The selection of Hal Lenobel to repeat previous tenure as mayor could not come at a more propitious time. The financial situation facing the town is probably the direst since the town was founded. Longboat Key depends upon three major sources for its funding.
Richard L. Hershatter
Contributing Columnist
banyan502@aol.com
Life and limbs are never safe
When legislators meet;
The world would be much better off,
Were they all on the street.
Run! Hide! Take cover!
Mark Twain was right on target when he observed that “no man’s life, liberty or property are safe when the legislature is in session.”
Florida’s house and senate convened this month [...]
Mark Twain once observed that the chief difference between a man and a dog is if you treat a dog well, the dog will be grateful. Gov. Bill Richardson has now established that he has all the attributes of a dog except loyalty.
Kudos to our most politically savvy Police Chief Al Hogle. He rebuffed Sarasota Clerk of Court Karen Rushing’s implied request to issue more traffic violations (see story, page 1).
