Quote Originally Posted by Roger Drouin, Herald-Tribune
SARASOTA - A contractor is expected to break ground later this month on the new $34 million police headquarters in downtown Sarasota.

The proposed 102,000-square-foot Sarasota Police Department headquarters is designed to withstand a Category 5 hurricane.

Sixty-five percent of the voters who cast ballots in the March 2007 election decided to increase property taxes to fund the new station.

"If it is approved Monday, things will start happening around there Tuesday," Bonner said.
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