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  • May 22, 2013
Our View: Tax plan needs more vetting

On June 18, Manatee County voters will vote on two questions that are loaded with big tax consequences.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Observer Staff
  • May 16, 2013
Our View: Let's hope it's not status quo

The word on the street among Sarasota city business people well before the election was the two Sues - Suzanne Atwell and Susan Chapman - would take it.

  • Sarasota
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  • Observer Staff
  • May 16, 2013
Letters to the Editor

Two-lane Fruitville support

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Jorge Blanco
  • May 15, 2013
Castaway

Enjoy this week's Castaway cartoon.

  • Sarasota
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  • By Dr. David Rossin
  • May 15, 2013
My View: Seniors oppose nuclear plants? Not so fast

Lately it seems every interest group and political candidate trying to win a public debate wants to claim that "senior citizens are on my side."

  • Longboat Key
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  • Observer Staff
  • May 9, 2013
Our View: Fruity idea for Fruitville

Sarasota City Commissioner Shannon Snyder often reminds us of that saying about kids: They say the darnedest things.

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  • By Jorge Blanco
  • May 8, 2013
Castaway

Enjoy this week's Castaway cartoon.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Observer Staff
  • May 2, 2013
Our View: Onward with Atwell, Dorfman

You know the cliche: A picture is worth 1,000 words.

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  • Observer Staff
  • April 25, 2013
Our View: Panhandler paradise no more

Thanks to the crafty law drafting of Sarasota City Attorney Robert Fournier, the Sarasota City Commission outlawed panhandling Tuesday on many of the city's busiest streets and roadways.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Jorge Blanco
  • April 24, 2013
Castaway

Enjoy this week's Castaway cartoon.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 18, 2013
Our View: How to stop panhandlers

It's probably safe to say a lot of Sarasotans curse Michael Barfield, the face of the American Civil Liberties Union in Sarasota.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 18, 2013
Letters to the Editor

Thank you to the firefighters; The DNA of politicians; County grant helped neighborhood

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Jorge Blanco
  • April 17, 2013
Castaway

Enjoy this week's Castaway cartoon.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 10, 2013
Our View: 100 years of income taxes

As the annual Day of Tyranny approaches, the dreaded April 15 Tax Day, on this 100th year anniversary of the personal income tax, it's fitting to remind ourselves of its heritage - who did it, how it came about and why.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Observer Staff
  • April 3, 2013
Our View: Watchdog for human rights

David Harris, executive director of the American Jewish Committee, is describing how he has spent the past 15 years circling the globe; sitting face to face, looking eye to eye with the world's most powerful heads of state; delivering the message incessantly and emphatically: Iran cannot have WMDs.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
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