These are all the Blogs posted in February, 2008.
Monday, 25
Three New "Best Bytes"--All Highly Recommended.
Click on Best Bytes to have a written sample of the fare at "Flapjacks," Bushido and the Thai Bistro. Try them, you'll like them.
Posted By Ed Martin at 8:54 PM in Category:
Inside Venice
Some New Best Bytes-Try Them, You’ll Like Them
FlapJacks.
I read an ad in one of the circulars that come in the mail and I felt it was clever and it appealed to me. The ad was composed by the chef/owner, Jim, and he began by asking why he had to be in the restaurant at 5 a.m. or so as I recall. He then provided a long list of items that were homemade, soups, meatloaf, batter for Flapjacks, chicken salad, and more all for breakfast or lunch.
I dropped in the other day at 810 E. Venice Avenue, (the façade of the
Posted By ed martin at 8:52 PM in Category:
Best Bytes (Food)
Saturday, 23
Tom Brenner Discusses Airport and Comp. Planning
Ed's note: Tom Brenner filed an extensive and thoughtful reply to the comp planning article. I think posting it as a Guest Blog will give his views more visability.
Click on Guest Blogs or on Tom Brenner headline at right.
Posted By Ed Martin at 9:58 PM in Category:
Inside Venice
Tom Brenner, President of Venice Neighborhood Coalition weighs in on airport/comp plan development
Editor's Note: Tom Brenner sent this in as a comment on the comp plan article, but its complexity and topicality suggest that guest blog would be a more appropriate site for readers to notice his views.
Comments on the City’s Ongoing Review of the Comprehensive Plan, and suggested amendments regarding the Venice General Aviation Airport.
There exists a serious problem in the Comprehensive Plan (Draft) with respect to airport planning. Simply stated, airport pla
Posted By Tom Brenner at 9:54 PM in Category:
Guest Bloggers
Producer of Car Talk Strikes Back
When asked about why Tom and Ray on Car Talk focus don't focus on problems of people in Florida who experience unexplained left-hand blinker problems, instead of on folks from Bend, Oregon with 15 year old Volvos with 250,000 miles on them, Car Talk Producer, Doug Berman, replies.
To: emartin@ci.venice.fl.us
Subject: Re: esteemed_producer: Unrequited love for Car Talk
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 19:49:43 -0500
I think your charges are warrant-less, Ed. T
Posted By doug at car talk at 9:40 PM in Category:
Inside Venice
Wednesday, 20
Earl Quandt's letter to the editor of the HT
Earl feels council is on the right path in its workshops, disagrees with HT opinion column.
Click Here to Link directly to this article publisheed in the
Sarasota Herald Tribune.
Posted By ed martin at 11:09 PM in Category:
Inside Venice
Council Show Vision of Venice in Comp Plan workshops
"Council is demonstrating quite clearly what it is trying to accomplish and how it is going to get there."
"General themes so far include maintaining Venice as a city of moderate and lower heights. That is a key aspect of its beauty, creating the feeling of openess and light."
The linked article is a guest column in the Venice Gondolier Sun, February 20, 2008
Click Here to Link directly to this article publisheed in the
Venice Gondolier Sun.
Posted By ed martin at 9:43 PM in Category:
Inside Venice
Monday, 18
Kitt and Mike Now Two Nights at Chez Sylvie
See Jazz Corner
Posted By ed martin at 9:24 PM in Category:
Inside Venice
Kitt and Mike in new room now two nights.
To our friends, neighbors and fans, far and near, We are happy to tell you that the new stage location and new menusare such a success that we will now be performing two nights a week(Wednesday and Thursday) at Chez Sylvie. Chez Sylvie is located at 2881 Clark Road, Sarasota,in the shopping center at Swift and Clark. Performances are from 7PM to 9:30. For reservations, call 941-923-9020. Hope we see you there. Kitt & Mike
Posted By Kitt and Mike Moran at 9:23 PM in Category:
Jazz Corner
Friday, 15
Mayor Takes on "Car Talk"
Open Letter to “Car Talk”
Dear Tom and Ray, or Click and Clack,
I am concerned that your program is not fair and balanced, but rather caters to the problems of a certain class of listener—those who drive a 1992 Volvo with 250,000 miles on it, or a ninth hand Ford pickup, which makes funny noises when the battery is low. These people all live in Bend, Oregon or Madison, Wisconsin. Most are women whose husbands or fathers are opinionated if uninformed.
Peo
Posted By Ed Martin at 9:40 PM in Category:
Inside Venice
Wednesday, 13
Airport Board Appointments Win Narrow Approval
For Greg Giles report go to www.venicegondolier.com
February 13th edition.
Technical difficulties, unknown, are keeping me from linking directly.
When the dust settled we have some good new faces on the AAB. The past members did well, it is no disrespect to them.
However, I feel the new members are more active in putting together a new airport layout plan at the citizen level for presentation to the City. Also it is my belief that the voters wanted to se
Posted By Ed Martin at 10:24 PM in Category:
Inside Venice
Council approves "new faces" on Airport Advisory Board.
During the February 12 meeting, Council approved the appointments of Walter Hake and Jim Marble to the Airport Advisory Board. They also approved the reappointment of Jim Leis.
All are people with a positive view of the airport, interested in safety and in developing an airport layout plan that avoids problems, if possible, in the proposed airport layout plan created by consultants and put on hold by the previous council on two occasions.
Citizen groups representing
Posted By ed martin at 9:34 PM in Category:
Inside Venice
See Dick Hyman and Peter Appleyard Info in Jazz Corner.
March 4th date, info in Jazz Corner
Posted By ed martin at 9:25 PM in Category:
Inside Venice
Dick Hyman and Peter Appleyard in Concert
Jazz Club Of Sarasota
Presents
Dick Hyman And Peter Appleyard
Players Theater
838 N Tamiami Trail, Sarasota
2 and 8 PM
Tickets: $25 members; $30 non members
Info at 941-366-1552
Dick Hyman and Peter Appleyard have played regularly as a duo since 2000. Peter was a guest on Hyman's "Swing Is Here" that same year,and they have performed together at numerous jazz festivals around North America. This brief note cannot cover the histo
Posted By ed martin at 9:24 PM in Category:
Jazz Corner
Friday, 8
Mayor Briefs Council on Airport Development and Recommended Appointments to the Airport Board
Note: This memo is a public document and is posted on the city website.
To: Council Members
From: Ed Martin, Mayor
Date: February 7, 2008
Subject: Airport Advisory Board, Update and Recommendations for Appointment/Re-Appointment.
Purpose:
The purpose of this memo is to provide some current information on activities concerning the airport and to present information about current and proposed members for the AAB.
Background:
Posted By Ed Martin at 8:45 PM in Category:
Inside Venice
Thursday, 7
Greg Giles of Gondo Covers Town Hall Meeting.
Along with editorial, columnist there was also news coverage of the town hall meeting.
Click Here to Link directly to this article publisheed in the
Venice Gondolier Sun.
Posted By ed martin at 9:26 PM in Category:
Inside Venice
Columnist Eric Ernst on the Town Hall Meeting.
Eric Ernst shares his take on the Town Hall Meeting and asks what happens next?
What happens next is that we keep listening and using expanded public input to plan for the city's future.
There is lots on the agenda: the comprehensive plan for the city's future growth, various suggestions for fees, the airport master plan, and more. As the television show used to say, "Keep those cards and letters coming." (and speak up at workshops and council meetings.)
Click Here to Link directly to this article publisheed in the
Sarasota Herald Tribune.
Posted By Ed Martin at 9:17 PM in Category:
Inside Venice
Herald Trib Appreciates Town Hall Meeting.
The Trib joins me in feeling the Town Hall meeting was a big plus, really a good communication venue. The link to the editorial is below. Keep coming out to workshops and council meetings, there is always time for comment.
Click Here to Link directly to this article publisheed in the
Sarasota Herald Tribune.
Posted By Ed Martin at 9:13 PM in Category:
Inside Venice
Tuesday, 5
The Battle For Reliable, Safe Elections Continues.
From Kindra Muntz, SAFE.
This is a heartfelt THANK YOU to Susan Pynchon and Kitty Garber of the Florida Fair Elections Center in Volusia County, Florida for their outstanding report, just published, on "Sarasota's Vanished Votes: An Investigation into the Cause of Uncounted Votes in the 2006 Congressional District 13 Race in Sarasota County, Florida." See http://www.floridafairelections.org/reports/Vanishing_Votes.pdf
No matter what else the federal Government Accountabi
Posted By Kindra Muntz at 6:15 PM in Category:
Inside Venice
Monday, 4
Kitt and Mike Move to Better Space at Chez Sylvie
For the latest on Kitt and Mike Moran, see the Jazz Corner.
Enjoy.
Posted By ed martin at 10:11 PM in Category:
Inside Venice
Kitt and Mike in better location at Chez Sylvie.
Now you can enjoy a quiet dinner and listen to the excellent jazz standards and cabaret music of Kitt and Mike. (ed.note)
To our friends, neighbors and fans, far and near, Chez Sylvie has closed the gallery lounge, and is developing a new,more casual menu and new prices.Call 923-9020 for details. Mike and I will now be performing in the main dining room wheredinner is served. We're on the new bandstand Wednesday nights from7:00 until 9:30. Chez Sylvie now provides even more of a d
Posted By Kitt and Mike Moran at 10:02 PM in Category:
Jazz Corner
