Our view: Customer service? What’s that?
February 3, 2010
Longboat Key voters won’t have access to early voting for the March Town Commission elections. Town commissioners apparently didn’t want to confuse voters or spend the $12,000 for two weeks of poll workers.
U.S. government destroyed our money
February 3, 2010
A look at 300 years of economic history briefly enough to understand how we got into this terrible economic predicament with a worthless currency and why we must return to a gold-and-silver standard before this country can be free again from the shackles of government.
Our view: The public interest
January 27, 2010
The commissioners’ vote on the Longboat Key Club's renovation-and-expansion project will be a statement written into Longboat Key’s history, the legacy of who we were — as a people bonded together on this island, as Floridians and as Americans.
Larson, Pokoik: Win either way
January 20, 2010
Three good candidates. Incumbent Mayor Lee Rothenberg and challengers Lynn Larson and Lee Pokoik. They are vying for the Longboat Key Town Commission District 1 seat because they want to protect and improve your quality of life.
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Hat's off to Dee Pelton, volunteers
05/15/13
Dee Pelton held a luncheon that will be tough to top. -
Youth sailors descend on City Island
05/15/13
Approximately 250 people hit the water Saturday, April 20 through Sunday, April 21, for Sailfest. The regatta, Sarasota Youth Sailing's biggest fundraiser of the year, included four classes of competition — Optimus, 420, Laser and Multi-hull — and a barbecue feast. -
Book club sunsets for the season
05/15/13
The Sunset Beach Book Club, in its 10th year, ended this season with a luncheon and discussion of the book “Gone Girl,” by Gillian Flynn, April 18, at Lazy Lobster. Discussion moderator was Ricki Carroll. Together, the group read five books this season.
