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PUNCH Media Foundation (PMF) with support from the U.S. Consulate, Lagos, held an Editorial Cartooning Workshop in Nigeria

The community leader started Davidson Drugs in 1958, founded and published the Pelican Press and tirelessly served his fellow islanders.

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5 hours ago Share The appeal for incorporating Siesta Key is its residents controlling the island’s land-use destiny. A vote inevitably will come down to cost. Is the benefit worth the cost? On Longboat, it is. We all know that saying: Third time is a charm. Perhaps that will be the case for John Davidson, arguably deserving of the title of Mr. Siesta Key. Davidson — the founder of Davidson Drugs and the Pelican Press (now Siesta Key Observer) and a longtime commercial property owner in the Village — is trying for the third time to persuade his fellow Siesta Key reside...

1 week ago Share Leaders of a grassroots effort called Save Siesta Key are conducting a feasibility study and starting to write a town charter. Welcome to the town of Siesta Key. The possibility of a sign greeting visitors and residents with that message on the island side of both causeways to the now-unincorporated community has a nice ring to it, say organizers of a new grassroots push steeped in history that goes back to the 1960s. At issue is self-rule and a dissatisfaction with county management of the island. Leading the charge is John Davidson, no stranger to the conce...