Longboat Commission to hold Public Nuisance hearings this week to determine fate of dilapidated structures on the closed resort.

Judge says ‘No’ to Colony Unit Owners’ reorganization plan. Foreclosure sale can go forward.

Now the Commission is returning to its last battleground to hold Colony nuisance hearings. I hope some modicum of wisdom can help tip the scales in the favor of our taxpayers.

On March 25, Longboat Key voters must decide which commissioners to elect in two contested races, in the At-large seat is L’Ambiance resident Irwin Pastor who is running against Country Club Shores resident Armando Linde. Commissioner Terry Gans is running against Bayou resident Ray Rajewski for the District 3 seat. Commissioner Lynn Larson is running [...]

Judge Rodney May vows to ‘Bring this in for a landing in the next 10-15 days.’

Bankruptcy Judge Rodney May has said he will make his final ruling.

The town needs to take that 17.2 acres and determine a viable and legal building envelope that will encourage redevelopment. That, if nothing more, will be of immense value in telling a potential suitor — “This town wants your investment.”

The town has to show cause to substantiate how it legally arrived at $250,000.

I went from feeling this liberating maverick feeling — a high octane Jack Kerouac or Henry Miller or Ulysses — to moments later little more than a lonely and depressed cross-country truck driver.

‘The biggest pitfall is a bunch of litigious owners can sue you. That could cost the taxpayers a lot of money.’