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Judge rules in favor of North Port in Sunshine Law suit NORTH PORT – North Port resident Stephanie Gibson said Wednesday that she will file 42 separate public records requests to receive recordings of the investigation into the conduct of former North Port City Manager Peter Lear, after a circuit court judge declined to compel the city to release the information. When Gibson initially filed her request for the 42 recordings, the city estimated that it would cost $1,347.50 for the city to go t...

NORTH PORT – Attorneys for both sides provided enough information in Stephanie Gibson’s Sunshine Law suit against the city of North Port Friday morning for Circuit Judge Andrea McHugh to provide rulings soon on two of three counts. But Lisa Chittaro, Gibson’s attorney, plans to amend her suit with respect to Count 2, its pursuit of documents related to the campaign Facebook page of former city commissioner Chris Hanks. In addition to the information from Hanks’ campaign page – which b...

Judge orders North Port and former commissioner to produce records in Sunshine Law suit NORTH PORT – The city of North Port and former City Commissioner Chris Hanks have been given 10 days to provide public records asked for in a Sunshine Law suit filed by city resident Stephanie Gibson, or show cause why they cannot. Circuit Judge Andrea McHugh issued the show cause order Tuesday. That clock, however, has not yet started. North Port City Attorney Amber Slayton said in an email forwarded thro...

NORTH PORT – Three candidates, including one familiar face from the November 2020 race for Sarasota County Commission, have filed for the March 9 special election to fill the currently vacant North Port City Commission District 1 seat. Two political newcomers, Joseph Garren and Walt Grzenikowski, will be on the ballot along with Alice White, who ran unsuccessfully against Ron Cutsinger for the District 5 seat on the Sarasota County Commission. A change in the North Port city charter means t...

NORTH PORT — When the North Port City Commission approved a change in zoning for neighborhood commercial land on Dec. 8, it eliminated – among other things – gas stations from those parcels.  But a contentious application to build a 7-Eleven gas station and car wash on a 4.15-acre parcel at the northwest intersection of Price and Cranberry boulevards is technically grandfathered under previous zoning, which was known as commercial high intensive. The owners of the property stopped thei...

That person’s name was redacted by Conni Brunni, founder and treasurer of ABCD, aka Accountability equals Better Community Direction, who supplied a copy of the email to the Herald-Tribune. “It is not me, and I will say that unequivocally, and it is not anyone associated with ABCD,” Brunni said of the person who filed the complaint. Martha Perego, director of member services and ethics for the ICMA, confirmed the ruling Friday. “That’s the highest action that our association can take ...