for a 22-16 Rams win last season. The Rams need to be prepared and play much better.

RIVERVIEW HIGH

BOOKER HIGH Can the Tornadoes continue not to beat themselves?

SARASOTA HIGH

How much of the Rams’ 0-2 start is because of its opponents?

After Booker’s week one loss to Cardinal Mooney High, 10-9, firstyear coach Scottie Littles expressed disappointment in his team’s discipline. Booker had plenty of chances to score a touchdown but failed, to go along with some untimely penalties and a few low snaps which cost the team yardage (and handed the Cougars two crucial points on a safety.)Inweek two, Booker remedied some of these issues. The Tornadoes beat Southeast High 31-17.

The Rams lost 48-0 to Sanford Seminole High in week one and 45-6 to Gainesville Buchholz High in week two. On paper, those scores look bad. But there’s a few things to consider here. One, both Seminole and Buchholz are legitimate state contenders; Seminole reached the Class 8A regional finals last season while Buchholz reached the Class 7A state semifinals. Two, the Rams tend to start slowly; they lost to the same Seminole program 35-6 in 2021’s opening week before winning seven straight games.

This Friday’s road game against First Baptist Academy, which reached the Class 2A state semifinals in 2021, won’t get easier, so things have to improve fast.

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Either way, the Cougars won’t win many games if they routinely allow opponents to score that many points. That’s not exactly string theory to understand. Before the season I praised the Cougars defense on its potential. I still believe it and the team as a whole can be quite successful, but they have to prove it. It will also need some assistance from its offense: while the defense definitely allowed too many yards, the offense turned the ball over five times.

Which Sailors performance is closer to reality?

It’s early, but further success for Sarasota-area teams likely depends on how they solve initial issues.

wo weeks in, and the hopes of Sarasota-area high school football teams for a perfect season are already dead.

the program will have something. A game against a Booker High program in a similar spot on Friday night should be a good test to this end.

A search for answers

If they don’t, a good Tigers teams will put them in an even larger hole.

Ryan Kohn is the sports editor for the Sarasota/Siesta Key Observer. Contact him at YourObserver.com.RKohn@

specifically for the Mooney defense, which allowed zero offensive touchdowns in its 10-9 week one win over Booker, then allowed seven of them in a 51-23 loss to Lakewood Ranch High in week two. It’s true that Booker had a few opportunities to score in week one, so that zero is a bit misleading, but the Mooney defense deserves credit for locking those opportunities down. Conversely, Mooney could not stop Lakewood Ranch quarterback Clayton Dees at all; he threw for three touchdowns and ran for three more, accounting for 424 total yards. The game was Dees’ first as the Mustangs quarterback — Lakewood Ranch had its week one game against Lemon Bay High canceled in the first quarter— so perhaps the lack of video on him was a factor.

CARDINAL MOONEY HIGH Which Cougars defense is for real?

Booker High senior Gavin Stanford breaks a Mooney tackle. Booker lost to Mooney in part, Coach Scottie Littles said, because of a lack of discipline. That was better in the team’s win over Southeast in week two.

So the two losses are not the end of the world. The Rams can still make the postseason. But the losing streak can’t get extended. Riverview plays on the road at Palmetto High (1-1) on Friday.

The good news is these underclassmen will learn with experience and, Sailors fans can hope, get better. Junior Jaden Judge, a running back, has done a lot of good things. He has three rushing touchdowns and a receiving touchdown. If more young Sailors follow his trajectory,

Sarasota crushed Bayshore High 56-8 in week one and lost 42-20 to Manatee High in week two. My guess is that the Sailors are closer to their first performance; against Manatee, the Sailors put up a fight, cutting the score to 21-20, before Manatee scored 21 straight points to end the game. Sarasota had its chances but failed to execute well enough. That will happen with underclassmen in key positions.

They certainly solved their problems with scoring, though I don’t think scoring on Southeast is going to be the toughest of challenges this season — it gave up 50 points to Coconut Creek High in week one. Doing it against Sarasota on Friday will be a sign that Booker has turned an offensive corner. But the Tornadoes will have to do it while not allowing the Sailors to score on them.IfIwas a Sarasota-area fan deciding which game to attend this week, I’d go to that one, because I have no idea it will turn out. No matter how it does, it will answer some questions.

Yes, each squad has already lost at least once. While no team wants to lose at all, losing early means there is time to fix the problems that plague them and still have a successful season. Here, I’ve put together the one big question I have about each program and looked at how those questions might be answered in week three and beyond.

I can’t answer these outright, because the real answers will only be found on the field. That’s why we watch, after all.

Similar to Sarasota’s question, but

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What is your preferred position? I used to play the outfield all the time. But about three years ago I started having trouble seeing the ball. I needed cataract surgery. They moved me to the infield in the meantime and I adapted pretty well to that. Now that I have had the sur gery, I feel like I can play anywhere.

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I golf some, like I said. I watch the Red Sox. I even wake up in the morning and look at the box scores of Boston’s affiliate teams to see how they did the night before. I keep track of the stats of their top pros pects. I also play a lot of cards.

I started when I was 5 years old and played through high school in west ern Massachusetts. I’m a Boston Red Sox fan. I have always loved the game. In college, I decided my studies were more important than playing ball. I picked it back up when I turned 60. I found this league (the SSSA). Now I’m playing with all the young guys and trying to stay in shape.

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Playing tournament ball was always a blast. I traveled the state on the weekends playing in what is called Half Century Softball. I played a lot of good teams and met a lot of people. The quality of the games is good, with teams from Miami and Orlando and Tampa.

What are your hobbies?

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Come in and have fun. That, and stretch. I spend a lot of time be fore games stretching. If you ever watched Ichiro (Suzuki) when he played, he was always stretching in the outfield, and he rarely got injured. I don’t think that’s a coinci dence.

Monday league team. Defense is so important in this league because some people can’t play it (well).

Finish this sentence: Dan Martin is … … Competitive.

When did you start playing baseball/softball?

It’s just enjoyable to play. I used to play golf a lot more when I first started back up, but golf turned out to be more frustrating.

School: Kansas City University College of Medicine, Kansas City, MO Residency: Internal Medicine, Florida State University College of Medicine, Sarasota Memorial Hospital, Sarasota, FL Hospital Affiliations: Sarasota Memorial Hospital; Doctors

What is the best advice you could give to a prospective player?

What is the appeal?

What is your best skill?

Well, even though I somehow man aged to get on base four times today, my value is in my defense. My team, we’re in first place, and I believe that is because we play the best defense. It’s the same on my

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Dan Martin, 73, is a member of the Sarasota Senior Softball Associa tion. He reached base four times in his team’s 13-12 win Sept. 7 at 17th Street Park.

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