Florida HB 421 would take away County rights to limit fertilizer
pollution in our creeks and streams, what is Tallahasse
thinking?
Certainly there is something to be learned from the pointless
death of Donna Chen by an accused DUI driver on Siesta Key. More
restrictive laws for repeat offenders? Enhanced road patrols and
enforcement? Required drivers education? There must be some
better answers.
"Common sense is not common" Voltaire
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As you can see the beaches are gorgeous, come visit.
Rated the number one beach in
America. Double
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Siesta
Key it's one of the best beaches in the world and 99.9% quartz means no
hot sand. Dr. Beach's 2010 Best Beaches: Some years we let other beaches
share the title. The cam above is live real time. At night you will see
darkness.
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Our own weather station is down at
the moment we are upgrading it. The only local media with their own
liveweather station broadcasting live every 15 minutes as shown above.
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It's national chocolate cake day.
* Area gets much needed rain. We are still shy for the month.
* Native American Indian Festival starts today.
* Lego man given to man who found him. Maybe he could donate it to the
Sarasota Airport who asked for it, or the City who could put it along the
bay front?
Victor Fernandez named 2012 Sarasota County Teacher of the year. He'll get
a Chevy Cruze to use for a year, and $1.000 to spend. He is a music
teacher at Booker. Photo: SCSD
Sarasota's Big Pass on Thursday. Around 80 , windy ,sunny,
but, hazy.
The Ringling Bridge that the City of Sarasota in it's infinite
wisdom fought and lost to the tune of $5 million in city tax dollars. They
could have built a nice park for that amount.
Tuesday's weather was a 10, in the low 80's low humidity and
clear skies.
How fun does this car look to drive. We couldn't figure out why
they didn't have their top down on such a beautiful day.
* Red Fox sighted in Gulf Gate Woods Sunday and today.
(Stock
photo.)
A
January sunrise, Sarasota style with moss laden trees in the
foreground.
Previous News Briefs
Newt Gingerich hypes people power in Sarasota Monday.
* City of Sarasota reports downtown parking meters only used 55% of the
time.
* Sarasota County approves almost $600K for homeless services.
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* This weekend: St. Armands Art Festival and American Indian Festival,
more events
* Prince racquet manufacturer to build two story tennis facility at IMG in
Bradenton, whoof!
* Locals protest FL legislators bill to allow fertilizer pollution.
* Sarasota ranks 4th, Manatee 47th in Florida school rankings.
* Sarasota-Bradenton Airport looks to offer upt to $1.5 million incentive
dollars to new airlines after losing AirTran which represented about a
third of our air traffic. New markets they say are Brazil, yea!
* Venice woman beaten up by two women and one man in their early 30's
Monday evening.
Are you ready for a
Magic Carpet Ride on this car? the owner has a carpet on the front hood
and multiple cans of oil on the roof. It must have a mind of it's own
because there is a concrete parking strip in front of the front wheels. .
The Blackburn Road bridge
built in the early 1900's is one of a few horizontal opening bridges.
Shown here is the bridge operator.
As SWAirlines takes over
AirTran, they will no longer serve Sarasota Bradenton Airport effective in
August.
In the midst of winter it's
unusual for algae to collect on this county creek. We'll ask them what
they think is causing the surface algae.
OurTownSarasota: Sarasota Green
House Project begins to take shape with:
MySafeFlorida Home Survey, FPL Energy Survey, air duct remediation, extra
insulation, heat pump, programmable thermostat, 3 foot overhangs, low
volume toilets and showers, poly-foam hurricane tile adhesive, tree
canopies, compost bin, creek irrigation. 14 impact energy efficient
windows replaced the 35 year old windows. Watch as this 1973 Sarasota
Florida cypress front house transforms. We will look at a solar electric
grid and solar hot water heating next. Sarasota
Green House Project.
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