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Longboat Key | Opinion

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  • Observer Staff
  • April 4, 2012
Our View: Job 1: Fix, reduce pensions

It's time. The Longboat Key Town Commission election and commissioners' installations are completed. It's time to get back to work, and as the late Jim Durante used to say, do it "with all due haste."

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Terry Gans
  • April 4, 2012
My View: Civil defense: I'm not running for office

In the wake of the recent election for one Town Commission seat in Longboat Key, there has been a suggestion that citizens and politicians conduct themselves with a bit more peace, love and understanding - with civility.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Gaele Barthold and Ann Roth
  • April 4, 2012
My View: PIC clarifies who it is, what it does

It was once said that in public life "never complain, never explain." That is a fine abstract principle, but sometimes reality dictates that one must speak up.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Jorge Blanco
  • April 4, 2012
Castaway

Enjoy this week's Castaway cartoon.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Jorge Blanco
  • March 28, 2012
Castaway

Enjoy this week's Castaway cartoon.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 28, 2012
Our View: Election results send message

Interpret the Longboat Key Town Commission election results however you wish.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 28, 2012
Letter to the Editor

Rajewski represented homeowners' values

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 21, 2012
Letter to the Editor

We will miss the people at Publix

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
George Rauch, Longboat Key, is chief executive officer of Bradenton-based General Propeller and a former Wall Street investment banker.
  • By George Rauch
  • March 21, 2012
Market Watch: Public debt and our investments

Investment decisions need to factor in several items, such as government debt and its economic effect.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Dean Kalahar
  • March 21, 2012
My View: The Afghanistan 'thank you' to the U.S.

The thanks America received for its efforts?

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Attorney General Pam Bondi. Photo by Mallory Gnaegy.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 21, 2012
Our View: The new general takes charge

It's like inhaling the shock of cool, sweet air at dawn in a blossoming orange grove. Or the nose-clearing smell of pine in the cool breeze of the Rockies.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 20, 2012
Castaway

Enjoy this week's Castaway Cartoon.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 14, 2012
Our View: Colony needs a new knight

There is a simple solution to the legal morass that is killing the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort: Money.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 14, 2012
Letter to the Editor

Rajewski responds: "Here are a few observations concerning your 'Profile in leadership: Brenner'"

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Jorge Blanco
  • March 14, 2012
Castaway

Enjoy this week's Castaway Cartoon.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
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