GL: Venice

[Tommy Terrific]

GLAD to see a picture of him...I got ticketed on an outdated law last 
summer.  I fought it and won, and saved oodles of money.
TT

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "A H FOSTER" <capt.bill11 at verizon.net>
To: <great-loop at lists.samurai.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2009 9:27 AM
Subject: Re: GL: Venice


> From: FloridaKeyz at aol.com
> Subject: Re: GL: Venice
>
> Seems to me Venice does not
> want our business, so *^&%* em !
>
> It's got nothing to do with the city. He
> works for the state. Venice is a nice town and the Crows Nest is a nice 
> stop.
>
> Years ago the officer in question used to be based in Sarasota. But it's
> always been my understanding that he wore out his welcome here and was
> transferred down to the Venice area. Lucky Venice.
>
> Had a few run ins with
> him over the years. Hoped he had retired by now. Sadly, I guess not. He 
> gives
> LE a bad name as far as daily dealings with the public go. The problem 
> with
> him is not that he's just doing his job, it's how he does it.
>
> http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070304/NEWS/7030408
> 04
>
> It's interesting in the above article that they state Erickson that "Few
> understand the rules as well as Erickson.". Because when he hassled me a
> number of years ago at the Crows Nest on a 80' Lazzara I was running a the
> time, which was registered in the Cayman Islands, he sure didn't seem to
> understand the concept of foreign registration and a valid US Customs 
> cruising
> permit.
>
> It's also interesting to me that even though I had met/dealt with
> him many times over decades, when he would come up to me in an official
> capacity, he would talk to me like it was the first time he had laid eyes 
> on
> me. Strange dude.
>
>
>                                      Capt. Bill
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