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Opinion

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  • Matt Walsh
  • July 11, 2018
Keep up the pressure

Longboat Key traffic solutions

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Roger Skidmore
  • July 11, 2018
My View: Pedestrian overpasses are not the answer

Past studies show not that many people actually want to cross Tamiami Trail by foot. Build larger traffic islands, not bridges.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • July 4, 2018
Ben Franklin, we need you more than ever

To preserve what our founders created, Ben Franklin knew it depended on our having the proper temper in the public square.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • June 27, 2018
Stick to education

It should have been obvious from the start: Let the public-safety experts protect the students.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • June 20, 2018
Money for Mote

A growing list of organizations wants millions of dollars from Sarasota County’s tourist tax. Mote Marine has a vision that makes it far worthier than funding a baseball stadium.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Renderings courtesy Center for Healing and Hope
    By
  • Emily Walsh
  • June 14, 2018
Need for foster parents grows

Sarasota philanthropists and children’s organizations are spearheading innovative efforts to find more foster parents and help the children overcome their trauma.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • June 13, 2018
Meet the new boss: NPA

The Republican and Democratic parties continue to lose their influence, as the Non-Party Affiliates (independents) continue to grow. To win in Florida now, you need to win the NPAs.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • June 13, 2018
To solve traffic, remember the line: ‘What’s in it for me?’

Town Commission should continue to lobby FDOT and work with Bradenton Beach and Sarasota to ameliorate the traffic backups

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Columnist .
  • June 7, 2018
Longboat Key Letters to the Editor

Longboat readers sound off on issues.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Adrian Moore
  • June 7, 2018
What driverless cars might mean for Sarasota

Driverless cars can help in Sarasota

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Marty Rappaport
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • June 7, 2018
Persistence brings shine to a jewel

Mary Rappaport and St. Armands Circle

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Longboat Key Mayor George Spoll
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • June 6, 2018
Blustery, yes, but right

George Spoll takes it to Bradenton Beach.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
U.S. Marines after the Battle of Belleau Wood in World War I in France
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • June 6, 2018
D-Day and 100 years after Belleau Wood

D-Day and the Battle of Belleau Woods

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Martin Hyde
  • By Martin Hyde | Contributor
  • June 5, 2018
Martin Hyde: Prophetic? City challenges came to fruition

We’ve been hearing empty promises from City Hall for years — from people who can’t, or won’t, fulfill them.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Among the projects facing taxpayers is $250 million, probably more, to build one or two performing arts centers on The Bay site, while preserving the existing Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, which will need refurbishing.
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • May 31, 2018
Vote of no confidence

Given their history, it’s difficult to think Sarasotacommissioners can make the right decisions on the bayfront. They should charge The Bay’s board to present a plan to voters.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
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