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CONTENTS CHARTER CHALLENGES STILL MISSING STILL MISSING BEGINNING THE PROCESS Email probe raises more questions than answers - Stan Zimmerman CHARTER CHALLENGES 8 Four of five new proposed Sarasota County charter schools fail to meet state curriculum standards - Rachel Brown Hackney The Sarasota County Commission this week took its first steps in revising the county's code for handling contracts and bid awards - Rachel Brown Hackney BIGGER APOLOGY SOUGHT Muslim-themed Herald-Tribune ad sparks protest - Cooper Levey-Baker ECON 101 FOR THE VOTER Conference's goal is to educate voters - Rachel Brown Hackney NEW IDEAS SOUGHT FOR NEWTOWN CRA News Analysis - Stan Zimmerman BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD Developers asked to work further on the site plan for an assisted-living facility to appease neighbors opposed to it - Cooper Levey-Baker BEACH BOND BINGO Detailed plan for Siesta Public Beach improvements is expected to come back to the County Commission in late October - Rachel Brown Hackney CHARTER CHANGERS Amendment would ban city investment in derivatives - Stan Zimmerman SARASOTA'S RETIRING CHIEFS City Finance Director Chris Lyons looks back, ahead at city money issues - Stan Zimmerman 'THE RIGHT PEOPLE' County administrator continues reorganization of staff, with Harriott named chief engineer - Rachel Brown Hackney PATROL IMPROVEMENTS New Sarasota Police Department cruiser design enters the city's fleet - Stan Zimmerman THWARTED THIEF Sheriff's Office recovers stolen bronze lawn figures sold for scrap - Rachel Brown Hackney COVER PHOTOS: Front - Norman Schimmel; Sarasota Leisure - Norman Schimmel 11 16 20 NOTHING NEW Leon County supervisor of elections discusses GOP voter suppression In Florida - Cooper Levey-Baker 22 24 27 29 31 34 36 39 Sarasota County will revisit its much-hated Noise Ordinance in the coming year - Cooper Levey-Baker 42 A CHANCE TO SOUND OFF 44 47