MY VIEW: My experience with the police department
December 10, 2009
City Editor Robin Roy shares his experience with the Sarasota Police Department.
MY VIEW: Who knows best: You or Pelosi?
December 10, 2009
There is only one reason for the forcible transference of decision-making authority over important areas of our private lives to elite decision-makers in Congress and government bureaucracies. Doing so confers control, power, wealth and revenue to society's elite.
Letter to the editor
December 10, 2009
Readers give opinions about the firing of Sarasota police officer Christopher Childers and offshore seismic survey work.
OUR VIEW: High-speed looting
December 9, 2009
Amtrak? And how's that working for the American taxpayer? Oh, it only lost $1.1 billion last year.
MY VIEW: The problem is in the mirror
December 3, 2009
n many respects, Sarasota County did a commendable job squirreling away rainy-day funds and then reacting relatively quickly to the downturn with budget cuts.
OUR VIEW: Slap in the face? No, worse
December 3, 2009
The Sarasota City Commission knows no bounds to dimwittedness.
LETTER: Why would the AARP back the health care bill?
December 3, 2009
I received a mailing from AARP urging me to call Congressman Vern Buchanan, R-Longboat Key, to ask him to support the health care bill.
LETTER: Congress can do positive things for unemployed workers
December 3, 2009
If Congress truly wants to do something positive for the unemployed American workers, there are two things it can do and not spend a dime of our taxpayer money.
OUR VIEW: Lessons from the pilgrims
November 24, 2009
Edward Winslow’s 1622 description of a Pilgrim feast is often regarded as the model from which grew our modern Thanksgiving tradition.
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23 Ladies' Night at Darwin's on 4th
9:00 pm - May
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
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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."
