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Longboat Key | Opinion

  • By Rod Thomson
  • February 18, 2010
MY VIEW: 4 reasons to nix the school tax

The reasons why Sarasota County taxpayers - and parents - should oppose the renewal of the district's special one-mill tax extension continue to mount in stunning fashion.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • February 17, 2010
A time for leadership

We print the cogent messages of two letters to the editor regarding the Longboat Key Club and Resort's renovation-and-expansion project hearing.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Hal Lenobel
  • February 17, 2010
Why I am not campaigning

At-large Commissioner Hal Lenobel explains why he will not campaign and solicit funds from contributors for his re-election.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • February 17, 2010
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  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • February 10, 2010
Pension purgatory

The town of Longboat Key has serious employee pension problems - and they're not just the $25 million in unfunded liabilities hanging over the town's taxpayers.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • February 10, 2010
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  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • February 3, 2010
Letters to the editor

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  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • February 3, 2010
Our view: Customer service? What's that?

Longboat Key voters won't have access to early voting for the March Town Commission elections. Town commissioners apparently didn't want to confuse voters or spend the $12,000 for two weeks of poll workers.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By George Rauch
  • February 3, 2010
U.S. government destroyed our money

A look at 300 years of economic history briefly enough to understand how we got into this terrible economic predicament with a worthless currency and why we must return to a gold-and-silver standard before this country can be free again from the shackles of government.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 27, 2010
Our view: The public interest

The commissioners' vote on the Longboat Key Club's renovation-and-expansion project will be a statement written into Longboat Key's history, the legacy of who we were - as a people bonded together on this island, as Floridians and as Americans.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 27, 2010
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Letters to the editor

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 20, 2010
Larson, Pokoik: Win either way

Three good candidates. Incumbent Mayor Lee Rothenberg and challengers Lynn Larson and Lee Pokoik. They are vying for the Longboat Key Town Commission District 1 seat because they want to protect and improve your quality of life.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 20, 2010
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  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 13, 2010
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  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • January 13, 2010
Our view

The man behind the Key Club

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
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