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| PUNTA GORDA LOOKING TO TRIM TWO MILLION |
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WENGNews writes, "PUNTA GORDA CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ON TUESDAY BEGAN DISCUSSING WAYS TO CUT NEARLY TWO MILLION DOLLARS FROM THEIR BUDGET IN ORDER TO MAKE UP THE SHORT FALL CAUSED BY TAX REFORMS. ONE THING THAT WAS MADE CLEAR IN THE MEETING WAS THAT MOST OF THE CITY’S NEARLY 300 WORKERS WON’T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT JOB SECURITY. AT WORSE, SOME MAY BE MOVED AROUND TO NEW JOBS, AND SOME POSITIONS, SUCH AS ASSISTANT POLICE AND FIRE CHIEF, WILL BE ELIMINATED BY RETIREMENT AND TRANSFER. DEPUTY POLICE CHIEF BUTCH ARENAL HAS SAID HE WILL APPLY FOR THE SOON TO BE VACANT CHIEF POSITION, AND ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF MATT FREE IS EXPECTED TO TAKE AN EARLY RETIREMENT AFTER 23 YEARS. THE CITY IS ALSO CONSIDERING WAYS TO MAKE UP THE BUDGET SHORT FALL, INCLUDING CHARGING BOATERS TO PARK THEIR BOATS AT CITY BOAT RAMPS AND RAISING THE BUSINESS TAX. SOME CUTBACKS EXPECTED WILL INCLUDE HOLIDAY DECORATIONS, JANITORIAL SERVICES AND MANGROVE TRIMMING. "
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Posted on Apr 02, 2008 05:09am.
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| NORRIS INFORMS BOARD HE IS LEAVING FOR IOWA |
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WENGNews writes, "AS WE FIRST TOLD YOU YESTERDAY, SARASOTA SCHOOL SUPERINTENDANT GARY NORRIS IS HEADING TO WATERLOO, IOWA TO BECOME THEIR SCHOOL SUPERINTENDANT. NORRIS OFFICIALLY INFORMED THE BOARD OF HIS DECISION TUESDAY NIGHT IN NORTH PORT. BOARD MEMBERS WILL LET HIM OUT OF HIS CONTRACT, WHICH PAYS HIM OVER $170,000 DOLLARS A YEAR, BUT SOME MEMBERS ARE NOT HAPPY ABOUT PAYING NORRIS FOR UNUSED SICK AND VACATION TIME, AND MAY CHALLENGE THAT. NORRIS WAS CHOSEN FOR THE WATERLOO POSITION MONDAY NIGHT, WITH A BASE SALARY OF $195,000 DOLLARS A YEAR, AS HE REPORTEDLY BEAT OUT THREE OTHER FINALISTS. NORRIS’ LAST DAY ON THE JOB HERE WILL BE MAY 30TH, WHICH IRONICALLY IS THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL IN THE COUNTY, AND HE WILL TAKE A MONTH OFF BEFORE BEGINNING HIS NEW JOB ON JULY 1ST. THE SCHOOL BOARD WILL DISCUSS THEIR PLANS TO HIRE A NEW SCHOOL SUPERINTENDANT AT A WORKSHOP NEXT TUESDAY MORNING."
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Posted on Apr 02, 2008 04:51am.
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| HEALTH IN MOTION IN VENICE TODAY |
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WENGNews writes, "SARASOTA COUNTY’S FORTY FOOT MOBILE MEDICAL UNIT, HEALTH IN MOTION, IS BACK IN THE AREA TODAY, DISPENSING FREE OR LOW COST HEALTH CARE TO RESIDENTS WITH MEDICAID, WITHOUT HEALTH INSURANCE, OR WITHOUT TRANSPORTATION. THE BIG BUS WILL MAKE TWO STOPS IN VENICE TODAY. THIS MORNING THEY WILL BE AT THE GOODWILL CENTER RIALTO AT 650 SOUTH TAMIAMI TRAIL ON THE ISLAND, FROM 9:30AM UNTIL NOON. THEN THEY WILL MAKE THEIR WAY TO GROVE TERRACE, AT 201 GROVE STREET NORTH THIS AFTERNOON FROM 1-3. NO APPOINTMENT IS NECESSARY, BUT PATIENCE IS, AS THE BUS IS AS POPULAR AS EVER. IF YOU WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION ON THE SERVICES, DATES, OR ROUTES OFFERED BY HEALTH IN MOTION, YOU CAN CALL THE SARASOTA COUNTY CALL CENTER AT 861-5000, OR YOU CAN GO TO THE COUNTY’S HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES WEB SITE AT WWW.SARASOTAHEALTH.ORG."
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Posted on Apr 01, 2008 06:58am.
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| FORMER P C BAND INSTRUCTOR ARRESTED AGAIN |
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WENGNews writes, "A FORMER PORT CHARLOTTE HIGH SCHOOL BAND INSTRUCTOR WAS ARRESTED LAST MONTH ON MORE SEXUAL ASSAULT CHARGES STEMMING FROM AN INCIDENT THAT REPORTEDLY TOOK PLACE IN ORANGE COUNTY. ACCORDING TO THE HERALD TRIBUNE, 46 YEAR OLD DALE BOWE FACES TWO SEXUAL ASSAULT CHARGES THERE AS WELL AS TWO IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY. HE WAS ARRESTED BACK ON MARCH 21ST, THE DAY AFTER AN ARREST WARRANT WAS ISSUED. BOWE WAS A SUBSTITUTE BAND TEACHER LAST FALL AFTER LEADING THE DEPARTMENT IN 2006, BUT HE RESIGNED IN JANUARY AFTER TWO STUDENTS FILED COMPLAINTS AGAINST HIM. BOWE WAS RELEASED FROM THE ORANGE COUNTY JAIL THIS PAST FRIDAY AFTER POSTING $20,000 BAIL, AND AS A CONDITION OF HIS RELEASE, HE MUST WEAR A TRACKING DEVISE. HE MUST ALSO AVOID INTERNET SEARCHES, STAY AWAY FROM ALL U S THEME PARKS, AND AVOID CONTACT WITH HIS ALLEGED VICTIMS AND ANYONE UNDER 17. "
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Posted on Apr 01, 2008 06:15am.
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| NORRIS TAKES JOB IN WATERLOO |
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WENGNews writes, "WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE GARY NORRIS HAS HIMSELF A NEW JOB STARTING IN JULY. NOT IN NEW MEXICO, NOT IN ARKANSAS, BUT IN WATERLOO, IOWA. THE WATERLOO-CEDAR FALLS COURIER IS REPORTING THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD CHOSE NORRIS ON MONDAY NIGHT TO REPLACE THEIR RETIRING SUPERINTENDANT DEWITT JONES STARTING JULY 1ST. THE IOWA PAPER IS ALSO REPORTING THAT NORRIS’ SALARY FOR HIS FIRST YEAR WILL BE $195,000, WHICH IS A RAISE OF ALMOST $20,000 FROM WHAT THE SARASOTA SCHOOL BOARD IS PAYING HIM. NORRIS HAS LED SARASOTA COUNTY SCHOOLS SINCE 2004, BUT HIS REIGN HAS BEEN TEMULTUOUS TO SAY THE LEAST. HE ORIGINALLY RESIGNED BACK IN SEPTEMBER, BUT WAS CONVINCED TO STAY ON. NORRIS WAS REPORTEDLY A FINALIST FOR THE SAME JOB IN ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, BUT TOOK THIS JOB, TELLING THE COURIER THAT HE HAS A STRONG DESIRE TO WORK WITH A SCHOOL BOARD THAT WANTS TO WORK AS A TEAM ON CLOSING THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP AND WORK WITH AT-RISK POPULATIONS OF YOUNG PEOPLE. NORRIS HAS SAID HE IS LEAVING DUE TO FAMILY HEALTH REASONS."
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Posted on Apr 01, 2008 05:59am.
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| FIVE ARRESTED FOR STEALING FROM WAL-MART |
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WENGNews writes, "FIVE PEOPLE WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY BY CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES AFTER ALLEGEDLY STEALING NUMEROUS ITEMS AND SHOPPING CARTS FROM AN ARCADIA WAL-MART. DEPUTIES SAY THE THEFTS OCCUR AT AROUND 7:15PM, WHEN STORE EMPLOYEES NOTICED TWO MEN LOADING UP THREE CARTS. THE TWO MEN THEN WENT TO THE PARKING LOT TO GET A VAN, WHILE THE THREE WOMEN TRIED TO LEAVE THE STORE WITH THE MERCHANDISE, WHICH HAD A REPORTED VALUE OF $1700 DOLLARS. A DOOR GREETER TRIED TO STOP THEM WHEN SHE NOTICED THAT NOTHING WAS BAGGED, BUT SHE COULD NOT. THEY DID GET THE LICENSE NUMBER, AND A BE-ON-THE-LOOKOUT WAS ISSUED. IT WASN’T LONG BEFORE CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES LOCATED THE VAN ON STATE ROAD 31 IN PUNTA GORDA. THEY STOPPED THE VAN, WHICH HAD ALL OF THE ITEMS INSIDE. ARRESTED WERE 23 YEAR OLD JAMES COOK OF PORT CHARLOTTE, AS WELL AS 31 YEAR OLD LEE FLEMING, 23 YEAR OLD TAMISHA DENSON, 24 YEAR OLD CASHINIA COOK, AND 28 YEAR OLD LATASHA WALDEN, ALL OF FORT MYERS. THEY WERE ALL BOOKED ON GRAND THEFT RETAIL AND POSSESSION OF THREE SHOPPING CARTS. THEY ARE ALL BEING HELD WITHOUT BOND IN THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY JAIL. "
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Posted on Apr 01, 2008 05:44am.
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| WOMAN ARRESTED FOR DOMESTIC BATTERY |
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WENGNews writes, "A VENICE WOMAN WAS ARRESTED SATURDAY AFTER ALLEGEDLY STABBING HER BOYFRIEND WHEN HE WOULD GIVE HER MONEY FOR DRUGS. POLICE SAY THEY WERE CALLED OUT TO A HOME ON SOUTH ARMADA ROAD JUST AFTER 8PM SATURDAY, WHERE THEY FOUND THE MAN WITH A STAB WOUND AND A WOMAN, 29 YEAR OLD ANDREA JACKSON, WITH UNSPECIFIED INJURIES. THEY WERE BOTH TAKEN TO THE VENICE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER FOR TREATMENT, THEN BACK TO THE POLICE STATION FOR TAPED INTERVIEWS. DETECTIVES DETERMINED THAT JACKSON HAD INSTIGATED THE ARGUMENT, AND SHE REPORTEDLY JUMPED ON HIS BACK AND BEGAN CHOKING HIM AT FIRST. LATER, SHE ALLEGEDLY STABBED THE MAN IN THE LEG WITH A KITCHEN KNIFE. JACKSON WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY ON AGGRAVATED BATTERY CHARGES. SHE IS BEING HELD WITHOUT BOND IN THE SARASOTA COUNTY JAIL PENDING AN APRIL 25TH ARRAIGNMENT DATE. "
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Posted on Apr 01, 2008 05:00am.
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