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Opinion

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  • Adrian Moore
  • August 3, 2017
Charter schools: Friend or foe?

To equate SSIS’s recent decline with its charter status would be unfair

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
The Colony Resort stands in tatters.
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • August 2, 2017
A much better plan

Orlando developer Chuck Whittall learned a costly lesson about Longboat Key: Learn about it before you leap. With his newest development plans, Whittall clearly listened. It make sense.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • August 2, 2017
Good summer news

Tax rates same, down

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • August 2, 2017
Give taxpayers their money back

Hundreds of millions of dollars are sitting in reserve account.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Parking, to say the least, is a challenge on Siesta Key.
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • July 27, 2017
Pay to park at the beach

That sounds like heresy, but it’s the best policy to solve a problem and preserve the region’s most prized asset.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Bridget Ziegler
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • July 27, 2017
Ziegler’s persistence brings more transparency

She has lived up to her promise.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • July 26, 2017
All study, little action

The first phase of the 20th traffic study in 10 years doesn’t give much hope for improvements at the two worst chokepoints — Gulf Drive and Cortez and U.S. 41 and Gulfstream-Fruitville.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • July 26, 2017
Postscript on Harmer's hiring

We erred

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • July 20, 2017
Blinded by altruism

The Washington trajectory hasn’t changed in 75 years. That’s why the final health law will remain costly and lousy.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Tom Harmer and David Bullock
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • July 19, 2017
Done before the vote

Tom Harmer is a good choice for Longboat. But the chronology of his hiring is curious: He executed a contract before commissioners voted to hire him. So much for transparency.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 19, 2017
Why Republicans can’t repeal Obamacare

It's the failure to understand

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • July 14, 2017
Sarasota Letters to the Editor July 20

Readers sound off on crucial issues.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
    By
  • Kristine Nickel
  • July 13, 2017
A word to future generations

DNA analysis can provide a path to peering into tomorrow.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Longboat Key Town Manager David Bullock, left, earns an annual salary of $181,688. Town officials are considering Sarasota County Administrator Tom Harmer as Bullock's replacement. Harmer earns an annual salary of $207,625.
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • July 12, 2017
Convenient, but ...

Longboat’s Town Commission appears ready to hire Sarasota County’s Tom Harmer as the next town manager. He looks like a good fit. But do you buy the first car you see and like?

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
The Rotary Club donated $7,700 to help fund the agility equipment and two misting cooling stations, which look like fire hydrants, in the dog area at Bayfront Park.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 12, 2017
Fluffy Anderson sounds off on Longboat Key's Bayfront Park

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