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Siesta Seen Gaubatz noted that the total cost of the lat- est items is $217,100. "They will be paid for entirely by cost savings achieved by the Construction Manager," he added, so the total GMP for the project will not change — a point on which the County Commission was firm. "Clearly, this is great news for the project!" he wrote. HOW FAST WAS HE GOING??? My former colleague at the Pelican Press, longtime Editor Anne Johnson, put me on the trail of a vehicle chase story this week. She was among witnesses who saw a motorcycle roar through Siesta Village late in the after- noon of Feb. 19. According to the report from the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office, the suspect — who escaped, but not with his bike — was driv- ing a matte black Suzuki motorcycle when Deputy Michael Jackson spotted him head- ing southbound on Higel Avenue as Jackson was headed northbound on Higel near Faubel Street. "The driver glanced back at me and drew my attention to him," Jackson wrote in his report. "I then observed that the motor- cycle did not appear to have a license plate on it." Jackson made a U turn, but, because he was behind other traffic, he did not catch up to the bike until they reached the intersection Observers say it was fortunate that Ocean Boulevard was not that busy with pedestrians when a motorcyclist sped through Siesta Village on Feb. 19. Photo by Norman Schimmel Sarasota News Leader February 28, 2014 Page 108