Sound Off: Do You Have Issues? (Section #3)

[NOTE: This section of the blog is full. You can continue to review the comments made to date. However, to add your comments or start discussion on a new topic or issue, please go to: "Sound Off: Do You Have Issues? (Section #4)".]
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We are starting a third section of “Sound Off”. Our second section has already accumulated over 140 comments, and we want to make it easier for you to review and post comments. Please use this section to discuss issues you want to “Sound Off” about that are not yet covered on our Politically Homeless blog.

The “Sound Off” section is provided for anyone who wants to start a discussion and/or offer an opinion concerning an important topic or issue. Our question of the month and other postings may not satisfy your interests or concerns.

You can review the issues and comments that have been covered over the past 3-4 weeks, just go to “Sound Off: Do You Have Issues? (Section #2)” and then click on the “Comments” thread. Some of the issues include: local talk radio, discussion on whether or not our local public school system is “secular humanist”, Supreme Court appointments, support and non-support of our local and state-level politicians, and more.

You don’t need to wait for the Blog Master, or someone else, to bring up a discussion topic. You can start your own open discussion forum right here.

Let us hear from you.

OCALA ELECTION: THE WINNERS!

Congratulations to the following:

Mayor

Randy Ewers: With 51% of the vote. (Newly Elected)

City Council

Kyle Kay (District #1): With 68% of the vote. (Re-elected)

Dan Owen (District #3): With 75% of the vote. (Re-elected)

Charlie Ruse (District #5): With 73% of the vote. (Newly Elected)

As expected, the Mayor race was a close one; the others were relative “blow outs”.

Here was the very first comment on our blog about three+ weeks ago concerning the Phelan vs. Ewers Mayor’s race:

"I still believe Ewers will beat Phelan in a close election. Phelan has too many life style issues for the true conservatives."
8:27 PM, September 28, 2005

Looks like one of our bloggers may have had a crystal ball on this race. Although, as the race progressed, the positive comments on Randy Ewers really picked up. Our opinion, the Phelan TV spots were the worst political advertising we have ever seen!

So what do you think about the results of the City Election?

Sound Off: Do You Have Issues? (Section #2)

[NOTE: This section of the blog is full. You can continue to review the comments made to date. However, to add your comments or start discussion on a new topic or issue, please go to: "Sound Off: Do You Have Issues? (Section #3)".]
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We are starting a second section of “Sound Off”. Our first section has already accumulated over 125 comments, and we want to make it easier for you to review and post comments. Please use this section to discuss issues you want to “Sound Off” about that are not yet covered on our Politically Homeless blog.

The “Sound Off” section is provided for anyone who wants to start a discussion and/or offer an opinion concerning an important topic or issue. Our question of the month and other postings may not satisfy your interests or concerns.

You don’t need to wait for the Blog Master or someone else to bring up a discussion topic. You can start an open discussion forum right here.

ATTENTION BLOGGERS: If you want to continue commenting on talk radio, Bobby D, Radioman, or related issues, please use this posting section from now on. Some of these discussions have already begun in the section “Ocala Election: Our Favorites”. Go to this section and click on Comments, scroll down towards the end of the thread to see the comments that have been made to date.

School Impact Fees: Fair & Equitable?

There have been several general comments on our blog concerning impact fees in Marion County. This is a hot issue, with our county commissioners and school board both considering significant increases in fees for various purposes.

The school board has just developed a proposal, which is being reviewed by consultants, to implement the following schedule of school impact fees:

Single Family Home $8067
Apartment (per unit) $5146
Mobile Home $7700

Our question for the month of October:

Do you think these impact fees are fair and equitable? Why or why not?

Click on comments below and let us hear from you.

Blog Master