Sarasota County Growth Plan Gets Broad Editorial Review
An editorial notes Sarasota 2000 presented sweeping growth recommendations for the county through 2000. The panel, born from the Chamber of Commerce, drew diverse views yet reached a majority consensus on key points. The Sun Coast Gondolier prints the full text on pages 8–10 and urges reader reactions to shape future development.
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Sarasota 2000
Sarasota Chamber of Commerce
Sun Coast Gondolier
Editorial echoes shape county growth debate in Sarasota
A Sarasota editorial discussion argues tourism as the county’s main industry while resisting new tax bases. It notes youth outmigration, aging residents, and tax burdens, urging careful balancing of light industry to create jobs without overburdening wage earners.
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Sarasota
Sarasota County
County Commission
Guy
Macy
Gimbel
South County
Quotes About Life and Truth From Various Authors
Quips on parking and pedestrians optimistic views and aging temptations as well as remarks by Franklin P. Jones York Optimist Bulletin The Old Farmer's Almanac Mark Twain William Hazlitt Edward Young Napa Grape Press.
Counterfeiter prices and inflation in press letters
A reader argues that US deficits and money printing destroy dollar value, condemns wage and price controls as doomed and likens voluntary programs to historic regimes. The letter warns elected officials to curb deficits and bury Carter’s voluntary controls, invoking Diocletian and Nazi comparisons.
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U.S
Babylon
Diocletian
Rome
Nazi Germany
Italy
Hitler
Mussolini
Carter
Barry Bosworth
President's Council On
Simply Sinclair column on reading order and mixup
The writer discusses a mixup in a column about whether party members should switch in an election. He notes the confusion from readers and explains the later portion appeared before the first, leaving readers unsure how to read the piece. The piece is attributed to Louis Sinclair in Venice.
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Sinclair
Louis Sinclair
Venice
A Positive Letter on Contractor Paul R Theen
A reader from Warm Mineral Springs praises contractor Paul R Theen for honesty and customer service. The letter recalls a window accident caused by a yard worker with Theen replacing the broken window promptly after the truth was shared. The writer urges honoring such practitioners over slander.
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Paul R. Theen
Youth Project of the Year Award Thanks to Dorothy Lipp Streuer
Joseph E. Newman MSW executive director of Big Brothers Big Sisters thanks Dorothy Lipp Streuer social editor for printing BBBS articles in the Gondolier. He credits her support with volunteer recruitment community exposure and program stability.
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Dorothy Lippstreuer
Dorothy
BBBS
Joseph E. Newman
MSW
Big Brothers
Big Sisters
Computer ledgers and the peril of modern shopping
A columnist laments modern credit card bills and computerized accounting that confuse him. He recalls past cash payments, how complex bills can be, and jokes about wives shopping and Christmas bills, hoping for simpler terms like old time store slips.
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By Mike Murphy
Sam Dillon
Sun Coast Gondolier Inc
South Sarasota County
Derek Dunn
Rankin
John C. Hewens
Jim Beans
Dorothy Lippsteuer
M.B. Macfarlane
Helen Hastings
North Port
Liliane Johnson
Kathy Tyrity
Randall Hicks
Mark Chamberlin
Sun Coast Gondolier, Inc
Miami Ave
Florida
Florida Press Service
Tallahassee
Fla
American Newspaper Representative
New York
N.Y
Atlanta
Franklin P. Jones
York
Optimist Bulletin
Mark Twain
William Hazlitt
Edward Young
Napa
Calif
Grape Press
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Theen
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S. Sypien
Mineral Springs
Simply Inclair
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