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Visit Marion County Florida, Discover Tourism, Adventure, Opportunity |
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Tourism Central: Native American POWWOW comes to Marion County. Marion Chanber promotes. Tourism Council beats the drum for a great Pow Wow turnout.
Mayor
Christine Dobkowski enters office. Family and friends watched as Mayor Dobkowski and the city council got down to work. Sub-plot: City Clerk Sandi McKamey becomes mini mayor for a day last week, and
calls a telephone meeting of the City Council as new mayor is about to take office. Is
an unelected city employee over playing her hand? Was her calling of council members a violation of the sunshine right of the public to be present? Will Governor Scott have to Step In?
Marion County Pumpkin Run, the Classic Auto Show. Marion Sun TimesVideo Presentation Report. The Grand Oaks Resort welcomes Classic Autos to Marion County.
George Albright honored by the Marion County Community.
Economically surging ahead. Belleview is drawing tourist and wealth from The Villages. New economic advances under Mayor Elect Christine Dubkowski and her Economic Action Team. Central Florida is a Springs District Community. Billions of Gallons are slated to a become Beneficial Recharge Source to the Floridan Aquifer.
A Celebration of Sailing on Marion County's Lake Weir. The Harpoon World Championship!
Senator Alan Hays presents Florida's Governor Rick Scott.
Marion County source for info .....What's Up Ocala! Golfers Tee Up at world famous Juliette Falls Signature Hole #1. Juliette Falls is selected as the Treasure Tourist Destination by TDC Marion County. Stay Play Live Many quality of life opportunities await you in Marion County's Premier Resort.
Bernie Carty Staff Writer Marion Sun Times Water Water Everywhere. Silver and Rainbow Springs A Billion Gallons of Crystal Clear Water Daily is dumped into the ocean and gulf of mexico. Now We will use
some of that precious Aquifer Artesian Spring Water to promote Central Florida. Local Bottler decides to add a hometown element to the popular use of Marion County's
Mineral Water. The Artesian Water Bottling Plant will be locally owned and provide over 50 jobs to local economy. Ocala Cool is a suggested Brand Name that will help make Central Florida famous for our world class Ocala Limestone Dome Pure Artesian Mineral Water. There is still time to get your name in as an applicant for the Director of the Marion County Tourism
Bureau. Current Director Ann Sternal announced her resignation and recommended her assistant Matt Dunn as her replacement.
Hundreds of citizens have been unable to find an official advertisement for this high paying position. In the
high unemployment climate of Marion County the $54,000 starting salary plus benefits is likely to draw strong competition.
The Ocala Board hinted that as soon as the position was filled an effort would likely advance the salary upwards with
the cap at $90,000. Concerns about a high paying government job going to a already employed insider is raising some
eyebrows. Highly qualified applicants are just now becoming aware of the opening. One highly qualified potential
applicant suggested that he would donate 50% of the proposed salary toward promotional needs of the county in light of the
economic downturn. EDC Marion County Director Don Browning addressed the Marion County Tourism Bureau about
dropping the Ocala logo in favor of an effort to brand and represent all of Marion County. _______________________
New EDC of Marion County gains popularity without 6 figure salaries or Tax Dollars. Ocala EDC may fade along with other high dollar efforts of the past as Ocala attempts to rejoin Marion County. The New EDC Marion County supports all of Marion County including the cities. The Villages now the leader in all categories including overall EDC
Florida's important catagories: Wealth Generated, Reduced Unemployment, and National Economic Development Success of the Villages has passed old line Ocala as the driving force on the Marion County Economic Development Team. The Villages now bring more tourist to Marion County than any other city. Visitors are seen
as a key to solving the growing Ocala economic problems. The New Economic Action Team is helping pull Ocala back from crushing unemployment of 14%.
3rd Annual Department of FL VFW Retirement Home’s Veterans
Horse Festival Location: 13005 NE 135th Street,
Fort McCoy, FL 32134. For information call 352-236-0823 or check out the following 2 websites for details and photos from last year’s event and what is coming
in 2011.
Governor Rick Scott announces his new economic plan
in Marion County's Villages then follows with a visit to the Tea Party to introduce his 2011 Florida Recovery budget. Keith Perry joins the Marion County Legislative Delegation. Joining Keith is Dennis Baxley who is returning to Legislative leadership in Marion County. Dennis actually never really left. He has been doing good work for the community ever since he was Speaker Pro Tem under Speaker Marco Rubio. The time has arrived for Rep. Dennis Baxley to proceed to The office of Speaker, as his years in office and leadership benefit Marion County.
Congress needs our help. Borrowing is out of control.
$10 trillion has been borrowed in the last
20 years, mostly from communist countries. $2 Two Dollars a day since the
beginning of time. The Universe is estimated to be 13.7 billion years old. If you are concerned
about our Gross National Debt, look to the House of Representatives of the US Congress. Central Florida's Cliff Stearns
may be getting the message. We all have to work together to end the debt cycle. Ask Congress to hold the
line. Lets try to live within our means. How much is the $10 trillion borrowed over the last 20 years?
Understanding the size of the debt will help solve our problem. I got to thinking
about how much congress would have to borrow daily since the beginning of time to build up our $10 trillion increase of the
last 20 years. If the 13 billion years since the big bang is accurate that is 5.2 trillion days. $2 dollars a
day added to our national debt since the beginning of time. What ever technique you use to understand how big our national
debt is, it is helpful to take time to understand the enormity of the number. After World War II we had a similar debt
and we worked our way out of the debt in a generation. We can solve the problems if we put our productivity to work.
Bobby Goldsboro has traveled the world as a guitarist, singer, songwriter and now as an artist with the MCA exhibit "The Art of Bobby Goldsboro".
Water Czar Bob Burton sees light at the end of the tunnel. The long decline of Ocala is seen as an economic and political opportunity
for development. Ocala Star Banner reports that Ocala Storm Water utilities have been discharging tons of nutrients into the Silver River for decades. Bob Burton reports that the City of Ocala may stop discharging directly into the drinking water aquifer via drain pipes installed in the last century. Ocala may be able to create a bio-Algae
Fuel solution to current high nutrient effluent problems. It would make Sewer and Storm water an asset. Ocala Star Banner Breaks Story exposing problems deep within the City leadership. Susan Latham Carr recently broke the story. The Most recent is a finding of
hundreds of thousands of dollars double billed to the Federal Government. Assistant City Manager John Zobler admits
to Federal Investigation of double billing. Adding to the problems with the feds, the City of Ocala reportedly measured
the out side of trucks to determine the load size in an apparent attempt to cheat the tax payers. It must be in the air. TBW Fraud charged, Fraudulent
billing charged by both candidates for governor, now Star Banner reports that Ocala fathers face charges of misrepresenting the size of city dump truck loads billed to the Federal government for hurricane cleanup work, plus apparently
the tax payers were double billed. World Recognized Villages advanced by CFCC Regional
Political Coalition delivering San Francisco style Marion County Political Power to Alachua and Gainesville. Known as the Florida Collaboratory, Drs. Dessance and Sasser are the political leaders of the 21st Century in North Central Florida. The effort to draw Marion County's Ocala off to serve Gainesville is a loss to all concerned
except the Villages. In an ironic twist, Ocala's flight away from Marion County and the Villages causes a deepening
of economic woes. Congressman Cliff Stearns funding the political coalition Heart of Florida
is causing problems for CCF's education mission. The
linking with Gainesville draws down Ocala's fortunes and possibly may add to already high unemployment. The Heart of
Florida Regional Political coalition has resulted in attention toward the sustained operation of Sewer Discharge into the
Aquifer just up stream from Marion County, and expressly the Villages. There is plenty of water in the Floridian Aquifer however that water is being tainted by the Sewer discharge
efforts in Gainesville/Alachua. However investigations shake out, we must do all possible to reduce unemployment in
our area. The new EDC of Marion may be just what the doctor ordered. The
Dump site at the Gainesville Utilities Discharge site is not as far away as you might think. Water degradation
is only one of the problems associated in the CCF drive to link with Alachua and Gainesville. Because of underground Karst Water ways, Contaminates from 50 to 100 miles away are just up stream. Once under ground, sewer contaminates are free to roam and there
is little that can be done except for expensive filtering at well sites. Fresh water cost about $1.50 to recover per
1000 gallons if fresh and clean, however if contaminated by sewer effluent discharged at 400 feet, the water can contain many undesirable contaminates. Un-Elected College Presidents are up to their political elbows in Regional Water and anti-Conservative Political Power.
Go to Heart of Florida to understand how Cliff and Joan Stearns have joined
the Liberal Political Coalition centered around Santa Fe Community College and Central Florida Community College. Once the Contaminated Sewer Effluent reaches the Retirement Centers with
substancial Well Draw, word will get out as the contamination problem is better understood. Nitrates are within the level
where humans can consume the effluent, however the Human Hormone Estrogen and Testosterone can be a problem depending on your
sex and the level of contamination. How much is too much? Only time will tell, however is is far better to have
the Villages Residents determine their own fate rather than the un-elected presidents of local community colleges and our long term Congressman
Cliff Stearns. Stearns doesn't actually fund the discharge plants, however he and his wife Joan have worked directly
with CFCC President Dessance to develop the Regional Political Collaboration with Gainesville Sante Fe CC President Dr. Jackson N. Sasser, that protects Alachua and Gainesville pollution practices.
The Heart of Florida is focusing on Utility Discharge to the Aquifer used by Environmentalist to gain political leverage. Kanapaha Sewer Plant is a key poster child of the polluters discharging 6.8 million gallons of Sewer Effluent into the Aquifer every day. Silver Springs and Rainbow Springs are showing signs of the high nitrate discharges. Farmers
and homeowners have often been blamed for the Utility Discharge to the environment. FDEP coming under fire for permitting the Discharges.
Dr. Lee Niblock opens the people's Courthouse in Marion County.
Florida House Speaker Larry Cretul leads the men's prayer breakfast in a morning prayer near the Ocklawaha River.
Photon Magic Exhibit Feb. 18th at the Florida Arts College, St Johns River Community College.
The people of Marion County Build the first Courthouse this decade in the entire USA!
Butterflies help us remember childhood. Relax, Enjoy and Come visit Marion County Florida. You won't be sorry and maybe you will stay for a life time. Bring Wealth and an attitude, both are welcome. Top 10 Great Marion County Visits.
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Community Art and Culture, by Don Browning |
Just for you, a quick peak at what awaits you in Marion County Florida!
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