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Longboat Key | Opinion

Longboat’s hot topic: A garage
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • May 17, 2023
Longboat’s hot topic: A garage

More and more people are flocking to Florida. And they want restaurants where they can get in. Don’t worry. Longboat will be Longboat. Even better.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Government by the people? Not for Siesta Key
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • May 17, 2023
Government by the people? Not for Siesta Key

Advocates for incorporating Siesta Key spent fulfilled state requirements to conduct a referendum. But so much for government "by the people." Florida lawmakers decided they know better than citizens.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Former acting Navy secretary goes behind the scenes of his book: ‘Vectors’
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • May 10, 2023
Former acting Navy secretary goes behind the scenes of his book: ‘Vectors’

Thomas Modly explains the birth of his book and how politics thwarts progress and innovation in the Navy.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
An important conviction for all Sarasota
  • By Letter to the Editor
  • May 10, 2023
An important conviction for all Sarasota

The Sarasota County Democratic Party chair calls for a denouncement of the Proud Boys.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
A law to aid prison reform
  • By Adrian Moore and Vittorio Nastasi
  • May 10, 2023
A law to aid prison reform

The Legislature unanimously approved legislation that will eliminate jail time for technical probation infractions.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Is the Lo’ Key in the right location?
  • By Letter to the Editor
  • May 9, 2023
Is the Lo’ Key in the right location?

A reader questions the wisdom of placing a new restaurant on Tarawitt Drive.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
A hero or an ogre?
  • By Letter to the Editor
  • May 3, 2023
A hero or an ogre?

A reader weighs in on the governor's battle with The Walt Disney Co.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
He tried to fix the Navy
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • May 3, 2023
He tried to fix the Navy

Thomas Modly’s new book, "Vectors," gives the untold context to what was a national controversy in 2020.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Pickleball needs to make room for other park activities
  • By Letter to the Editor
  • May 2, 2023
Pickleball needs to make room for other park activities

A Longboat yoga group believes that Bayfront Park needs a new system to manage pickleball traffic.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
The six-week abortion ban
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • April 27, 2023
The six-week abortion ban

Lawmakers are shifting to pro-life, but American culture is not. This issue won’t ever be solved.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Garage meets town codes
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • April 26, 2023
Garage meets town codes

In time, we won’t even notice Unicorp’s proposed garage.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
We should encourage Hillsdale’s curriculum
  • By Letter to the Editor
  • April 26, 2023
We should encourage Hillsdale’s curriculum

A reader objects to the April 20 guest opinion column that "Hillsdale dogma should not dominate schools.”

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Are we keeping Longboat, Longboat?
  • By Letters to the Editor
  • April 25, 2023
Are we keeping Longboat, Longboat?

Readers take issue with the St. Regis parking garage proposal.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Hillsdale dogma should not dominate schools
  • By Lisa Schurr, co-founder and CEO of Support Our Schools
  • April 20, 2023
Hillsdale dogma should not dominate schools

Support Our Schools supports the separation of church and state and questions the school board’s efforts to adopt Hillsdale dogma.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Buy a Bud Light and toast the distributors
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • April 20, 2023
Buy a Bud Light and toast the distributors

If you’re one of the Anheuser-Busch beer drinkers who was totally offended by the Mulvaney fiasco, apply some perspective.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
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