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A determined group of Siesta Key residents seeks a new, more responsive form of localized government for the island.

Save Siesta Key is one step closer toward incorporating their island community. The Sarasota County Legislative Delegation voted 3 to 1 Thursday afternoon to bring a bill forward to the Florida Legislature. 

City commissioners voted unanimously for the mayor, city manager to lay the groundwork for talks with Siesta Key leaders

Siesta Key residents gave a show of solidarity in hopes that state lawmakers will allow a referendum on whether the barrier island of 5,500, which is currently governed by Sarasota County, can form a city.

Reply A family enjoys the sunset on Siesta Key. A group of residents are pushing for the barrier islands incorporation. Theyre hosting a public meeting on the possibility Wednesday, 7 p.m., at Siesta Chapel. (Tracy Jackson) SIESTA KEY, FL — After years of living with decisions being made for them by Sarasota County leaders, some Siesta Key residents have had enough and are pushing for the barrier islands incorporation. "We recognize the county has 427,000 people in it and were a small portion...