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  • January 5, 2012
Our View: No bricks, no parallel parking!

Now, if only the Sarasota city commissioners will listen.

  • Sarasota
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  • By Rod Thomson
  • January 5, 2012
My View: Clip those 'golden parachutes'

We need a complete re-start on the contracts given to top government employees. These ridiculous buyout packages for administrators at taxpayer expense must stop.

  • Sarasota
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  • January 4, 2012
Our View: Hypocrisy of the state

When Florida lawmakers convene next week for the 2012 session, conventional wisdom says they will be almost totally consumed with protecting their turf - that is, the boundaries of their legislative districts. And, oh yea, they'll have to figure out how to cut another $2 billion or so from the state budget.

  • Longboat Key
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  • By Jorge Blanco
  • January 4, 2012
Castaway

Enjoy this week's Castaway cartoon.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Michael Eng
  • January 4, 2012
OBSERVED: Optimism abounds in new year

For the past four years, the East County Observer has begun the new year with special editions highlighting the people and issues we believed would have significant influence in the East County in the following 12 months.

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  • December 29, 2011
Our View: Wish list for 2012 ...

We might look back at 2011 and see it was the year when the tide turned back in favor of freedom, free enterprise and the bedrock American values that made the country great.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Tennis pro James Blake at the Sarasota Open. Photo by Rachel O'Hara.
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  • Observer Staff
  • December 28, 2011
Our View: Wish list for 2012 ...

Trifecta: Osama got zapped. Gaddafi got gored. Kim Jong got 'il,' really ill.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Wish: That Floridians appreciate what Gov. Rick Scott is doing for all Floridians' future. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • December 28, 2011
Our View: Wish list for 2012 ...

We might look back at 2011 and see it was the year where the tide turned back in favor of freedom, free enterprise and the bedrock American values that made the country great.

  • East County
  • Opinion
Read this week's Castaway Cartoon.
  • By Jorge Blanco
  • December 28, 2011
Castaway

Enjoy this week's Castaway cartoon.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Dean Kalahar
  • December 22, 2011
My View: It's not education; it's indoctrination

While parents think our schools focus on reading, writing and arithmetic, the reality is they focus on identity politics and social consciousness.

  • Sarasota
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  • Observer Staff
  • December 21, 2011
Letters to the Editor

Town Commission needs to show fiscal responsibility; We won't come back if dogs on the beach; Dogs do not need access to Longboat's beaches

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Last Christmas, our son, Lyric, then 2, finally overcame his fear, giving us our first shot with the Big Guy sans waterworks.
    By
  • Michael Eng
  • December 21, 2011
OBSERVED: There's always next year, right?

This was supposed to be the year. This was the year we'd finally get a photo of our two children with Santa Claus.

  • East County
  • Opinion
Courtesy rendering
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • December 21, 2011
Our View: The story behind His birth

Children love to hear their grandparents and parents recount the details of whence their family came, the genealogy of who they are, how they came about and why they are.

  • East County
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Read this week's Castaway.
  • By Jorge Blanco
  • December 21, 2011
Castaway

Enjoy this week's Castaway cartoon.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • December 15, 2011
Our View: FDR was right: No unions

It should be obvious to almost everyone paying attention at this point: Government unions are almost always at odds with the public good when working on behalf of their members.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
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