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Opinion

  • By Rod Thomson
  • March 23, 2011
OUR VIEW: No miracle on 44th Avenue

Poor planning and NIMBYism has created an unfortunate collision at 44th Avenue East's expansion running from east of Bradenton through Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
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  • By Rod Thomson
  • March 23, 2011
TALLAHASSEE: Political pension punt

If leadership is best conducted by example, a key Florida Senate committee on pensions is conducting downright pathetic leadership and having real trouble being serious about the state's long-term financial woes.

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  • March 23, 2011
Letters to the editor

Government should help move forward with ideas; Cell-phone tower needed on Key; Time to move forward; Unkind remarks blighted evening fundraiser; Anti high-speed rail letter writer got it all wrong

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  • March 17, 2011
Grading the governor

Gov. Rick Scott is nothing if not bold in the face of withering opposition. So here's a grading of Scott's first 10 weeks in office.

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  • March 17, 2011
Buffer-zone brouhaha

The city's first attempt to balance developer needs with neighborhood interests in hopes some economic development has flopped, upsetting both sides and making new development harder.

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  • March 16, 2011
Letters to the editor

Outgoing Mayor Spoll should be commended for leadership; SmartMoney magazine gets it wrong on gold; Town should create state-of-the-art bikeways; Thanks to all who made fashion show a success; Thankful Scott averted high-speed rail wreck; Flight path opposition shows entitlement mentality

  • Longboat Key
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  • March 10, 2011
Our View

Agenda for the new commission

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  • March 9, 2011
Letters to the editor

Cell tower is needed on Longboat; Key swans go over swimmingly

  • Longboat Key
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  • March 9, 2011
Our View

Don't take the bait

  • Longboat Key
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  • March 9, 2011
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Drug-monitoring program

Readers respond to Gov. Rick Scott's decision to repeal the prescription drug monitoring program.

  • East County
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  • March 3, 2011
Our View

Thomson takes lead on editorial pages

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  • March 3, 2011
Letters to the editor

City officials favor St. Armands; Police deserve what they've earned

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
What a difference six years makes. The photo at bottom denotes the area on the northwest edge of Longboat Key that we have dubbed "The Danger Zone," the hottest of the Key's hot spots for beach erosion.
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  • Observer Staff
  • March 2, 2011
Our View

It's the right thing to do

  • Longboat Key
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  • March 2, 2011
OUR VIEW: County right, policy still wrong

When Ken Sanborn asked Sarasota County for another $500,000 for his startup movie studio in Lakewood Ranch, it just highlighted an ongoing policy problem.

  • East County
  • Opinion
  • By Rod Thomson
  • March 2, 2011
MY VIEW: Anti-growthers reliably wrong

Local governments have wisely been reducing or ditching new home taxes known as impact fees to spur the economy. Opponents are spitting mad.

  • East County
  • Opinion
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