The people have spoken and will continue to do so until they get it right.
Additional changes are in the wind for those that believe that the citizens of New Smyrna Beach are oblivious to the crimes and misdeeds going on around them. Orange, as in jail garb, will soon become the color of the day. Watch for it and enjoy!
Until the next time!
Hello, my name is Palmer Wilson and I lost a primary election in 2009 in New Smyrna Beach. Now for the good news. Henry Frederick has asked me to share my thoughts on the state of the city and some of my ideas on how to fix the problems, by taking on this commentary spot on his website, NSBNEWS.Net.
I have agreed, but with one stipulation: that the content be focused on issues that continue to demand attention within this wonderful city we call home as opposed to any individuals.
What Chamber Debate? How can you call the Dog & Pony, or should I say the Bob & Bob show, a debate, when the 30-plus non-Chamber citizens that were present were not allowed to participate in asking questions of the candidates beyond the formulaic P.R. spin.
From my vantage point I would rather call it a farce, which while not properly describing what took place, is the only word fit to print in this blog.
EDGEWATER, Fla. -- As I was bemoaning the fact that what meager amount of money I had in my 401K before I became disabled was now rapidly dwindling as the recession killed the stock market it came to me. We are being forced to return to our roots, so to speak.
This country had gotten so out of control we were like a runaway train about to derail economically, morally, and most other ways as well. And derail we did but it was actually a good thing. I know this won’t be a popular idea to many, but didn’t this recession make us rethink how we live?
NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- Mayor Sally Mackay cares about the residents and their quality of life in this seaside community that offers not only the hard sands of the Atlantic Ocean and the Intracoastal Waterway, but also peace and tranquility. It's too bad the same can't be said for the governing of New Smyrna Beach, which is why the candidacy of Adam Barringer has caught fire.
I have two children living in Europe and I have had many visits during the Bush years. We were hated!
My daughter, Jennifer Glasse, who is a journalist with Voice of America, has a very good Norwegian journalist friend, Asne Seierstad, who wrote “ The Book Seller of Kabul.” You should read the book.I was invited to have lunch with my daughter and Asne and during our conversation she said this of George Bush: “He is a dangerous Cowboy.”
That about says it all regarding our perception throughout the world for the Bush and Cheney years.
There was no reason for this. None!
Courtesy photo/Google. Contrary to popular belief, toads are not frogs.
While sometimes a term used by a woman to describe her husband with whom she is infuriated, the word “toad” refers to several species of amphibians in the order Anura.
It looks like the deal with Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) for an $80 billion reduction in drug costs is a sivery bad deal. The deal was made with Bill Tauzin of PhRMA.
Tauzin, of course, is the former Republican congressman from Louisiana who chaired the Hose committee that regulates the pharmaceutical industry.
While in Congress, Tauzin, who co-authored the bill of Medicare Part D, was at the same time negotiating for a $2.5 million job with PhRMA. He was a Democrat for 16 years and was one of the co-founders of the House Blue Dog Coalition.
Courtesy photos. At far left, the stages at which an armadillo goes into its protective mode. Smaller photo, the typical image people have of armadillos are the dead ones run over by motorists.
To most folks, an armadillo is a small dead animal lying adjacent to or in the middle of nearly every road in the state of Florida. Of all the 20 species of armadillos only one makes the U.S. its home: The nine–banded armadillo has a range from South Carolina to Florida in the east and to the north commonly to Nebraska.
As a person who grew up being yelled at by teachers because I didn’t slant my written letters in the correct direction, I feel justified in commenting on how little the children of today are being taught about cursive writing.
Just because we have computers that doesn’t mean we don’t have to know how to write properly. Our written signatures are always something that is needed and should be legible. I have a friend whose handwriting was so bad she had her signature changed legally to a printed one. Before that time I had no clue one could do such a thing.
