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Longboat Key | Opinion

  • By George Rauch
  • August 27, 2014
Market Watch

Record prosperity will continue in near term

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  • August 20, 2014
Our View

Why not to expand Medicaid

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  • August 13, 2014
Our View

Primary recommendations

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  • August 6, 2014
Our View

Primary recommendations

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  • July 23, 2014
Our View

Ridiculous election rumor

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  • July 23, 2014
Letters to the Editor

The Observer's readers weigh in on local events and issues.

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  • July 16, 2014
Our View | A great week for the Key

Last week was a good week for Longboat Key.

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  • July 9, 2014
Letters to the Editor

To send in your Letters to the Editor, email them to News Editor Robin Hartill at [email protected]. Letters pertaining to local issues receive priority. Letters may be edited for grammar and space.

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Obama: No signs of leadership
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  • July 9, 2014
Our View

It's a crisis. He's not leading. Congress, fill the void.

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  • July 2, 2014
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Changes to Longboat Key affecting my way of life

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  • July 2, 2014
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Why Jefferson wrote it

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  • By Bob Gault
  • June 25, 2014
My View: Taxpayers deserve due diligence on utility poles

Commissioners erred when they decided not to bury utility lines while most Longboat Key property owners are away.

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Photos by Dex Honea The new poles: Notice its girth versus the bench — huge.
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  • June 25, 2014
Our View

Big, fat poles

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  • June 18, 2014
Our View

How to divvy the tourist tax

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  • June 11, 2014
Our View: Long may it wave

Surely, we're not alone in thinking that we, as Americans, are having our American ideals and patriotism tested to new limits lately. And now this one: the Bergdahl for Taliban terrorists, which occurred in front of the backdrop of the 70th anniversary of D-Day. Talk about mixed messages.

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