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Sarasota News Leader November 8, 2013 Page 20 OUT IN THE COLD The settlement offer leaves more questions unanswered. If "two or more city commissioners" are invited to, or attend, private meetings — a gathering of a neighborhood association, business group, nonprofit board, etc. — who will "provide notice" and who will "take minutes"? And will the city pay for Chapman's continued legal defense, if she decides not to surrender? Her lawyer, Richard Harrison, wrote that he offered to attend the Nov. 7 City Commission meeting when it first was set for 9 a.m., but he was unavailable at 11 a.m. However, Snyder said he had "personal obligations" at 9 a.m., so the meeting was pushed back to 11 a.m. Harrison wrote that the time change was "outrageous" and that Snyder's "desire to settle City Commissioner Susan Chapman listens to remarks during a joint city/county meeting. Photo by Norman Schimmel Attorney Robert Lincoln talks with his client, City Commissioner Suzanne Atwell, after the commission agreed to settle her part of the Citizens for Sunshine lawsuit. Photo by Stan Zimmerman