Longboat Key & Sarasota Letters to the Editor week of May 1, 2026
2027 CPF Requests
To: Longboat Key Commissioner BJ Bishop
Here are some contacts at FEMA that should be helpful if you or the town would like...
Longboat Key & Sarasota Letters to the Editor week of April 24, 2026
Implementation Item of Green Team Analysis of Building Permitting Process
To: Longboat Key Commissioner Steve Branham
Just to follow up on your question regarding the results...
Longboat Key & Sarasota Letters to the Editor week of April 17, 2026
St. Regis Arch
To: Editor
I entirely concur with Chuck Whittall on why the St. Regis arch should not only be permitted it should be embraced!...
Longboat Key & Sarasota Letters to the Editor week of April 10, 2026
—High-span bridge the right choice
—To: Editor
—My wife has resided on LBK for 71 years. I have been here since 1972 when I relocated...
Longboat Key & Sarasota Letters to the Editor week of April 3, 2026
Longboat Pass Bridge Replacement
To: Longboat Key Commissioner Sarah Karon
Agreed. I’ll put a letter of my own together to send to FDOT in support of...
Longboat Key & Sarasota Letters to the Editor week of March 27, 2026
Congratulations
To: Rabbi Jessica Spitalnic Mates
Thank you so much for your kind words and invitation to speak. I would be honored to meet and speak...
Longboat Key & Sarasota Letters to the Editor week of March 20, 2026
Police Chief Response to Policing—
—To: Editor
—I am authoring this letter in response to an article written by Steve Reid who unfairly misrepresented how...
Longboat Key & Sarasota Letters to the Editor week of March 13, 2026
—Broadway roundabout timeline
—To: Longboat Key Vice Mayor Debra Williams
—The latest timeline is as follows:
—Final Plans/ Specifications production and permitting are in progress.
September 2026 Bid...
Longboat Key & Sarasota Letters to the Editor week of March 6, 2026
St. Armands traffic
To: Longboat Key Commissioner Penny Gold
Hello Penny Gold, I noted your comments in the newspaper regarding traffic in the St Armands Circle...
Longboat Key & Sarasota Letters to the Editor week of February 27, 2026
Garbage pickup
To: Jim Haft
The current contract with Waste Management expires on June 30, 2027. The cost savings in this particular contract to go to...