WENGNews writes, "VENICE CITY OFFICIALS WARNED THE OWNER OF TAVERN ON THE ISLAND ABOUT DOING WORK ON HIS BUSINESS WITHOUT A PERMIT AT A CODE ENFORCEMENT MEETING YESTERDAY. FOUR OFFICIAL WARNINGS WERE ISSUED, BUT NO FINES WERE LEVIED AGAINST THE VENICE TRUST, WHICH WAS REPRESENTED BY BAR OWNER MICHAEL VELLUCCI BECAUSE HE HAS APPLIED FOR THOSE PERMITS. YESTERDAY’S ACTIONS WILL NOT STOP THE CITY’S INVESTIGATION AS TO WHY THE BUILDING, FORMERLY NORMA JEAN’S, WAS ALLOWED TO OPEN BACK IN JANUARY WITHOUT THE PROPER INSPECTIONS AND PAPERWORK. CITY MANAGER MARTY BLACK HAD ORDERED THE INQUIRY AFTER SEVERAL EMPLOYEES OF THE CODE ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT FILED COMPLAINTS AGAINST VELLUCCI AND BUILDING OFFICIAL HANS BEHRENS. THE EMPLOYEES CLAIM THAT THEY WARNED BEHRENS ABOUT ISSUES WITH THE NEW BUILDING, BUT THEY WERE IGNORED…AND AT LEAST TWO ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS CALLED VENICE POLICE CLAIMING THEY WERE THREATENED BY VELLUCCI. "
