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November 5th, 2009 by Cooper Levey-Baker in Editor's Desk, News, Politics, Sarasota-Manatee, Sports
— City Manager Bob Bartolotta drove to Tampa Tuesday to retrieve the 2,000-page report on how the Sarasota Police Department handled the Juan G. Perez case, and we’re all just waiting to hear what the city’s response will be. Meanwhile, Perez himself is getting on with life, happy the unwanted attention has died down.
— City Commissioner Suzanne Atwell floats the idea of creating an economic development department that would market the city to employers.
— “The citrus business should be a bit sweeter for Dean Mixon this season. The owners of Mixon Fruit Farms expect to gain more orders for packaged fruit as a result of the U.S. Department of Agriculture recently lifting a ban on commercial citrus shipments from Florida.”
— The Lakewood Ranch hockey arena that never was is finally getting knocked down this week. Kudos to ABC 7 for the following line: “It was going to be a hockey arena, but after lawsuits and other financial problems - the puck stopped there.” (Emphasis most definitely added.)
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