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The cuts amount to several thousand dollars in savings for Sarasota County, where libraries are well-regarded and funded with a $17 million annual budget.
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Neil Rainford will be sworn into office Tuesday to fill the seat of Sarasota County Commissioner Nancy Detert, who died recently.
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Detert has represented District 3, which includes Venice and parts of North Port, since 2016. She also served one year as commission chair.
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Residents say the estimated 5,000 new homes would extend into what is now ranches and farms between Fruitville Road and University Parkway.
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The 2021 fiscal year saw more than $31 million collected from hotels and short-term vacation rentals.
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The Sarasota County Commission voted to stop awarding economic development incentive grants to businesses.
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The online video platform favored by some conservatives, has drawn scrutiny after being awarded a taxpayer-funded grant to set up shop in Longboat Key.
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Commissioners say the company's name hadn’t been made public at the time of the vote, so they were unaware that Rumble would receive the funding.
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Rumble is a Canadian owned video platform especially popular among political conservatives and used by such public figures as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former President Donald Trump.
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Voters were asked to do away with electing county commissioners in single member districts less than four years after they voted in favor of them.
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Four years ago, Sarasota County voters decided to elect commissioners through single-member voting. A Tuesday referendum asks voters if they want to return to countywide voting.
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The issue of housing affordability was emphasized in a Sarasota County Commission meeting earlier this month.