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By Hagen Brody
February 16, 2022

My View: United against hate

City commissioner and former mayor denounces recent antisemitic attack and announces Sunday unity rally.

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By Adrian Moore and Grayce Burns
February 9, 2022

Innovation can help save Sarasota Bay and the Everglades

New robot weeders could save farmers from using harmful herbicides that contribute to runoff and poor water quality.

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Matt Walsh
February 3, 2022

Sarasota County voters have shown since 2002 that they’ll support good schools with their money. Expect that again on March 8. Meanwhile, voters should go back to countywide voting for commission seats.

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Matt Walsh
January 26, 2022

How a nurse practitioner saved COVID-19 lives without vaccines

Vanessa Hamalian and her new Latitude Clinic have treated 1,092 COVID-19 patients with ivermectin and the FLCCC protocols, none with vaccines. Of those, 1,091 have recovered.

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Matt Walsh
January 19, 2022

Key Club’s Welly: Likable, humble, effective leader

Michael Welly, managing director of the Longboat Key Club and Resort from 2004-2012, died Jan. 14.

Longboat Key
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Matt Walsh
January 19, 2022

Annexing Siesta: Who wins?

On the surface, it sure looks like the city of Sarasota would be a bigger beneficiary than Siesta Key taxpayers.

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Matt Walsh
January 12, 2022

Legislative politics fells Siesta incorporation

To all those people who worked so earnestly on the Siesta Key incorporation efforts: Good try.

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By Adrian Moore and Steven Polzin
January 12, 2022

Myths about improving roads

Some might think building more roads only leads to more road usage. Logic points to the contrary.

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Matt Walsh
December 30, 2021

Florida is the place to be

When Floridians look at the ‘2021 Year in Review,’ while strife was rampant elsewhere, hopefully, Floridians will remember and see that Florida was a lone beacon for freedom. We need to keep it that way.

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Matt Walsh
December 15, 2021

Spend it on infrastructure

Local governments have so much money politicians say they don’t know what to do with it. The most effective use of these windfalls is to invest in long-term infrastructure touching the most people.

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Matt Walsh
December 1, 2021

Longboat all in Sarasota?

It makes sense. But two things are missing: a champion to pull it off and citizens who want it.

Longboat Key
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Matt Walsh
November 23, 2021

The Bedrock of America

Thanksgiving is much more than remembering the Pilgrims’ and Native Americans’ first feast and being thankful for what we have. It reminds us why the Pilgrims came to America: for the freedom to worship.