2010 & 2011 archive of links to stories from other sources Note: all links were live and valid at the time of original posting; any dead links are the result of moved or deleted content on the linked-to web sites
Herald-Trib reviews Harry Walia's "Patti's" restaurant "That Ahi Tuna Pastrami involves rubbing the fish in pastrami seasoning, but it turns out to be one of those dishes whose description sounds better than it is... Service was good but overly chatty." -- Sarasota Herald-Tribune, 09/16/11
If you eat at Sharky's, maybe you oughtta pass on ordering the squab Chicken, turkey, and eagle may be suspect menu items as well; Poisoning pigeons in the park goes mainstream as dying birds plummet onto tourists and fisherman on the Venice Pier -- Sarasota Herald-Tribune, 12/09/10
City to Police Chief Julie Williams: Go with God, but go (oh, and we'll give you $40,000 if you keep your mouth shut) Gondo story ||| Herald-Trib story City Manager Isaac Turner pays off Williams in a golden parachute contract that forbids the disgraced ex-cop from ever saying anything bad about Turner... nope, nothing funny going on here -- both stories 11/10/10
Venice officer claims hostile work environment Officer Demitri Serianni claims the recent discipline against him was in retaliation for requesting records that show that Lt. Mike Rose regularly went to his Mahi Mac's Bait & Tackle shop in Nokomis while on duty -- Sarasota Herald-Tribune, 06/25/10
Ed Martin: I will not accept if nominated and will not serve if elected Gondo story ||| Herald-Trib story Hizzoner drops acid, fantasizes that he's General Sherman in 1884, then gets into a piss-fest with that other idiot, Calamaras, over who was the worst mayor ever in the history of Venice -- YO, GUYS: pot, kettle, you both sucked, it's a tie -- both 06/23/10
London's Mayor Boris Johnson wants us to be kinder to BP Johnson wants sympathy for the beleaguered company, as "it is paying a very, very heavy price" for what was essentially an honest accident -- sorry, Boris, fresh out of that sympathy thing, but we do have plenty of oil, suddenly, and you are plenty welcome to all you can clean up UK TimesOnline, 06/10/10
Water to cost more because Venice residents are idiots and are now getting their just desserts How did we get to here? Let's start with that $2 or $3 million project a few years back that was solely for the purpose of getting reuse water to the ponds at the airport golf course -- remember how much Herb Levine and this web site bitched about that? Remember how we were made fun of when we said this day would come? Well, this day has come. -- Sarasota Herald-Tribune, 06/09/10
Venice to join OPEC Say goodbye to "Gulf Coast" marketing materials, say hello to signs like "Welcome to Venice on the Beautiful Oil Coast of Florida -- Sarasota Herald-Tribune, 06/09/10
Bullying at VPD to continue unabated Cops blame cops for documents that the city clerk gives out to the media, as one cop tells another 'you're my bitch so just shut up' -- LEOAffairs.com, 05/27/10 Mayor claims only a small percentage of cops are being bullied by police administration, so it is really not a problem that anyone should be too concerned about -- Ed Martin's blog, 05/26/10
Facebook users aren't buying what the chief is selling: ""Hey Julie: That's the way to shove this off onto someone else!!!" -- Facebook, 05/26/10
VIDEO: Dick Vitale wants you to know that our beaches are fine BONUS IMAGE THAT WILL SCAR YOUR PSYCHE FOR LIFE: Oh look -- C.J. Fishman and Sue Lang are walking on the beach, holding hands -- isn't that cute? Or is it a sign of the coming apocalypse? I forget. -- video, YouTube, posted 05/21/10
Another "Friend of Art Nadel" gets nailed Sitting in front of a computer with your underpants at your ankles while drooling at pictures of pie charts on the screen is no way to go through life, son -- Sarasota Herald-Tribune, 05/20/10
