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Sarasota | Opinion

  • By Jorge Blanco
  • September 19, 2012
Castaway

Enjoy this week's Castaway cartoon.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Jan Schneider holds a law degree and a doctorate in political science. She practices law and lives on Bird Key.
  • By Jan Schneider
  • September 13, 2012
My View: Women should fight for rights

There was brief unity in condemning ludicrous notions of "legitimate rape" and ability of the female body "to shut that whole thing down" touted by Congressman Todd Akin (R-Missouri) Aug. 19.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Dean Kalahar is a Sarasota resident and teaches economics at Sarasota High School.
  • By Dean Kalahar
  • September 13, 2012
My View: Show up for school

It's that time of year again when we assume children are back in school and that being absent is due to illness or extraordinary events.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 12, 2012
Our View: 'The Debt Bomb'

No one knows exactly when, but every day Congress and the president refuse to CUT spending meaningfully - actually reducing spending below the previous year - the the explosion grows nearer.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 12, 2012
Castaway

Enjoy this week's castaway cartoon.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 6, 2012
Our View: Effective sales 'prevention'

Mention the word "parking" to Diana Corrigan, executive director of the St. Armands Circle Association, and you're likely to see flames and smoke spewing from her eyes, nose, mouth and ears. Talk about a hot topic.

  • Sarasota
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  • Observer Staff
  • September 6, 2012
Letters to the editor 9.06.12

School Board article included errors; rivatize Selby Five Points Park

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 30, 2012
Our View: How to fight vagrants: privatize

Everywhere you go in downtown Sarasota, the subject of "the homeless" surfaces.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Rod Thomson
  • August 30, 2012
My View: Scandalous outsourcing?

Sarasota County's new county administrator, Randall Reid, has pegged the county's "rush" to privatize as the main driving force behind the purchasing scandals that rocked county government and resulted in about 14 jobs lost, one criminal charge and the forced resignation of long-time Administrator Jim Ley.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Carol B. Green is the author of the Franchise Survival Guide and Spiritual Transformation in America.
  • By Carol Green
  • August 30, 2012
My View: The God Particle: what it means to you

The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), based in Geneva, is responsible for the project known as the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 30, 2012
JUST THE STATS

0 - The number of points the Cardinal Mooney football team allowed in its 44-0 preseason kickoff classic victory over Bradenton Christian Aug. 24.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Jorge Blanco
  • August 29, 2012
Castaway

Enjoy this week's Castaway cartoon by Jorge Blanco.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 23, 2012
Our View: Destined to mediocrity?

Congratulations to the citizens of Pensacola. They had the courage to recognize and admit their city was going nowhere, and that it needed a leader, a champion, to raise it up.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 23, 2012
Letters to the Editor

Think for yourselves; Stand your ground; 'That' or 'those'?; Preserving history; Feeling disenfranchised

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Enjoy this week's "The Castaway," by Jorge Blanco.
  • By Jorge Blanco
  • August 22, 2012
The Castaway

Enjoy this week's "The Castaway," by Jorge Blanco.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
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