The consummate journalist
In her 70s, former Longboat Observer senior editor Dora Walters ran circles around the young Turks in the newsroom. She knew everyone and everything about Longboat Key. "She was our best reporter."
In her 70s, former Longboat Observer senior editor Dora Walters ran circles around the young Turks in the newsroom. She knew everyone and everything about Longboat Key. "She was our best reporter."
The Voting Rights Act created a special class for Puerto Ricans. Once of the consequences is the weakening of the incentive to assimilate.
Over the past 25 years, almost everywhere you turned on Longboat Key, David Brenner was involved, giving to make the town a better place.
That history should not be forgotten. It deserves to be on display.
It is symbolic of a bigger issue: Who's in charge? Citizens? Commissioners? City manager?
The directors and CEO of Selby Gardens are doing their job: enacting a vision to turn the endangered asset into the jewel is deserves to be.
Longboat Key's tax rates are expected to remain steady, and its financial state is strong. But the town's debt will reach historic highs.
