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Vol. 2, No. 9 — November 15, 2013 CONTENTS HOLIDA LIGHTS Y AND FUTURE FUNDS IN THE HOMESTRETCH Click Any Headline To Go Directly To That Article HOLIDAY LIGHTS AND FUTURE FUNDS 43 MORE SHELTERS — AND FAST! 46 FIRST, PLEASE, THE SHORT-TERM BID 51 IN THE HOMESTRETCH 57 LET IT BE 60 NEWS BRIEFS 67 CRIME BLOTTER 81 The Downtown Improvement District board provides money to a merchants group for seasonal decorations and ponders an expansion — Stan Zimmerman The County Commission extends a contract for bus stop structures and parts while staff seeks out best practices to put together a new bid package for future years — Rachel Brown Hackney The County Commission asks the North Port City Commission to try again to find a short-term operator for Warm Mineral Springs — Rachel Brown Hackney With its report due to the City and County commissions in January, the Community Redevelopment Area Extension Study Committee will start settling on the final details — Stan Zimmerman Given the estimated costs of major improvements to stabilize North Beach Road, Siesta's county commissioner prefers the 'monitoring and maintenance' option — Rachel Brown Hackney OPINION EDITORIAL84 Barbetta's laissez-faire legacy SLIGHTLY HACKNEYED The venerable sport of shooting the messenger 86 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR88 FOR ADVERTISING INFO Sales@SarasotaNewsLeader.com • (941) 227-1080