Sarasota Observer “Slice of the City” Column Helps Stray Kitty
The local newspaper, Sarasota Observer runs a weekly column titled “Slice of the City” with snippets and highlights about Sarasota and its residents. The paper’s Community Editor Loren Mayo took note of my Stray Kitty story and ran a brief article and photo about the adorable stray kitten who has been living in my carport. […]
Sarasotans Support ShelterBox USA
We’ve all seen, read, heard the news reports on the situations in Haiti and Chile … but if you want to get a snippet of what it’s like to be a Sarasotan who makes hands-on sacrifices to be on the ground as a volunteer responding to disaster events around the globe … read my piece […]
Things that make you go “Huh?” City hires first, negotiates second?
Sarasota City Commissioners hire a new City Clerk and THEN begin salary and benefits contract negotiations? That’s what all the news reports have mentioned, as an almost irrelevant aside, in the print papers ever since Pamela Nadalini was hired. Does that process sound backward to anyone else but me? In their search for a new […]
Kitty, kitty
60,000 stray cats in Sarasota? Let’s make that 59,999!!
Did you read Eric Ernst’s recent column on the subject of the estimated 60,000 stray cats in Sarasota county? It’s shocking — and important — reporting. I had no idea there were that many. I’m trying to do my part to solve the problem — I’ve adopted and neutered or spayed three cats and made […]
BIZ(y) People to Watch
BIZ 941 Magazine is “looking for the 25 rising stars and prime movers in the local business world. They can be newcomers of note, young talents and established powers who are tacking new and exciting initiatives. We want you to nominate the Sarasota and Manatee businesspeople—including you—who are making their mark on the region. Our […]
Hometown Democracy … where do you stand?
My head is kind of bobbing around like one of those little bobbling dolls that people put on their car dashboards sometimes. I’m all in a dither (or is a dather) trying to figure out how to vote on the Hometown Democracy Amendment, which will be on Floridians’ ballots later this year. To wit: The […]
Lost … found … anyone know anything about this sweet little black & white cat?
Homeless in our hometown
It’s not only cats who need a good home in this town … From the WSLR website: WSLR 96.5 low-power FM, Sarasota’s non-profit community radio station, will be among the many public radio stations nationwide participating in the 13th Annual Homelessness Marathon. Featuring 14 hours of consecutive programming about homelessness and the homeless, the 2010 […]
Rally TODAY for Health Care Reform
Host: Sarasota County Democratic Party Date: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 Time: 4:30pm – 5:30pm Location: Corner of Bahia Vista and Rte 41, Sarasota Join this rally to sign-wave for real health care reform during rush hour at one of the most visible locations in Sarasota. Parking available in the Midtown Plaza by Starbucks.