AN EDITORIAL We're not perfect
This editorial acknowledges the human factor in news reporting and the inevitability of occasional editorializing. It commits to clearly labeled opinions and invites South County residents to share opposing views through letters to the editor.
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Sun Coast Gondolier
South County
Peto warns again about medical cards
A letter to the editor argues that medical information cards are useful for EMTs and paramedics when visible, notes EMI and Medic Alert offer lockets and bracelets, and reports hospital and EMS use as rare, warning against high pressure sales and urging contact with health or public agencies for guidance.
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Peto
EMT
Medic Alert Company
Turlock
California
Robert Eicholtz
EMI
Emergency Medical Information Cards
Englewood
Sarasota County
One Man's Opinion: Appraisal Rules and Market Value
State constitution requires just value for taxation while statute ties market value to willing buyer and seller. Criteria include cash value, best use, location, size, cost and replacement value, condition, income, and net sale proceeds. appraisers have wide discretion when applying these rules.
Sarasota County backs away from replacing Charter Review Board
The Sun Coast Gondolier lauds the county commission for shelving a plan to abolish the Charter Review Board and form a commission with four commissioner appointees. It asserts elected board members serve citizens and should review county actions and the charter, while governor appointee James Neville shares that watchdog role.
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Sun Coast Gondolier
Sarasota County
James Neville
Charter Review Board
Sarasota
Questions denial of bail for Harman
Letter from Margaret Arnold of North Port questions bail denial for Hannum and Harman, critiques media coverage by Jim McGee, and asks why Hannum lacks bail during appeal and why officials charged with misconduct are not released per Supreme Court ruling.
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Harman
Hannum
Lakeland
Florida Supreme Court
Margaret Arnold
Reader reports sighting a large cat near Key Largo
A reader in Bryn Mauer Travel Trailer Park on Key Largo claims a night sighting of a large feline, described as lion colored with a bushy tail and black facial markings, twice the size of a bobcat. The animal screeched twice, then fled. the next day a garbage bag was torn. Is this a Florida panther.
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Sun Coast Gondolier
Bryn Mauer Travel
Key Largo
River Road
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