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the person she could not predict what would happen. "People don't want to truck out here if it's going to be postponed," she told her col- leagues. However, she continued, "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 sum- mer, and the later that [the public hearing] is, the more it really isn't terribly fair to those folks. … Even April 23, frankly, is pushing the envelope. People [who are seasonal resi- dents] tend to go home at Easter." Easter will be April 20. Patterson said she "sure wouldn't want [the hearing] to be any later" than April 23. "I hear what you're saying," Merrill responded. "I think April 23 would be fine." "Frankly, it should be earlier, really," Patterson emphasized, "not later." Terrace condominium complex property owner Bruce Appleton makes comments to the County Commission. Photo by Rachel Hackney Sarasota News Leader February 21, 2014 Page 54