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Longboat Key | Opinion

  • By Chief Paul Dezzi
  • February 6, 2013
My View: Access is a concern for emergency vehicles

Fire chief asks Key residents to ensure easy access for first-responder vehicles.

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  • February 6, 2013
Letters to the Editor

Pythons to rid Key of raccoons; Boats are an eyesore; Who are the 'rascals?'

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  • January 30, 2013
Our View: The key to Longboat's future

At the conclusion Jan. 24 of the Longboat Key Public Interest Committee and Longboat Key Revitalization Task Force public forum on the future of the Key, longtime PIC board member Beverly Shapiro said to us: "Now, you tell me how anyone can say PIC isn't relevant."

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Jorge Blanco
  • January 30, 2013
Castaway

Enjoy this week's Castaway cartoon.

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  • January 30, 2013
Letters to the Editor

Longboat voters are too intelligent to allow commission to continue as is; James Madison is out there! Two gentlemen fit the mold; Let's treat our Comprehensive Plan as we would a constitution

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  • January 23, 2013
Our View: Save the Hilton

Another 5.0 tremor for Longboat Key: The Longboat Key Hilton Beachfront Resort is on the edge of no longer being a Hilton!

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  • Opinion
  • By Jorge Blanco
  • January 23, 2013
Castaway

Enjoy this week's Castaway cartoon.

  • Longboat Key
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  • January 16, 2013
Letters to the Editor

It's a free country, isn't it?; U.S. schools are still in need of help; Chatter about default on debt is scare tactic

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Enjoy this week's Castaway cartoon.
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  • January 16, 2013
Castaway

Enjoy this week's Castaway cartoon.

  • Longboat Key
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  • January 16, 2013
Our View: Town center? It can be more

Of course Longboat Key resident Joe Wolfer would be thrilled if the town of Longboat Key paid a market-rate price for his three-acre property next to Publix and the Longboat Key Public Tennis Center.

  • Longboat Key
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  • January 9, 2013
Our View: Buchanan's biggest test

It would not be fun standing in Congressman Vern Buchanan's shoes. At least not for us.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Jorge Blanco
  • January 9, 2013
Castaway

Enjoy this week's Castaway cartoon.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Observer Staff
  • January 9, 2013
Letters to the Editor

Publix penny-per-pound stance lacks justifiable merit; Thank you to Keena Robinette for the Beachplace holiday lighting

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  • Observer Staff
  • January 2, 2013
Our View: The word for 2013: freedom

We have a tradition. Each year on New Year's Eve, we announce at a family gathering our word for the year - the one word that describes how we are going to focus our lives during the New Year.

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  • Observer Staff
  • January 2, 2013
Letters to the Editor

Rats get eradicated but raccoons get a pass?; We need to change the gun laws

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