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Revenue is only half the equation

Your assessment of America's challenges in the next few years are spot on.

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Broken: The merit retention system

What began as an attempt to protect the state's court system from corrupt judges has led to politicized fights over retention and defacto lifetime appointments for judges.

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It's not the name that counts; it's the content

GCBR is now the Business Observer.

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Regulations take the fun out of business

I just finished reading your Review & Comment in the Gulf Coast Business Review.

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  • January 11, 2013
Editorial got it right

I believe all we can do is pray for our nation.

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  • January 4, 2013
The word for America in 2013: Freedom

The word for 2013 is “freedom.” Economic freedom. Personal freedom. Freedom. We have a tradition. Each year on New Year's Eve, we announce at a family gathering our word for the year — the one word that describes how we are going to focus our lives during the New Year.

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Curb your appetite for high returns

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  • December 14, 2012
Why we should go over the Fiscal Cliff

"Until we experience the cliff, we will not understand what it really means."

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  • December 14, 2012
Is there a future for community banks?

After the recession caused multiple community bank failures, local banks face continued challenges as they try to rebound.

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Probe of Citizens should be widened

Total transparency appears to be missing at Citizens Property Insurance. The governor should investigate Citizens' closing of its Office of Corporate Integrity.

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Double Barrel: The Debt Bomb and Bernanke

No one knows exactly when, but every day Congress and the president don't CUT spending meaningfully.

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  • August 31, 2012
Tampa Prep isn't the only STEM-smart program

Many similar techniques and technologies are already transforming the way students learn science and math in Sarasota and Charlotte counties' public schools.

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Keep speaking your mind

Thank you for adding comments from DH Landmark Engineering.

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Kudos for sticking up for your editorials

The "You didn't build that" statement could have been explained in a better way.

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Thank you for your dedication to capitalism

The comment by the President of the United States was the most offensive yet - and people are spinning to defend it.

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