The town of Longboat Key has officially ‘appealed the appeal’ of the Islandside development order in an effort to get the project back on track after it was derailed last December in circuit court.

The Longboat Key Club redevelopment approval has been overturned in a Sarasota courtroom, and both Town Attorney Dave Persson and Key Club attorney John Patterson are confident an appeal would be met with success for a number of reasons.

The judge in the case of the IPOC against the major expansion of the Longboat Key Club has been rendered and probably to no one’s surprise, the judge came down on the side of the residents. There are many facets to this decision but a basic one is the issue I have been pounding at from the beginning; how can the Town Commission allow an individual developer to come in and walk all over the great majority of the adjacent landowners when the codes say otherwise?

The Islandside Property Owner’s Coalition (IPOC) has been busy this year trying to undo the town’s passing of the Key Club’s redevelopment application. According to IPOC President Bob White, the coalition filed a motion in December to amend the de-novo complaint, dropping counts that the development order was inconsistent with the town’s Comprehensive Plan. IPOC maintains [...]

According to Islandside Property Owner’s Coalition (IPOC) President Bob White, the coalition filed a motion to amend the de-novo complaint this week, dropping counts that the development order was inconsistent with the town’s Comprehensive Plan. IPOC maintains that the town violated its own charter and state law when it amended its Zoning Code and the Comprehensive [...]

The Islandside Property Owners Coalition spent Wednesday morning arguing in court that the development order granted by the town of Longboat Key to the Longboat Key Club is illegal and not in compliance with law and should be “quashed” by Judge Charles Roberts.

With the Colony more or less in limbo until Federal District Appeal Court Judge Steven Merryday offers a final ruling and remedy, which is due any day, the Longboat Key Club Islandside redevelopment challenges continue unabated with several new twists and turns

Many Longboaters were thrilled last week when front-page news in the Longboat Observer stated that the Longboat Key Club would in fact build a hotel first, as soon as the legal challenges to its approved redevelopment plan are over

I started this mini-series a few weeks ago with a short exposé of our town manager’s potentially reduced security level. That was meant as a fun piece, believe it or not. It actually was pro-town manager in the new reality around here

A couple of L’Ambiance’s most stylish Longboaters Heloisa and Charles Jennings hosted a splendid evening soirée at the Hyde Park Steak House Sunday, April 10. More than 60 guests enjoyed a champagne and cocktail hour followed by a five-star dinner. Famed Longboaters Bob White and Dr. Murray and Sue Klauber were among the many other [...]