Opinion

Observer Staff
June 1, 2011

OUR VIEW: What is the business plan?

We keep reading and re-reading the 34 goals members of a town subcommittee presented to the Longboat Key Town Commission to be adopted into the town's vision plan.

Longboat Key
Opinion

By George Rauch
June 1, 2011

The pace of the economy is not accelerating

The last few Market Watch articles have focused upon the dangers of the market. The posture in which the market currently exists, although called a bull market, is so expensive that the public is set up for great losses.

Longboat Key
Opinion

Observer Staff
May 26, 2011

Our View: Benches, unfortunately, had to go

It is refreshing to see a serious Sarasota City Commission willing to take decisive action on behalf of productive law-abiding members of the community. It did so when voting to remove park benches from Selby Five Points Park for what should be obvious reasons.

Sarasota
Opinion

By Jeffrey Oldenburg and Peggy Benzinger
May 26, 2011

MY VIEW: Redeeming North Trail

As we have been working to help revitalize blighted areas in Sarasota (the Rosemary District, Gillespie Park and North Tamiami Trail) for the last 18 years, we share your editorial writer's frustration ("North Trail hypocrisy") in that no seated City Commission in the last 30 years has contributed anything really significant to the revitalization of the North Trail.

Sarasota
Opinion

Observer Staff
May 25, 2011

OUR VIEW: The rec center dilemma

Longboat Key residents have known for a long time the recreation center at Bayfront Park needs to be replaced. The hard parts are deciding how to pay for improvements and how expansive those improvements should be.

Longboat Key
Opinion

By Gerald Feder
May 25, 2011

MY VIEW: The pension operation can't simply be punted

The notion of punting the town's pension "operation" (whether the firefighters' or all three of the town employees' pension "operations") does not confront the complexity of the issues facing the town with respect to employee benefits.

Longboat Key
Opinion

Observer Staff
May 25, 2011

OUR VIEW: Keep the Promise for Israel

To understand why the Observer Group newspapers have always been strong supporters of Israel - and find deep fault with President Obama's Middle East speech last week - we have to go as far back into the written record of history as possible.

East County
Opinion

Observer Staff
May 25, 2011

OUR VIEW: Higher priorities for deputies

Manatee County Sheriff Brad Steube is doing what all other levels of government are doing - except the irresponsible feds - and that is cutting spending and reprioritizing.

East County
Opinion

Observer Staff
May 25, 2011

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Resident questions McGonegal's abilities

East County
Opinion

Observer Staff
May 19, 2011

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Willie Shaw should heed editorial advice.

Sarasota
Opinion

By Julie Aranibar
May 18, 2011

MY VIEW: School board violating state law

In response to the April 20, 2011, editorial, "School Board on right path," I voted "no" on this issue for two reasons.

East County
Opinion

Observer Staff
May 18, 2011

OUR VIEW: Fixing a broken system

Florida's economic development system has long been a bust, plagued by excessive bureaucracy, ponderously slow and inefficient with multiple state departments involved.