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the seats you fill? Who will sit on these [advi sory] panels?" Valerie Buchand is another citizen activist and member of an advisory board. "We need to stand," she said. "This is our city. Why do you allow somebody to hold you hostage? Again?" Mayor Snyder wanted no part of it. "If we created a new IPAP, they could in a halfhour repair all the voidable actions. We pay $2,500, plus whatever we have to pay our attorney to write a new ordinance. A mistake was made, and how do we get back to move this for ward? In 90 days, we could have everything in order," he pointed out. Nobody else bought his argument. "This is extortion," said Chapman. "There was a scrivener's error. We don't believe this is worth a lawsuit. There was no secret decisionmaking." "This is so glaringly wrong," said Commissioner Suzanne Atwell. "The irony of this is abso lutely unbelievable. This is over the top." Commissioner Paul Caragiulo made a motion for the city attorney to draft a new ordinance substituting "staff" for "ex officio" and noth ing further. "No money; no fault; no use of the word 'Sunshine,'" he said. "We should just pass 'Go' and not turn this into a fenc ing match." Then the commission voted 41 to approve the motion, with Snyder in the minority. A new IPAP ordinance should be ready for a public hearing by the next City Commission meeting on April 21. % Robert Fournier is the city attorney. Photo by Norman Schimmel Sarasota News Leader April 11, 2014 Page 29