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Sarasota News Leader December 21, 2012 Page 15 The regulations have turned many restaurateurs into violators for offering their patrons recorded or live music on speakers in their outdoor dining areas. More than a few have been busted by city police. The busts are made easier by allowing complaints to be cloaked in anonymity. Eric Sobol, the president of 50 Central Avenue ��� an address that is becoming Ground Zero for the debate ��� drew a clear distinction. ���I���m totally in favor of growth and development in downtown Sarasota,��� he said. ���I���m all in favor of the youth movement and the music downtown. But we���re residents, and we need You should not use the term sleep, too.��� Deanna LaRue who lives on South Palm ���entertainment zone.��� As a 40-year real Avenue was the first of estate agent, I can tell you that nomenclature Caragiulo sees the efmany to speak Wednes- will send people packing. We were promised fort to bring the two sides together as an day night, and she set a the enjoyment of our property. exercise in planning. tone that lasted for the Martha Schrantz ���This is a big converduration of the nearly Resident sation,��� he said. ���This Rivo on Ringling three-hour-long meetis an issue of planing. She said, ���My main ning, with a process concern as we try to discuss this, as we go that is deliberate and sometimes tedious. It down this road, we don���t fall into the hole like should be done with care, consideration and we did with parking meters where people got vision. If we don���t talk about it, we can���t fix it.��� loud and angry and strident. Let���s listen and Steve McCallister is one of those rare birds, be civil.��� a native Sarasotan. ���I like the idea of a celCaragiulo wanted people to come forward ebration zone,��� he said. ���I worked with the with ideas, to offer proposals for bringing en- [Economic Development Corp.] on branding tertainment back to the downtown area. But this area, and we called it ���The Cultural Coast.��� at the same time, he hoped they would offer Today it���s just ���Ssssssh.������ ways to buffer the impact on the people who live downtown. He initially suggested the city PROJECTION OF THE PROFILE create an ���entertainment zone,��� perhaps as an More than any other person at the meeting, overlay to existing downtown zoning. Nicholas Rossi personified the tug-of-war beMartha Schrantz is a resident of the Rivo on Ringling condominium complex. ���You should not use the term ���entertainment zone,������ she said. ���As a 40-year real estate agent, I can tell you that nomenclature will send people packing. We were promised the enjoyment of our property.��� tween fun and fear. ���I also live at 50 Central. I came downtown three years ago from Bradenton. I wanted to be where the action was. I came down here every night before I moved,��� he said. And now that he is here? ���Will there be enough restrictions to keep this thing from getting