MY VIEW: Why school accountability fails
August 19, 2010
The cuts in the Sarasota County School District's funding from the state and predictable tax hike by the School Board and school administration are the symptoms of a broad systemic breakdown in Florida education funding.
OUR VIEW: Elections 2010: We recommend …
August 12, 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.
OUR VIEW: A change of view on exemptions
August 5, 2010
Our friends in the Sarasota business community are not going to like what you're about to read: Our inclination is to vote "no" on the Economic Development Ad Valorem (Property) Tax Exemptions on the Aug. 24 primary ballot in Sarasota County and the city of Sarasota.
OUR VIEW: Welcome to school board politics
July 29, 2010
Kathy James, a first-time candidate for public office, in this case for the Sarasota County School Board, has obtained quite a real-world education these past 14 years as the mother of four children. But not much of that experience prepared her for the sleaze she has trudged through while campaigning for office.
MY VIEW: Amendment 4 will stymie our economy
July 29, 2010
It's completely unrealistic to expect voters to understand the often-arcane issues in comp-plan amendments. That's why we elect representatives.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
July 29, 2010
The Sarasota Observer gives priority to letters of local interest and about local issues. The Observer will print all letters to the editor if it feels they are of general interest, but only if the letter is signed and the author's street address and phone number are given.
OUR VIEW: Indoctrination by the state
July 22, 2010
Let's be blunt: Segments of Sarasota's political and intellectual elite — liberal and conservative alike — often regard Dr. Rich Swier (a doctor of education administration) as a conservative gadfly-extremist. And that's being polite.
MY VIEW: Obamacare taxes will destroy medical industry
July 22, 2010
The new excise tax on medical-device makers is a blatant strategy by the Obama administration to create a single-payer system.
OUR VIEW: Get rid of a dumb law; vote 'yes'
July 15, 2010
The late Nobel economics laureate Milton Friedman once wrote in his famous book, "Free to Choose," that even though business executives espouse the virtues of free enterprise, when it comes to seeking favors from government, business interests are always the first in line.
MY VIEW: Bust the incentives addiction
July 15, 2010
There are cycles, there are vicious cycles and then there are local government incentives to attract businesses.
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24 Open House with Artist Nancy Hall: Fourth Fridays
5:00 pm - 9:00 pm - May
24 Meetings with Ancient Ones - Messages, Guides and Readings
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm - May
24 Fridays and Saturdays: Twinkle!
8:00 pm - 10:30 pm - May
25 Free Summer Olympics for the kids
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Jolly good fellow
05/23/13
Just as Observer advertising representative Bob Lewis loves to garden, he also cultivates relationships with all of his co-workers and clients. -
Going for the gold
05/23/13
Sisters Francesca and Elizabeth Martel returned victorious Monday, May 20, after a weekend at the Special Olympics of Florida State Summer Games, in Orlando. -
Culinary roots
05/16/13
Trevor Kunk is the chef de cuisine at Blue Hill in New York City’s Greenwich Village, which the James Beard Foundation just named "most outstanding restaurant."
