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Newspaper
The Gondolier
Location
Venice, Florida, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1976
Page
3
Gov Reubin Askew seeks voter signatures to place the sunshine amendment on the ballot. It requires 210000 Florida voter signatures by July 1 1976 for full financial disclosure by public officers and candidates. About 30000 signatures collected so far. citizens may sign via a coupon in the article.
The text outlines annual full and public disclosure of financial interests due by July 1 each year. It requires sworn net worth statements listing assets and liabilities over 1000, with options to attach recent federal tax returns or informed income sources. It defines the independent commission as the Florida Commission on Ethics and extends rules to secondary income disclosures.
The board approved five environmental mini grant applications including two at Gardens Elementary and one at Venice Junior High. Gardens project costs 6000 dollars for a nature amphitheatre and outdoor classrooms directed by Joan Ewing. Venice High project funds 3000 dollars for nature field trips and STEP workshops led by Anita Hocker and Jean Landers.
A bread deliveryman spotted a large alligator at Jacaranda Plaza. Animal Control Officer Robbie Robinett called in Dennis Tappan of the Florida Game and Fish Commission. They corralled the reptile, hooded its jaws, and loaded it into a dump truck before releasing it into a nearby waterway east of Venice.
A pair of cats, Hoss Catwright and Pert, inhabit a cluttered world with one cat fond of a giant glass terrarium on a filing cabinet. Pert enjoys lounging inside the terrarium while watching the captain at work, while the other stays aloof. The piece notes a change from a hearthside snooze to this curious domestic drama.
Venice Municipal Airport Manager Russell Graham denies reports of near accidents and hot-dogging by aircraft. He concedes unauthorized acrobatics occur but says they are illegal and have been halted. AMGRAF, a local resident, described nuisances from flight path traffic, yet Graham asserts no near-accidents and says reports would go to the FAA. He rejects sky-policing duties, cites rising traffic, and claims facilities are adequate.
Russell M Bloom of 29 Hatchett Creek Road Venice died April 28 1976 at Venice Hospital He was 78 Born in Punxsutawney Pa he moved to Venice 15 years ago from Niagara Falls NY where he was a welding foreman for Niagara Welding and Boiler Works before retirement He leaves wife Annabelle A Bloom Venice a daughter Jane Stampion Trumbull Conn a son Ray Bloom North Canton Ohio six grandchildren six great grandchildren two brothers William and Ronald Bloom Niagara Falls three sisters Reva Larson Canton Twyla Cathcart Zoe Bauman Clearfield Funeral services were held in Clearfield Pa with burial Mt Zion Cemetery there Rawles Funeral Home Venice in charge of arrangements.
Washington announces an 18 month CFQ study on phosphate mining effects in Florida with no new permits during the period. Manatee County rejects new phosphate mine applications but approves Phillips Petroleum regional impact for strip mining. County also considers funding Save Our Bays Society and appoints Francis T Woods to Sarasota Planning Commission. Two bids for Nokomis Beach concession and Venice landfill truck scale awarded.
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