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Longboat Key | Opinion

    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • April 20, 2022
The rumble over Rumble

In the scheme of things, the money was a pittance. But the squalls that blew brought to the fore free speech hypocrisy and the flaws of ‘incentives.’

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Adrian Moore
  • April 13, 2022
Proposed state budget makes crucial fix to pensions

Legislature increases employer contributions to retirement plans to make them more sustainable for the retirement system and retirees.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • April 6, 2022
The $350 million journey

The Sarasota City Commission took the bold step to commit to funding 50% of a new performing arts hall. It better focus next on public support.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • March 30, 2022
We need Colorado’s TABOR

All of our governments are spending unthinkable amounts of money. After Colorado limited spending to population and CPI growth, wild government spending stopped, and Colorado’s economy flourished.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • March 23, 2022
He’s back — and still marooned

Sarasota and internationally known artist Jorge Blanco has returned to the Observer opinion page by way of his clever little character The Castaway.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
    By
  • Emily Walsh
  • March 23, 2022
Weekly newspapers dead? Not us

Weekly newspapers are being shuttered by hedge fund owners. We’re long from being gone at the Observer Media Group.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
The Castaway
  • By Jorge Blanco
  • March 23, 2022
The Castaway

Sarasota and internationally known artist Jorge Blanco has returned to the Observer by way of his clever little character The Castaway.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • March 16, 2022
We’re sick of this!

Joe Biden says he is sick of being blamed for inflation. Well, Americans are sick of being lied to. Our government is always the cause of inflation.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Adrian Moore and Spence Purnell
  • March 9, 2022
Proposed Florida digital privacy bill misses mark

House Bill 9 would likely reduce consumers’ access to platforms and drive companies to change business models or create a paid category of social media.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • March 2, 2022
We should be alarmed

As we watch the death and destruction in Ukraine, Putin’s invasion should wake us up to the decline in the strength and readiness of the United States.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • February 23, 2022
The will to end inflation

Inflation is not the act of businesses raising prices. Inflation is the act of increasing the supply of dollars faster than the economy is growing.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • February 23, 2022
‘Yes’ on the March 8 votes

Studies show that you get the same government with single-member districts as countywide elections. But with the latter, you get less self-serving political dealmaking.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • February 16, 2022
Insurance shocks continue

Homeowners insurance will continue to skyrocket. Lawmakers don’t have the guts to get out of the way.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Adrian Moore and Grayce Burns
  • February 9, 2022
Innovation can help save Sarasota Bay and the Everglades

New robot weeders could save farmers from using harmful herbicides that contribute to runoff and poor water quality.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • January 26, 2022
How a nurse practitioner saved COVID-19 lives without vaccines

Vanessa Hamalian and her new Latitude Clinic have treated 1,092 COVID-19 patients with ivermectin and the FLCCC protocols, none with vaccines. Of those, 1,091 have recovered.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
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