By Sheila Mullane Estrada, Times Correspondent
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
ST. PETE BEACH — As the city's development-related legal wars enter a sixth year, settlement talks are in the wind again.
In the past few weeks, city officials, lawyers and residents took different tacks with one goal in mind — to end the myriad lawsuits that, along with a tough economy, have paralyzed growth in this beach community.
Commissioner Jim Parent announced last week that he had met privately with Bruce Kadoura, a resident whose legal fight against the city's development regulations is under review by the Second District Court of Appeal.
Kadoura appears willing to settle his lawsuits and "can get other guys to go along," Parent told the commission. Other residents suing the city include Bill Pyle, Richard McCormick and Jim Anderson.
In a letter sent to the commission last month, Kadoura said the lawsuits "have expended vast ...
