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Sarasota News Leader March 1, 2013 Florida Legislature this session that would establish a statewide registry before addressing a county measure. They had settled on that, she pointed out, after first asking the County Attorney���s Office to prepare a report on legal issues related to establishing such registries. Page 38 posal and be able to report to the board as to what we see, as lawyers, [as ways] to reduce risk or be more clear��� in the wording of an ordinance. He added that he expected to be able to prepare a memorandum for the commissioners, based on his staff���s findings. The bill, she noted, had been tabled, and ���that County Administrator Randall Reid told the is typically a way of killing things ��� but we commissioners one other individual wanted haven���t had the county attorney���s report yet.��� to talk with them about a registry. If the board members wished, he said, he could contact Robinson continued that her personal preferthe individuals and tell them about the comence would be to get the report before staff missioners��� decision to await the County Atscheduled a formal discussion on a registry, torney���s Office report first. which would end up being followed by a second discussion on the report. ���It just doesn���t Reid added that the individuals had requested seem like an efficient way of doing things,��� just 10 minutes before the County Commisshe pointed out. sion. They were free to address the commission at any time during the public comment ���I don���t want to do this,��� Commissioner Nora portion of meetings, he noted. (Those comPatterson said, ���if the implication is that we���re ments are limited to three minutes per pergoing to, by virtue of the registry, be responson.) sible in some way for legally representing the rights of those who have registered. That, to Shelin did address the board during one of me ��� would feel good but be very expensive,��� those segments of the regular meeting on Jan. Patterson continued, ���and I want to know 30 in Sarasota, urging it to set up a countyfrom the Attorney���s Office wide registry. whether there���s a potential for Chairwoman Carolyn Mason, getting pulled into litigation by who originally broached the virtue of [establishing a county idea of the registry in Januregistry].��� ary, said on Feb. 26, ���If it is the County Attorney Stephen Deboard���s consensus that they Marsh replied that he and his want to wait until we have staff are examining legal ramsomething from the attorney ifications related to domestic [before scheduling the formal partnership registries. ���Our Ken Shelin/Contributed presentation], then I���m fine efforts are to analyze the pro- photo with that.���