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	<title><![CDATA[Castaway]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[Enjoy this week's Castaway cartoon.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.yourobserver.com/news/sarasota/Opinion/0619201327630/Castaway</link> 
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	<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 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/sarasota/Opinion/0613201327549/Castaway</link> 
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	<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Our View: Capitalize on the moment]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[The cloud of euphoria enveloping the Sarasota Ballet this week is well deserved. And it is not over the top to exclaim this tiny (in budget) but extraordinarily talented ballet company, Sarasota’s own, reached a historic high in its 26 years of existence this past weekend at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.yourobserver.com/news/sarasota/Opinion/0613201327548/Our-View-Capitalize-on-the-moment</link> 
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	<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Letters to the Editor]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[What should we believe?; Tyranny still exists]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.yourobserver.com/news/sarasota/Opinion/0613201327541/Letters-to-the-Editor</link> 
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	<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Our View: D-Day: Memorial Day cont'd]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[There are 25 million living American veterans. Since Gen. George Washington commanded the Continental Army, 42 million Americans have served the colors. A million have been killed in its defense. Another million and a half wounded.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.yourobserver.com/news/sarasota/Opinion/0605201327386/Our-View-D-Day-Memorial-Day-contd</link> 
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	<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Our View: The city's days of reckoning]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[Page 1 headline: City budget — $6 million deficit.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.yourobserver.com/news/sarasota/Opinion/0530201327286/Our-View-The-citys-days-of-reckoning</link> 
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	<pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Our View: Right ideas, faulty methods]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[Last week in this space, we presented the context for how and why the referendum question on the indigent-care, one-half-cent sales surtax came into being.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.yourobserver.com/news/sarasota/Opinion/0529201327255/Our-View-Right-ideas-faulty-methods</link> 
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	<pubDate>Wed, 29 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/sarasota/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's hope it's not status quo]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[The word on the street among Sarasota city business people well before the election was the two Sues — Suzanne Atwell and Susan Chapman — would take it.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.yourobserver.com/news/sarasota/Opinion/0516201327050/Our-View-Lets-hope-its-not-status-quo</link> 
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	<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Letters to the Editor]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[Two-lane Fruitville support]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.yourobserver.com/news/sarasota/Opinion/0516201327041/Letters-to-the-Editor</link> 
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	<pubDate>Thu, 16 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/sarasota/Opinion/0515201327049/Castaway</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/sarasota/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[Our View: Fruity idea for Fruitville]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[Sarasota City Commissioner Shannon Snyder often reminds us of that saying about kids: They say the darnedest things.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.yourobserver.com/news/sarasota/Opinion/0509201326912/Our-View-Fruity-idea-for-Fruitville</link> 
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	<pubDate>Thu, 09 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/sarasota/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: Onward with Atwell, Dorfman]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[You know the cliché: A picture is worth 1,000 words.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.yourobserver.com/news/sarasota/Opinion/0502201326778/Our-View-Onward-with-Atwell-Dorfman</link> 
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	<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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