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Siesta Seen Moreover, Shay continued, he knows a lot of stand-up paddleboarders enter the Gulf of Mexico from seawalls on Ocean Boulevard. That enables them to head into the bay and even over to Lido Key, he added. If paddle- boarders start out in the Gulf at Siesta Public Beach, he said, they have no place to go. " M e x i c o , " S K A m e m b e r K a t h e r i n e Zimmerman interjected from the audience, drawing laughter. Stand-up paddleboarders also like to go to Turtle Beach, Shay noted, because they can maneuver through the mangroves. "That, to them, is enjoyable." Referring again to his board members, Shay told Patterson, "We don't agree that [stand-up paddleboarding is] a viable option at this point" at the public beach. Still, he said, the board members would be willing to listen to a presentation by Alfieri and LaBonte. Patterson replied that she understood the original proposal to the County Commission Michael Shay was named president of the Siesta Key Association on March 1. File photo Sarasota News Leader June 27, 2014 Page 67