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Longboat Key | Opinion

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  • Matt Walsh
  • January 27, 2015
Our View: Traffic talk is cheap

And once again, the city of Sarasota and Bradenton Beach do nothing.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 27, 2015
Letters to the Editor

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  • Longboat Key
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  • January 20, 2015
Letters to the Editor

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  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • January 20, 2015
Our View: He just doesn't get it

For a guy who graduated from Harvard and 'taught' at the University of Chicago, Barack Obama sure didn't 'larn' much about economics or capitalism.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
"I am Charlie."
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • January 13, 2015
Our View: Les incompetents

Much like the day of and after 9/11, the three-day Paris slaughtering by the Islamic Muslim terrorists leaves you stunned.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By George Rauch
  • January 13, 2015
Market Watch: Economic forecast stays sunny in 2015

More wealth was created in the United States in 2014 than in any other year in history.

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  • News
Anonymous passersby in Wroclaw, Poland
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  • Observer Staff
  • January 6, 2015
Our View: A big birthday and agenda

This is a big birthday year. The town of Longboat Key turns 60.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lombardi
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • December 29, 2014
Our View: The word for 2015: Aspire

Each year, you make resolutions. A variation on that is to select a word, one word to live by for the next 12 months.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • December 22, 2014
Our View: The story behind his birth

We all know what happened on 'Christmas' - as St. Luke masterfully wrote in his Gospel. But having some of the context that led up to this holy, remarkable day adds to its richness.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • December 22, 2014
Letters to the Editor

Gift of friendship is priceless

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Bondi
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • December 16, 2014
Our View: Same-sex marriage: It's here

In the battle - or should it be 'war'? - over same-sex marriage, Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi has provoked demonstrative opposition, particularly in Florida's gay citizenry.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • December 9, 2014
Our View | Jeb Bush: true conservative

Is former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush too moderate for the Republican Party? That is all the talk.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • December 2, 2014
Our view: We were 'phished'

Until it happens to you, your tendency is to live in denial and complacency.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Yusuke Horiguchi
  • November 24, 2014
My View

Officials must work together for peak traffic relief

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 24, 2014
Our View

The 'why' of Thanksgiving

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  • Opinion
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