The CEP was recently asked by Enterprise Florida to provide a column on why businesses should consider our community. I thought each of you might enjoy reading why businesses should choose our community.
If the Ocala Metro is not on your company’s search radar, it needs to be! Located at the crossroads of the Florida peninsula, the Ocala Metro is crossed by I-75 and is met by US Hwy 301 and just north of the Florida Turnpike. These intersections create the connectivity to service Florida’s 22 million and growing population as well as providing ease of access to lower Southeast United States.
Is logistics important to your business? The all important one-days truck drive (6-hours each way) reaches 34 million people when centered on Ocala. This is a 39% premium over the I-4 corridor and connects Atlanta to Miami. This is key logistical fact is a primary reason companies like Amazon, AutoZone, Chewy, FedEx Ground, McLane, and Dollar Tree have opened new distribution facilities in the area in just the last few years. Continue reading
The news media are trying to bury the teachers. All teachers are not trying to teach “Critical Race Theory”! Actually I believe that most teacher’s are trying to teaching the normal curriculum. Reading Writing and Arithmetic.
There was a time when our Government believed that every person should have a college degree. They left to many students that slower learners behind which did the opposite. Less students were getting college degrees. They even were quoting school and going in the Military service or just getting a job not having a career in mind but just making money. That is why today after spending Billions of dollars propping up the educational system we are coming around to trades school.
If the left insist in Mail-in voting, then gun dealers should be able to sell guns by mail. Continue reading
Christmas in the Villages put on by Tom Alexander / Wildwood Community Center. It was a indoor / outdoor vendor expo with free goodies at almost every booth. Entertainment was continuous music by Richie “Q” Quarantello. Santa paid a visit a visit mid-day and was giving out lottery tickets, hope there is a winner. Drawings and door prizes all day long. Parking was free, admission was free and the 50/50 drawing were for helping veterans. If you missed it this year watch for this ad next year same month. As you can see by the pictures those who showed up had a good time.
A good mix at this expo outdoors. Business and social activity. I took some 40 pictures which I hope will get all in. It was held at the Lady Lake Soccer Field on Wednesday Nov 17th. All vendors donated a $25 door prize which drawing through out the day. There was Classic Car Show. It was Golf Cart Accessible and was food vendors on site. They had a 50/50 drawings throughout the day and a collecting Donations of new books and Pajamas for local school age children in need. The businesses exbiting were from Health & Wellness, insurance, travel companies, financial groups, home improvement professionals, media and more.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – In yet another victory for parents’ rights, the Florida Division of Administrative Hearings dismissed a case filed by six school districts who have disregarded the will of parents to make decisions for their children. In a landmark case, the Administrative Law Judge ruled that the Florida Department of Health had the legal authority to issue Emergency Rule 64DER21-15, which empowers parents to decide if their children should wear masks at school and ensures healthy students can remain in school.
“There is no strong evidence of health benefits for children as a result of mask mandates in schools. The rights of parents continue to be protected in Florida, as we can see by this tremendous decision,” said State Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo. “Florida will not make decisions out of fear, but rather out of close analysis of the data.”
“When you break the law there are consequences,” said Commissioner Richard Corcoran. “If these districts continue to break the law, we plan to fully hold them accountable.” Continue reading
Florida’s annual legislative session doesn’t begin until January, but the state’s lawmakers are returning to Tallahassee on Monday to vote on several bills dealing with mask and COVID-19 vaccine mandates.
This has much to do with Gov. Ron DeSantis, who spent the summer railing against mask and vaccine mandates. After his anti-vaccine “passport” bill he signed in May proved ineffective at stopping companies from requiring employees be vaccinated, he hinted for months that he would call lawmakers back to Tallahassee for a second crack at it.
There was just one problem with DeSantis’ plan: Lawmakers were not eager to return to Tallahassee to revisit legislation they passed just a few months ago. Nor were they eager to impose more mandates on companies — their campaign donors.
That conflict was obvious when DeSantis and lawmakers met last Monday for this special session. Continue reading
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Driver Awareness Tips
The holidays are a great time for family and friends to create many memories together. Safety when you leave the house and travel is an obvious concern but please remember, safety begins with you. Every holiday season, from November 1 through December 31, MADD asks you to display a MADD ribbon in a visible location to remind everyone to always designate a non-drinking driver. That message is especially important when holiday travel, parties and family gatherings put more people on the roads. https://www.madd.org/the-solution/drunk-driving/tie-one-on-for-safety
Follow these tips to help ensure we all Arrive Alive this holiday season:
Never drive impaired. Celebrate responsibly and do not get behind the wheel if you have been drinking or have taken prescribed drugs that cause impairment. Plan ahead and find a safe way home every time – designate a driver or use a ride service. Continue reading
18 consecutive months of job growth, 12 consecutive months of labor force increases
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced that Florida continues to make economic progress with more job growth, labor force increases, and a decline in the unemployment rate. The steady economic growth that Florida is witnessing is thanks to successful policies that put Floridians and businesses first. Florida’s economy continued to thrive in October 2021, with 18 consecutive months of private-sector job growth, adding 44,300 jobs over the month and increasing by 5.7% over the year. Florida has also experienced 12 consecutive months of labor force increases with a growth of 29,000 over the month. Florida’s labor force growth represents a 5.8% increase over the year, which is significantly higher than the national rate of 0.5%. Florida’s unemployment rate, currently at 4.6%, also decreased by 0.2 percentage points from the revised September 2021 rate of 4.8%. Continue reading
Florida brings legal action against the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Emergency Temporary Standard
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Governor Ron DeSantis announced a lawsuit against the Biden Administration’s unconstitutional Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) employer vaccine mandate. As soon as the unlawful emergency temporary standard (ETS) is published in the Federal Register tomorrow, the lawsuit will be immediately filed with the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
“We started with 15 days to slow the spread and now it’s get jabbed or lose your job,” said Governor Ron DeSantis. “We’re supposed to be a government of laws, not a government of men. This OSHA rule is 500 pages of a government of bureaucracy, a government that is being run by executive edict, not a government bound by constitutional constraints. The State of Florida will immediately challenge the OSHA rule in court because it’s inconsistent with the Constitution and not legally authorized through Congressional statutes. There is no federal police power and the federal government cannot unilaterally impose medical policy under the guise of workplace regulation. Individuals should make informed choices about their own healthcare. It is important to stand up for people’s individual ability to make decisions for themselves. And the practical result is that this is going to exacerbate a lot of the existing problems that we are seeing with the economy.” Continue reading
