I like the new security guards one of our local banks has hired to protect its grounds after hours.
They are vigilant.
I had to drop off a deposit bag after hours (full of little of nothing) and I spotted them as soon as I turned off the road into the parking lot.
As long as I remained on a normally-travelled path, they had little problem with me being on the premises.
I guess you could say we had an unspoken understanding.
Our children will be headed back to school Monday, which means it’s time for us to start paying more attention on the roads than we think we have to.
All too often driving becomes something else we’re doing while doing something we believe to be more important.
During the time when school is in session, there is nothing we do while driving that is more important than paying attention to the road.
That’s not to say that there’s anything more important at any time while behind the wheel than paying attention to the road.
Finally, after all these months of wailing, gnashing of teeth, placing blame and just downright stupidity in most cases, we get an economist who has the easy, simple, eloquent solution to end the recession we are in the final throes of today.
We’ve listened for three years now to various methods to end the current economic downturn.
Most of the ideas are lofty, powered by incredible brain trusts, and have a partisan political theme that nowhere near touches the actual issue driving the recession.
Why, one might ask, do we have a continuing recession when Wall Street, banking, automotive and financial services sectors have shown such strong rebounds in the last year?
There are 11 days remaining before voters begin making decisions on who will lead our various governmental agencies into the next year.
Seats in the State House of Representatives, US House of Representatives, Governor’s mansion, US Senate, local county commission, local school board, mosquito control district and county judge’s chair will be up for grabs in this election cycle.
Some of those races, particularly school board and county judge, could be settled with next Tuesday’s primary if one candidate pulls more than 50 percent of the vote.
That makes it important that everyone eligible get out and cast a ballot.
It’s time to start building the old Fantasy Fest float again.
Our trusty trailer for the last three years has finally given up the ghost and we’ve been forced to go to a new and improved version that we hope will not have the flaws that the old one had.
This trailer has weight capacity that even we can’t exceed, and it has enough room that we can build pretty much anything we wish and still be able to put people on wherever we need them.
But it still has its design challenges.
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As our local governments get deeper into their respective budget approval cycles, one theme seems to stand out above all others.
And that theme, unfortunately, is going to mean that more of us pay more in taxes than we did last year.
To say that I have fallen a little bit behind in the world of today’s technology would be an understatement.
About a dozen years ago, I was on the cutting edge of technological advances. I was the guy a lot of other folks came to for answers to pesky technical issues. I could write computer programming, fix desktop systems, I could even program my own VCR. I just never figured out my watch.
Leave it to our state Legislature to make sure that the wishes of the people of Florida are left on the cutting room floor while they play politics.
Every time I have to travel back to the midwest from whence I came, I am reminded of the many reasons why I no longer belong there.
First and foremost is the cold. Even in the beginning of summer, the temperature can drop into the 50s. That’s just too much like winter for me.
The second is the ultra-conservative mode of dress.
We plan to travel back to Ohio in a couple of weeks to see our grandchildren who still live there.
There are two things I make it a point to do when I’m in Ohio (my parents still live there part time and I have other children and grandchildren there). I make it a point to eat at White Castle, and I make it a point to eat at Skyline Chili.
Absentee ballots have hit the mailboxes locally, which means primary decision time in this year’s election cycle has begun.
Voters will have the opportunity to select a Republican candidate for both the District 2 and District 4 County Commission seats.
Incumbent George Neugent takes on challenger Danny Coll in District 2 while incumbent Mario Digennaro takes on challenger David Rice, former District 4 commissioner, in that venue.
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