The issue of hotels on Siesta Key exploded onto Sarasota s premier tourist attraction after four developers proposed to build the barrier islands first hotel developments in more than five decades.
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When developers submitted plans for hotels on Siesta Key, a grass-roots organization formed and hasn’t stopped growing since.
The Siesta Key Coalition, the largest group of opponents to the development proposals, now comprises more than 40 home- owner and condominium associations consisting of nearly 4,000 households.
Since forming, the coalition hired a land-use attorney and also holds a 501(c)4 not-for-profit status, meaning it operates exclusively to promote social welfare.
Members of the coalition joined forces to oppose three projects that seek to changes to the county’s future land use policy pertaining to height, density and transient use on the barrier island.
More charges for man accused in sexual battery cases, including in La Jolla
A man already accused of sexual battery in a series of North County incidents now faces charges stemming from several similar encounters in San Diego, including La Jolla, according to the city attorney’s office.
Ji Hoon Yong, 25, of Mira Mesa was charged with 14 misdemeanors seven counts of sexual battery and seven counts of lewd conduct stemming from incidents that San Diego city prosecutors said happened in stores between July 1 and Dec. 20 in La Jolla, Clairemont, Mira Mesa and Kearny Mesa.
Each situation was nearly identical, according to the city attorney’s office: Store surveillance videos show a man with his hands inside his pants, then grabbing a victim from behind and thrusting his pelvis into her backside.