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	<title><![CDATA[May 22: Daily Headlines Video]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[Today's Stories: Town manager seeks $300,000 in budget cuts; Half-cent sales tax would cover indigent health care; Surging Tsunami: Jillian Santiago; Teenager composes a promising future]]></description> 
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	<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Dr. Michael Crosby: Big fish in Mote's growing sea]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[Dr. Michael Crosby assumed the role of Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium 
president and CEO last week following the retirement of Dr. Kumar Mahadevan.]]></description> 
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	<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Firefighters oppose pension board]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[The Town Commission approved an emergency ordinance on first reading Monday to alleviate any concern with a new pension board.]]></description> 
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	<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Commissioners review town wish list]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[A community center and improved cellular communication service topped the list of goals for residents and town leaders this week.]]></description> 
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	<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Mar Vista project will be reviewed again]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[Commissioners are now determining if they will be able to review the project again before summer hiatus.]]></description> 
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	<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Beach project bid: $13.3 million]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[The town of Longboat Key finally received a bid for its summer beach renourishment project, but staff isn’t too happy with it.]]></description> 
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	<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Town manager seeks $300,000 in budget cuts]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[Town Manager Dave Bullock warned the commission to expect another year of revenue shortfalls and rising pension costs.]]></description> 
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	<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[General employees don’t receive the DROP option]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[Town Manager Dave Bullock didn't offer some employees the chance to enter a DROP retirement program early.]]></description> 
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	<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[BID agrees to pay $50,000 for a Circle parking study]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[The study would look at ways to address the parking shortage, including the possibility of a parking garage and valet service.]]></description> 
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	<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[May 21: Daily Headlines Video]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[Top Stories: 182 Manatee teachers lose jobs; Sarasota woman arrested for defrauding employer; Commission approves second phase of bayfront mooring project; Whitney Beach receives award]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.yourobserver.com/news/longboat-key/News/0521201327110/May-21-Daily-Headlines-Video</link> 
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	<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Whitney Beach receives award]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[A Longboat Key beach has received notification it meets a national environmental certification program.]]></description> 
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	<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[May 20: Daily Headlines Video]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[Top Stories: Gans hits Rajewski with SUV; City Commission talks funding cuts; bayfront and parking; Manatee School Board holds budget workshop; PHOTO GALLERY: Downtown Sarasota Craft Show]]></description> 
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	<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Mar Vista project will be reviewed again]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[Commissioners will review a Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub project after Mar Vista owner Ed Chiles requested a re-hearing.]]></description> 
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	<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Mar Vista approval to be reconsidered today]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[Commissioners will decide whether they want to take back its approval of a Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub project at a special meeting scheduled for 4 p.m. today.]]></description> 
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	<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Gans hits Rajewski with SUV]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[Commissioner Terry Gans struck former commission candidate Ray Rajewski with his sport utility vehicle last week.]]></description> 
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	<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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