Rieth proposes 5.9 million budget with tax increase
City Manager Dale Rieth delivers a 5.9 million budget to the city council with a plan for expenditures exceeding revenues and a near one mill tax hike. If adopted, it would mark the first tax increase in years, with hearings set to begin and cuts likely to follow. the budget faces stiff council scrutiny amid inflation and insurance cost pressures.
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Dale Rieth
REITH
Police and Fire Department
Bill Kern
Harry Case
Rieth
Kern
Florida
Coast Guard to rule on bridge opening schedules in Sarasota County
A final decision on regulating bridge openings in Sarasota County is due from the Coast Guard Bridge Division. The Hatchett Creek Venice plan calls for 15 minute openings when boats wait and signal openings otherwise. Ringling Causeway Siesta Key and New Pass openings would differ, drawing local criticism amid winter traffic snarls.
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Coast Guard
Washington, D.C
Frank Teuton
Regulations
Bridge Division
Miami
Owen Siler
Hatchett Creek
Venice
Ringling Causeway
Siesta Key
Sarasota
Pass
Lido
Longboat Keys
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Bot
Commissioner Resigns Over Privacy Concerns In Florida Ethics Fight
Muirhead resigns effective July 31 citing philosophic opposition to state Ethics Commission disclosure rules. Term runs to November 1978. Four fellow commissioners sue to block filings. Judge denies injunction. Rhodes and Clay will file. Saba may resign. Askew to dismiss noncompliant officials. Local officials express surprise and concern.
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Reubin Askew
Muirhead
State Ethics Commission
Leon County
Larry Rhodes
Beverly Clay
John Saba
Rhodes
Askew
Mayors Blame Disclosure Law Sparking Local Backlash
Sarasota County leaders led by North Port Mayor Margaret Gentle attack Florida's new financial disclosure rules as a smear tactic. Other officials including Venice Mayor Harry Case and Longboat Key Mayor Edward Petrick joined in criticizing public access to records and urged limiting viewing to the Ethics Commission. The dissent followed the resignation of Sarasota County Commission Chairman William Muirhead who refused to comply.
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Florida
Sarasota
Gentle
North Port
League
Tony Saprito
Venice
Harry Case
Dale Rieth
Longboat Key
Edward Petrick
Petrick
Case
Reubin Askew
Sarasota County
Deputy finds peace afloat in a life on the water
Deputy Stirling Boomhower, a five year veteran of the South County Sheriff’s Department, trades crime scenes for boat life. He moors a 36 foot New England Trawler and spends days off cruising the Dry Tortugas and the Florida Keys.
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Michigan Lakes
Venice
Boomhower
New England
South County Sheriff's Department
Tortugas
Florida Keys
Venice to Hold Public Hearings on New Zoning Code
The city schedules a first public hearing on the comprehensive zoning code Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Community Center. Residents may speak, register in the lobby, and offer comments as revisions proceed toward possible adoption.
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City Planning Commission
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