Allow no deity before The Lord: all else must thou deplore (Beware the false god like the pox: Ruperts, rupees, gilt-edged stocks);

OAK HILL -- The weekly Observer newspaper wrote a story about the changing of the police guard in Oak Hill. Problem is, the Observer wasn't at Monday's special meeting and hasn't been for weeks.

The Observer used facts eerily similar to what NSBNews.net had reported such as the policing being taken over by the Volusia County Sheriff's Office at 7:15 p.m. and Commissioner Dough Gibson collecting guns, ammo and keys from embattled Police Chief Diane Young and the other officers.

Question: Do you think Casey Anthony got away with murder in the death of her little girl, Caylee Anthony?

NSBNEWS.net photos by Henry Frederick; Poll taken at Denny's restaurant, S.R. 44, New Smyrna Beach

OAK HILL -- There's a new sheriff in town, but for how long?

DAYTONA BEACH --- Passenger traffic at Daytona Beach International Airport increased 14 percent in June compared with June 2010. During the month 44,687 passengers flew in or out of the airport in comparison with 39,296 passengers in June 2010.

For the 12 months ending June 30, passenger traffic at Daytona Beach International Airport is up 15 percent -- from 454,260 passengers last year to 523,749 passengers this year.

NSBNews.net photos by Henry Frederick / Embattled Police Chief Diane Young stands in the back of the meeting room while the city commission vote to shut down the police department in favor of coverage by the Volusia County Sheriff's Office.

NEWS ALERT: Oak Hill commissioners voted 3-2 to immediately shut down the police department after an intense one-hour discussion about embattled Police Chief Diane Young and the issue of marijuana plants found on Mayor Mary Lee Cook's property and whether the chief had something to do with it.

City Clerk Administrator Laura Goodearly was fired. As of 7:15 p.m. Oak Hill was officially under the direction of the Volusia County Sheriff's Office.

NSBNEWS.net file photo / Oak Hill City Attorney is shown here in one of his final in-person appearances in March at a City Commission hearing. 

OAK HILL -- Pennywise and pound foolish: That has been the situation with Oak Hill's unique arrangement with City Attorney Scott Simpson since early spring where he's been accessible through Skype on the computer or by phone or often lately, not available at all.

But Simpson will be there in the flesh for tonight's special meeting regarding alleged corruption in the police department.

By Stan Escudero of Daytona Beach Shores

This Tuesday, Aug. 2, the supposed drop dead date for raising the debt ceiling, is really getting close now. If you listen to the news anchors on television, you probably think that the United States will automatically default on its debt on that date. This is not true.

The United States would default next week only if it declared that it is unable to pay its debts and then failed to pay the interest on the debt due on August 2nd – approximately $29 billion. That will not happen.

By August 2nd the government will have about six times as much in tax revenues as it owes in debt interest and the very first thing it will do is pay that interest whether the debt ceiling is raised or not.

The problem we will have if the debt ceiling is not raised by August 2 or soon thereafter is that the government will not have enough money to pay all of its bills. If the ceiling is not raised, we cannot borrow and, if we cannot borrow, the amount of money available to the government decreases by 42% of the budget (or what the budget would be if we had one).