Giant Cone Ginger Flower Photo by TomL
By TomL
Antonio West was the child who was shot and killed by two teens, who were attempting to rob his mother, his mother was also shot. Antonio’s murder and his mother wounding made the news for maybe a day, and then disappeared.
A Grand Jury from Brunswick, Georgia ruled the teens who murdered Antonio will not face the death penalty… it was Antonio who got the death penalty from his killers instead, because his mother didn’t have the money they demanded. They shot him in the face!
Murders from
June 1 thru July 10
7/10- Brittany Simpson, white
7/6- Sarah Goode, white
7/6- Jeffrey Westerfield, white
7/5- Perry Renn, white male
7/3- Laurey Kennedy, white
7/3 Eric Mollet, white
7/2 Rupert Anderson, white
7/2 Jennifer Kingeter, white
6/30 Jim Brennan, white
6/29 Paul Shephard, white Continue reading
If you see an American Flag that has anything changed or added? it violate the flag code! No color changes, why would you want a black and white flag? Why would you want a American Flag with a thin blue line? Another Style that is hitting the internet right now is half U.S. and half military… Most of those are made in China. Any changes of or on the American Flag violate the flag code! The only thing you can do is make it bigger or smaller!!!
By TomL
Dr. Paul Banerjee is the Medical Director for Polk County Fire Rescue, Polk County Sheriff’s Office SWAT team, Dr. Banerjee is board certified in Emergency Medicine and is an Associate Professor in Emergency Medicine at the University of Central Florida School of Medicine, Mercer University School of Medicine and the University of South Florida School of Medicine. Dr. Banerjee was an EMS 10, 2017 Innovator of the year and the State of Florida Medical Director of the year in 2012. Dr Banerjee is also a member of the Metropolitan Collaboration of EMS Medical Directors……
What do you think of all those certifications? Dr. Paul Banerjee recently gave a talk on COVID-19. During his talk he gave facts about how long the virus could live on different surfaces. Plastics, stainless steel, cardboard box etc. Then he gave statistics about the outbreak itself and the fact that the virus is very similiar to other viruses that we have had around for years. Yes it’s bad but there are many good things being tested right now that is showing promise. He said he would not take a vaccine until it has been used for a year. Your chance of catching the COVID-19 is .24 of one percent. That means we have a 99.76 chance of not getting it. One of the questions ask is the COVID-19 numbers inflated. He said he had not seen signs of that. My estimation is if you are a Doctor and you get $10,000 for every patient of yours that is dialogist with COVID-19, what would you do? I’m only asking???
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Polk County Fire Rescue
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106 Hwy 441 DownTown Lady Lake at the Log Cabin Park
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(Pictured: LaHacienda Catering serving a visitor a hotdog at the Farmers Market)
Apparently, many residents of ‘The Villages’ in Florida are concerned about their community moving away from building single-family homes and going full-on commercial and multi-family instead.
Seems that increasingly apartments, medical facilities, assisted living homes, shops, stores and businesses are the new focus.
The original ‘Orange Blossom Gardens’ started out as gated, Mobile Home Subdivision within the Town Of Lady Lake, back in the 70’s.
But they soon changed, first to ‘hybrids’; Mobile Home Construction installed on a concrete slab, and then to larger conventional homes.
The main selling approach was to promise ‘Free Golf For Life’ with access to numerous other ‘amenities’, clubhouses, Town Squares, softball, tennis and much more, all for a nominal monthly fee.
At the time, ‘officials’ from the Town Of Lady Lake freely admitted that they were approving
tax-free bonds to the now-renamed “Villages”.
‘High Finance’ is way beyond my understanding, but it seems that the Founder, Harold Schwartz and his son Gary Morse’s team, would borrow the Bond Money to be used for land purchases, and construction improvements, water, sewer, streets, golf courses etc; Then that ‘infrastructure’ and those amenities would be sold to another company they owned/controlled, thereby making a multi-million dollar cash profit, without risking a dime of their own money. Continue reading
Dear Friends,
It is a great day to be an American! Every day that we wake up in this country is a blessing and we are so fortunate to be living in this place, surrounded by so much opportunity. Opportunities to raise a family, build a business, or serve the community are all around us if we would just be willing to apply ourselves in pursuit of it. It was encouraging to see that we still have many willing people to answer that call during this first portion the 2020 election season. Not just those that were ready to campaign for public office, but all those people who knocked on doors, made phone calls and showed up at the polls to participate in our elections process.
Statewide, voter turnout was slightly higher than either 2018 or 2016 and that is very encouraging. Still, these numbers show that only about 1 in 4 registered voters showed up and even fewer than that made it all the way through their entire ballot. The good news is, a few people made a really big difference! Those that did not participate do not have a voice, but you did and your voice was amplified because of their apathy. Thank you for your dedication and commitment in being engaged in your government.
With the 2020 primaries behind us, it is critical that we set aside the differences we may have had and support candidates who will advance conservative principles and help get President Trump re-elected. Those candidates may not have been our first choice, and we might not agree on one-hundred percent of the issues, but now is the not the time for divisiveness. The liberal socialist machine will run us over if we are still fighting amongst ourselves. Let us unite behind these good candidates and defeat socialism is 2020!
It is an honor to serve and sit in your seat in the Florida Senate. Thank you for letting me be your voice in Tallahassee.
Onward & Upward,
Dennis Baxley
The CEP has partnered with the Marion County Board of County Commissioners to distribute $7.1 million dollars of CARES Act funds to local businesses struggling in light of COVID-19.
Our number one goal is to ensure that our community is vibrant and prosperous, and the key to that is to have a vibrant, prosperous business community. As a result, we have a program to meet nearly every business need.
Businesses do not have to be CEP Partners to apply. Funds are available to businesses in the following breakdown:
Bridge to Recovery Program – The Bridge to Recovery Program seeks to assist businesses with 25 or fewer employees who have been experiencing continuing negative impacts as a result of the
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COVID-19 pandemic.
- The businesses will need to submit an online application demonstrating the negative impact of COVID-19 and will be able to receive up to $15,000.
Moving Forward Program – The Moving Forward Program seeks to assist businesses with 26-100 employees who have been experiencing continuing negative impacts as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- The businesses will need to submit an online application demonstrating the negative impact of COVID19 and will be able to borrow up to $40,000.
Testing Capacity Enhancement Grant – The Testing Capacity Enhancement Grant program seeks to assist private labs, clinics, and physician offices which are looking to increase their testing capacity. Business may apply one time for a reimbursement of up to $30,000 for expenses which demonstrate their intention to increase their testing capacity beyond what was previously available. Continue reading
Tom Loury Publisher raises his OBL cup to the Ocala Business Leader friends for many years, Photo by Tammy Portrait Artist, Inc.
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Conner Hoff the missing young man has been found. Conner turned up missing June 17, 2020. He is well and that is all I know. Thanks to all you people out there that helped find him!
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To you historians out there! Let’s go back 100 years. A guy named Jon (John) Mines lived near a place called Brown’s Mountain here in the United States. I think that it is in Penn / West Virginia / Ohio area. Mines was a timber surveyor. I would like to locate his family. Anyone out there have a way of tracking history in there computer? tloury@att.net
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Sir Nicholas Winton saved 669 Human Lives from Nazi Concentration camps. His wife Grete found a note book with a list of the Children he had saved and offered to
BBC television station. They surprised Nicholas by honoring him and inviting all the people he saved to a thank you event. He was over whelmed. Continue reading
