Where's the Vote?

Only 17.32% of registered voters turned out for Tuesday's City Election... What gives?

Young Advocates to Candidates: Make 'Em Laugh

Kelvin Lumpkin still watches the Golden Girls. Suzanne Atwell wants to dance the Charleston. Richard Dorfman admits to straightening his hair. Linda Holland came to Sarasota by boat. Susan Chapman can still sing her high school fight song. Pete Theisen loved his first girlfriend. Find out what else the City Commission candidates had to say during Friday's Young Advocates for Sarasota candidate forum at the HuB.

Young Advocates for Sarasota candidate forum on Friday

On Friday, March 8th, the Young Advocates for Sarasota will host a candidate forum with all six candidates for City Commission from 6:30 – 7:30 pm at the HuB in downtown Sarasota. The forum will be held in advance of a public “Get Out the Vote Jam” event later that evening and will be moderated by Young Advocates Co-chairs Rachel Denton and Rochelle Dudley. It is intended to give members and prospective members a chance to meet and ask questions of each of the candidates prior to the March 12th City Election.

Am I On Candidate Susan Chapman's Hit List?

Sarasota City Commission candidate Susan Chapman's comment about a journalist she wishes were dead tops our list of campaign gaffes this week.

VOTE SRQ: Commission Candidates Shake Up Neighborhood Meeting

"You can’t say no to development, no to growth, no to any sort of new things going on in the City and expect to have a city that’s vital and living and attractive to a continuing group of people coming and trying to live here."