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Sarasota News Leader November 1, 2013 Page 101 Siesta Seen However, Cooper said that given the high value of property on Siesta Key, he is not certain a private entity or the county ever will find it financially viable to build a garage. warning parking violators on Avenida de Mayo that they would be subject to towing, the board members declined to take that step. Commissioner Nora Patterson — a longtime Siesta Key resident — briefly revisited the The flip side of that, Cooper noted, is the "towing wars" that erupted in 2006 and 2007 ever-present desire of the Chamber and business owners not to deter people from coming as her primary reasoning. to the island because of worries about whether SKA President Catherine Luckner and Vice they can find places to leave their cars with- President Michael Shay pointed to a state out fear of towing. law that they felt would protect people from "predatory towing" if the commission allowed SPEAKING OF TOWING … the signs. Patterson was not dissuaded. She Although SKA leaders had asked the County responded to an email from Shay with the folCommission to endorse the erection of signs lowing note: In January, work was still months away from beginning at the stormwater project site next to Siesta Public Beach on one side and the Gulf & Bay Club condominiums on the other. Photo by Norman Schimmel