Oct 2, 2026 · 54 min · 10 segments
Cathy interviews Lourdes Ramirez about Sarasota County violating its neighborhood, Parkland conservation standards, and giving Parkland away. Is this legal? Tune in!
So somebody listening out there might say, why should I care about this? What, how does it impact me? Well, this is about land use around beach access points.
If you care about the environment, the issues you've described are really important because Would this house impact the public's ability to park or access the beach or mitigate access?
Well, now that we know the county had planned to put four parking spaces there and have a beach access, it would eliminate one more beach access we could have had.
But I think for anyone who's out there who's looking at this particular parcel, I would think the big picture is the fact that if you know of any property around you, and there's been hundreds of properties purchased by the county using this program, and now you know that park down the street from me could be gone, even though I thought the county protected it.
It reminds me of in the city when they were refurbishing Bobby Jones, there was a lot of concern, even...
And Bobby Jones Golf Course represents 50% of the city of Sarasota's parkland.
So somebody listening out there might say, why should I care about this? What, how does it impact me? Well, this is about land use around beach access points.
If you care about the environment, the issues you've described are really important because Would this house impact the public's ability to park or access the beach or mitigate access?
Well, now that we know the county had planned to put four parking spaces there and have a beach access, it would eliminate one more beach access we could have had.
But I think for anyone who's out there who's looking at this particular parcel, I would think the big picture is the fact that if you know of any property around you, and there's been hundreds of properties purchased by the county using this program, and now you know that park down the street from me could be gone, even though I thought the county protected it.
It reminds me of in the city when they were refurbishing Bobby Jones, there was a lot of concern, even...
And Bobby Jones Golf Course represents 50% of the city of Sarasota's parkland.
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