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[email protected] Sani'H.1 L* in M ••. • I I 'l ' l| lawsuit with Lee County distriv.i. w.i.i • u1! .- ,. The community waved goodbye to a ing tnsi,>. ,,'K. '.- • u .n By KEVIN DUFFY longtime city official this week and will '"'i* i l.ii.'i- «.•> .I'i'i the proposal isn't right for islanders hi
[email protected] because it puts tourists first. now set about the task of replacing him. due 10 ilio I • : •" V. • .< -nil * ,ii "It sounds like you are asking me to pay Sanibel City Council voted Tuesday to more taxes so day-trippers' tolls can go dedicate its share of surplus revenue to down," she said. "I'm afraid it sounds like reducing tolls on the Sanibel Causeway, city council is giving up without a fight." providing Lee County does the same. Others, like Workman, said the settle- Council, by a 4-1 vote, moved to allow ment terms simply aren't good. City Manager Judie Zimomra to continue "To me, when you negotiate a settle- negotiations with County Manager Don ment there is some compromise involved," Stilwell in the hopes of reaching accord she said. "The longer we negotiate the between the two governing bodies. more they take." Councilwoman Judy Workman voted no. Workman said she was unhappy with The agreement accepts the county's the county's decision to withhold the sec- terms calling for Sanibel to apply its 21 ond payment of surplus toils to Sanibel percent of surplus revenue to reducing the from last year — $202,795 — and with the discount program on the causeway and lack of protections built into the settlement transponder fees.