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before the County Commission for adoption. "We can probably iron out some language that can get to what their main concern is." Commissioner Nora Patterson called atten- tion to the financing section of the plan, which says the county could offer short-term leniency on property tax payments to allevi- ate homeowners' financial burdens during the recovery period. The PDRP also proposes the option of a temporary repeal of the Tourism Development Tax as a potential means of assistance. Patterson did say she had not completed her review of the PDRP, having read 90 of the 112 pages. "In the next few days I will finish read- ing it." Still, she continued, "I really winced when I saw [those sections]. … A commission is going to be hard put to live without income sources, when they are probably really needed for the public good." She added, "It's going to be a time when peo- ple want infrastructure repaired as quickly as possible." The commissioners will also probably want access to tourism development funding so they can "try to invest in ways to bring tour- ism back," Patterson pointed out. % "Generosity is not giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is giving me that which you need more than I do." — Kahlil Gibran THE SARASOTA News Leader Old school journalism. 21st century delivery. The award-winning Sarasota News Leader Sarasota County's #1 digital news weekly! Read it online today at SarasotaNewsLeader.com/current The most comprehensive, unbiased coverage of local news and government in the Sarasota County area. Read it on your iPad, iPhone, Kindle, Nook, Android, Laptop, Computer or other Smartphones Available for FREE every Friday Sarasota News Leader June 13, 2014 Page 62