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CONTENTS Vol. 2, No. 27 — March 21, 2014 MELTING DOWN PEACE IN OUR TIME NEWS & COMMENTARY MELTING DOWN 9 With their frustrations building, the county commissioners have gained agreement of the City Commission to add homelessness issues to an April 1 joint meeting agenda — Roger Drouin PEACE IN OUR TIME 16 A revised county sound ordinance may provide relief at last to neighbors of Bob's Boathouse, but some business owners remain wary of 'unintended consequences' — Rachel Brown Hackney MAN OVERBOARD! 25 County commissioner recuses himself from vote on rowing facility operating agreement — Cooper Levey-Baker COMPLAINTS, CODES AND THE MARBUT PLAN 30 City staff is still trying to figure out the appropriate response to City Commission action this week regarding a homeless camp — Stan Zimmerman CHOPPY WATERS BEFORE THE STORM 38 Chapman is left to pay her own legal fees; Mattison's lease extension tabled for now; and one St. Armands seasonal event will go on — Stan Zimmerman NIBBLING AWAY 45 Seventeen more changes to Sarasota 2050 approved — Cooper Levey-Baker CONVERGING ON A PLAN 49 The County Commission will focus on a diverging diamond interchange proposal for Interstate 75 when it meets on Tuesday, March 25 — Roger Drouin TABLE OF CONTENTS Click Any Headline To Go Directly To That Article PHOTO CREDITS Front cover: Rosso Tramonto - Norman Schimmel Sarasota Leisure: Prime Seats - Norman Schimmel