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Another travesty of power

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By Matt Walsh
| Observer Media Group
For nearly 30 years, John and Jack Cox, father-son owners of the longtime Sarasota construction firm, Halfacre Construction Co., sat on 43 mostly undeveloped acres a mile north of Fruitville Road on the east side of Lorraine Road. For about 20 of those 30 years, John and wife Cameron lived on 10 acres of their property in a 4,600-square-foot home with a barn and swimming pool. They had moved from Siesta Key to enjoy their retirement years on a farm.
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No good deed goes unpunished

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By Matt Walsh
| Observer Media Group
This is a Longboat Key classic: The town and owner of the St. Regis Longboat Key Resort are now fighting in court over a small sign. It’s so Longboat. The sign is atop an archway that St. Regis owner/developer Chuck Whittall installed on the 60-year-old Makepeace groin that was one of the late Murf Klauber’s pride and joys when he owned and operated the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort.
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Cash grab in Manatee, too

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By Matt Walsh
| Observer Media Group
Over the past month, this page has reported twice on Sarasota County Tax Collector Mike Moran and the prickly dispute over $2,055,798.65 in commissions Moran entitled his office to take from the Sarasota County School District — much to the district’s surprise and shock. That, of course, has now become a prickly dispute in circuit court. Meanwhile, in Manatee County, the story is similar.
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