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Matt Walsh
June 25, 2020

No to mandatory masks

Instead of more dictatorial mandates telling us how to live our lives, Sarasota’s elected officials could engage civic and business leaders and use their bully pulpits to urge citizens to act responsibly.

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Matt Walsh
June 17, 2020

Good plan for schools

Gov. DeSantis and Commissioner Richard Corcoran’s school reopening plan is a model. It delegates to the local level.

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Matt Walsh
June 10, 2020

Reflections …

That we avoided violence shows that demonstrators saw its irrationality and our officials were proactive, not reactive.

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Adrian Moore
June 3, 2020

Better information needed to manage COVID-19 risks

Improved testing data would help help people resume activities while continuing to take appropriate action to manage risks.

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Matt Walsh
May 28, 2020

The city has big plans

The city’s new transportation plan joins the list of long-range plans for water-sewer upgrades, parks and the Bay. From where will this $660 million come?

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Matt Walsh
May 21, 2020

COVID-19 creates cause to change

The Lido Beach reopening debate serves an allegory for what has ailed the city: its form of government.

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Matt Walsh
May 21, 2020

Downtown: Time to go big and go bold

Before he died, the late Sarasota entrepreneur Gil Waters created a rendering of one of his long-sought visions: turning Main Street from Palm Avenue to Orange Avenue into a pedestrian plaza.

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Adrian Moore
May 13, 2020

Will it be a V, U or ✓?

The optimistic and pessimistic economists both have legitimate arguments on whether the recovery will be quick or protracted. One factor influencing the recovery will be government spending policies.

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Matt Walsh
May 6, 2020

Another unknown cost

Closing schools is having unseen costs on parents and children. Florida is squandering the need to experiment.

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Matt Walsh
April 29, 2020

‘You’re not the boss of me’

No one really knows what is the best path forward — not President Trump, not Gov. DeSantis. But given the option to reopen, we’ll figure out what’s best.