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Newspaper
Sun Coast Gondolier
Location
Venice, Florida, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1980
Page
2
A speaker recalls advocating a strong city manager form to replace a loosely run city government. He compares the city chart to a corporate structure with a board of directors, a mayor as chair, and a city manager handling day to day operations to maximize tax revenue. He notes lingering old practices remain.
An opinion piece argues the city manager and charter grant executive efficiency yet demand for detailed reports and day to day operations from elected officials. It questions whether the charter's manager led model reduces politics to a full time corporate style, urging clearer policy focus.
A Venice writer describes how chronic Darven prescriptions harm his mother and argues physicians enable addiction. He cites multiple doctors issuing refills and notes a new drug replacing pain while dulling function. He supports federal limits on refills to curb reliance and urges coping with pain.
Louis Sinclair recalls a dawn tornado in Battle Creek Michigan that damaged homes and felled trees across the neighborhood. He notes widespread power outages, boiled water advisories, and the community’s long recovery amidst ongoing storm warnings.
The Sertoma Club of Venice thanks The Cabaret Crow's Nest Fisherman's Wharf The Myakka Lanes Pewter Mug Smitty's Restaurant and individuals Jack Boyle Ross Walkup Venice Patrolman Pete Walker Ron Glaser for supporting the Cops vs Freaks benefit softball game. Rod Doheny thanks Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 45 for cooperation.
The Sun Coast Gondolier reports on the delayed VACC Guidebook stirring hesitancy among Venice merchants toward ad agencies. The piece suggests an amicable resolution and looks to investigative reporting to help the neighborhood heal and attract creative businesses for hard working locals.
A collage of maxims and observations from Kipling Whitman Frost Bulwer-Lytton Huxley and Lee. The collection contrasts ideas on jealousy truth education duty and genius with a nod to moral heart and personal liberty.
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