Opinion

Since the Observer’s founding in 2012, we have published several columns about Plant City’s voluntary organizations, our non-profit sector and the great contributions they make to our quality of life.   They are all organized for a specific purpose or to serve a defined clientele. They form one of the aspects of American society, which […]

We believe there’s a market for food that fights climate change.

Yes, coronavirus is stretching the social and financial fibers of our lives, but efforts are being made from all directions to strengthen those fibers.

Walden Lake resident Don Marshall believes the latest Walden Lake development survey is intentionally misleading.

When I hear people speak of tort reform, I wish them well. It is one of those areas of debate where giant swaths of time and mental energy can be wasted because any sweeping legislative tort reform in the U.S.A. is essentially an impossibility.  This is due in part to how a debate-killing slice of […]

“Let the word go forth from this time and place…that the torch has been passed to a new generation… proud of our heritage…” With these words, newly elected President John Kennedy proclaimed in his January 20, 1961 inaugural address that a new generation of Americans had assumed the mantle of leadership.  As I sat in […]

Don’t be surprised if you see a lot of yellow ribbons around Plant City festooned on trees, light posts and the doors of businesses during the week before Veterans Day.   Yellow ribbons are a traditional way of welcoming veterans home and supporting them, and welcoming and honoring veterans is exactly why the Elks Lodge, […]