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Opinion

Colorado Springs, Colo.
    By
  • Guest Author
  • September 27, 2018
The benefits of an elected mayor

We we can learn from another city.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Longboat Key Town Commission
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • September 26, 2018
Take solace in LBK tax rates

Longboat Key is managing it well thanks to a strong economy, governments are taking in more revenue.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Al Browder, vice president of Olsen Associates Inc.
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • September 26, 2018
Rising cost of keeping a beach

Longboat Key beaches

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Dave Bristow
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • September 26, 2018
A pro PIO officer

Dave Bristow will be missed.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 26, 2018
Letter to the editor

Letters to the editor for the week of Sept. 27

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 24, 2018
Longboat Letters to the Editor

Letters from readers for the week of Sept. 27.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • September 20, 2018
It’s what Lido neighbors wanted

When commissioners vote on the Lido Pavilion, they need to remember: They have a signed lease.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Democrat Andrew Gillum, left, and Republican Ron DeSantis are squaring off to be Florida's next governor.
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • September 20, 2018
Follow the money

Gillum takes in 4x more than DeSantis

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Jim Granite shot this picture of Longboat's illusive coyote from about 20 yards away on the Resort Longboat Key Club's Harbourside golf course.
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • September 19, 2018
Let’s not rue the day

When tragedy strikes a town, the ill-effects are harsh. You can imagine how tourism will go on Cape Cod. We’ve seen what red tide does. Imagine what will follow if a coyote strikes.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • September 19, 2018
Commission beware

You have a signed Lido Pavilion lease

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Columnist .
  • September 18, 2018
Observer overlooked critical problems

Lido Pavilion proposal disregards parking needs and violates comprehensive plan standards.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
    By
  • Columnist .
  • September 13, 2018
Letters to the editor

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  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
On Sept. 11, 2,977 flags flew along Gulf of Mexico Drive in Longboat Key, emblematic of the lives lost on that day in 2001.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • September 13, 2018
Letters to the editor LBO

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  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • September 12, 2018
Pavilion: Tragedy of the commons

Lido Beach Pavilion is typical of what happens when property is publicly owned. Also typical: Protesters who don’t offer a better plan.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Back in the 1980s, Beach Road was often awash, covered with sand and difficult to maintain.
    By
  • Adrian Moore
  • September 6, 2018
Time for common sense on Siesta Key Beach Road controversy

Some residents want the county to return the vacated right of way and open the road.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
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