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Frankly, I’m a bit put off by the casual attitude some of our British visitors display about this week’s royal nuptials in London. Haven’t they read The New York Times? Don’t they know Friday’s wedding is more about survival of the monarchy than two young people getting married? The Times tells us, “Among many in Britain

Almost simultaneously with the announcement of the plans for the Longboat Key Club & Resort, there was a chorus of voices demanding that the charter provision on density be applied and the requested density be subjected to a referendum

I like to read the weekly magazine The Economist each week. It is sometimes a chore, but always worthwhile. A recent cover story caught my eye (The Economist, April 9, 2011). The cover featured a fellow who looked like many of us on a nice motorcycle. The caption emblazoned over his head was “70 or bust.” This referred to our retirement age of the future. I turned to the lead editorial

The town is confronted by the specter of three underfunded pension plans. As of yet, no one seems to know the gravity of the problem and no one appears to be particularly exercised about the enormity of the problem. But that is not the focus of this column

Wally is in my chair in Boca Raton, Fla., having some dental work completed. Once again he asks me to join him for lunch in Key West after his appointment. It is noon on Friday, and Wally is my last patient for the day. Key West is a five hour drive if there is no traffic and possibly more at this time of year. However, it is only a 40-minute flight from the Pompano Air Center where Wally has his single engine airplane based. He has been asking me to fly with him for months, and I have always declined

Although Longboat Key commissioners were both visibly and audibly agitated as they started discussing peacock eradication, they authorized spending another $2,400 to underwrite the trapping and removal of Village peacocks until the estimated flock of 50 is culled to no more than a dozen male birds

There were no spare nails to be found after Longboat Key commissioners firmly nailed the coffin shut on the idea of applying for federal funding to defray the spiraling costs of beach renourishments. Town beach engineer Beau Suthard of Coastal Planning and Engineering (CPE) formally recommended after an $8,500 feasibility study, that the town not seek federal funds due chiefly to the cost of applying, the time for response and the fact that funding could prove unlikely

The Longboat Key Town Commission decided that while it is important to maintain strong ties with state and federal representatives, hiring a paid lobbyist may not make budgetary sense

Longboat Key town commissioners, after bandying about ways to help the financially struggling Longboat Library, decided to roll the issue back on the library and request that the library submit proposals on cost-saving efforts