Last night Bradenton unveiled a $68,000 consultant-generated study (pdf download) on Tamiami Trail revitalization that ignored many problems that may prevent it from becoming reality. But it contained one essential nugget of advice that could justify the study’s entire cost all by itself.

This advice boiled down to, “Your first project had better be big and visible and must be a financial success.”

Biologists and Ecologists have warned the community of Sarasota, Florida, and the surrounding regions, of a sharp decline in the local crane population. They maintain the crane is on the brink of extinction! Since I have great concern for the local species and want to do my part to help protect these majestic creatures, I picked up my camera and went searching for the elusive cranes of Sarasota. To my surprise, I found the numbers were not decreasing but they were actually increasing!

Read the rest at All Your Base Are Belong To Us.