Sarasota Livin'

I do lots of weird things but one thing I really like is hiking ... so having more public land is a good thing. Read more about Sarasota County Forever

On November 8th all Sarasota County voters will have a chance to extend and expand one of the most popular and successful county programs (the environmentally sensitive lands program) without raising taxes. Voters will also be asked to raise the bond limit so we can buy land soon before it gets any more expensive and pay for it later. The two ballot initiatives will ultimately result in as much as $150 million more to protect native habitat and a new complementary $100 million initiative to protect what has been called urban greenspace – all without raising taxes.

Lets just make sure a fair share of this money gets spent where it gets collected (like in the City of Sarasota)...