“The existing infrastructure is limited and can only take so much.“

Manatee County officials today received a letter from Long Bar Point representatives stating they wish to withdraw the Comprehensive Map Amendment (PA1303), meaning it will not be considered for adoption by the Board of Manatee County Commissioners. Commissioners were scheduled to hold a Jan. 23, 2014 adoption public hearing to consider the privately initiated amendment […]

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We have finite/limited land; only about four square miles. Added construction, added people, all must use the same and limited four square miles. Even in the course of events if construction does “go up” (yes, meant literally, and figuratively) we are in a “closed-in-space.”

The IPOC/Loeb Realty Partners decision gives the town the opportunity to retake control of their own destiny. The proposal by Loeb for a $400 million extravaganza of condos, hotels and a conference center was too much for a group of untrained community volunteers to assimilate so they just said ‘yes’ without considering the full extent of their folly.

The Islandside Property Owners Coalition gained a court victory Friday with Circuit Court Judge Charles Roberts’ ruling that the IPOC organization has the legal right and authority to ask a judge to overturn the town’s development order

The ‘Zoning Board’ (formerly known as the Planning and Zoning Board) commenced Oct. 18 the deconstruction of Longboat Key, in concert with some Longboat Key commissioners who appear to instruct the Zoning Board as to what the Town Commission requires

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You should know that your developer-friendly town government is rapidly trying to install tall cell towers up and down Longboat Key. The Planning and Zoning Board is discussing opening up all town property for tall cell towers in direct repudiation of cell tower codes put into place less than three years ago