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Opinion

The Fort Hamer Bridge, officials hope, will ease congestion on Interstate 75.
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • March 26, 2015
Officials set to explain East County projects

An information session will educate local residents on Fort Hamer and other nearby projects

  • East County
  • News
Bob Gault
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 25, 2015
My View

Enough with the SeaWorld bashing

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 19, 2015
Face it, all elections are partisan

Sarasota City Commission politics succumbs to partisanship.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 18, 2015
Everyone knows U.S. and Western governments won’t stop the Islamic jihadists

Islamic states and jihadists who attack and murder Westerners and other disbelievers are motivated to do so by their religion, Islam. Everyone paying attention knows this (including those pretending not to).

  • Sarasota
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  • Observer Staff
  • March 18, 2015
Beach permitting: what a waste

All of this points to two places that can change the process— the Legislature and Congress. Speeding up beach permitting for the affluent town of Longboat Key isn’t likely to register high on the agendas of our representatives, Rep. Jim Boyd in the Legisl

  • Longboat Key
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Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia prior to his speech
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  • Observer Staff
  • March 12, 2015
Original justice

Chief Justice Antonin Scalia is the first U.S. Supreme Court justice to be a featured speaker at the Ringling College Library Association Town Hall Lecture Series.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Mayor Jim Brown
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  • Observer Staff
  • March 11, 2015
The legacy of Jim Brown

Outgoing Longboat Key Mayor Jim Brown handled his tenure professionally, competently and with the right humor, humility and authority. His successors should keep him in mind.

  • Longboat Key
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  • February 26, 2015
Our View: We recommend ...

In this year's election, District 2 and District 3 voters have an opportunity to begin changing the dialogue, direction and vision of the City Commission for the better.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • February 25, 2015
Letters to the Editor

Thanks for your courage; Monorail won't work for University Parkway; So how long does it take?

  • East County
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  • February 25, 2015
Letters to the Editor

Send us your letters to the editor. Email [email protected]

  • Longboat Key
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  • February 25, 2015
Our View: We recommend ...

The biggest differences among Longboat Key's Town Commission candidates are in their temperament and experience and having the ability and skill to move the town forward within the confines of collaborating with the other commissioners.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • February 18, 2015
Our View: Traffic troubles

The picture is vividly obvious. Everyone can see the future: Traffic at Gulfstream and U.S. 41 and Fruitville and 41 is destined for gridlock. The imperative is convincing. Longboat, Sarasota and state officials must show what taxpayers expect: leadership.

  • Sarasota
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  • Observer Staff
  • February 17, 2015
Letters to the Editor

We cannot turn the other cheek; Event showcased community spirit; Dispatch is a matter of life and death

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • February 17, 2015
Letters to the editor: 'Never again' cont'd

We asked two weeks ago on this page: 'Never again?' It was referring to the Holocaust and implied that Islamic terrorists' atrocities resembled those of the Nazis. We said it was time for the U.S. to act forcefully. Our readers responded - forcefully.

  • East County
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  • Observer Staff
  • February 11, 2015
Our readers respond ...

We asked last week on this page: 'Never again?' It was referring to the Holocaust and implied that Islamic terrorists' atrocities resembled those of the Nazis. We said it was time for the U.S. to act forcefully. Our readers responded - forcefully.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
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