OUR VIEW: Elections 2010: We recommend …
August 11, 2010
This is the year. These are the elections to sweep out the status quo and start anew. Stop doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.
LETTER TO THE LETTER: Regarding 'The Birth of Spirit of America'
July 14, 2010
I enjoyed your editorial of July 1, 2010. It is altogether fitting and proper that we honor those who were willing to give all to ensure the birth of our nation.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: School reductions unfair to substitutes
July 14, 2010
Great article on Manatee County Public Schools. However, I would like to make a comment and ask that you look into it further. Superintendent Tim McGonegal listed the reduction recommendations, and one in particular caught my eye — as well as one that was missing.
OUR VIEW: Rick Scott for governor
July 14, 2010
If you cut through all of the Bill McCollum and Alex Sink character-assassination attack ads; if you discard the standard operating procedure of the daily newspapers and their editorialists — which is to discredit anyone who has been a success in business; and if you judge Florida's gubernatorial candidates on their professional accomplishments, the choice for governor is overwhelmingly clear.
Scott explains what happened
July 14, 2010
Florida’s daily newspapers and Rick Scott's gubernatorial opponents have rushed to paint him as an unethical profiteer. And everything they present you is through their filter. We're reprinting Scott's own explanation of the Medicare fines that his former company paid in 2000 and 2003.
OUR VIEW: The birth of Spirit of America
June 30, 2010
To know where you're going, it helps to know from where you came.
BP ads adding insult to injury
June 23, 2010
I know business is tough, and you are getting what you can get. But, the BP ads about the oil spill are just too much.
OBSERVED: In honor of Dad and his drawer
June 16, 2010
Growing up, I must have come to my dad with hundreds of broken toys, shoelaces and scraped knees. And every time, he knew just how to fix them. That's just what dads do.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Honor Sanctuary isn't only east rescue
June 16, 2010
Once again we see a statement from Honor Sanctuary printed in your newspaper stating that Honor Sanctuary is the only rescue in the East County supporting the East County people.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Ranch incorporation
June 16, 2010
The growth projected over the next 10-20 years will occur regardless of incorporation. However, by becoming a city, residents would have a much more active voice in how that growth and development occurs.
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8 Guardian ad Litem Program Training
9:00 am - 4:00 pm - Sep
9 Ladies Devotional Hour
10:00 am - 6:00 am - Sep
9 3rd Annual Women in Business Program
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm - Sep
10 Bradenton Christian Women's Connection Luncheon
10:30 am - 1:00 pm
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Sizzling couple needs your vote
09/01/10
One East County duo is hoping to earn the title of America's Hottest Culinary Couple. -
Ranchers endure Ironman Timberman
09/01/10
Nicole and Nick Clark, owners of Fitness Together in Lakewood Ranch, recently competed in and finished the Ironman Timberman 70.3 triathlon Aug. 22 in Gilford, N.H. -
'Friendly face' appears in East County
09/01/10
Actress Maggie Wheeler, best known for her role as Janice on 'Friends,' discussed Hollywood, her career and other topics during A Conversation with a 'Friend' Aug. 28 at Braden River High School.
