EPISODE · Jan 21, 2026 · 30 MIN
Episode 409: WSLR News Wed., Jan. 21: Cruise terminal; Ziegler's ICE resolution; Benderson taxing district; MLK Day
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If it is built, it would be one of the region’s largest infrastructure projects in years: A cruise terminal at the foot of the Sunshine Skyway. We get local reactions to the big plans. Then: Sarasota School Board member Bridget Ziegler got her way: Her proposed resolution pledging full cooperation with ICE and other law enforcement triggered a protest, more than four hours of public comment at yesterday’s school board meeting, and a narrow vote in favor of the resolution. Next: More developer control - a bill filed in the state legislature would give the Suncoast’s biggest private landowner taxing authority. That raises a lot of questions, as Suncoast Searchlight reports.Finally: This year’s theme of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day celebrations in Sarasota was “uniting nations in a peaceful way”. Ed James the Third reports for WSLR.
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Episode 409: WSLR News Wed., Jan. 21: Cruise terminal; Ziegler's ICE resolution; Benderson taxing district; MLK Day
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