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Longboat Key | Opinion

The Observer endorses Ron DeSantis for governor and Rick Scott for U.S. Senate.
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • October 24, 2018
We’ll take liberty

A letter to no-party affiliated voters: You have the power.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • October 17, 2018
Local amendments

Our recommendations on local questions.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • October 10, 2018
Amendments: 7 thru 13

A look at the rest of the questions on the ballot

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • October 3, 2018
The amendments

Florida voters will decide dozens of ballot questions. Here are six for consideration.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Longboat Key Town Commission
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • September 26, 2018
Take solace in LBK tax rates

Longboat Key is managing it well thanks to a strong economy, governments are taking in more revenue.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Al Browder, vice president of Olsen Associates Inc.
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • September 26, 2018
Rising cost of keeping a beach

Longboat Key beaches

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Dave Bristow
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • September 26, 2018
A pro PIO officer

Dave Bristow will be missed.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 24, 2018
Longboat Letters to the Editor

Letters from readers for the week of Sept. 27.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Jim Granite shot this picture of Longboat's illusive coyote from about 20 yards away on the Resort Longboat Key Club's Harbourside golf course.
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • September 19, 2018
Let’s not rue the day

When tragedy strikes a town, the ill-effects are harsh. You can imagine how tourism will go on Cape Cod. We’ve seen what red tide does. Imagine what will follow if a coyote strikes.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • September 19, 2018
Commission beware

You have a signed Lido Pavilion lease

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
On Sept. 11, 2,977 flags flew along Gulf of Mexico Drive in Longboat Key, emblematic of the lives lost on that day in 2001.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • September 13, 2018
Letters to the editor LBO

Letters to the editor

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • September 12, 2018
Pavilion: Tragedy of the commons

Lido Beach Pavilion is typical of what happens when property is publicly owned. Also typical: Protesters who don’t offer a better plan.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Go anywhere on Longboat, and that’s what people are talking about — the coyote.
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • September 5, 2018
Stun it, trap it, remove it

The internet is rife with news stories of coyotes attacking dogs, cats and children. It’s only a matter of time before a regrettable, preventable tragedy occurs. Get rid of the Key’s coyote now.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum in the Democratic nominee for Florida governor.
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • September 5, 2018
On economics, Andrew Gillum doesn’t seem to have a clue

Stranger things happen in politics, but it’s difficult to see how Gillum can move his leftist agenda to the center.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission held a workshop on coyotes on Longboat Key last week.
    By
  • Columnist .
  • September 4, 2018
Letters to the editor: Get rid of the island's coyotes

Longboat readers sound off.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
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