It is with a heavy heart we announce the passing of Morgan Harold Bevis Jr. on March 10, 2022. Harold fought a lengthy battle due to complications from surgery. His 72nd birthday would have been March 19, 2022. Harold Jr. was a wonderful person with a HUGE heart. He was raised in Key West, Florida, and has many Conch friends. He was a veteran who served two terms in Vietnam. Later, he managed his family’s Chevrolet dealership until it was sold then continued to work for other dealerships for many years. Harold and his earlier wife, Connie Ann Losley, reunited, and he moved to Ocala in 2007. They enjoyed life together, and Harold Jr. especially loved boating, hunting, camping, attending church, and having lots of great times with family and friends. He leaves behind his wife, Connie Ann; daughter, Morgan Bevis; stepsons, Alex Pendleton and Andrew Pendleton; and granddaughter, Alanna Pendleton. He also leaves behind his brother, Alan Bevis, sisters Donna Sue Shirah (Richard Diaz) and Marcia Bevis Perga (Tony Perga), many nieces, nephews, and family members, and MANY friends. Harold is now home with his Lord and Savior. A Memorial Service was held in his honor along with his heavenly Birthday party.
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Meet Brigitte Smith, RN, she is the Chair for the Marion County Republican Executive Committee. Brigitte read our paper and finds it to be informative. We are quite interested in how the growth this year has been. She was elected Chair January last year. On their first meeting as a new board, only 20 members in attendance, now a little over a year later, over 140 in attendance. They have had many successes. Truly, this REC is not the typical REC of past. They are known as the “red shirts” to our Marion County delegation of local and state elected officials.
They will be hosting a Judge candidate forum in May. There are 4 judge candidates confirmed. There will be an attorney who will be moderating the event.
Chair, Marion County Republican Executive Committee
brigittesmith37@yahoo.com
Florida Senate – 2022 SB 4-C
By Senator Bradley
5-00006-22C
A bill to be entitled
An act relating to independent special amending s. 189.0311, F.S.; dissolving independent special districts; authorizing the reestablishment of certain independent special districts; providing an effective date.
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida Section 1. Section 189.0311, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 189.0311 Independent special districts; charter requirements.—
(1) Notwithstanding any general law, special act, or ordinance of a local government to the contrary, any independent spe-cial district charter enacted after September 30, 1989, shall contain the information required by s. 189.031(3). Recognizing that the exclusive charter for a community development district is the statutory charter contained in ss. 190.006-190.041, community development districts established after July 1, 1980, pursuant to the provisions of chapter 190 shall be deemed in compliance with this requirement. Continue reading
By TomL
Here is one thought!
I hear people / readers talk about Russia being so powerful or China being so powerful. It makes me wonder about down deep inside about our country, who is pulling the BIG BUSINESS” strings? Here is what I have…
Who has the most influence in the World???
Most of the following are American Citizens and have work hard to get where they a at:
- Google CEO is an Indian.
- Microsoft CEO is an Indian.
- Adobe CEO is an Indian.
- IBM CEO is an Indian
- TWITTER CEO is an Indian
- Net App CEO is an Indian.
- MasterCard CEO is an Indian.
- DBS CEO is an Indian.
- Novartis CEO is an Indian.
- Diageo CEO is an Indian.
- SanDisk CEO is an Indian.
- Harman CEO is an Indian.
- Micron CEO is an Indian.
- Palo Alto Networks CEO is an Indian.
- Reckitt Benckiser CEO is an Indian.
- Britain’s Chancellor is an Indian.
- Britain’s Home Secretary is an Indian.
- Britain’s next Prime Minister will be an Indian
- Ireland’s last Prime Minister was an Indian….
- and the American Vice President is Indian.
Winner of the Lady Lake Chamber and The Town of Lady Lake’s 50/50 wins over 1,000.00. Congratulations to Christina Woznikaitis, check presented by Executive Director Leslie Dicesare, President Vicki Kerley and Mayer Jim Rietz
Recently, I’ve noticed so many people stating their version of the origin, the meaning, the intent and the effect of the Con-stitution of the United States of America.
For example, one starts, “Let me clarify what the ‘experiment’ (of the U.S Constitution) is”. He the stated, “When this na-tion was founded, foreign nations were ruled by kings, tsars, autocrats. Even England still had a monarchy, in its queen”.
(Question – At that time, wasn’t there a ‘King’ of England?)
The writer continued, “Our country was founded as a democracy where our leaders were elected by the people.”
(Question-Is the USA a ‘democracy’ or a Representative, Democratic Republic?)
Then, he claims, “Our laws were enacted by elected representatives of the people, to benefit the people fairly and justly.”
(Q-Are these assertions based on a study these ‘elected representatives?’ Continue reading
Dear Friends,
This column will be the second in a series that we plan to write, providing an overview of the 2022 Legislative Session. Last month, we brought some information to you regarding Florida’s budget and what the Legislature did with your money. This month, we will highlight two education policy bills that we passed this year
HB 1557, Parental Rights in Education by Senator Baxley and Representative Harding. By now, many of you are familiar with this bill as it received national attention and is part of broader conversation regarding parental rights going all the way back to last year. Given the slanderous moniker “Don’t Say Gay Bill” by left wing media outlets, this bill expands on the Parental Rights bill passed in 2021. Let us be clear, this bill says nothing about not being able to say “gay” in schools. We are not prohibiting casual conversations. What we are saying is that children in K-3 schools do not need to be indoctrinated with gender theory instructional material and their parents left in the dark about it. HB 1557 will empower parents and families by prohibiting school districts from adopting policies that require employees to withhold information from a parent regarding their child, unless necessary to protect the child when the school suspects abuse or neglect. Continue reading
At the CEP’s Annual Luncheon on 2 February, the new 5-year Strategic Plan, Forward Momentum, was unveiled to a crowd of nearly 1,100 business leaders. The plan had been developed over eight months in 2021 and involved consultations with a number of experts and economists.
The plan is a continuation of its two successors (Moving Forward and Moving Forward – Phase II) but also broadens the engagement of the CEP in a few key areas. All of the plans 19 goals are aligned with the CEP’s mission “to be the catalyst for a prosperous community.” The following are highlights of a few of the goals. The complete can be found at OcalaCEP.com/the-CEP/strategic-plan/
Business Advocacy – the top goal in Business Advocacy is the Renewal of the Local Option Sales Tax. This 1% tax was first approved by voters in 2016 and then overwhelmingly renewed in 2020. The tax is the best way to fund important and needed transportation and first responder needs. The revenues can only be spent on capital needs and approximately 1/3 of the revenue is collected by tourists and commuters who are using our roads and depending on our first responders but not otherwise contributing to their support. Continue reading
I’m being busted by several readers in the papers to the south, the Villages Spectator and the Lady Lake Magazine about getting information off the internet and are questioning the validity. Here is one example of a story I got off the internet two years ago that now has validity. It seems that Hunter Biden’s laptop is slowly being confirmed. The New York Post released Hunter Biden’s Laptop to the FBI in October 2020. What do you think the election result’s would have been if that was pick by the news as actual true information. Now the New Times has verified some of the email sent by that Laptop. It was a blazoned separation of information by several higher ups.
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki was ask about the Laptop story she responded Hunter Biden does not work for the White House, the US Government and she is not obligated to answer questions about the story. She is telling reporters to ask the Department of Justice about the Laptop. Looking back during the election when ask about the story she said it was dissimulation of fake news by the Russians to influence the outcome of the election. The Laptop in many area referred to the “Big Guy” getting his cut of the loot. The Laptop shows about influence peddling. The Laptop also mentions Family Business dealings with Russia, China, Ukraine and more. Continue reading
Most every Tuesday the Farmers Market is set up at the Lady Lake Chamber Log Cabin Park. They sell a little bit of everything. Jellies Jams, soaps, candles, large selection of produce, Assortment of products, hand made goods, sometimes they have cars or trucks on display, plants and trees for sale, services, sea food, American Made Solar System’s and many other items and services.
