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  • December 24, 2009
Tell it to the judge: Earth Justice may have lied

When state agriculture and consumer services commissioner Charles Bronson appeared before a state Senate committee Dec. 9, he didn't mince words about a new federal standard.

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  • December 24, 2009
Small investment brings validation dividends

To Roger Branton, the recent $50,000 investment in his $16 million mobile phone technology company is worth infinitely more than the extra cash, at least in terms of what the company is really going after: Validation.

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  • December 24, 2009
Insiders to lead Barron Collier

Paul Marinelli will have been the last family outsider and chief executive of the family owned Barron Collier Companies, at least for a while.

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  • December 24, 2009
Hometown Democracy or Mutually Assured Destruction?

Hometown Democracy, the state constitutional amendment going to voters in November, is known in some circles merely as “HD” and also increasingly as Amendment 4 because that's the number assigned to it on the ballot.

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  • December 24, 2009
Travel agents look to space

Sarasota-based travel agents Ryan and Malaka Hilton have been making a name for themselves in international circles by putting together eclectic trips with starry guest hosts.

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  • December 23, 2009
New Jersey contractor buys South Bay

Perry Pavicic, who owns a New Jersey construction rehab company, purchased the 44-unit South Bay Apartments at the southwest corner of Dale Mabry Highway and Wisconsin Avenue for $500,000.

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  • December 23, 2009
Shirley Ann Hotel owners buy Kelly Hotel

Hoteliers Bruce Gramaila and Gary Kalberg of the Shirley Ann Hotel in St. Petersburg purchased the nearby historic 65-room Kelly Hotel at the southwest corner of 1st Avenue and Florida 687 for $910,000.

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  • December 23, 2009
Palm Avenue Properties buys small retail strip

Palm Avenue Properties, a company owned by prominent Sarasota developer Dr. Mark Kauffman, purchased a 1,900-square-foot retail strip along Palm Avenue west of Main Street for $410,000.

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  • December 23, 2009
Sarasota County, North Port offer to buy Springs

Sarasota County and the city of North Port have offered to buy Warm Mineral Springs in North Port. The two municipalities proposed paying Cypress Lending Group Ltd. $6.5 million for the roughly 81-acre property.

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  • December 23, 2009
Westshore's Sheraton Suites completes renovation

The Sheraton Suites Tampa Airport Westshore has completed a multimillion-dollar renovation.

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  • December 23, 2009
Manatee County School Board moves MTI building to SR 70

The Manatee County School Board has approved moving a planned new Manatee Technical Institute facility to property it owns on State Road 70 and Caruso Road.

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  • December 23, 2009
Popular bar to get new look

The Clubhouse Tavern, will be renamed Rusty Hook Tavern by its team of entrepreneurial owners.

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  • December 22, 2009
Watch grass grow, get a degree

Hodges University, which has campuses in Fort Myers and Naples, plans to offer an associate degree in turf grass management next year at the Kenneth Oscar Johnson School of Business.

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  • December 18, 2009
Rail bill's own breakfast-gate

In an apparent attempt to evade capture by public records requests, “pancakes,” “waffles” and “French toast” were used as code words in e-mails about rail legislation between top officials at the Florida Department of Transportation and perhaps others involved in crafting the bill approved by the Legislature during the recent special session.

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  • December 18, 2009
Good news: Speculators are back

Urban Land Institute gatherings on the Gulf Coast aren't as much fun as they used to be.

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