Lyn Andrzejewski News Today

SARASOTA COUNTY – The Sarasota County property appraiser has conceded that most of the land on Marie Selby Botanical Gardens’ 15-acre bayfront campus is exempt from taxation.   That revelation came Friday during a six-hour hearing before a special judge who will ultimately recommend later whether she believes the nonprofit should keep all or part of its long-held tax-exempt status.   The upshot was a much different picture than was painted by the property appraiser in July, whe...