============================================================ DIGITAL DIGEST � http://www.bonitanews.com � September 16, 2004 ============================================================ Subscribe to the Bonita Daily News: http://web.naplesnews.com/circulation/ PRICE GOUGING COMPLAINTS CONTINUE; 700 FROM LOCAL AREA The Florida attorney general has fielded more than 6,400 price-gouging complaints in the past month, with more than 700 of them coming from Lee and Collier counties. Attorney General Charlie Crist said Wednesday 6,478 complaints about price gouging during Hurricanes Charley, Frances and Ivan have been filed. Among those complaints, 578 were made in Lee County and 135 were made in Collier County. RESIDENTS WARNED: BEWARE SCAMMERS IN STORMS� WAKE In the wake of Hurricane Charley and Hurricane Frances, many from south Lee County and Bonita Springs opened their hearts to those affected by the storm. They donated time, supplies and money to help out those in need. �People want to help and they have. They have been very generous,� said Randye Carter, public information officer for the American Red Cross. �It�s human nature. Unfortunately, there will also be people who will commit fraud.� AFTER CHARLEY AND FRANCES, RESIDENTS TAKE THREAT OF IVAN SERIOUSLY The two warning shots helped. When Hurricane Ivan followed his siblings Charley and Frances by threatening to batter Florida, residents of Lee and Collier counties were already fluent in safety procedures, emergency management officials said Wednesday. �I�ve never seen so many businesses or houses that had plywood and shutters on, and they left them on. It shows that people were concerned and wanted to protect their property,� said Terry Kelley, Lee emergency management coordinator. �Sometimes it takes a wake-up call.� BONITA COUNCIL SHELVES SET OF PROPOSED BEACH RULES By a margin much wider than a thread, Bonita Springs city leaders agreed Wednesday to keep Bonita Beach hospitable for thongs. The City Council voted 5-1 to shelve a group of proposed beach rules, collectively known as the �Beach Management Ordinance.� Many of the regulations in the ordinance already exist, such as bans on alcohol and pets. Get details on all these stories and more at http://www.naplesnews.com IN PERSPECTIVE: GREG DOBBS: DUBIOUS DEBATE VS. VALID DOUBTS The dubious debate about John Kerry�s Vietnam War record, vs. valid doubts about President Bush�s, has been almost beyond belief. Kerry�s has tarred him; Bush�s has not. What Kerry�s comes down to is a dispute between him and the vets who support his account of heroism under enemy fire, and those who don�t. You might ascribe it to the fog of war. Read more commentary and get local editorials and today�s Letters to the Editor at http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/perspective/ IN FLORIDA TORNADOES SPAWNED BY IVAN KILL 2 IN PANAMA CITY AREA Hurricane Ivan spawned killer tornadoes Wednesday as it started to lash the Gulf Coast, tugging coastal homes from their foundations with monster waves and sending residents of the Florida Panhandle fleeing inland to safety ahead of its 135-mph winds and swelling oceans. Two people were killed and others were trapped in rubble from their damaged homes as three tornadoes roared through the Panama City area, authorities said. Get details on all these stories and more at http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/florida/ IN NEAPOLITAN: KITTY KELLEY BLISTERS THE BUSH FAMILY WITH A BOOK THAT LACKS MUCH SUBSTANCE Kitty Kelley�s catty new book about the Bush family is a perfect artifact of our current political culture, in which unsubstantiated attacks on Sen. John Kerry�s Vietnam War record and old questions about President Bush�s National Guard service get more attention than present-day issues like the Iraq war, the economy, intelligence reform or the assault weapons ban. Get details on all these stories and more at http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/neapolitan/
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