The Lake Sarasota Community Blog

Below find a few links with the Herald Trib's survey of the upcoming elections. The search form that will lead to info and candidates of interest to you is here. Through the drop-down lists you can gather information on any local race and all candidates in it. No matter where you live in Sarasota County, you can vote for any county commission candidate. Here's the voter info for the District 4 commission candidates (Patterson's seat): Alan Maio Candidate information Profile Lourdes Ramirez Candidate Information Profile John C. Minder Candidate Information Ray Porter Candidate Information Here's the voter info for the  District 2 commission candidates (Barbetta's seat): Paul Caragiulo Candidate info Steve McAllister Candidate info Shannon Snyder Candidate info Pete Thiessen Candidate Info

County Commission candidate Lourdes Ramirez will be back doing a second walking tour of Lake Sarasota this Friday, April 25th. She was in the community on April 14th and met a number of residents. She plans to walk several streets east of Mauna Loa Blvd (Palau, Friendship, Lancaster, Westminster Drives). If time remains, she'll walk further east to Berkshire. If you see a car with her nameplate, stop and say hello. If you wish to sign a petition to get Lourdes Ramirez on the ballot, you can download a petition form here  and mail it in. Deadline is May 9th. View Larger Map

County Commission candidate Lourdes Ramirez will visit Lake Sarasota Wednesday afternoon, April 16th. Ms. Ramirez, a Republican, is the first candidate to come to the neighborhood this campaign season, and the visit is on her own initiative. She is president of the Sarasota County Council of Neighborhood Associations, or CONA. Her candidate page is here . One key issue of this year's County Commission campaign concerns the "2050 Plan" -- the County's directives for new development east of I-75. The position of CONA is that new development should pay for itself. From CONA's home page : NO new taxes for current county residents, especially to pay for new development. Ramirez will be meeting residents of Lake Sarasota on Wednesday afternoon. Look for her car (with name signs) on Mauna Loa Blvd as well as other neighborhood roads. More about Ramirez and this year's issues  here ,  here, and here .