Speaker backs 6.2 million MJC south campus funding
State Speaker Ralph Haben pledges full support for a Manatee Junior College south campus near Venice. He plans a meeting with appropriations staff and aims to move funding through both the House and Senate with help from Sen. Warren Henderson. Local GOP legislators back the project amid a Democratic-led legislature. The Venice campus now operates from the Brickyard Shopping Center and would serve southern Sarasota and parts of Charlotte counties.
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Manatee Junior College
Venice
House
Ralph Haben
Palmetto
MJC
Steve Korchek
Haben
Gondolier
Tallahassee
Warren Henderson
Senate
Manatee
Sarasota
Sarasota County
Sen
Henderson
Ted Ewing
Tom Dawson
Jack Dale
Dale
Brickyard
North Port
Venice Area
Florida House of Representatives
Burglars Strike Bay Indies Park Again
Police link seven recent break ins at Bay Indies Mobile Home Park to the same professional burglars seen a month earlier. Detectives say the suspects target color television sets using similar entry methods, with residents debating measures like locks and lights as they cope with the thefts.
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Venice drug ordinance struck down by county judge
Judge Robert Stahlschmidt voided the Venice ordinance mandating minimum jail terms for possession of marijuana or cocaine, ruling it unconstitutional. Lawrence Edwards, Houston, was freed after the motion to dismiss was granted. Gardner defended uniform sentencing but acknowledged the ruling. supporters urged community penalties as alternatives.
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Venice
Robert Stahlschmidt
Becky Titus
Lawrence Edwards
Houston, Tex
Edwards
James Gardner
Sarasota County
Gardner
Elliott Metcalf
Titus
Stahlschmidt
Ms. Titus
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