2018 Elections Coverage
Local elections and issue coverage from WSLR 96.5 FM 96.5 LPFM -- Sarasota's own community radio
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Episode 760: Suncoast Waterkeeper drops lawsuit against defunct crushing company (opens the original)
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An environmental watchdog group dropped its lawsuit against the operator of a concrete crushing plant near downtown Sarasota. WSLR reporter Noah Bookstein has the story.
Episode 759: Appeals court rules Ziegler investigation files are public (opens the original)
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In a big win for transparency advocates, a court ruled that the digital records produced by a Sarasota Police investigation involving Christian and Bridget Ziegler are public. Noah Bookstein reports.
Episode 758: Standing room only at Angie Nixon’s Sarasota meet-and-greet (opens the original)
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Angie Nixon stopped at WSLR—again—yesterday. Her primary win was a big upset, and just two weeks later, the progressive U.S. Senate candidate was in Sarasota—where registered Democrats voted for her opponent in a landslide. Ed James III was at a meet-and-greet with Nixon and describes the atmosphere.
Episode 757: TBT Editor Mitch Maley interviews Angie Nixon during Sarasota campaign stop (opens the original)
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The Bradenton Times was the only newspaper in Florida to endorse Angie Nixon in the primary elections. So it did not come as a surprise that the U.S. Senate candidate granted an interview to Bradenton Times Editor Mitch Maley during a campaign stop in Sarasota yesterday. Johannes Werner presents a few highlights of the interview Maley and Nixon conducted at WSLR.
Episode 756: Newtown Nation pitches comprehensive program for struggling families (opens the original)
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Newtown Nation is trying to become a social service provider. Ed James III has the details on how the non-profit would like to help five families.
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