There were perhaps two momentous events concerning the Longboat Key Town Commission during the final week of March 2011. These events were changes in the makeup of that body. The first, the completion of George Spoll’s tenure was predictable, as it was the result of term limits. Spoll had completed his three full terms and a bit. He served the town well, his final year as mayor
North End Longboat Key Commissioner and Village resident Bob Siekmann resigned his seat on the Town Commission Thursday, March 24, in a one-sentence letter to the town clerk
Former Longboat Key Mayor Ron Johnson calls this photo he took in front of the Longboat Key Library “a touch of Claude Monet.” The Sarasota Gold Tree has been designated to represent the city of Sarasota
As the North End continues to erode, the relief destined to come in the form of a small, interim sand renourishment is at least one week off. According to Public Works Director Juan Florensa, the dredge Atchafalaya is still being checked and serviced at Port Manatee and there is, as yet, no date certain when it will arrive
Monday was my first class at the Longboat Key Center for the Arts with photographer James Corwin Johnson. He surprised us by announcing he had an outstanding 18-year-old model who was coming by with her mother for a photo shoot and that we (the class participants) could grab some shots while he was working
Former Mayor Ron Johnson’s grandchildren, Grayson and identical twins Audrey and Claire, watch the final minutes of sunlight as 2010 draws to a close.
Longboat Key resident and former Mayor Ron Johnson and his daughter, Stacey, visited the Sarasota Big Cat Habitat and met Conan, the 760-pound show stopper. For more info, go to: www.bigcathabitat.org
The Town attorney will likely remind Webb and others that freedom of speech is held on a higher constitutional plane than the freedom to stamp out dissent.
After a July 16 editorial in Longboat Key News, Planning and Zoning Board member Brad Saivetz came under fire from fellow board member and chairwoman BJ Webb who called for an examination of his actions. Former Mayor Ron Johnson also wrote a letter calling for Saivetz to resign from the Planning and Zoning Board.
