Ed Martin's INSIDE VENICE FLORIDA Blog          These are all the Blogs posted in September, 2007. Tuesday, 25 Council Avoids Giant Mistake-But the “Fat Lady Has Not Sung” Council Member John Moore helped the council avoid approving the Tra Ponti project, by forcefully moving that they postpone action and have public workshops to study the many unanswered questions and problematic features of the Tra Ponti proposal. Demonstrating what appeared to be confusion and indecision, a number of council members kept suggesting that it might be a good idea to open the public hearing, have the presentation by the applicant and then hear from citizens in the aud Read more | 3 comments Posted By Ed Martin at 10:06 PM in Category:Inside Venice Sunday, 23 80 foot Tra Ponti--the last straw? see Ed Martin's "stealth ad" in the Venice Gondolier Sun. Remember "good things come in small packages." (political advertisement paid and approved by Ed Martin for Mayor, Seat 7) Click Here to Link directly to this article publisheed in the Venice Gondolier Sun. Read more | 2 comments Posted By ed martin at 9:45 AM in Category:Inside Venice Saturday, 22 Gondo Editorial on Tra Ponti--"How Sweet It Is." The Gondo editorial board analysis on Tra Ponti is on target. Read all the way to the last sentence. Click Here to Link directly to this article publisheed in the Venice Gondolier Sun. Read more | 0 comments Posted By ed martin at 9:08 PM in Category:Inside Venice Greg Shanika Tells It Like It Is. As this guest editorial indicates, Greg Shanika is intelligent, insightful, prescient and more. Naturally this resulted in his not being reappointed to the Planning Commission, replaced by a political crony. Click Here to Link directly to this article publisheed in the Venice Gondolier-Sun. Read more | 1 comments Posted By ed martin at 9:00 PM in Category:Inside Venice Monday, 17 Herald Tribune Editorial On Target Expert analysis by Trib Click Here to Link directly to this article publisheed in the Sarasota Herald Tribune. Read more | 0 comments Posted By ed martin at 5:26 PM in Category:Inside Venice Tuesday, 11 Council Changes Face of Venice, allows 80 foot buildings. Keep up with comments which are coming in, below. While King Solomon may have suggested cutting the baby in half to see who its true mother was, city council cut only a little slice of Michael Miller’s Tra Ponti plan to build four 80 foot condo/hotel buildings at the edge of downtown Venice, with a density of an extraordinary 100 units per acre. The slice was suggested by Bill Willson, who suggested that two of the buildings be reduced by about 10 feet, on the premise that that slight Read more | 4 comments Posted By Ed Martin at 10:37 PM in Category:Inside Venice Monday, 10 Gondolier Article Marks Campaign Start. Greg Giles, News Editor of the Gondo, wrote an informative and insightful story on the campaign and the unusual event that there will be a number of qualified candidates running. Editor's note: the article made a slight mistake in interpreting the announcement which has been posted on this site. Ed Martin was Assistant Secretary in the Carter Administration. He was cited for visionary leadership during the Johnson and Reagan administrations. He served as Director of the fed Click Here to Link directly to this article publisheed in the Venice Gondolier Sun. Read more | 0 comments Posted By ed martin at 12:36 PM in Category:Inside Venice Thursday, 6 Comment on Fred Hammett and Parks See the provocative comment from Earl Quandt at the bottom of the column announcing my candidacy Read more | 1 comments Posted By ed martin at 9:31 PM in Category:Inside Venice Tuesday, 4 Ed Martin Announces Campaign for Mayor of Venice Dr. Ed Martin, former Assistant United States Secretary of Education and currently on leave as public policy columnist for the Venice Gondolier Sun, announced that he would run for Mayor of Venice. (For Martin's additional remarks see www.edmartinformayor.com) In a public announcement outside Venice City Hall before the September 4 Planning Commission meeting, Martin said his primary goals would be to increase the responsiveness of the city government to citizen inpu Read more | 1 comments Posted By ed martin at 10:10 PM in Category:Inside Venice Sunday, 2 Gondo Editorial On Target The Gondolier recognizes the importance of this election for the future of Venice and also recognizes the public service motivation of the candidates. Click Here to Link directly to this article publisheed in the Venice Gondolier Sun. Read more | 1 comments Posted By Ed at 6:18 PM in Category:Inside Venice