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June 15th, 2009 by Cooper Levey-Baker in Editor's Desk, Food and Drink, News, Politics, Sarasota-Manatee

β€” Sarasota, thy future lies in the hands of the roundabout: “In a major rethinking of a stretch of road designed in the 1950s, city officials want to spend $35 million to add six roundabouts, rip up asphalt, add wider sidewalks and tree-lined medians.”

β€” Ellenton launches a farmer’s market, right outside Ellenton Ice. Very nice. It’s open 8 a.m.-1 p.m. every Saturday.

β€” The SEC cracks down on a Sarasota couple who passed themselves off as investment specialists and earned $11 million in a Ponzi scheme, using the cash to pay their mortgage and fuel gambling sprees.

β€” Sarasota’s own Dan Savage, Richard Swier, is back at it, with helpful tips on how the gays can become the ex-gays.


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