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Sarasota News Leader February 22, 2013 Page 30 but I���ve spoke to a lot of people who sure Newtown. You can walk wherever you want would like to have one. to go. I think it would help the walking, particularly people my age or older. ��������� ��������� In Newtown virtually all streets have sidewalks (many on both sides of the On a 1-10 scale, with 1 being of highest street), curbs and gutters. A majority of importance, how would you rate them? the streets elsewhere in town have none Concurrency: of that. Is it time for the city to pay the same attention to other neighborhoods? Dorfman: Five. Lumpkin: I don���t think any neighborhood Lumpkin: Two. should be neglected. I think every neighborhood adds some charm to the city. I can���t an- Theisen: I���d say one. swer why the city is paying more attention to ��������� Newtown. I didn���t know that and I don���t know Impact Fees: why. As far as sidewalks and things, I don���t think Newtown needs any more attention than any other neighborhood. There are some problems in Newtown that are more acute: crime and shooting. And the city should give attention to that, whatever neighborhood it���s in, because it affects the whole city. Dorfman: Five. ��������� Dorfman: Four. In Newtown virtually all of the streets have sidewalks, most on both sides. And the streets have curbs and gutters. A majority of the streets elsewhere in the city have neither. Is it time for the city to pay the same attention to other neighborhoods? Lumpkin: One. Lumpkin: Two. Theisen: Two. ��������� Growth Management: Theisen: One. ��������� Final question: Should you succeed and win a seat on the Sarasota City Commission, is there a tangible goal you want Theisen: It���s past time, but they don���t have to achieve? the money. Dorfman: It���s changing the face of the North Does everybody deserve a sidewalk? Trail. Theisen: Whether they deserve it or not, the Lumpkin: Two tangible things. I would like to money isn���t there. It���s one of the beauties of help steward the High Point [policing] strate-