Art Meadows
I was floored to hear my friend of many years passed away. I knew he was sick but not that sick. The President of the Ocala Business Leaders made the announcement and we each took time to remember him. Many members spoke in remembering him. He was known for his practical jokes. I am sorry that I could not get a proper Obit for him, it just was available. One of my number one remembrances was twenty some odd years ago he invited me to the Ocala Business Leaders meeting. They had just renamed the club, Dave Liner was the founder, Art Meadows was a cherished member. I sat at the same table with him for many years. I will miss him!
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The worst wildfire season in California’s history blanketed Silicon Valley in a fog of smoke, burnt timber and destroyed homes. There is no Forest management program in California to prevent these fires. In Florida we have controlled burns to burn the under brush, so that there is nothing on the ground to flare up and go out of control. Now California want the United States Tax payers to bail them out for their mismanagement. Trump says NO! They have been warned time after time that it was a ticking time bomb. Now it has happened.
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According to the masterminds at Facebook, Twitter & Google, we should not be watching and listening to doctors who actually meet and treat patients. No, we should listen to the heads of huge bureaucracies who have not treated a patient in decades.
I understand that one of the doctors in one video has hired the same attorney who is representing Nicholas Sandman, the teenager who was slandered by the media. This could get interesting.
Facebook and twitter has the power to change peoples lives and don’t have to answer for any of it. When the Hunter Biden email were uncovered by a computer repair shop, they hit the Facebook / Twitter platforms and were immediately froze. They could not be accessed. Apparently the emails show it goes deeper than just Hunter. Nevertheless the whole thing looks very suspicious to me. Family members should not be aloud to profit from our Government Officials.
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If you have been a reader of this newspaper you might remember for years I have been predicting a third party would rise and be as strong as the two we have now. Well, Burnie Sanders was well on his way to a third party, but he decide to try to take over the Democratic Party and he almost did. Sanders figured with a third Party it would be splitting the vote and Trump would win. So they made some kind of deal, nobody knows what it is but I’m sure, if they win we will feel it.
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Now is the time for us retirees to look at our Health Insurance. There are some changes as I have heard. Have not heard them yet, right now I am with Humana, not sure what I am going to do. My agent is running an ad in this newspaper on page three.
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I listened to this hearing on Judge Amy Coney Barrett. I was disgusted when Senator Sheldon made accusations about big money involvement in the Supreme Court Justices. Senator Ted Cruz of Texas took it to him and said you should make accusations about big money. Out of the top twenty wealthiest people in the United States sixteen had donated almost a Billion dollars to the Democrats.
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I got a phone call from a Lady in the Villages. She did not like my story with the headline that said VOTE TRUMP! She attack my spelling, my Punctuation’s, my use of words or misuse of words and did not like the fact that I gave a one sided view. I said you sound like a democrat? She admitted she was. I said if you don’t like my views send me your views and I’ll run them right next to mine. I said my job is to serve the Community by giving them the right to see their opinion in print. I ran her opinion!
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To end this months column, I would like to say that I am very nervous about this election. I can’t see the support that the media keeps reporting, that Joe Biden is ahead and might win the election. The other thing that makes me nervous is all of these mail in ballots floating around. That would be and could be an illegal way to win an election. Also hear in Florida right now I know several people telling me they have gotten mail in ballots for dead people who used to live in their address. The proper way to take care of that in Marion County Florida is to call the Supervisor of elections and they can give you an address to return the Ballot to in Jacksonville. The Ballots had shown up several times and have not been able to stop them.
