Postmaster General backs open display at local post office
The Postmaster General William Bolger praised an editorial and anonymous letter from Venice as a reminder that government workers must serve customers like a business. He urged the local postmaster William Sandberg to post both the editorial and the letter for staff, after a closing hour incident where a customer was denied entry.
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Venice
U.S
P.O
William Bolger
William Sandberg
Bolger
Venice Plans Study to Set Future Utility Rates
The Venice City Council will consider a $7,000 budgeted study initiated by city departments to determine future utility rates and plant capacity charges. City Manager Dale Rieth says it should start immediately, with findings presented for next fiscal year due to ongoing issues like east side wastewater needs and grant fund impacts.
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City of Venice
Dale Rieth
Venice City Council
Rieth
East Side
Letter discusses diving gear bans and instructor licensing
The author argues for U.S. only bans on selling diving gear with international sales allowed, urges grassroots campaigns, and supports local licensing of instructors based on training and experience. Cites Bermuda and Venice fatality concerns and favors pro ban legislation by a proposed local official.
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U.S
Venice
Bermuda
Nokomis
Pond plots and frog leg schemes fuel hotel bar brawl
The narrator recalls lying about a pond project with Dr. Maurice Bigelow to raise catfish and later frogs for restaurant markets. After bar hops at the Holiday Inn Punta Gorda and Ramada Inn, a fight breaks on the dance floor as rival patrons argue over the pond’s purpose and an inside track.
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Happy Hour
Holiday Inn
Punta Gorda
Maurice Bigelow
Ramada Inn
Dr. Bigelow
Nancy
Catfish
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