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Opinion

  • By Rod Thomson
  • August 30, 2012
My View: Scandalous outsourcing?

Sarasota County's new county administrator, Randall Reid, has pegged the county's "rush" to privatize as the main driving force behind the purchasing scandals that rocked county government and resulted in about 14 jobs lost, one criminal charge and the forced resignation of long-time Administrator Jim Ley.

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Carol B. Green is the author of the Franchise Survival Guide and Spiritual Transformation in America.
  • By Carol Green
  • August 30, 2012
My View: The God Particle: what it means to you

The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), based in Geneva, is responsible for the project known as the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).

  • Sarasota
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  • August 30, 2012
JUST THE STATS

0 - The number of points the Cardinal Mooney football team allowed in its 44-0 preseason kickoff classic victory over Bradenton Christian Aug. 24.

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  • August 29, 2012
Our View: Quid pro quo at the Colony

It would not be fun to be a Longboat Key town commissioner next Tuesday night. If you were, you very well could be asked to cast a difficult vote - whether to deny the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort Association a third extension of the deadline to reopen some of the tourism units at the shuttered resort.

  • Longboat Key
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  • By Bob Salyers
  • August 29, 2012
My View: Capture the essence of your subject

Through past articles that I have written for the East County Observer, perhaps some of you know I am a photographer and enjoy wildlife photography first and foremost.

  • East County
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  • By Jorge Blanco
  • August 29, 2012
Castaway

Enjoy this week's Castaway cartoon by Jorge Blanco.

  • Longboat Key
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  • August 29, 2012
Letters to the Editor

Consider the effects of extension denial; Another Colony extension means further inaction; Our compliments to Waste Management

  • 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
  • August 29, 2012
Market Watch: Government destroyed the economy - here's how to revive itÂ

In the early 1970s, the Nixon administration refused to transfer gold from our Federal Reserve System to France, in settlement for a pool of dollars that existed in French banks that President Charles DeGalle wanted redeemed for gold.

  • Longboat Key
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  • August 23, 2012
Our View: Destined to mediocrity?

Congratulations to the citizens of Pensacola. They had the courage to recognize and admit their city was going nowhere, and that it needed a leader, a champion, to raise it up.

  • Sarasota
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  • August 23, 2012
Letters to the Editor

Think for yourselves; Stand your ground; 'That' or 'those'?; Preserving history; Feeling disenfranchised

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  • August 22, 2012
Our View: Get it done

You can pretty much guess that all of the parties involved in the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort's legal spaghetti ball took a look at their calendars last week and realized: Time really is running out.

  • Longboat Key
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  • August 22, 2012
Letters to the Editor

Deficits, debt are the issues!; Keep it flowing; You should apologize

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Children start a conga line to try to get in a picture.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • August 22, 2012
Observed: Summer splash-out

I often get small swarms of children by my side at school dances or other events where the children are eager to have their photos taken for the newspaper. Sometimes, one even will follow me around at events.

  • East County
  • Opinion
Denise Kleiner, president of Old Braden River Historical Society, currently lives in Manatee County is an independent financial advisor, writer and speaker influenced by history and the non-profit sector.
  • By Denise Kleiner
  • August 22, 2012
My View: Jiggs Landing memories could fill an auditorium

Times have changed for those living on the Braden River and in the surrounding communities.

  • East County
  • Opinion
Enjoy this week's "The Castaway," by Jorge Blanco.
  • By Jorge Blanco
  • August 22, 2012
The Castaway

Enjoy this week's "The Castaway," by Jorge Blanco.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
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