City council debates pier repair finances and future uses
Walt Geyer says the airport pier financial picture should improve this year but not break even. Rieth reports a $16,000 ticket sales guarantee with any excess shared 50 50 with the city. Suggestions include higher ticket prices, parking charges, closing the pier, a recreational vehicle park, and moving the Venice sewer plant. Mayor Proctor questions funding from the airport fund while bids already go out for repairs at a cost higher than expected.
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Tough drug law seeks license revocation
Venice police describe a new state statute that revokes licenses for drivers found possessing a felony amount of drugs in the car at the time of a traffic violation. The rule treats 20 grams of marijuana as felonious. smaller amounts are misdemeanors, and license revocation can block reapplication during sentence.
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