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Sarasota | Opinion

    By
  • Anna Brugmann
  • May 6, 2017
Sand sculptors compete on Siesta Key

Sarasota County Parks, Recreation and Natural Resources hosted the 45th annual Amateur Sand Sculpture Contest on May 6 on Siesta Beach.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
State Sen. Greg Steube
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • May 4, 2017
Veto Sen. Steube’s bill

Sarasota Sen. Greg Steube isn’t afraid to go against what is popular for what he thinks is right. But on two measures — public records and home rule — he should recalibrate his positions.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • May 4, 2017
They look good, while you suffer from the results

Legislature wants to ask voters to raise homestead exemption

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
The Observer recommends voting for Hagan Brody Hyde, left, and Martin Hyde.
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • May 4, 2017
Observer recommends

Early voting is underway in Sarasota City Council race

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 4, 2017
Working hard and barely making it

'It's expensive to be poor'

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 4, 2017
Readers sound off on Sarasota-area issues

Meals on Wheels, climate change, downtown traffic are addressed.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 27, 2017
Sarasota County works in concert with its neighbors

Partnerships show that the proper stewardship of public dollars.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Letter writer says Sen. Greg Steube is "pandering to the rental industry, not representing your constituents."
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 27, 2017
Sarasota readers sound off on the issues

Siesta trolley needs to move faster.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • April 27, 2017
$30 million adds up

No one absconded with $30 million from the city’s pension plans. It was a series of shoddy accounting work. But given the city’s pension burdens, every error can cut into city services.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • April 27, 2017
Nonpartisan charade

Change the commission elections to coincide with general elections and declare them partisan.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • April 20, 2017
Give this bill an ‘F’

Florida lawmakers can’t help themselves. They love to meddle (too much) in public education. The latest idea — ‘Schools of Hope’ — doesn’t offer much hope. It’s bureaucracy at its worst.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • April 20, 2017
MYTH OF SARASOTA: THAT IT IS A BOOM TOWN, HOT BED OF GROWTH

The numbers don't lie.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • David Conway
  • April 20, 2017
Letters to the Editor: Sarasota 4.20.17

STOP steering committee member Kate Lowman explains why the group wants more public hearings for new developments.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 17, 2017
Sarasota's review process is working

There is a sad naiveté to STOP!’s purpose.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
    By
  • Kristine Nickel
  • April 11, 2017
Schedule some 'me' time

It took a a humiliating encounter in the doctor’s office to get motivated.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
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