Ocala News

Rick Scott rode into the Governors Office on his high horse and a promise to create 700,000 jobs in the State of Florida. Now I am not exactly sure what percentage of those jobs would come to Marion County but one would think we have earned at least a few hundred or more considering our [...]

Our elected leaders in State Government had a long week with a battle being waged to adjust the minimum wage for workers in Florida. In the end the workers won and as of June 1 the minimum wage will increase a whopping 6 cents per hour which in a 40 hour week amounts to a [...]

The Florida House approved a teacher merit pay bill that some say is necessary to improve conditions in our public school system while others claim it will forces good teachers to seek new jobs in more profitable careers in the private sector. The basics of the bill are that each teacher will now be responsible [...]

Marion County commisioners have made a move to ask Governor Rick Scott to join into the talks regarding the proposed takeover of Silver Springs Nature Park. I am uncertain that this is the best course of action as the State is seeking to divest itself of these types of assets and is searching for ways [...]

Marion County Student Athletes can get high on drugs and no one in the school will be able to test and catch them for using illegal drugs while on a school sponsored sports team. The State of Florida has no more funds available for drug testing students so from now on they will not be [...]

Marion County has finally sealed the fate of Mr Joan Acosta who was arrested in 2008 on charges of marijuana cultivation. He was sentenced to 3 years for his crime and the State of Florida will pay about $60,000 for his incarceration according to the 2009 budget costs on the Florida DOC website which claims [...]

Governor Elect Rick Scott has made the claim that the homelessness in Florida has hit a crisis level and can be considered an epiemic at this point. An epidemic is a serious claim and one would expect a large portion of the population to be affected by an epidemic scale situation. Florida does have the [...]