Medical chief denies discrimination charges at Venice Hospital
Venice Hospital's chief of medical staff refutes orthodontist Dr. Sheldon Wald's suit alleging staffing discrimination. Wald's charges, aired at a county bond hearing, threaten a health facilities authority for tax-free bonds that could save over 2 million in a 30 year period while financing expansion. The hospital cites strict screening and high standards for staff membership and argues the plaintiff seeks space rather than professional standards.
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Venice Hospital
Sheldon Wald
Ward
Ronald Hanson
Sarasota County
Wald
Dr. Ross
Dual taxation dispute eyed for binding arbitration plan
Sarasota County and city leaders face a potential end to the dual taxation fight as the League of Cities backs a plan to use four Charter Review Board members as arbitrators with a fifth chosen to render a binding decision. The proposal, supported by Venice and Longboat Key, aims to save money on court battles and settle how county taxes apply to city residents. Andrew Sandegren cautions on member qualifications while Petrick touts elected-at-large status as an asset. The county commission has not yet acted on the plan.
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Sarasota
Petrick
Arbitration Board
Sarasota County Commission
Andrew Sandegren
Sandegren
League
Agency helps abused and neglected children in Sarasota
In 1977 Sarasota County investigators found 10 children sexually abused, 177 physically abused, 32 emotionally abused, 21 abandoned, and 519 general neglect cases studied by the Florida State Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services. A Venice branch opened in October 1977 at 209 S Nassau Ave. Reports come from physicians nurses teachers and hospitals with witnesses immune from prosecution if made in good faith. Cases include a home in disarray with water roaches and garbage and a boy crying at school thinking his father was dead.
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Sarasota County
Children and Youth Services
Florida State Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services
Libby Coker
Sarasota
Venice
S. Nassau
Miami Avenue
Sarasota County assessed value tops 3 1 2 billion in 197%
Figures by Sarasota County Property Appraiser John Mikos show a total county value in 197% exceeding 3 1 2 billion, up from just over 1 billion six years earlier. County taxes amount to 42 427 813 supporting county government and schools, with county operations about 13 million, and Board of Public Instruction receiving the largest share.
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Ture
Sarasota County
John Mikos
Sion
Board of Public Instruction
Science fiction writer beat NASA to moon by 40 years
Venice resident Don Moore watched Apollo 16 liftoff from Cape Kennedy recalling his 1934 invention of a moon mission with three astronauts. He created Flash Gordon, Dale, and Dr Zarkov for King Features and wrote over a thousand weeks of the strip. Moore’s extrapolation predicted many technologies later seen in real life. Flash Gordon used radar and undersea gear long before their invention.
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NASA
Moon
Cape Kennedy
Venice
The
Space Center
Don Moore
Moore
Flash Gordon
Dale
Dr. Zarkov
King Features Syndicate
Alex Raymond
Don Don
Anne
Liliane Johnson
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Robert Ross JR
Ross
Steve, Plunkett
Nea
By Craig Nelson
Longboat
County Commission
Ed Maroney
Sherlyn Silver
West Coast Inland Navigation District
Southwest Florida Water Management District
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