Voters should know what they’re voting on, which is why the Florida Supreme Court was entirely correct to strike the deviously worded Amendment 8 from the Nov. 6 ballot recently. The amendment would have significantly expanded charter schools in Florida by letting the state rather than local…
OUR POSITION: Kudos to Punta Gorda City Council members who seem to be taking the lead when it comes to housing that is affordable.
Government is not known for taking quick, decisive action. Bureaucracy is maddeningly slow. Boards and commissions are “deliberative bodies,” which also means “slow.”
Sarasota County released its 27th annual Citizen Opinion Survey last week, which, as usual, had no surprises but some interesting tidbits.
OUR POSITION: Too many people do not understand the true impact of Charlotte County’s lack of housing that is affordable.
OUR POSITION: West Villages plans for another 3,660 acres and 10,600 homes.
Englewood is a sleepy town, which is one of its many charms.
OUR POSITION: Charlotte County Schools are certainly not alone in seeking taxpayers’ help to boost performance.
Thanks to revised landuse regulations given approval last week, the Englewood Community Redevelopment Area may finally see new growth.
OUR POSITION: The Sarasota School Board needs an attitude adjustment.
OUR POSITION^p: Charlotte County Sheriff Bill Prummell has a plan to alleviate crowding at the county jail.^p
OUR POSITION: Community planning process may bring expectations into focus at Warm Mineral Springs.
OUR POSITION: The Peace River Wildlife Center needs some help smoothing out the latest bump in the road.
OUR POSITION: Perception, reality and building on the lessons from Hurricane Irma.
OUR POSITION: ^pResearch into manatee deaths attributed to red tide, and the potential for groundbreaking insight into how the toxins can kill sea life, is money well-spent.^p
OUR POSITION: Little by little, the sea is rising. Be prepared.
OUR POSITION: We're pleased to hear Charlotte County and South Gulf Cove boaters may be working out a compromise to allow easier opening and closing of a lock that grants access to and from the development's waterways.
At a time when the nation is getting wobbly and weak-kneed in its war on drugs, the Sarasota County Commission is fortifying the ramparts in a righteous — if likely meaningless — response.
OUR POSITION: People who can make a difference need to step up their efforts to make teaching in Florida a more attractive career path.
The middling point of the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season saw a continuation of the recent weather pattern of brief afternoon showers — pretty typical stuff for Southwest Florida — plus slightly cooler temperatures brought by pleasant breezes.
OUR POSITION: Punta Gorda closed the book on a bizarre ownership dispute.
Kids are back in school again for the fall semester, high school football season is underway and the weather has turned … well, if anything, it seems hotter and wetter than it was a month ago.
OUR POSITION: Harnessing the power of scientific inquiry to remedy environmental ills.
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