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Shrimping for ?£§fi^M :- •:••':••.• •>« Everythingihe Island visitor needs to know Vol. 24 No. 14 Tuesday, April 3,1984 Three sections, 25 cents Despite removal from ballot, Proposition One debate draws crowd on Sanibel By Barbara Bruodage Though Proposition One was thrown off the November ballot by the Florida Supreme Court the day before, the Committee of the Islands held a town meeting as planned last Wednesday. • .... : "The Issue Is still very much alive," Gilbert Burdsley, a COTI director and former president of the Michigan State Senate, explained to the 100 Sanibel and Captlva citizens who turned out for toe public forum at the Sanibel Community Association. The four speakers, who discussed the pros and cons of the controversial measure designed to place a cap on reve&ue* for tudne districts ID the state, expressed disappointment that the people would not hive an opportunity to vote on the amendment next fall. •••.-'- But the problem of tai reform will not go away, they all agreed. Proponent Douglas Morgan, a member of the Lee County Charter Commission who is active In continued page 2A Two arrested on cocaine charges By Cindy Chalmers A Sanibel police sting operation last week resulted In the arrests of a Sanibel man and a Fort Myers man on charges of selling cocaine. A tourist pur- chased the drug from the men with police money last Tuesday night. Keith Frederick "Kip" Buntrock, 22, or MM Mockingbird Drive on Sanibel, and Keith Bernard McMenamy, also 22, of 3746 Blue Heron Drive in Fort Myers, were arrested after they sold cocaine to an 18-year-old woman who was cooperating with police. McMenamy was also charged with possession of cocaine. Both men were also charged with con- tributing to the delinquency of a minor. Sanibel librarian resigns Police Officer Rick Kennedy made the arrests. He was working a special detail at in the parking lot at to accept position in Manatee County an Island restaurant when he noticed the woman in a car with the Interior lights on. There were two 17- By Barbara Brundage have been Sanibel residents slr.ee 1978. ycar-olds In the car with the woman. Beth Manning, head librarian at She has worked as a volunteer at the When ht* approaced the car Kennedy saw a bag of Sanibel Public Library since June library since 1973. white powder on the seat. He said the woman ad- 1982, has resigned effective April 7, Robertson holds bachelor's and mitted the powder was cocaine and said she had Robert Hancy, president' of the masters degrees, in elementary bought one gram for $80 from the night manager at Library Board, announced Friday. education trom Butler University. She an Island real estate office. Manning has accepted a position has taught In elementary schools and The woman was taken to police headquarters, with the Manatee County Library worked as a library volunteer In In- where she agreed to return to the Executive Ser- Sy tern in Bradenton that "broadens diana for IS years. vices, Inc., offiee on Periwinkle Way to buy more her professional and financial op- Manning, who served as prison cocaine. Police gave her five $20 bills and put a portunities," Haneysaid. librarian at Logan Correctional In- listening device In her purse so they could monitor pat Robertson, assistant librarian In stitution In Central Illinois before . Uwdeal. charge of volunteers since 1980, has coming to Sanibel, said she will miss Both Buntrock and McMenamy were taken to the Sanibel Librarian Beth been named as Manning's the Island but could,no! pass up the Lee County Jail and were released after posting Manning's resignation replacement. chance for career advancement., 510,000 and $15,000 bond respectively Wednesday fs elf active AprlJ7 Robertson and her husband. Robert, morning. The ISLANDER Tuesday, April 3 HH 3A Tuesday. April 3, l»« The ISLANDER r What's inside •Obituarya Condo residents hear five-point CASI platform Weather watch By Cindy Chalmers Butz Associates of Captive Indicated •Request greater sensitivity to In- reflecting action taken ai U»e annual CC Everybody William Gibney dividual rights; meeting within 10 d*yi. More than 150 condominium trash pick-up at condominium cotn- Business nevs residents heard first-hand lust week ples takes about one-(iai) the lime •Urtfi' equal eligibility for local and "We're doing what we nave to do, 1GA about the Condominium Associations needed to service single-family county service. Williams said. "And It looks like talks about it... William Gibney of Sanibel died Wednesday, of Sanibel. Inc., live-point platform for dwelling*. Williams said. "If Uiere Is a ••There's no question that we have (many of the Island's condominium Classified 17C March 29. 1984, at his home on South YiV-htsman iction in the coming year. rea&rm why a segment of the Sanibel the attention of the (condominium residents) want to Join In. Drive. He was 70 years old. A key plaLIorm entry urges Sanibel community should have resident) voters now," Williams said "I think we will be able to get the Commentary SA A retired cryogenics engineer from Long Island to commission a refuge removal study discriminatory rates placed on them, after the annual meeting that was held understanding we want from the of- The skies over Sftnlbel and Captiva wlil be a bit N.Y., Gibney is survived by his wire, Mary, ol this reason should surface soon." he ficials without having to develop s Sanibel: lour daughters, Ann Rausch of Long so that rates charged can be based on Thursday at (he Sundial. Crossword puzzle 19C cloudy Uib week wiui temperatures predicted In tbe service rendered. said. The CASI Political Action Com- political powerbase," be added. "We upper 60s to the low SOs- Island, N.Y.; Barbara Smith of Sanlbel; Catherii.£ mittee started last month notifying bupc and believe our goals will be Last week's weather according to records kept by Ancefsky of Fort Myers; and Rosemary Gibrcy of l>r. Art Williams, chairman of the Other planks in the CASI platform Fishing tips 68 Sanibel; a son. William Gibney Jr. of Wlndlmm. newly formed CASI Political Acilon areU>: Sanibel's 600-plus condominium accomplished in a pleasant way-" the SanUxl-CapUva Chamber of Commerce wus as resists of the need for a unified For more Information about the follows: N.H.; one brother, Frank Gibney of Long Island Committee, told his audience that U of •Support the Sanibel Comprehensive N.Y : and six grandchildren. 18 Florida cities surveyed base Ihelr Land Use Plan and it* conservation voice on Sanlbel. Committee CASI Political Action Committee call Movies, entertainment 2GB garbage collection fees on volume and principles; organizers have held Informal Williams, 472-3818. He wts a member of the Dunes Country Club, pick-up costs. •Seek fairness from Lee County In discussions at several condominiums Police be*t 2A HIGH LOW RAIN Grumman Retirees of Southwest Florida, and the A preliminary study by Richard J. property taxation; and plan to send another letter Monday, March 26 7S 71 0 ASME. He was of the Roman Catholic faith. Service directory I5C Tuesday. March 27 SO 71 A Requiem Mass was offered Saturday, March 31, from the chapel of the Harvey Funeral Home In Fort Wednesday. March 2a 80 66 Myers. Entombment was at Coral Ridge Cemetery. Proposition One debate draws Sanibel crowd from Shelling Ups 7B Thursday, March 29 IN 61 Friday. March 30 60 Saturday, March 31 74 Flcrlgtans for Tax Relief, said the latter group has But this will not generate enough money to Morgan stressed Proposition One's provision that Sports SB 61 prepared an amended version of the proposition and provide for Increased services required by growth, would permit a taxing district to exceed the revenu* Sunday, April 1 77 60 will try to get the required 300,000-plus signatures by he added. cap with approval of the voters by a referendum. Tides 7B Aug. 8 to place it on the November ballot. Neron suggested the legislature should look into "This gives the taxpayers a right to tell government what they can spend and not have them tell us," he The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that alternatives to property taxes for funding govern- Today at City Hall 21A Proposition One, an amendment to the state con- ment. These could Include a state Income tax and said. stitution, was defective because tt dealt with marc lotteries, he said. But Ncron and Dennett said it was not practical to than one subject and violates rules for citizen's Bennett said Proposition One should not be have a referendum every two years on budgets. Inltitlatvc. compared to California's Proposition 13. "It's like That would be hard to Implement and expensive, Joe Miller, president of Lee County Restaurant apples and oranges," be said. "California had a U they added. Association and a member of the county Tourism billion surplus to tide them over the first years." Metcalfe pointed out that the Impact of Development Council, was the other "pro" speaker. COT1 Chairman Fred Metcalfe moderated the Proposition One on Sanlbel would not be as severe as He expressed hope that the legislators have heard discussion and limited each speaker tn a 20-mlnute in other cities in the state. KODAK the voice of the people and will take action to limit presentation, after which the audience asked "There's a high level of confidence tn local VIVITAR government spending during this session of the state questions. government on Sanlbel," he said. POLAROID legislature. YASH1CA CPA Phil Bennett and Bill Ncron, a former Lee TAMPON County assistant administrator and director of the Needlepoint KIRON Jo'!! county's charter commission, spoke In opposition of Italian OUR OWN Proposition One.