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Sarasota | Opinion

    By
  • Kristine Nickel
  • October 12, 2017
Do smartphones cause brain drain?

Separate yourself from your devices and do things the old-fashioned way.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
    By
  • Adrian Moore
  • October 5, 2017
Florida and Sarasota are amazing

Florida does a much better job providing services to taxpayers.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • October 4, 2017
Vietnam War documentary omits truths

Beautifully wrapped great lie

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • September 28, 2017
Pay now, or pay more later

Florida’s building codes show the benefits and savings of practicing disaster avoidance.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Kristine Nickel
  • September 21, 2017
Tailgating and other things for which we’re grateful

The forecast for the rest of fall isn’t that optimistic.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • September 7, 2017
Among the safest places in Florida from hurricanes

We've missed a direct hit for the past 100 years.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
A satellite image of Hurricane Irma.
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • September 6, 2017
Post-storm can be worse

Be ready for two storms: when Irma hits and her aftermath. Recovery can be harder, longer than the storm.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • August 31, 2017
The $102 million bike trail

Sarasota County property taxpayers will be asked in 2018 to fund another $65 million in bonds to extend the Legacy Trail. That’s one heck of a legacy. Like beach parking, users should pay a price.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Jim Gabbert
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • August 31, 2017
Postscript: The other side of the Celery Fields recycling story

Local media — we, included — didn't devoted space or time to Gabbert and what commissioners said about him and his proposed recycling plant.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
How we live our lives is the best way to end this strife.
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • August 24, 2017
Bring back my country

What’s happening to the country we knew and loved? The best way to bring it back is to continue doing and teaching our loved ones to do the right thing, the right way, for the right reasons.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
A tricolored heron stalks through the water at Celery Fields in Sarasota.
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • August 17, 2017
Not suited for a dump

Next Wednesday’s hearings on a proposal to approve a construction-waste recycling plant near the Celery Fields will be a test of the vision county commissioners have for the future.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
A monument to Confederate soldiers stands in front of the Manatee County Courthouse.
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • August 17, 2017
Manatee monument

Symbol of oppression or lesson of history?

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
    By
  • 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
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
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