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  • July 17, 2014
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It's Time we say 'enough time'; It's past the time; Consider the ramifications

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

Last week was a good week for Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
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  • July 16, 2014
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Fort Hamer Bridge not 'the final piece'

  • East County
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  • July 10, 2014
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Let residents decide; Dedicated group helping beach-nesting birds

  • Sarasota
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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.

  • Longboat Key
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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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  • By Peter Fanning
  • July 3, 2014
My View: Charter proposal: unlike others before it

The proposed charter deserves to be on the ballot. It's not what opponents say it is. It's a charter for effective leadership that's different from prior referendums on the issue.

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  • July 3, 2014
Letters to the Editor

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: To send in your Letters to the Editor, email them to Deputy Executive Editor Jessica Luck at [email protected]. Letters pertaining to local issues receive priority. Letters may be edited for grammar and space.

  • Sarasota
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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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  • June 26, 2014
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Taxpayers are not obligated

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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.

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

Big, fat poles

  • Longboat Key
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  • June 18, 2014
Our View

How to divvy the tourist tax

  • Longboat Key
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  • June 12, 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.

  • Sarasota
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