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	<title><![CDATA[Letters to the Editor]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[Revisit Mar Vista vote]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.yourobserver.com/news/longboat-key/Opinion/0522201327138/Letters-to-the-Editor</link> 
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	<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Our View: Tax plan needs more vetting]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[On June 18, Manatee County voters will vote on two questions that are loaded with big tax consequences.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.yourobserver.com/news/longboat-key/Opinion/0522201327123/Our-View-Tax-plan-needs-more-vetting</link> 
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	<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Our View: Let the vote stand]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[To one extent, it really doesn't come as a surprise. Longbeach Village residents flooded Longboat Key town commissioners with emails over the past weekend, begging commissioners to rescind their May 6 approval of the Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub’s site-plan amendment application.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.yourobserver.com/news/longboat-key/Opinion/0515201327026/Our-View-Let-the-vote-stand</link> 
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	<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[My View: Seniors oppose nuclear plants? Not so fast]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[Lately it seems every interest group and political candidate trying to win a public debate wants to claim that "senior citizens are on my side."]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.yourobserver.com/news/longboat-key/Opinion/0515201326978/My-View-Seniors-oppose-nuclear-plants-Not-so-fast</link> 
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	<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Letters to the Editor]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[Code Enforcement Board is not being used to its full potential]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.yourobserver.com/news/longboat-key/Opinion/0515201326977/Letters-to-the-Editor</link> 
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	<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Castaway]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[Enjoy this week's Castaway cartoon.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.yourobserver.com/news/longboat-key/Opinion/0508201326880/Castaway</link> 
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	<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Our View: Looking forward]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[In a week or so, all of our local governments will be releasing their proposed budgets for the 2013-2014 fiscal year, which will begin in October.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.yourobserver.com/news/longboat-key/Opinion/0508201326877/Our-View-Looking-forward</link> 
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	<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Our View: One step forward]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[As we were about to go to press, we learned that Colony Beach & Tennis Resort owner Murf Klauber had filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization plan.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.yourobserver.com/news/longboat-key/Opinion/0501201326744/Our-View-One-step-forward</link> 
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	<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Letters to the Editor]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[Colony meeting hopeful; Boston bombing aftermath; To the Republican Party]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.yourobserver.com/news/longboat-key/Opinion/0501201326730/Letters-to-the-Editor</link> 
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	<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Our View: The new normal: vigilance]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[It can happen here. It did happen here. Terrorists were here.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.yourobserver.com/news/longboat-key/Opinion/0424201326580/Our-View-The-new-normal-vigilance</link> 
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	<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Castaway]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[Enjoy this week's Castaway cartoon.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.yourobserver.com/news/longboat-key/Opinion/0424201326579/Castaway</link> 
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	<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[My View: The beaches are (still) moving from north to south]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[While the Town Commission has been kicking the can down the road, avoiding the real work that is intended for giving our beachfront citizenry the sandy vistas they are wishing for and demanding, prices are escalating, prospective contractors are becoming more wary and contributing funds are drying up.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.yourobserver.com/news/longboat-key/Opinion/0424201326578/My-View-The-beaches-are-still-moving-from-north-to</link> 
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	<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Letters to the Editor]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[Income tax supporter sounds off; Cell towers are outdated; DAS is a viable alternative]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.yourobserver.com/news/longboat-key/Opinion/0424201326577/Letters-to-the-Editor</link> 
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	<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Castaway]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[Enjoy this week's Castaway cartoon.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.yourobserver.com/news/longboat-key/Opinion/0417201326419/Castaway</link> 
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	<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Our View: For the soul of the Colony]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[Inch by inch, the stalemate at the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort is stepping toward a resolution.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.yourobserver.com/news/longboat-key/Opinion/0417201326418/Our-View-For-the-soul-of-the-Colony</link> 
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	<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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