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East County | Opinion

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  • Observer Staff
  • November 30, 2011
Our View: How long to build a bridge?

Manatee County Administrator Ed Hunzeker last week released a new timetable to move forward on building a bridge - a bridge that heretofore has been in discussion and planning for 10 years - 10 years!

  • East County
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 30, 2011
Letters to the Editor

White elephant indeed; Scrap lobbyist contract

  • East County
  • Opinion
  • By Jorge Blanco
  • November 30, 2011
Castaway

Enjoy this week's Castaway cartoon.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Jorge Blanco
  • November 22, 2011
Castaway

Enjoy this week's special Thanksgiving Castaway cartoon.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
I am thankful for the beautiful sunsets every night on our beaches.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 22, 2011
Our View: Giving thanks

Thanksgiving Day is one of the great American holidays, because it is the time when everyone of different backgrounds, political persuasions and faiths can focus on being thankful for what we have.

  • East County
  • Opinion
These two make every second of every day an adventure. Photo by Jenny Waring.
    By
  • Michael Eng
  • November 22, 2011
Fifty more reasons this father is thankful today

There have been multiple occasions in the car with my two young children when I've turned to my wife and told her the only thing I wanted for Christmas, my birthday or Father's Day is that limousine window that separates the driver from the back seat.

  • East County
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 16, 2011
Our View: Common sense teacher pay

The ongoing controversy over teacher merit pay is understandable. After all, teachers have been allowed to get pay raises and maintain job security each year with almost no accountability.

  • East County
  • Opinion
Rod Thomson
  • By Rod Thomson
  • November 16, 2011
My View: Gov. Scott was right on high-speed rail

Evidence is quickly piling up that Gov. Rick Scott's controversial decision to reject federal money for a high-speed rail from to Tampa to Orlando was right.

  • Sarasota
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  • By Jorge Blanco
  • November 16, 2011
Castaway

Enjoy this week's Castaway Cartoon.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Jorge Blanco
  • November 9, 2011
Castaway

Enjoy this week's edition of Castaway.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
"The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission." John F. Kennedy.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 9, 2011
Our View: Thanks to them, we are free

Thomas Jefferson famously said, 'The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.'

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 2, 2011
Letters to the Editor

Remember our veterans on 11/11/11; Beware of the dailies' outsourced call centers

  • East County
  • Opinion
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 2, 2011
Our View: Rowing park questions

Nathan Benderson Park just keeps growing, in scope and in cost. As an international rowing destination, it could be a huge sports tourism draw to Sarasota and Manatee counties.

  • East County
  • Opinion
Rod Thomson
  • By Rod Thomson
  • November 2, 2011
My View Postal decisions were good politics

The U.S. Postal Service decision to keep open the Tallevast distribution office is good news for those 300 employees. But it does not alter the underlying need for cuts.

  • East County
  • Opinion
Enjoy this week's Castaway cartoon.
  • By Jorge Blanco
  • November 2, 2011
Castaway

Enjoy this week's Castaway cartoon.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
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