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Matt Walsh
June 27, 2019

Selby: What's not to like?

The directors and CEO of Selby Gardens are doing their job: enacting a vision to turn the endangered asset into the jewel is deserves to be.

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By Eileen Walsh Normile
June 20, 2019

My View: Blank slates or informed volunteers?

Questions over Epoch appeal raise a broader issue of expertise, involvement on advisory boards.

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Matt Walsh
June 13, 2019

Apparently, it's OK when Democrats use voter registration

Debate goes on over County Commission's plan to draw new districts.

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Matt Walsh
June 13, 2019

Consider the consequences

When city commissioners take up the volatile topic of the development review process, they should probe deeply the likely effects of adding more regulation.

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Guest Author
June 12, 2019

Letters to the editor Readers sound off on: Epoch, Selby, Orchestra

STOP organizer says group wouldn't object to a specific project.

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Matt Walsh
June 6, 2019

D-Day: The high price of freedom

Will future generations ever really understand the value of freedom? They should know the enormity, horrors and human toll of The Longest Day.

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Matt Walsh
May 30, 2019

Rep. Buchanan's choice: me or thee

First-term Republican is expected to vote against a Bradenton colleague to designate a House speaker for 2024-25.

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Matt Walsh
May 30, 2019

Public park, public funding

It's exciting to envision a $100 million park on Sarasota Bay. But then there's the issue of money. From where will it come? Now, the hard part has begun — figuring which taxpayers will pay.

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Matt Walsh
May 23, 2019

The crime of Bobby Jones Golf Club

Reading the city consultant's business plan for the golf course is like reading a prospectus of a company with a bad idea trying to make money in a declining industry.

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Matt Walsh
May 23, 2019

Vote on Sarasota Orchestra sends a message

The city seems at a turning point, as it was in the late 1960s when forward-thinking commissioners shaped a lasting vision.

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By Joseph Bartel
May 15, 2019

My View: Reject the Sarasota Orchestra’s land grab in Payne Park

The group's argument that moving to the downtown-adjacent park is all about rising sea levels is absurd.

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Emily Walsh
May 10, 2019

Prevention — proof it's protecting our children

As the Child Protection Center reaches its 40th year, new data showing the child abuse rate in Florida is declining prove that its services are working and must continue.

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Guest Author
May 6, 2019

Letters to the editor: Master plan project fits with Selby's goals

Sarasota area readers sound off on key issues.

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Adrian Moore
May 2, 2019

Affordable housing requires whole solution

The answer to Sarasota's lack of affordable housing is simple, but few communities are willing to commit to what's necessary.

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Adrian Moore
April 25, 2019

City advances thinking on marijuana charges

The city is contemplating civil charges for possessing small amounts of marijuana. The real benefit is the flexibility this would give law enforcement.

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