Longboat Key & Sarasota Letters to the Editor week of May 22, 2026
St. Regis Arch
To: Editor
I have already expressed my views on this in an earlier letter. In good faith I tried to enlighten the seemingly...
Longboat Sues Unicorp Over the St. Regis Arch, Asks Circuit Court for an Injunction to Tear It Down
The case has a number now. At 2:19 p.m. on Friday, May 15, special counsel Martin Garcia electronically filed the Town of Longboat Key’s...
The St. Regis Arch: A saga in which nobody looks especially smart, including, and I cannot stress this enough, me
A Humble Editorial, In Which We Try, And Fail, To Understand How A Town Of 7,500 People Has Spent Approximately The Gross Domestic Product...
Grants, Growth, and Grit Define Longboat Key’s FY26 Mid-Year Comeback
The true character of a town isn’t measured when the skies are clear and the waters are calm. It is measured in the aftermath...
Infrastructure, Beaches, and Stressed Funds Take Center Stage at Budget Workshop
Longboat's workshop will set the tone for how the island balances its ambitious resiliency goals with fiscal responsibility.
—On Monday, May 18, the Longboat Key...