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Another travesty of power
Everyone knows we need more affordable housing. But Sarasota County commissioners are more concerned about losing their home rule power.
For nearly 30 years, John and Jack Cox, father-son owners of the longtime Sarasota construction firm, Halfacre Construction Co., sat on 43 mostly undeveloped acres a mile north of Fruitville Road on the east side of Lorraine Road.
For about 20 of those 30 years, John and wife Cameron lived on 10 acres of their property in a 4,600-square-foot home with a barn and swimming pool. They had moved from Siesta Key to enjoy their retirement years on a farm. The elder Cox switched from building buildings to raising horses — about 20 Appaloosas at a time.
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