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Longboat Key | Opinion

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  • Observer Staff
  • March 24, 2010
Letters to the editor

Letters to the editor

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 24, 2010
Our View

Auspicious beginning

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 24, 2010
Letters to the editor

Letters to the editor

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • March 17, 2010
SPECIAL REPORT: Will they save the Colony?

Randy Langley and David Siegal bought seats at the table in the Colony dispute. They think their plan can satisfy the parties and restore the resort.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 10, 2010
Our View

Old vs. new; past vs. future

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Terry Gans
  • March 10, 2010
My View

Voters should give Key good leadership

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 10, 2010
Letters to the editor

Letters to the editor

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 3, 2010
Our view: Forward Vision

Our view: Forward Vision

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 3, 2010
Letters to the editor

Letters to the editor

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • February 24, 2010
Our view: Four commissioners want it

Watching the Key Club process is frustrating, often excruciating - for everyone. And some deal with it better than others (Ahem, Commissioner Peter O'Connor).

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Michael Welly
  • February 24, 2010
My view: Longboat Key Club's continuance necessary

I would like to take this opportunity to address the Longboat Key Club's request for a continuance regarding its Islandside redevelopment application, which has caused a further delay in the Town Commission hearings.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Rod Thomson
  • February 18, 2010
MY VIEW: 4 reasons to nix the school tax

The reasons why Sarasota County taxpayers - and parents - should oppose the renewal of the district's special one-mill tax extension continue to mount in stunning fashion.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • February 17, 2010
A time for leadership

We print the cogent messages of two letters to the editor regarding the Longboat Key Club and Resort's renovation-and-expansion project hearing.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Hal Lenobel
  • February 17, 2010
Why I am not campaigning

At-large Commissioner Hal Lenobel explains why he will not campaign and solicit funds from contributors for his re-election.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • February 17, 2010
Letters to the editor

Letters to the editor

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