New, stricter regulations passed by the Sarasota City Council may have washed away any hope for the 2011 Sarasota Chalk Festival to go on as planned. Chalk Festival Event Chairwoman and Founder Denise Kowal’s beloved Annual Sarasota Chalk Festival brings in artists from around the globe displaying their street art in Downtown Sarasota’s Pineapple Avenue. [...]
Brain, your gut is calling. It’s got a lot to say — about, stress, anxiety and your mood. That’s the potential upshot of a recent study published in PNAS by Javier Bravo and company from the University College Cork and nicely described in the Sept. 3 edition of the Economist. The study emphasizes how the innumerable gut bacteria affect behavior
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Republican candidate for president Herman Cain rocked the political establishment to its knees recently when a Florida straw poll designated him the winner over the two frontrunners, Texas Gov. Rick Perry and former Michigan Gov. Mitt Romney. Not only did Cain do the unexpected, but he did it handily, polling more votes than both his two opponents combined
In 1992, Democratic operative James Carville coined the phrase, “It’s the economy, stupid.” It was his charming way of reminding the rest of us to focus on what was really important in that election. Carville was right, as he usually is, and Bill Clinton became president
When Vice Mayor Dave Brenner found himself outside looking in, having been given the boot from his post on the P&Z Board, he vowed he would “take back the town” — and he did. After putting together a slate of candidates, pushing out long-timers like Lee Rothenberg, making life uncomfortable for sitting commissioners Bob Siekmann and Gene Jaleski and in effect, forcing their resignations
Lest you think I’m falling into the trap of reciting the past just for recitation’s sake, I often do have a purpose in these writings. Our editor gives us rather wide latitude
Why does the Town Commission and the Planning and Zoning Board avoid technical issues such as water and sewer pipeline projects or deciding which equipment is purchased by our police and public safety departments, while at the same time seeking to micromanage far more technically complex issues such as community-wide telecommunication?
If the Longboat Key Town Commission ratifies a contract signed today by Sarasota Deputy Administrator Dave Bullock, he is Longboat Key’s hire for a one-year interim town manager
The proposed contract with Bullock pays $180,000 for one year plus benefits with exit options for town. The Town Commission will sign or decline at 7 p.m., Monday
