Beach plan push meets mixed eco views in Caspersen debate
A panel of environmentalists from local and state groups urged Sarasota County to adopt the Caspersen Beach development plan to protect dunes, while city officials and an ecologist warned higher access would destroy the beach. The debate touched on road relocation, 750 parking spaces, camping and picnic areas, potential runoff, and the need for a fuller environmental impact statement before any action.
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Tony Briggs
Caspersen Beach
Sarasota County
Michael Stuart
Stuart
League of Women Voters
LWV
George and
Rosemary Collett
Felicidades Wildlife Foundation
Venice
Oliver Hewitt
Mote Marine Laboratory
Anita Hocker
V. J. Valli
Ken Hill
Audubon Society
Vickers
Sarasota
Butney Landrum
State Department of Natural Resources
Margaret Dudley
Landrum
Hill
Yeatts presses action on stalled subdivision ordinance
Venice city engineer Ted Yeatts urged the council to act on a ten year overdue comprehensive subdivision ordinance. The measure, nine months tied to water rates and the charter, would require step by step guidelines for developers and curb unregulated projects. He notes Bird Bay and Pinebrook flaws avoided had the ordinance been in place.
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Ted Yeatts
Venice Planning Commission
Yeatts
Bird Bay
Pinebrook
Carlentini
Council
Venice Charter Faces First Reading and Rate Revisions
The Venice city council is set for the first reading of a revised charter and second and third readings for new water and sewer rates. A referendum date remains uncertain with debates over June or September as turnout considerations loom.
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Venice
Charter Review Board
Case
Dale Rieth
Bill Kern
Ellis Perigo
Insurance Commission
Millionaire trades bucks for boat to chase sea dream
Chuck Tobias, producer and star of The Way of the Wind, once traded four Ferraris two Rolls Royces and a million-dollar mansion for a life at sea. Raised in Toronto he grew up loving Greece learning from an immigrant mentor named Captain Demetrios who shared Greek culture and stories.
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High Seas
Chuck Tobias
Tobias
Greece
Demetrios
Aegean Sea
Cleopatra's Island
Tommy Smothers
Smothers Brothers
City faces $80,000 shortfall from grant loss and DER mandate
The city may need about 80 thousand dollars after a community development block grant application was denied and the state environmental agency required extra staff at water and sewer plants. City administrator Dale Rieth notes the missing 55 thousand for demolishing the old civic center and Bullpen on Grove Street, with Sarasota County awarded all funds. Rieth says projects tied to the grant will proceed anyway, and DER enforcement will likely add more personnel costs.
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State Department of Environmental Regulation
DER
Dale Rieth
Grove Street
Sarasota County
Rieth
City Hall
DEA
Daylight Saving Time Starts With Clocks Ahead
The article explains that DST began at 2 a.m. Sunday with clocks moved forward one hour. Sunsets shift later to extend daylight and the period lasts until October. Remember to spring ahead and fall back.
Frantic Coffee Pot Fire Erupts at City Hall
City hall staff smelled smoke and found a coffee pot in the alcove smouldering. Building inspector Homer Thomas fixed the situation as the fire department aired the building and no injuries occurred besides mental anguish over no coffee.
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City Hall
City Building
Homer Thomas
Building Department
Bob Becker
Becker
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