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  • August 24, 2011
Our View: Sensible wetlands changes

Manatee County is taking steps in the right direction in tweaking its wetlands protection ordinances, following the reasonable goal of creating certainty for property owners and potential property owners.

  • East County
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 18, 2011
Our View: Privatize Bobby Jones

Golfing may be the least essential of all government services. Of all the entertainment venues that local governments own or subsidize - from the Van Wezel to tennis courts to baseball - surely golf must rank near the bottom in order of importance.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 18, 2011
Letters to the Editor: 08.18.11

Change still needed for less debt and taxes; Kudos for showing 'Ruskin Sky' painting

  • Sarasota
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Merrill
  • By David Merrill
  • August 18, 2011
My View: Building a university economy

The future is retirement. At least that's what a report from the University of Florida says about Sarasota's economy.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Jorge Blanco
  • August 17, 2011
Castaway

Enjoy this week's Castaway cartoon.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
A Google overhead view of the existing Publix parking lot. Note the trees. Below: The first draft of the proposed parking lot. Expect a revised draft that restores more trees and landscaping.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 17, 2011
Our View: The next Publix plan is a good one

As development goes on Longboat Key, a developer and property owner's first drawings and plans never make it to the finish line unscathed or without modification.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Observer Staff
  • August 17, 2011
Letters to the Editor: 08.18.11

Pay cuts for Congress and all federal workers; Kudos to Robin Hartill on her new appointment; Longboat Key is no place for cell phone towers

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Rod Thomson
  • By Rod Thomson
  • August 17, 2011
My View: Let's all go Follywood!

The lemming-like rush to try to lure Hollywood filmmakers to Sarasota and Manatee counties is costly, ineffective and a little embarrassing.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 17, 2011
Our View: County is one for two

Manatee County commissioners got one of the toughest decisions right in the budget for next year. They kept the property tax rate flat. Or so it appears. That will not be official until the final rate is approved in September.

  • East County
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 11, 2011
Letters to the Editor: 08.11.11

Approval ratings coverage for Scott and Obama; Observer should support Golden Apple's switch

  • Sarasota
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    By
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  • August 11, 2011
Our View: Value of bay already known

Sarasota Bay is part of what makes Sarasota, Sarasota.

  • Sarasota
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  • By Dean Kalahar
  • August 11, 2011
My View: Recycling as religion

Every week in Sarasota a green army fans out to pick up 'recyclables.' Most residents never question the appropriateness of such an undertaking and work diligently to support the war against waste.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The Capella Ixtapa Resort, northwest of Acapulco, Mexico. Courtesy Photo.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 10, 2011
Our View: Excellent, not good enough

When the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort Association board and its consultant, Joel Rosen, unveiled recently the names of the six finalists - now down to four - to rejuvenate and redevelop the Colony, three executives' names popped out as the type of top-flight resort/hotel operators whose skills would mesh with the Colony's uniqueness.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Ed Adams
  • August 10, 2011
My View: It's a doggoned shame

My dog reads the newspaper. No joke, but Red has to do it on the floor. The doggoned pages are too big for a dachshund to hold in his piddling paws.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 10, 2011
Letters to the Editor: 08.10.11

The problem is dog owners, not the dogs; Attacked by dog on the beach

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
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