Sometimes you don’t realize the impact a business has on the area until the business suddenly closes.
Florida may lose resources, funding and representation in our federal government unless we do a better job of completing our 2020 Census.
The very subjects we read in the national headlines about events happening far away can sometimes happen right here.
I am aghast. How aghast? Well, I don’t know if I have ever used the word “aghast” in a sentence before.
I’ve been thinking about some of the good things that have happened due to COVID-19. I guess I’m looking for some bright side to this deadly p…
In April I sent a letter to all city of Venice employees addressing the unprecedented impact of the coronavirus on our community, our working …
For months now, your local health department and school district administration have been discussing and planning for the reopening of schools…
Do you know how people say they laughed out loud? But you wonder if they really did?
As the 20th century poet Edna St. Vincent Millay once observed: “It’s not one damn thing after another; it’s one damn thing over and over.”
Florida is the third most populated state in the U.S. with a total population exceeding 21 million residents. In the past 10 years, the popula…
There are weeks when I know what the most-read story will be — and I know in advance that I don’t want to write about it.
Recent claims by former Sarasota GOP chair Frank Patti in his July 22 editorial warrant scrutiny.
On a regular basis, city of Venice staff members receive questions about the geographical and jurisdictional boundaries of our municipality.
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I have always wondered how much of an effect this column has on stories that were already in the Top Five. After all, if you see something in …
PACS, or political committees, proliferated after the passing of Citizens United in 2010, which paved the way for third party organizations to…
Last weekend I went out to see how some of our local retailers are faring in this economic crisis caused by the pandemic. I wanted to see how …
Those of us who — ahem — are a tad older in this world have certainly learned the lesson that the more we learn, the more we realize how littl…
The story at #1 this week was, when it was published, a mystery.
In a recent newspaper column, Barry Dubin, executive director of the Sarasota Classified/Teachers Association, claimed local School Board race…
Recently, Kindra Muntz published a column in this newspaper titled “Do voucher programs put public schools at risk?”
This week the Gondolier Sun news team spent a lot of time covering the great mask debate, school reopening plans, quasi-graduations and the co…
As we all know, wearing a mask can make phone conversations difficult. Your conversation can be muffled.
If you thought there were a lot more “illegal” fireworks being shot into their air on the Fourth of July weekend, you were correct.
This is one time I’m happy to be wrong.
Do voucher programs put public schools at risk?
Can you imagine showing up at your place of work and seeing an "Out of Business" sign? With no warning?
I wrote a column awhile back on how important it is that you shop and buy from your local businesses. To stay on that theme, I found an intere…
