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Vol. 2, No. 13 — December 13, 2013 CONTENTS A PUPPY STORE DEBATE WAECHTER PLEADS GUILTY Click Any Headline To Go Directly To That Article NEWS & COMMENTARY WAECHTER PLEADS GUILTY Former Sarasota GOP chair admits breaking the law by impersonating a political opponent — Cooper Levey-Baker 9 A PUPPY STORE DEBATE 13 A STAFF ERROR 21 ON THE HOOK 29 POINTED QUESTIONS 34 PANHANDLING LAW CONSIDERED 42 SPORTS, MUSIC AND HIGH-END WEDDINGS 45 Animal advocates push for pet store regulation; owners say a county ordinance would restrict families' ability to choose pets — Roger Drouin Bob's Boathouse never should have been issued a temporary certificate of occupancy because it had not paid county water and sewer capacity fees of more than $77,000, the County Commission learns — Rachel Brown Hackney Sarasota County taxpayers to pony up $5 million more if the Benderson rowing park economic impact does not add up — Cooper Levey-Baker The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers expects to release a study in early 2014 showing potential impacts on Siesta Key of the planned dredging of Big Pass to renourish Lido Key Beach — Rachel Brown Hackney A proposed county ordinance up for a public hearing in March would replace an 'emergency ordinance' now in place — Roger Drouin City of Sarasota staff hears a lot of ideas for use of Payne Park, along with pleas to relax the rules for renting the auditorium — Stan Zimmerman PHOTO CREDITS Front cover: Holiday Palms - Norman Schimmel Sarasota Leisure: December Beach Fun - Robert Hackney