Sarasota News Leader
December 7, 2012
letter approved by the county Wednesday.
"In order to move this process forward in the
spirit of the very collegial hard work that was
done before, on, and since July 16th, we are
respectfully requesting that your Commission
detail each City Commission objection to the
ITN proposal."
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When asked why the North Port Commission
chose to reject the Invitation to Negotiate
process altogether rather than suggest modifications, Yates said those decisions should
be made when the two boards are across the
table from one another. "Together, addressing
the same issues, perhaps we could have come
up with something," she says.
Yates tells The Sarasota News Leader she
was "disappointed and discouraged" by the Yates was also unimpressed with a new Sarameeting. "To me, it seemed uncooperative," sota County report that showed no trace of
phthalates in the springs water — one serious
she says.
concern the North Port Commission heard tesHaving already voted against the Invitation to timony on last week. Yates says the researchNegotiate, Yates says she is unlikely to support ers did not go deep enough to get a definitive
revisiting the idea. "How would I be amenable answer on the presence of phthalates.
to continuing this process, and even shorten- "What they did, in my opinion, says nothing,"
ing the time?" Yates asked. "That doesn't even Yates says. "That didn't satisfy my concerns.
make logical sense."
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