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War Hero Wins Prize

Written by Wendy NethercliftA few years back you may remember a

picture and story we ran about my nephew Jason VanKleeck, at age 25 he was decorated with the Bronze Star for Valor as he and PFC Bratton suppressed enemy fi re, allowing the other members of his unit to evacuate two vehicles with wounded soldiers in them. The Lt.Col. Kim S.Orlando (the highest-ranking U.S. offi cer to die in Iraq at that time) as well as a staff sargent and a corporal were

killed. Thus the prestigous award. Jason has served since that time one more tour in Iraq and two tours in Afghanistan earning 2 more Bronze stars, most recent from a 12 month tour to Kandahar Afghanistan which He has just returned from in January .

Jason has for many years been a big NA-SCAR fan and while fi ghting the globial war on terrorism he try’s to catch every race pos-sible. Which leads to the “rest of the story”

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Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

The Lady Lake Chamber of Commerce recently attended a ribbon cutting at Any Time Fitness located at 510

Hwy 466 Lady Lake, FL 32159.

Honor Flight of The VillagesLady Lake Area Chamber of Commerce

Annual Award Banquet. The winner of the award for Community Support was Honor Flight of The Villages. Honor Flight Volun-teer, Debbie Winters, accepted the award.

The WWII Memorial in Washington, DC, opened to the public in 2004. But most WWII veterans have not seen this memorial honoring their service to all of mankind, and not many have the means or ability to do so ... until now.

The Honor Flight Network is a national network of non-profi t organizations dedi-cated to transporting as many United States military veterans as possible to see the Wash-ington, D.C. area memorials of the respec-tive war(s) in which they fought at no cost to the veterans. The current focus is taking veterans of World War II to the National World War II Memorial, and any veteran with a terminal illness to see the memorial of the war in which they fought.

Villages Honor Flight is the local chapter

serving the Central Florida counties of Lake, Sumter and Southern Marion plus parts of Citrus and Hernando counties.

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AS I SEE ITThe Ongoing Health Care Debate.-Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the

United States, once said “I think we are for telling our senior citizens that no one in this country should be denied medical care be-cause of a lack of funds”.

-It was, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd US President, who stated “We have accept-ed, so to speak, a second Bill of Rights un-der which (includes) “The right to adequate medical care and the opportunity to achieve and enjoy good health”.

-There’s been a lot of heated discussion on this topic for decades, but it looks to me like we are no closer to a resolution.

-I’ve read that over 50% of all personal bankruptcies in the USA are caused by exor-bitant medical bills.

-Most of those victims are well educated, middle class people with private health in-surance coverage.

-But, their employers cancel their cover-age as soon as they got sick.

-How do Health Care Costs in the United States measure up against other countries?

-The World Health Organization says that the USA spends more on health care ‘per capita’ than any other country in the world.

-So, how is it that the USA is the only ad-vanced nation, that doesn’t guarantee health coverage for its citizens?

-Some say that all Americans have a ‘right’ to health care because the Declaration

of Independence states that all men have the unalienable right to “Life”.

-And (they say) health care is a ‘right’ for all Americans because the Preamble of the US Constitution states its purpose is to “pro-mote the general welfare” of the people.

-They say that, just as all Americans have the ‘right’ to an education, they also have the right to health care because they both “pro-mote the general welfare.”

-The United Nations Universal Declara-tion of Human Rights states that “everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of oneself and one’s family, including... medical care”.

-I don’t see a lot of discussion on the fact that Employer-provided Health Insurance has a very negative effect on anyone trying to start their own business. Their problem is that they’d lose the health care coverage provided at their existing job, and providing Health Insurance for their own family and their new employees is totally unaffordable.

-On the other hand, is it right that, through no fault of their own, a hard-working Amer-ican who becomes ill, faces fi nancial ruin paying their medical costs?

-Some say that guaranteeing everyone health care will lead to longer wait-times to see a doctor. (Like we don’t have to wait on the doctor even when we have an appoint-ment!)

-Others claim that providing health care

is ‘charity’ which makes people lazy, de-creases the incentive for them to strive for excellence, and inhibits productivity.

-Another argument is that, if health care is a ‘right’, then ‘government bureaucrats’ will be making health, life, and death deci-sions that should be “up to the patient and doctor”.

-Of course this is pure ‘you-know-what’!.

-Isn’t a ‘bureaucrat’ at your health care company making those decisions for you right now? The ‘patient and doctor’ have no part of those decisions – do they?

-A Republican US Representative wrote- “A ‘right’ to services without charge, does not and should not ever exist. No one in a free society should have a ‘right’ to anything that requires others to toil against their will on behalf of those unwilling to provide for themselves.”

-What a hypocrite!-Who pays for his health insurance (and

that of his family)?- That would be us – The taxpayers -

right?Here’s another one, a retired British phy-

sician, who said of their system “After 60 years of (free) universal health care, funded by taxation, inequalities between the richest and poorest sections of the population have not been reduced”.

-So, what’s his beef? If the rich are still getting the best, and the poor are not, then a ‘government’ system hasn’t changed any-thing has it? The rich still get the best, and the rest of us get whatever’s left.

-Here’s another quote from a corporate executive, “If someone is indigent, we don’t let him die on the sidewalk outside a hospi-tal. We treat that person. We’ll even send an ambulance to get him”.

-Somehow this person can’t see that tak-ing an ‘indigent’ to the emergency room in an ambulance is a LOT more expensive to the tax-payer than giving that person basic health care in the fi rst place.

-A group called the Future of Freedom Foundation (FFF), wrote “Amidst all the health care debate, there is one underlying assumption-that people have a ‘right’ to health care. The truth is that it’s a nonsensi-cal notion”.

-This is the same ‘mis-direction’ argu-ment that ‘Global Warming’ opponents use. (Not that Global Warming is true, but wheth-er or not human activity is causing it).

-In the health care debate, the issue is de-liberately ‘blurred’ by people like this who question our ‘rights’.

- But then they say, “People no more have a ‘right’ to health care than they have a ‘right’ to education, food, or clothing”.

- Well, isn’t that nice? Here we have multi-millionaires who believes that it’s ‘ok’ for American citizens to be uneducated, starving and naked. And that we, as a so-ciety, have no obligation to help the disad-vantaged. They’d fi t right in with the ruling class down in Haiti.

-Sadly, here locally, even in ‘The Villag-es’, we see our friends and neighbors, who have worked hard all their lives, suddenly


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PUBLISHER’S NOTES

I had a dream has been turned into a nightmare!

We are asleep and having a night-mare, the tradi-tional American virtues of liberty, hard work, free en-terprise, morality – no longer inspire

the majority of our Electorates. Let’s hope we wake from this dream. When Martin Lu-ther King said I have a dream, he did not mean what is transpiring now! The question is when will we wake? My dream has turned into a nightmare!

Why are our people killing each other? It’s not guns for they are but a tool. It’s so-ciety!

Year 2011 deaths323 by automatic weapons496 by hammers650 by knives12,000 by drunk drivers196,000 by malpracticePeople sit and play war games sometimes

all day on the computer to the point that they are confi dent they can confi rm a kill. Same thing happens with paintball. Parents, children go and shoot each other with paint-ball guns. In an action movie there is a lot

of blood and guts. Now not to say everyone that does this will go out and shoot someone but you put the above things together and mix them with a troubled person, something could happen. If the troubled person does not have a gun they will use a knife or re-sort to poison, use a pipe, a stick, explosives anything they can get. No, guns are not the problem. It’s people of our society. I think we should voluntarily have a name block on the person that does shoot someone so they do not receive notoriety

The Robin Hood theory, rob the rich and give to the poor. Does that sound familiar? Obama’s free stuff to the poor is just like Robin Hood. Remember, Robin Hood was a bandit and deserved to go to prison.

----- GUN CONTROL 1935“This year will go down in history. For

the fi rst time, a civilized nation has full gun registration. Our streets will be safer, our police more effi cient, and the world will fol-low our lead into the future!” Adolph Hitler expounding upon The Weapons Act of Nazi Germany (1935)

Above this statement was a picture of Hitler and a small group of children with the above saying. Hmmm does that sound familiar?

Ever wonder why positive Republican news never makes NBC, CBS, PBS, MSN-

BC, CNN, or ABC news...?A home alone eleven-year-old girl, who

had been trained in safe gun handling, shot two intruders. She is still alive, they are not. Now THAT is Gun Control!

It was found out later that they were both illegal immigrants, one was armed with a stolen 45-caliber handgun he took from an-other home invasion robbery. That home in-vasion victim, 50 year old David 0’Burien, died from stab wounds to the chest.

Governor Rick Scott AppointsTallahassee, Fla. – Today, Governor Rick

Scott announced two appointments and one reappointment to the Criminal Justice Stan-dards and Training Commission.

William R. Weiss, 45, of Stuart, is a dep-uty sheriff at the Martin County Sheriff’s Offi ce. He succeeds John J. Rivera, and is appointed for a term beginning February 28, 2013, and ending August 25, 2016.

Matthew L. Williams, 43, of Middleburg, is a deputy sheriff at the Clay County Sher-iff’s Offi ce. He succeeds Nelson D. Cuba, and is appointed for a term beginning Febru-ary 28, 2013, and ending August 1, 2013.

Kathleen A. Connell, 45, of Tallahassee, is a police offi cer at the Tallahassee Police Department. She is reappointed for a term

beginning February 28, 2013, and ending August 1, 2016.

PUBLISHERS NOTE: Good, maybe we will fi nd out why the FDLE investigated our current sheriff for campaign violations. It is clearly not the job of the FDLE! Unfortu-nately now a president is set and anyone can request that a candidate be investigated. You can thank past Sheriff for this.

**********When Navy war hero Seal Cris Kyle was

murdered in cold blood the president did not mention it in the news. When Whitney Houston died he ordered fl ags to halfmast.

Dr Ben Carson has a story to tell. He is soft-spoken, very intelligent and has a lot of common sense. I heard Dr. Carson quote his mother while speaking on several occa-sions. I don’t think his mother was a highly educated woman but what education she was short on, she made up for in common sense, which she passed on to her son.

This guy might be presidential material.Patriotism means to stand by your coun-

try! It does not mean to stand by the Presi-dent or any other public offi cial.

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The Dow – The year after a Presi-dential Election

We have now moved through an-other presidential election year. I thought it would be interesting to see how the Dow Jones Industrial Average

(the Dow) has performed in the year follow-ing a presidential election.

Beginning in 1900 we have had 29 presi-dential elections. Interestingly enough, 15 of those presidential elections were won by a Republican and 14 were won by a Democrat. A Republican, Ronald Reagan, received the most electoral votes in an election with 525 in 1984. While a Democrat, Barack Obama, received the most popular votes in an elec-tion with over 69 million in 2008.

The relatively even splits don’t just end with the political parties. Since the 1900

presidential election there have been 28 post election years of full returns for the Dow. Over that span 14 years have brought posi-tive returns and 14 years have been negative for the Dow. The largest positive post elec-tion year for the Dow since 1900 was 1933 with a return of +66.8% (not including divi-dends). The largest negative post election year for the Dow since 1900 was 1937 with a return of -32.8% (not including dividends). The average return for the 28 years was a positive +5.49% (not including dividends).

So what does all of this mean for the Dow in 2013? The Dow is off to a good start so far this year with a positive return of +7.31% as of 2/27/2013. But tune in next month as we provide our fi rst quarter update and over-view of the markets.

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War Hero Wins Prize(Continued from Page 1)

(to quote Paul Harvey). A few months back NASCAR was running a photo contest to fi nd the “Great American Race Fan”. Jason signed up sending his entry to prove that he is exactly that! (see photo) The committee chose 10 fi nalists, then allowed the race fans one month to vote for their choice. The grand prize winner would recieve a 2013 Camero

Convertible, 2 VIP passes to the Daytona 500 race and an unforgetable 2.5 mile pa-rade lap around the race track. 1st Sargent Jason VanKleeck and his wife Amanda were absolutely thrilled to be named just that, GRAND PRIZE WINNERS!! It truly could not have happened to a more deserving, wonderful couple.....God Bless America and those making this country GREAT!

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APRIL SHOW-ERS

Since we used the weather last month as the lead into our article on memory prob-lems, I thought we would do the same this month. April showers bring May

fl owers. Remember this phrase? What does it mean? Obviously the literal meaning is related to the weather, as it usually rains in

April after the winter and this brings on the brilliant colors of the fl owers and other veg-etation in May. However, it can be interpret-ed several other ways as well. For example, if it were not for the times of “rain” in our life we would not have the “fl owers”, mean-ing that sometimes what looks to us as a bad thing can be the impetus for good things (e.g. sometimes you learn the most from your most diffi cult experiences). It can also be taken that what we do now prepares us for the future, or to put it another way, the future depends of what we do in the present.

So how does that relate to what we dis-

DR. DULGARcussed last month with memory problems? As you recall, we discussed the potential fu-ture ravaging effects of dementia. We con-cluded that you must be your own health ad-vocate and take a proactive stance in doing what you can for yourself. We mentioned that we would talk this month on the book When Doctor’s Don’t Listen: How to Avoid Misdiagnoses and Unnecessary Tests by Dr. Leana Wen & Dr. Joshua Kosowsky, ER physicians at Harvard, and how this could help you in this regard. The book outlines eight pillars to better diagnosis: (1). Tell your whole story as 80% of diagnoses can be made based on your history alone; (2). Assert yourself in the doctor’s thought pro-cess; (3). Participate in your physical exam; (4). Make a differential diagnosis together; (5). Partner in the decision making process; (6). Apply tests rationally; (7). Use common sense; (8). Integrate diagnosis into the heal-ing process. Now this sounds good but I can assure you that as Obamacare kicks in next year you will fi nd that there will be even less time to communicate with your doctor, not more!

Therefore, you must take it upon your-self to take charge as we mentioned last month and be a lion, not a lamb, with the care of your memory. So in dealing with memory problems, let’s start out with the simplest things that can bring on memory

loss. Here are seven causes of forgetfulness that you may have some control over: (1). Lack of sleep: this is the greatest unappreci-ated cause of memory slips; this can lead to mood changes and anxiety as well; (2). Med-ications: not only prescription medications, but over-the-counter medications can affect your memory, usually causing sedation or confusion. We have a list of these at our of-fi ce; (3). Underactive thyroid: simple blood tests can tell this; (4). Alcohol: drinking too much can interfere with short-term memory. As a general rule you should not drink more than two drinks a day if you are a man and one if you are a woman. A drink is gener-ally considered to be 1.5 ounces of 80-proof spirits, 5 ounces of wine, or 12 ounces of beer; (5 & 6). Stress & Anxiety: anything that makes it harder to concentrate and lock in new information and skills can lead to memory problems; yoga and meditation can be helpful; (7). Depression: common signs of depression include lack of drive, stifl ing sadness, and lessening of pleasure in things that you ordinarily enjoy.

So even if you have had one too many “April showers” in your life that have caused you memory problems, the good news is that due to what is called “neuroplasticity” you can change and improve your memory over time, so we will delve deeper into your brain next month!

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Chamber Breakfast

The chamber breakfast was sponsored by Project Legacy, a group of churches, civic organi-zations and businesses that raise money for children’s issues. Please find above photo from the chamber breakfast with, on Left, Sidney Brock, Heritage Community Church (a member of Project Legacy), Dr. Susan Moxley, Superintendent of Lake County Schools center, and Karen Mercer of Brown & Brown Insurance, right. Dr. Susan Moxley spoke to the attending crowd on “The State of our Local Education System in Lake County as it Relates to the Northern Lake County Area”. Dr. Moxley also highlighted the importance of partnerships among local businesses, civic groups, churches and individu-als to help address the needs of children within their community while leveraging resources to help meet those needs.

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Letter from TNIn my opinion this bill that passed is ille-

gally. They have beat up, threatened, bribed everyone they think they can get away with to reach a vote to win Obamacare. Marco Rubio, a Florida candidate is starting a peti-tion to recall, throw out or what ever it is called when something illegal is put back right. Some 38 states are postering for a bat-tle over the healthcare bill, they will never quit, I continue to voice your and my opin-ion and vote accordingly in the next election

and every election in the future.I was sitting in my living room listening

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Copy Shoppe Sold: Clint Jones and Janet Ginsberg sold the Copy Shoppe. The new owner Ray Arriaga takes position June first. Pictured from left is Janet Jones, Ray Arriaga and Clint Jones. Good luck Clint and Janet!

Budget deficitMany Democrats talk about Obama in-

heriting a huge deficit from Bush, so let take a short history lesson.

Budgets come from Congress not the White House. The Democratic party has controlled Congress since January 2007. They controlled the budget process for 2008 and 2009, as well as 2010. In that first year, the Dems had to contend with Bush, which caused them to compromise on spending, when Bush belatedly got tough on spend-ing increases. For 2009, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid bypassed George Bush entirely, passing continuing resolutions to keep gov-ernment running until Barack Obama could take office. At that time, they passed a mas-sive omnibus spending bill to complete the 2009 budgets.

Where was Barack Obama during this time? He was a member of Congress that passed all of these massive spending bills, and he signed the omnibus bill as President to complete 2009. Let‘s look at what the deficits was during that period.

The Democrats did not inherited any def-icit, the 2007 deficit, the last of the Repub-lican budgets. That deficit was the lowest in five years, and the fourth straight decline in deficit spending. After that, Democrats in Congress took control of spending, and that includes Barack Obama, who voted for the budgets. If Obama inherited anything, he inherited it from himself.

What Obama is saying is I inherited a deficit that I voted for and then I voted to expand that deficit four-fold since January


Debate? No these are husband and wife speakers from the Ocala Business Leaders Meeting and pictures are from two separate weeks. Left is Lorri Silvera Development Coordinator PACE Center for Girls of Marion County and on the right, Evelio Silvera of the Ocala Marion County Chamber of Commerce, he is the VP of business Developement and Public Affairs. Evelio was speaking on Your Business and the Internet and how to have success in 60 days to social Marketing. Photos by Charles Gordon of Charles Gordon Photography.

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School Board Turmoilby Tom LouryAnother flare-up in the school board

chambers. You’ve got to give Jackie Porter credit for being gutsy. A lone vote not to approve $500,000 for new roofs for three buildings at Dunnellon High school. This writer lived in Dunnellon and heard teach-ers and people around town talking about how fast the construction was going bad in-cluding talk about the roof leaking. I believe there was talk about the roof leaking before it was eight years old. Back then there was a decision to look into it. Matter of fact I think Bobby James was the principal back then and he is now part of the School Board, why don’t they ask him? The roof was prob-ably patched. Who was the contractor? What was the warranty? The current School Board is not responsible for what happened that many years ago but I think it is their respon-

sibility to make things right especially when they are spending the tax payers’ money.

What can they do? Talk to their attorneys and ask what legally can be done and come out with a statement. The statute of limita-tions probably ran out.

Jackie Porter is asking these questions wanting answers and she is being ridiculed for it. Yes the if the roof is leaking it needs

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Progress Energy Speaker A New Philly Is Born

A philly born this morning on the Loury Ranch. Pictured is Lindsay Sykes holding her philly just hours old. To be fair the light spots on the new philly is the sun coming through the trees, but she is colorful and already likes people. The coldest or near coldest day of the year, 20 degrees at daylight she was found prancing in the pasture next to her mother.

“The Party of No”On November 18, 2009, Senate Major-

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es to include coverage of elective abortion services in the government-run health care reform.

I am the Party of No. No to being forced to pay for someone’s abortion. No to gov-ernment-run health care insurance. No to Democrats’ closed door pork barreling


Pictured is Tom Loury of TomL Publishing and Jerry Miller of Progress Energy. Jerry was the guest speaker at the Lady Lake Chamber breakfast meeting. Jerry pointed out many thing that the business people did not, but the thing that impressed me most was the jobs the building of the new Nuc plants would bring to an area. The new Crystal River Plant would bring upwards to 8,000 for approximately 8 years. You can just imagine what 20 Nuc plants would bring to the US economy.


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16th Annual Fishing Derby Tempers Flare with School Board MeetingMarion County School BoardBy Tom LouryI recently read an article that was in the

Ocala Star Banner, Thursday April 15, 2010 front page about Jackie Porter and the School Superintendent Yancey. If you look at the ar-ticle it is reported with Jackie Porter’s alle-ged file and the story is presented like a fe-deral court case. The interesting fact is there were no quotes from Jackie Porter and no remarks from her defending herself. It’s not because she refused to remark but in fact, she was never asked or interviewed for this story. That bothers me more than any of the following comments. I believe that everyone should have the right to defend themselves in print.

I feel somewhat responsible for some of the friction between the School Board and Jackie Porter. With the School Board, as elected officials, you would not have ex-pected a reaction like this. Elected officials give up their privacy and are fair game for any questions that comes your way. Jackie Porter said she sent Mr. Yancey a personal email asking about a sensitive question. Was it his son-in-law that was promoted to an ad-ministrative job? If the question had been anawered it would have stopped right the-re. Somehow it was brought into the school board meeting and tempers flared. I say Ja-ckie Porter was elected to watch out for our tax dollar as well as is the rest of the School Board.

We all have a personal stake in this, OUR

Jackie Porter


To the editorAfter reading the article in the Orlando

Sentinel, March 10, entitled “Your Law-makers Aren’t Tightening Their Belts” I saw red. Could the members of Congress, and I mean both the Democrats and Republicans, be more out of touch with their constituents and the hardships they are facing? When federal lawmakers vote themselves a 5 per-cent increase while families are enduring job losses, home foreclosures, 2.56 million Flo-ridians on food stamps, the U.S. banks have had their sharpest decline in lending since 1942 and the worst economy that America has seen since the Great Depression of the 1930s you know for sure that Congress is totally out to lunch. Foreclosures are up 6% over last year and the average unemploy-ment rate in Florida at 12.2 percent is worse than the national average at 9.7 percent. Osceola and Lake County have the highest

unemployment rates at 13.5 percent among Central Florida counties. Flagler County at 17.1 percent has the states highest unem-ployment rate. What jobs has the stimulus package that was passed last year created? As I see it, the only thing it has created is more and more government and increased our debt. In addition, we now have this huge health care bill that even those who voted for it don‘t know whats in it that everyone will have to pay for. Its time the members of Congress were in touch with their constitu-ents and the hardships they are facing, were made accountable for their actions or voted out of office.

RAK ********To the Village SpectatorThe article by Charlette Poss, “Your

Health”, was one of the best I’ve read con-


TAX money. Many of us have been prea-ching “buy local”. This story started when many businesses, elected officials and orga-nizations started encouraging people to buy local. I’m sure you have seen some of the buy local campaigns. The county is taking pride in their buy local efforts and they are buying local, but a small segment appears not to be.

At a meeting I was hearing complaints from businessman Doctor R. Ronald Cor-bett, owner of Ink Solutions who talked about his recent experience in his attempt at a bid on a $200,000 plus contract with the school system. Corbett said he went through all the paperwork and met all the regula-


The Senior Fishing Derby broke all re-cords. Hundreds turned out for the 16th annual Senior Fishing Derby, co-hosted by TomL Publishing and the City of Ocala Parks and Recreation Department.

Dozens of fisherman/women in wheel-chairs and walkers showed up to fish.

We have never had better weather - it was perfect. The fish were biting slow but there were fish there. There was so many people we may have made the fish skittish. Fish were caught and released. The big fish was a keeper size bass and the winner was Priscilla

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Expansion of Medicaid: Is More Always Better?

As the 2013 Leg-islative Session fi res up, several issues are catapulting their way to the forefront of attention. Few of which, how-

ever, have equaled the publicity of the Legislature’s decision regarding the expansion of Florida’s Med-icaid program under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, more commonly known as ObamaCare. Although the Afford-able Care Act is the federal overhaul of the healthcare system, the U.S. Supreme Court has allowed each state to decide whether or not to expand their state’s Medicaid pro-gram based on the individual needs of their citizens.

It is predicted that by expanding Medic-aid to cover incomes up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level, Florida will add up to 1.3 million people to Medicaid coverage, at a cost of $3.8 billion over the next ten years. However, estimates show that 82 percent of the expansion population are not children, disabled individuals, or even the elderly; they are able-bodied adults. We need to create solutions that help families move to-

wards independence and self-sustainment, rather than continue to enable government dependence as a way of means.

Florida’s Medicaid program is a vital safety net for millions of Floridians and their families. We must carefully proceed to de-termine what unintended consequences may arise from any course taken. For example, by allowing the expansion of Medicaid, we would become reliant on the funding from the federal government who has been unable to balance a budget for years. If they are ul-timately unable to fund this expansion, the costs will fall onto the shoulders of the same families who we are intending to protect.

We must also seriously analyze the pro-gram’s ability to provide quality care and re-main affordable. Our current Medicaid pro-gram is weak at best. Even with coverage, many families fi nd it hard to receive appro-priate and timely care. If we were to allow the expansion to take place, Florida simply does not have enough doctors to serve all their new patients, which severely affects the quality of patient care.

As Florida House Speaker Will Weath-erford recently stated, “The state has an obligation to investigate and pursue viable alternatives that will be in the best interest of all Floridians. And that’s exactly what we’re doing in the Florida House.”

Governor Rick Scott

FROM THE GOVERNOR’S DESK

GOV. SCOTT STATEMENT ON SEN-ATE WORKING TO ELIMINATE BARRI-ERS ON JOB CREATION

TALLAHASSEE – Today, Governor Rick Scott applauded the Florida Senate’s dedication to job creation as the Commit-tee for Commerce and Tourism in the Sen-ate unanimously passed SB 518 by Senator Dorothy Hukill. This legislation will elimi-nate the burdensome sales tax that manufac-tures pay on manufacturing equipment.

Governor Scott said, “I want to thank Senator Dorothy Hukill, the Senate Com-merce and Tourism Chair Nancy Detert and the entire committee for recognizing the need for Florida to continue down the path of job creation and more opportunities for Florida families. The elimination of the sales tax that manufacturers pay on equip-ment will make our state more competitive and will help our manufacturing sector grow jobs. Since December 2010, Florida has cre-ated over 290,000 private-sector jobs and our unemployment rate continues to drop. The steps we have taken over the past two years are working, and the Senate eliminat-ing this barrier on job creation will help en-sure that our state continues to move in the right direction.”

“Everglades restoration plan working”Governor Rick Scott, Sun-Sentinel Just over two years ago, our economy

was wrecked, efforts to provide a clean sup-ply of water to the Everglades were mired in litigation and projects were stalled. In addi-tion, the Comprehensive Everglades Resto-ration Plan, meant to restore the natural tim-ing and quantity of the fl ow of water in the Everglades, was also suffering from lack of direction and increasing costs.

…That’s why I directed the Department

of Environmental Protection and the South Florida Water Management District to come up with a plan to ensure, once and for all, the water fl owing into the Everglades is clean; a simple but evasive goal. I am proud to say that after a year of work between my agen-cies, our federal partners, and local stake-holders that a solution was reached.

Last fall, the federal government ap-proved Florida’s landmark water quality projects that, once constructed, all parties agree will provide the clean water the Ev-erglades need. It should also be a point of pride for our state that not only have we turned the page on years of disagreement over restoring the Everglades, but that we were able to do so at nearly half the cost of the federal alternative; without increasing taxes on families.

…Just last week, the Florida House of Rep-



Ziva and handler Angelina Antonaccio, a member of the Independent 4-H Club, competed in the Advanced

Class at the Southeastern Youth Fair Dog Obedience Show. Trophy sponsored and presented by Ocala

Downtown Newspaper.

Governor Rick Scott

FROM THE GOVERNOR’S DESK

resentatives unanimously voted to enhance the Everglades Forever Act to support wa-ter quality projects and provide a dedicated source of funding – ensuring the implemen-tation of this restoration effort is not delayed due to lack of funds or the lack of clear law. This legislative success would not have been possible without the support of Florida farmers.

Over the last year and a half our admin-istration partnered with the federal govern-

(Continued from Page 7) ment and local stakeholders on a planning effort called the Central Everglades Planning Project. Like we did with Florida’s water quality plan, we will continue to work in a bipartisan manner to ensure that we have the same success with the Central Everglades Planning Project.

We are continuing our work to restore America’s Everglades, to better support our ecosystem and our state’s economy. And it’s working.

A.J. “Tony” Powell

AS I SEE IT

relying on pot-luck suppers, golf tourna-ments and other acts of charity - all to help them pay off their medical bills. (Unless of course it’s a retired politician, in which case, they’re set for life).

-As I see it, it’s just not right. The USA

(Continued from Page 2) spends more on health care than any other country in the world. I believe that money should be spread around, so that every child in America gets basic health care.

Health care might not be ‘a right’; but it’s certainly ‘what’s right’!

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LETTERS TO THE EDITORI believe that because of the large concen-tration of seniors in the Ocala area we are being overcharged for our gasoline. On a recent trip to Tampa I noticed that gasoline was selling for up to .32 cents cheaper than the Ocala area. Why is this? Same taxes, same state. I think station owners know that many seniors will not travel far from home to refi ll their tanks so they are stuck paying the higher prices. Just that little bit more that comes out of their fi xed incomes. The only way to solve this price gouging is to seek out the stations with the lower prices and let those doing the gouging sit on their high prices. If they are not selling their high priced gas they will have to lower it to sell it. We seniors can create this change just by the shear volume of our masses.

V. G. (New senior and new Ocala resi-dent)

********Government Gotcha’If they cannot get it one way, they will get

it another way, government bureaucrats that is: elected, and hired.

This why it is worth spending time be-coming government “watch dogs”. You might just spot something that grabs your attention, and do something about it. At least speak out, and voice your displeasure.

There is always a small cadre of citizens who fancy themselves as possessed with “bright ideas” , and want the rest of us to pay for them. No matter how useless, wasteful, repetitive, or silly these ideas may be.

Just such an incident occurred at the last County commission meeting. { The 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month, they have printed agendas available, if you decide to attend}

One particular item has been postponed

To the editorI do not worry about the “Sequestration”

but I do worry about the mental stability of someone who says we can’t afford to pay our soldiers and defense and Medicare but he can turn around and give $50 million to Syrian rebels, who just might turn out to be the Muslim Brotherhood all over again and then promise $250 million to Egypt who has already proved they shouldn’t have got-ten anything in the fi rst place. Since he has backed so many losers maybe he should quit and stay the heck out of Los Vegas. He wants to think he is going down in history as the best President in the world; well he is going to be known in history! This man has a gambling problem but he is gambling with the United States of America as the pot and he is losing. If this was Nixon he would have been impeached by now. We see this over and over but no one is listening or watching. WAKE UP AMERICA!

L.H.L.********To the editorWell Jeb Bush is getting in the limelight

again and will be a possible candidate for 2016 Presidential run. He wasn’t that great of a Governor, defi nitely not in the league of his Dad and brother. I hope the people of Florida remember his Governorship.

He defi nitely will carry the Latino vote with his open border policy, just what we

need more illegal’s or does he have a magic wand to keep them out?

He was replaced with Charlie Chris and that was another republican snafu. When will we learn, I hate to think that there are no good Republican candidates to run for President.

The Evangelical, Catholics and the Tea party all stayed home rather than vote for Mitt Romney and look what we got instead. Mitt Romney was probably just too honest to be in politics and too nice to blast back at Obama. Very few of the Republicans even backed Romney not even Sarah Pa-lin. Where are we going to go from here? I guess they thought Obama was the lesser of 2 evils?

Marco Rubio I think is a little young and not enough experience to deal with the dirty politics that we have. Not really looking forward to 2016 elections unless we fi nd a really good candidate but then I guess no one will like him.

Pat*Pub NoteI will not endorse Marco Rubio. He was

not truthful with me!TomL********As seniors we worry about the state of

our country and the troubles of the world but for me I believe that change begins with righting the troubles in our own backyard.

until March 19. There will be a planning session to discuss the matter. This is where citizens can have input. What is it that has me doing loop-de-loops? How about a 6% county tax on fuel? Does that grab your at-tention? Not certain how fuel is defi ned. Gasoline, or heating fuel? Surpise,surprise.

Do you want or need a 6% tax on any-thing, especially on a necessity like fuel of any kind?? The time to gripe is before, not after.

We sit here like dummies, we are treated like dummies.

This why it is imperative we monitor our government at every level, local state, and federal. Having citizens attend meet-ings does make a difference. There are other “bright ideas” that have been noted, since our attendance at meetings. I cannot afford any more “bright ideas”.

If we do not care, why should the bureau-crats care?. They can just keep taxing, and taxing merrily along. No one cares, to watch them.

D.I. L.********Hi(PL) here. I live in Cherrywood Estates.

So glad to see you back in the paper last time the paper didn’t have you in it, I thought you quit before you got started. I have to agree with both of your notes. Mr O is pushing our Great Country into socialism and wants it done by the end of his term this will be his legacy. I am amazed that so many people refuse to see this.

Maybe at the end of his term he and the fi rst lady will go into show business, they spend enough time socializing with them


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now. I’m sorry give me the good old days when the fi rst lady was a lady and the Presi-dent commanded respect and was a gentle-man.

Have a great weekendPL Ps I love the recipe section also. ******** To the editorLast month, the Senate Budget Commit-

tee reports that in fi scal year 2011, between food stamps, housing support, child care, Medicaid and other benefi ts, the average U.S. household below the poverty line re-ceived $168.00 a day in government sup-port. What’s the problem with that much support? Well, the median household income in America is just over $50,000, which aver-ages out to $137.13 a day. To put it another way, being on welfare now pays the equiva-lent of $30.00 an hour for a 40-hour week, while the average job pays $25.00 an hour.

Are we all crazy or what?P. L.God Bless the New Year2013

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