Urge City Mobile Home Rent Control
A columnist recalls a past headline on mobile home rent control and weighs personal views on wage and price controls. He notes his left-leaning stance may anger friends, while acknowledging a shift toward opposing controls when targeting a specific group. Potential reader reaction looms.
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Fonda-Hayden
Funny Farm
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No Rent Regulation for Mobile Home Parks Says Local Writer
A columnist argues against city rent control for mobile home parks. He notes renters benefit from low taxes and park amenities, warns of universal rent caps, and urges respect for park life while urging the city to avoid broader rental regulation. He highlights community ties but cautions lawmakers to focus on other renters’ needs.
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Pie and Pink Panther Fly Christmas Eve Tale
A Punta Gorda Naples Airlines manager recalls a festive morning on Christmas Eve when a woman tried to send a key lime pie to San Diego unboxed and a passenger sought to transport a giant pink panther. The pie was boxed, the panther fitted into a carton, and a Naples pilot promised to help via Tampa, hoping the pie would reach its California recipient. The ending remains uncertain, but the holiday spirit shone through airline cooperation.
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Quotes on health hope cheerfulness and wisdom
A collection of maxims and aphorisms from diverse authors including Proverb Pestalozzi Bierce Wilde Montaigne and Whitehead about health hope cheerfulness truth life perception common sense love fame and tranquility.
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Life’s little embarrassing moments and reader letters stir Venice Gondolier
A column diary laments a string of petty mishaps from a spider bite to a missing earring and a nose blemish, while readers praise three Gondolier writers Norah Denison M B Macfarlane and Ned Burke and defend another critic from Sarasota.
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Norah Denison
Norah
M.B. Macfarlane
Nixon
Ned Burke
Chicago
Richard Pope
Sarasota
The
Gondolier
Venice
The Twentieth Century Began in 1901 Not 1900
The writer, Harry Northrop from Venice, argues that the century started in 1901, not 1900, and that a full decade remains, correcting premature counts and old radio quiz expectations. He notes journalistic habits of the past decade with their summaries.
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Fellows
Harry Northrop
Venice
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