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Newspaper
Sun Coast Gondolier
Location
Venice, Florida, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1979
Page
2
A column harshly critiques county commissioners over North Port annexation and South County services. It questions municipal authority, long-range planning, and political motivations while urging shared growth and clearer governance.
Louis Sinclair recalls a blistering 1920s railroad section gang summer at Marshall with hard labor on cement bags and crushed stone. He details Spanish speaking workers, fatigue, low pay, and an awakening respect for labor while contrasting his prior ideas of social status.
A humorous essay notes Rust Hills book How to Retire at 41 and mocks housework as life's cruel truth. The narrator details laundromat battles including queues, 60 cent loads, and the joys of folding, with vivid scenes of towels, clothes, and exhausted endings.
A compact collection of quotations from Francis Bacon Kahlil Gibran Alexander Hamilton Mark Twain Robert Louis Stevenson George Bernard Shaw Alexander Pope Jonathan Swift Ralph Waldo Emerson and a Chinese proverb. The lines reflect on delight and ability travel hope power over will and the primacy of thought over matter.
An ecology minded reader condemns pervasive growth and air pollution fueled by SMATS and Sarasota 2000 plans. The letter argues for mass transit and three connector roads from Rt. 41 to I-75, warning of environmental damage and longer term costs. It references the January 1979 Fishkind Milliman report and a March 6 1979 Herald Tribune editorial.
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