OUR POSITION: Overall, the Florida Legislature fared poorly when scored for its protection of the public’s right to information.
OUR POSITION: The state has to put the safety of the Peace River first when it draws up a permit dictating how to control runoff from Mosaic’s Bartow mines.
Remember the good old days, when Venice City Council elections were nonpartisan?
OUR POSITION: Superintendent gets highest performance rating — by a one-vote margin.
OUR POSITION: With growth in Southwest Florida comes concern for more affordable housing.
OUR POSITION: Heftier fines for sewage spills is a good idea depending on how the state would use the money.
OUR POSITION: Library system takes new approach to book/DVD returns.
OUR POSITION: Sarasota school officials are taken to task, appropriately, for questionable action.
The death toll in the Bahamas from Hurricane Dorian is already dozens and it is expected to climb much, much higher. The financial cost to the islands will be $2 billion, $4 billion, up to as much as $7 billion, depending on estimates.
It has been 18 years since the terrorist attacks of 9/11. Nearly two decades since hijacked airliners were flown into the Twin Towers in New York, the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and crashed in a field in Shanksville, Pa., thanks to the heroic efforts of passengers who had become aware of …
Everyone agrees that the 40-acre tract just north of Fox Lea Farms along Auburn Road is eventually going to be developed. After more than three years, a make-or-break decision on Murphy Oaks could come later this month.
OUR POSITION: The clear, noncontroversial alternative was to stick with status quo districts until after the census.
For eight long, silent years, former Gov. Rick Scott shut the media — and, therefore, Floridians — out of his twice-a-day briefings with emergency managers. That meant that as hurricanes bore down on the state, journalists — and, therefore, Floridians — had to wait longer to get crucial, eve…
OUR POSITION: Hurricane Dorian grows to threatening size.
OUR POSITION: A killer throughout history; a pest here now.
OUR POSITION: Sarasota County commissioners endorse three-year residential treatment project.
The Venice City Council gets back to work Tuesday, holding its first meeting in more than a month.
OUR POSITION: Florida lawmakers and Congress need to step up their oversight of guardianship programs while investigating and properly funding the state office responsible for protecting our elderly.
Every time Venice makes another “Best places” list, we like to mention it in the paper. This is a special city and its residents are proud of it, whether they’re natives or recent arrivals.
