By Rachel Brown HackneySarasotaNewsLeader.com Regular readers will recall that last year, Siesta resident Mike Cosentino filed an appeal with the 2nd District Court of Appeal after a 12th Judicial Circuit Court judge ultimately ruled in favor of Sarasota County on Read More
County’s claim that two Charter amendments approved last fall, relating to 2016 North Beach Road vacation, can proceed in court, judge rules
By Rachel Brown HackneySarasotaNewsLeader.com Twelfth Judicial Circuit Court Judge Andrea McHugh has rebuffed an attempt by an attorney for a Siesta Key resident and nonprofit organization to force Sarasota County into dropping efforts to have two Sarasota County Charter amendments Read More
Cosentino cases reassigned to Judge McHugh
By Rachel Brown HackneySarasotaNewsLeader.com Last year, after the Nov. 6 General Election, 12th Judicial Circuit Court Judge Frederick P. Mercurio was reassigned to Manatee County, the court’s website indicates. He had been presiding over two cases related to the May Read More
Circuit Court judge rules that Reopen Beach Road can intervene in lawsuit related to two Sarasota County Charter amendments
By Rachel Brown HackneySarasotaNewsLeader.com A 12th Judicial Circuit Court judge has ruled that the Siesta Key nonprofit Reopen Beach Road may intervene in a case focused on two Sarasota County Charter amendments. Circuit Judge Maria Ruhl issued her order on Read More
Emphasizing concerns on Cosentino’s Amendments
By Rachel Brown Hackney On Dec. 11 Sarasota County Attorney Stephen DeMarsh discussed the following item with the County Commissioners. The item asked for establishment of a time and place for a public hearing on a petition for the county Read More
Reopen Beach Road proposed Sarasota County Charter amendments to be focus of Aug. 29 public hearing
By Rachel Brown Hackney SarasotaNewsLeader.com Thanks to a unanimous vote, on Aug. 29, the Sarasota County Commission will hold a public hearing on a draft ordinance that could put two proposed Sarasota County Charter amendments on the ballot that relate Read More
Signatures growing for Reopen Beach Road
By Rachel Brown Hackney During the August Siesta Key Association (SKA) meeting, the new executive director of Reopen Beach Road, Mary Anne Bowie, told the approximately 65 people present that the nonprofit has been growing the signatures needed to Read More
Siesta Key Round Up
By Rachel Brown Hackney SarasotaNewsLeader.com Mini golf course project on hold In the wake of a November neighborhood workshop, the proposal for a miniature golf course in Siesta Village is on hold, the attorney representing the couple behind the project Read More