MY VIEW: Politics again trumps common sense
July 21, 2010
There is no question British Petroleum is at fault for the oil spill, but the moratorium reeks of politics and is making matters worse.
Letters to the Editor
July 14, 2010
To send in your letters, please e-mail them to jluck@yourobserver.com, or mail them to The Longboat Observer, 5570 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key, 34228.
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: Post-mortem on the vote
July 7, 2010
For all of those involved in the Longboat Key Club and Resort’s proposed expansion and redevelopment plans, the holiday weekend gave them a much-needed break, time to play and think about something else. Everyone needs to recharge. Especially from the past eight, draining months of public hearings, town elections and decision making.
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.
Our View: Lessons from 'the vote'
June 23, 2010
It's difficult to erase the ending to last week's Longboat Key Town Commission meeting. It was surreal.
Letters to the Editor
June 23, 2010
To send in your letters, please e-mail them to jluck@yourobserver.com, or mail them to The Longboat Observer, 5570 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key, 34228.
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20 Cafe L'Europe UnCorked!
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm - Jun
22 Dog Days of Summer - Adoption Event
11:00 am - 6:00 pm - Jun
27 Fresh Produce event: Live Life, Enjoy Color: A Coastal Affair
10:00 am - 9:00 pm
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Dance teams show off skills
06/13/13
Children from Imagine School and Gullett Elementary School showed off their hard work and dancing talents recently, during a special end-of-year dance team recital. -
John Saputo: Undercover boss?
06/13/13
Look closely: Who is that stock boy? -
Turtles head home after rehab at Mote
06/13/13
Tyler the turtle is back at sea.
