SCANNING Sarasota PLANNING

  stayTRU Call to Action Please support our County Commissioners in their efforts to limit unwanted development   Send an email immediately Leave a voice message on Monday, March 23, 2026 Attend the March 24th County meeting in Venice from 1 to 4pm   Dear stayTRU Members,   Our County Commissioners are exploring ways to fight development attempts like the recent request to build 2,000+ apartments on our Open Space (the Tatum Ridge Golf land).  To show our support and appreciation for the Commissioners efforts, please:   1. Send an email immediately to   commissioners@scgov.net , tmast@scgov.net , mhsmith@scgov.net , tknight@scgov.net , jneunder@scgov.net , rcutsinger@scgov.net , info@staytru.org   Include your name and address and write:   "I support efforts to restrict Live Local Act development to urban areas close to workplaces, shopping centers and schools - as the law was originally intended.  I, along with the 1,000+ registe...

  Mary Burke  shared this on Facebook:   To those who question why we are protesting the MBR extension , let me enlighten you. Yes, MBR Rd and Keyway Rd have been on the counties thoroughfare plan for years, that is the only truthful fact. What some of you may have missed was that Keyway Rd. had long been slated to go in first as a 4 lane road. What changed you ask? Pat Neal built Boca Royale and then worked with the commissioners behind closed doors via memos and emails (all FOIA’d and truthful) to push MBR through at a discounted price as long as the county removed Keyway Rd from its thoroughfare plan. He built homes in Boca Royale, very close to the the counties planned Keyway Rd, got FPL to put in power lines right through the Keyway Rd planed road. All while knowing Keyway Rd. was planned. Why? Bc he could and the county either wasn’t paying attention or allowed it specifically for Neal. The county does whatever benefits Neal and dos not consider its constituents...

excellent discussion of threatening bills bubbling in Tallahassee - one is HB 479 - it would pre-empt localities from controlling their own water resources. SB 840 would castrate local efforts to cope with impacts of large developments. Carrie Seidman  is joined by  Manatee County Commissioner George Kruse Bradenton Times editor Mitch Maley  Mark Hebden of Save Florida Home Rule!   Mitch Maley:  "An engaged community cannot be bought"

Here's a Facebook post from  Tom Knight, Sarasota County Commissioner r p d n o o t e S s l 2 1 6 9 M J f 4 7 3 8 l c 0 1 h t   a P n u : a 7 0   f a   4 8 t h 5 u y m i a f 5   l m r 0 8 8   · At the next meeting of Sarasota County's Board of Commissioners, item #42 will focus on our county's administrative process for the Live Local Act. I will post links to the full agenda soon, but in my efforts to help all local residents understand some of the land development decisions we make (or in this case, are precluded from making) as a commission, I'm providing some information and resources on Florida's Live Local Act. I encourage you to do more homework and form educated opinions, whatever they may be. The Live Local Act is a law that was passed by the Legislature and signed by the governor in 2023. It went to effect on July 1 of that year and was updated last year. More updates are expected in 2026 that will further restrict home rule. Most can't argue that the...