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  • July 8, 2009
Letters to the Editor

To send in your letters, please e-mail them to [email protected], or mail them to The Longboat Observer, 5570 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key, 34228. The Longboat Observer gives priority to letters of local interest and about local issues. The Observer will print all letters to the editor if it feels they are of general interest, but only if the letter is signed and the author's street address and phone number are given. The editor reserves the right to condense letters.

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  • July 8, 2009
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The good, the bad and the ...

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That's the spirit

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  • July 1, 2009
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Letters to the Editor

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  • By George Rauch
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Market Watch

Government policy frustrates recovery

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  • July 1, 2009
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Defining 'Spirit of America'

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  • June 25, 2009
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Sarasota County vs. D.C.

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  • June 25, 2009
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Hold off on the meters

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  • June 24, 2009
My View: Landau-Younger approach is a better way

Corporate budget experts Lenny Landau and Phil Younger have provided the town of Longboat Key with a budget-format tool that focuses on actual expenses, not fuzzy budgets.

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  • June 24, 2009
Our View

Negotiate What?

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  • June 18, 2009
My View

New growth bill necessary

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  • June 18, 2009
Our View

TIFs, CRAs: Unearned benefits

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  • Michael Eng
  • June 17, 2009
Best Father's Day gift: a Mini-Me

There is no greater gift than seeing parts of me in my son, Lyric.

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  • June 17, 2009
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