Ed Martin's INSIDE VENICE FLORIDA Blog          These are all the Blogs posted on Monday, 12, 2011. Anderson Memo to Council, May 2010, Stating Health Insurance Benefit Did Not Require a Referendum. This memo was in an Adobe PDF format and could not be highlighted and copied. In order to share it, I retyped it, without paraphrasing. It should answer questions about why Council did not consider the existing benefits illegal. (Perhaps poorly conceived and that led us to begin a payment program for Councilmembers' health insurance. Yesterday, Councilmember Bob Daniels asked me why the insurance issue was not resolved during my time as Mayor, (see www.insideveniceflorida.com Sept Read more | 1 comments Posted By Ed Martin at 3:17 PM in Category:Inside Venice Florida-ranks-44th-in-the-nation-for-long-term-medical-care This explains why the Governor and the Republican Majority in the Legislature are turning back healthcare money. Who needs it? Click Here to Link directly to this article publisheed in the Florida Independent. Read more | 0 comments Posted By Ed Martin at 7:08 PM in Category:Inside Venice Venice Diocese Backs Fair Food Program For Farmworkers "On Aug. 30, Bishop Frank J. Dewane met several delegates from the Coalition of Immokalee Workers at Epiphany Cathedral. These delegates were bicycling from Immokalee to Lakeland -- a roughly 200-mile trip. Their mission was to encourage Publix Super Markets Inc. to participate in the Fair Food Program for the farm workers in Immokalee, which, in part, ensures that farm workers have a pay increase of one penny per pound of tomatoes picked. Other aspects of the program support improved working co Click Here to Link directly to this article publisheed in the Sarasota Herald Tribune. Read more | 0 comments Posted By Ed Martin at 12:52 PM in Category:Inside Venice