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Sarasota News Leader January 3, 2014 on a number of flyers advertising fundraisers for the candidate. Brodsky tells The Sarasota News Leader he is unaware of any donations Waechter made to his bid for office, and he says Waechter in fact worked against him during the Republican primary. The investigation into Waechter began last year, when Ramirez went to authorities after receiving a note thanking her for donating to Democrat Keith Fitzgerald's congressional campaign. She insisted she had never given money to Fitzgerald. Page 124 On Dec. 13, the state projects an increase of 5.4 percent in Fiscal Year 2015. Earlier this summer, the estimate was for a 4.1-percent rise. If the latest projections hold true, they will mark a recent milestone for Sarasota County. "We haven't had an increase of over 5 percent since 2008," says Sarasota County Fiscal Consultant Karen Fratangelo. The state's Department of Revenue also predicts real estate value upswings of 5.6 percent, 5.9 percent and 5.8 percent for Fiscal Years 2016, 2017 and 2018, respectively. A nine-member city evaluation committee agrees unanimously on Dec. 17 to send The state's most recent estimates of taxable a Rosemary District redevelopment plan to property values in Sarasota County show four the next stage on the way to city approval. years of consecutive growth. Rosemary Square is a proposed mixed-use A drawing shows a lower level conceptual plan for the Rosemary Square development. Image courtesy City of Sarasota