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By Matt Walsh
December 1, 2022

The school board blew it

Sarasota school board members and Superintendent Aspen showed how not to operate as a competent board and poised leader.

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By Matt Walsh
November 17, 2022

DeSantis should not run

Gov. Ron DeSantis should be insistent that he was just reelected as governor, and the citizens of Florida expect him to do the job they elected him to do.

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By Emily Walsh
November 9, 2022

Instructions from Ian

While we await the effects of Tropical Storm Nicole, we should take heed of the lessons we learned from Hurricane Ian.

Longboat Key
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By Adrian Moore
November 2, 2022

Public pensions: No to ESG

More and more governments are forgetting their fiduciary responsibilities and engaging in ESG investing. While activist investing is fine for private investors, it is not for governments.

Longboat Key
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By Matt Walsh
October 27, 2022

A vote to save the republic

Our final installment of recommendations for the Nov. 8 elections.

Sarasota
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By Matt Walsh
October 20, 2022

Observer recommends . . .

City and county charter questions in Manatee and Sarasota.

Sarasota
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By Matt Walsh
October 14, 2022

Observer recommends: State constitutional amendments

A key measure for voters to consider: do the amendments limit your freedom?

Longboat Key
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By Kat Hughes and Emily Walsh
October 4, 2022

Thankful? Great. Now be helpful.

Amidst the wreckage Hurricane Ian left behind, the rainbow after the storm emerges: When our neighbors need help, we know how to respond.

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By Ken Shelin
September 26, 2022

My View: New performance hall critical for city

Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall does not work for the future.

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By Matt Walsh
September 21, 2022

It’s all ‘Planned Chaos’

If the White House wizards and congressional Democrats knew anything about history, they would know all of their policies will bring economic and social chaos and are doomed to fail.

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By Joel Schleicher
September 16, 2022

My View: 'Mad as hell' — and not willing to take it any longer

It is unconscionable for our president, Joe Biden, to call half of American voters “fascists.”

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By Matt Walsh
September 16, 2022

Who are the real fascists?

Biden's tactics of vilifying Republicans has a sickening similarity to a German maniac in 1933.

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By Adrian Moore
September 7, 2022

Do not hand your power to politicians

An initiative on the November ballot could abolish the Constitution Revision Commission, which meets every 20 years to consider changes to the state constitution.

Sarasota
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By Jorge Blanco | Contributor
August 31, 2022

The Castaway

Sarasota and internationally known artist Jorge Blanco has returned to the Observer by way of his clever little character The Castaway.

Sarasota
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By Matt Walsh
August 31, 2022

Voters spoke: They’re PO’d

Politicians take note: The results in Sarasota’s school and hospital board elections and Manatee’s commission elections sent a clear message.

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