New Year Resolutions from a Sarasota Memo Column
A 1980 themed column by MIKE MURPHY outlines resolutions and jabs at local politics and media. He pledges to press annexation, redistricting, and tax issues while lampooning city leaders, with notes on local sports, abortion ads, and gratitude for readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Derek
Sam
Dale Rieth
Lawrence Welk
Venice
Oval Office
Big Pat
Bucs
Sun Coast Warriors
Roger
Staubach
Washington
John
Leroy
Pat
Brent
Howard
Fellows
Gulf
Self Help on a Rising Phone Bill Sparks Curbside Wiring Act
A homeowner vents at length about an $80 installation bill and vague line charges. He recounts how a 122 foot phone line from his garage to the curb remained unburied five weeks after installation and, in despair, he buried it himself to stop the risk of damage.
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Numero Uno
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A writer contemplates deducting labor costs from a phone bill and warns of potential consequences for speaking out. He explains charging 10 cents per foot for trench digging and plans to offset $12.20, hoping the company agrees.
New Decade Hopes and Worries Echo in 1980 Reflections
A Venice High graduate recalls the 1960s optimism and 1970s turmoil as 1980 approaches. The writer laments political corruption, inflation, and war fatigue, but hopes for world peace, cleaner environments, energy independence, and renewed national strength in the 1980s.
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Vietnam
White House
Anonymous gift fulfills boy’s Christmas wish in Venice
A Venice party tale recalls a man overhearing a boy’s wish for an electric train. He followed clues to the boy’s home and left an anonymous gift at the front door, fulfilling a Christmas dream. The writer urges sharing such acts of kindness.
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Charles Dickens
Venice
Chance
WAMA Receives Reader Praise and Christmas Thanks
A note of gratitude credits WAMA and supporters Mr and Mrs Larry Rhodes and co workers for sharing light and love. The writer expresses appreciation to friends known and unknown and echoes the angels message of good will toward men.
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Larry Rhodes
Wama
Gondolier reader celebrates Sun Coast Gondolier
A Venice resident now living in Blue Springs Missouri writes from his bedside to thank the Sun Coast Gondolier for its twice weekly delivery. He praises features by Louis Sinclair and Barney Lipinski and expresses appreciation for the paper’s local news and columnists.
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David Bitner
Linda Knapp
SUN Coast Gondolier
Sun Coast Gondolier, Inc
Miami Ave
P.O
Venice
Florida
Postal Service
Blue Springs
Louis Sinclair
Murph
Barney Lipinski
Gondolier
Epiphany Church Building Featured in Venice News
William V. Gibson thanks Gondolier staff for coverage of the Venice event narrating the historic church building, the unique windows by Fr. Domingo Sturgatz of Madrid, and Ned Burke's mini circus piece that evoked childhood memories.
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Epiphany Catholic Church
Macfarlane
Venice
Virginia Small
Domingo Sturgatz
Madrid
Spain
Ned Burke
William V. Gibson
Epiphany Parish Council
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Paul Schmidt
Sun Coast Gondolier Inc
South Sarasota County
Derek Dunn
Rankin
Robert A. Vedder
John C. Hewens
North Port News
Florida Press Service
Tallahassee
City Hall
Internal Revenue Service
Enison
Venice High
Norah Denison
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