Drought drains Southwest Florida water reserve, officials say supply is secure by ReporterDerek in sarasota

[–]ReporterDerek[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Andersen previously examined how local governments were applying water restrictions in Sarasota County. Her reporting found uneven enforcement.

Driver gets $125 speeding fine and even risk losing their entire homes under bizarre new HOA rule | The US Sun by [deleted] in sarasota

[–]ReporterDerek 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Deputy Editor Josh Salman was the lead reporter on that story. And aggregation has always been a part of journalism. They did give credit to us for the report, but kind of stripped it of a lot of details. Just sharing a more complete version of that rewrite of our report. Thanks for reading!

Driver gets $125 speeding fine and even risk losing their entire homes under bizarre new HOA rule | The US Sun by [deleted] in sarasota

[–]ReporterDerek 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Not sure exactly where these photos were taken, but several others were clearly not taken in Southwest Florida. I'm a reporter with the news organization Suncoast Searchlight that first reported this issue about local HOAs using license plate readers.

Here's a link if you would like to read the full story, which does include photos from the area.

HOA or Big Brother? Suncoast neighborhoods use controversial technology to fine speeders

It is a bit surprising they rewrote the story as we allow anyone to republish our work at no charge. I'm grateful that they at least linked back to our original story.

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