A photo of the Siesta Key shoreline in 1948 shows the parcel at 162 Beach Road. Image courtesy
Sarasota County
A 2008 aerial view of the parcel at 162 Beach Road shows how much the beach has accreted in front
of the property since the middle of the 20th century. Image courtesy Sarasota County
A lot of people who'd be speaking here today, who'd
be here today if they hadn't heard it was going to be
postponed … go home over the summer, and the later that
[the public hearing] is, the more it really isn't terribly fair
to those folks.
Nora Patterson
Commissioner
Sarasota County
Sarasota News Leader February 21, 2014 Page 52
