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Signs of the silly season

Signs of the silly season

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  • December 30, 2009
The Road to Prosperity

Excerpts and an adaptation from a recent speech to the Florida chapter of the International Council of Shopping Centers.

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  • By Edmund Adams
  • December 30, 2009
My View

What would the state of the union in 2017 be?

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  • December 30, 2009
Letters to the Editor

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Letters to the Editor

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  • December 23, 2009
Our View

The birth of Christ in context.

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  • December 16, 2009
Our View: Still time to kill health bills

Our View: Still time to kill health bills

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  • December 16, 2009
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  • By Public Interest Committee Board of Directors
  • December 16, 2009
Rothenberg should step down from commission

The board of directors of the Longboat Key Public Interest Committee (PIC) is saddened and distressed that the Town Commission, in a 5-2 vote, has allowed Mayor Lee Rothenberg to run for yet another term on the commission.

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  • December 9, 2009
Our view: Beware of the tipping point

Our view: Beware of the tipping point

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  • December 9, 2009
Letters to the editor

These letters express readers' opinions about the Longboat Key Club and Resort's expansion and renovation project.

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  • By Sandy Gilbert
  • December 9, 2009
Gilbert gives his farewell recommendations for LBK

Longboat Key activist Sandy Gilbert is heading out east. He leaves us with suggestions for Longboat's future.

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  • December 2, 2009
Our View

Longboat Key Town Commission term limits; Pearl Harbor memories; Kate Honea

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  • By Harold Ronson
  • December 2, 2009
My view

Harold Ronson recalls a 2001 trip to New Orleans for the opening of the museum that commemorates the attack on Pearl Harbor - the National D-Day Museum.

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