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I heard Zenaida Fernandez-Gonzalez is suing for deformation?

My wife said this lady lost her job over these issues, and says she never even met this little girl, let alone babysat her.  If all this is true,

I say way to go.

I heard about a plan for a prison to be built in the middle of Marion Oaks.  The plan calls for a 2000 bed, State contract for a a prison, to be run by Correction Corporation of America, one of the largest private prison management companies.

Someone announced that their was to be a townhall meeting to discuse this issue at the Community center of Marion Oaks on 9/2/08.

My whole family went (7 of us), and we were amaized at the turn out.  The room was standing room only, and so many people outside, that they had to set up speakers.  My wife and I guessed that their were well over 1100 people who showed up against the planned prison.

Several good points were raised against the prison.  One was that there is a Elementry School with in 1/2 mile of the site.  Another reason is that private prisons  are NOT required to provide to lawmakers/Oversight agencies/ communities ANY information on cost effectiveness and safety.( See H.R. 1889, "Private Prison Information Act"), and yet a third major point was that this site is in the middle of Marion Oaks housing community.  This community does not even have a High School or  Post Office, and is allready short on Social Services.

I am NOT against  prisons (I work in a prison).  I am against Private prisons, and how close they are planning this prison to a Elementry School.  Local news did cover this story a little (GOOGLE " Marion Oaks Prison") , But can I PLEASE have FOX 35 do a story on this??

Petitions are being signed.........

If Disney refuses to honor the LAW in Florida, why do they still have a business permit.

Pull their permit to operate as a business until they honor the law.

This is in reference to Disney banning guns, even in the cars of employees, as allowed NOW by law....

(Walt Disney World says it's exempt from a new state law that allows employees with concealed carry permits to leave their guns inside their cars at work.)

I found the following link for Florida gun stats.

http://licgweb.doacs.state.fl.us/stats/cw_monthly.h
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1987 - 2008

1,346,047 total applications Received

1,328,991 CCW Licenses Issued

490,760  Applications Denied

3,468  People commited crime after getting License

165 Licensed Poeple utilized Firearm in crime (Thats less than 8 a year Statewide)

 

1996-1999

Murder with firearms       2,351

Robbery w/firearms       58,140

Ag Assualt w/firearms   68,936

129,427 Total people used Firearms for criminal intent in just 4 years in Florida.

 

People with CCW seem real good when looking at all Stats

 

I posted this question in a response on another BLOG, but received no answers.

Can anyone tell me the following:

I'd like to know the FACTS and STATS on the following:

1. # CCW permits in Florida

2. # people with CCW that have committed crimes

3. Same as 2, but how-many used weapons

ALSO
How about same questions on a National level??

It was reported that : 

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is calling on President Bush to stay away from the Olympics opening ceremonies in Beijing this summer.

 

As much as I don't like agreeing with Mrs. Clinton.

I think she is right on this issue.

The Olympics shouldn't be avoided completly,  but Pres. Bush should stay away from the Opening Ceremonies.

It seems that my neighbors and I all had the same idea, Last week we all opened/cleaned our pools.

Wether has been so nice, water is all-ready warm, We all had a great time this past weekend.

Anyone else opening their pools yet??

My kids came home today from Dunnellon High school.

They told me they were told of graffeiti that was found, and that they will NOT be allowed to take bookbags to school on Friday 4/27/07.

 Supposedly it said something about "If you thought VA Tech was bad, wait until tomorrow"

The Announcement said Highetened alerts on Friday, and this would be Marion County wide.  Any students that brought Backpacks on Friday, WILL be Suspended.

 

Whats up FOX NEWS.

Why do we have to get this stuff from the kids ???????

The National Professional Paintball League (NPPL) has announce the date and venue for the second event of the 2007 NPPL Super 7 World Series. For the fourth consecutive season, the world's most popular paintball series will be returning to the grounds of the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa Bay, Florida.

For those new to this event, one of the greatest perks (in addition to the grass playing surface) is the convenience of having the Tampa International Airport and host hotels just minutes from the venue. Tampa has proven to be a great host city to the NPPL as the hotels, businesses, media and venue all collectively work together to continue to make this event more successful with each year. Voted by many players as their favorite venue, registration for Tampa Bay sells out quickly every year.

When:
May 11th, 12th and 13th, 2007
8:00 am to 7:00 pm Friday & Saturday
8:00 am to 5:00 pm Sunday

Where:
Tampa Bay, Florida - Outside of Raymond James Stadium, Home of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
4201 N. Dale Mabry
Tampa, FL 33607

The Tradeshow:
* More than 50 of the world's biggest and best vendors and sponsors.
* See all the new top of the line gear
* Great deals direct to the public
* Talk to the manufacturers direct

The Paintball:
* Divisional Paintball play Friday and Saturday on Six Fields - 200 Teams
* Pro players will be signing Autographs on Friday and after their games all weekend.
* Saturday afternoon watch the top 18 pro teams on the NPPL Center Court.
* Six divisions of play are offered: Professional, Semi Professional, Division I, Division II, and Division III.

Some Teams schedualed to attend are

XSV, DYNASTY, RED LEGION, STOCKHOLM JOY, TIPPMAN EFFECT, INFAMOUS, NAUGHTY DOGS,  amoung many others

I saw on the news, how the reporters were interveiwing the owner of the Gun store, who sold the guns to the Wacko that did the VT shootings.

They were asking him if he felt responsible, and about the current Gun laws.

Why do we NOT see reporters talking to Car dealers, and talking about if the dealer is responsible for the Drunk driving deaths, or any of the many deaths caused by cars.....

 

Now

I would like to know how he was able to pass the background check, if the kid was in the hospital before for mental illness???

 

Just my thoughts on a few things.

My kids like the teacher at Dunnellion High School, who was suspended for improper contact with a student.
According to my kids (One of Whome was there), the teacher was rough housing, and playing with a student. Someone walked by, and saw the teacher grabbing the student by the neck, and the SYSTEM kicked in.
OK.
Investigate, make sure it was playing around, then move on.
From what I am hearing from my kids, it was just playing around.
Why RUIN the teacher over this ?????
(Unless their is more to this than my kid saw)
I have been to sporting events, and have seen coaches at different schools, pat students on the butt, or otherwise touch a student on the arm or shoulder. Are we going to sue EVERY teacher that touches a student (Their goes wrestling and football)
Don't get me wrong, As a parent of 5 kids, I am VERY concerned about the safety of ALL of are kids, But let's keep it real.
INVESTAGATE, Then go from there.

Well, Another year of Paintball comes to an end. The PSP Event hosted at Disney Wide World of Sports sinals the end of the Paintball year.
PSP Paintball World Cup
Nov 7-12 , 2006

Boston Red Legion - 2006 NXL Champions
Boston Red Legion - First Place NXL
San Diego Aftermath - First Place Open Class
Gridlock-PBC - First Place D-II
Dynasty Entourage - First Place D-III
Ego Maniacs - First Place Masters Division
RNT Allstarz - First Place D-II5
TX Justice League - First Place D-III5
Final Justice - First Place D-IV5
Team Rush - First Place Young Guns

Baltimore Trauma - First Place Intercontinental Cup


FRIDAY

This day seemed a bit confusing with, NXL going, 5-man X-Ball teams playing, while teams competing in the traditional 5-man format on the weekend got to walk the fields in preparation for their games.

The NXL games started early with Dynasty beating the Miami Raiders 9 to 5. Oakland defeated New York Xtreme 8 to 4. Trauma beat the Los Angeles Ironmen 13 to 4 and Aftershock beat Las Vegas LTZ 7 to 4. Philly Americans lost to XSV 5 to 9, (XSV was suffering from 2 key players being out with leg injuries, Thomas "Troll" Taylor, and Scott Kemp). Naughty Dogs beat Ultimate 11 to 7. Red Legion had an 8 to 3 victory over Detroit Strange and the last game of the day was Legacy defeating X-Factor 12 to 8.

WEEKEND

Division 3 X-Ball teams semifinal/finalists. Trauma defeated Aftershock 6 to 4. Boston Red Legion stomped through New York Xtreme 16 to 1, and the Portland Naughty Dogs beat Detroit Strange 8 to 3. It was Sacramento XSV that beat out Dynasty 9 to 6, XSV and DYNASTY (The 2 power house teams for the last 6+ years), both came into World Cup after suffering from team re-organizations and injuries.

Sixty-two teams played Division 3 5-Man X-Ball in 5 groups of 5, and two groups of 6, similarly running 12 games for the prelims. The monster division, and entry level for new tournament teams was Division IV 5-Man X-Ball with 130 teams playing. Rounding out the 5-man side were 13 young guns teams – new tournament players limited by age to young teens and pre-teens, playing round robin. This was a total of 235
5-man teams playing 2,820 games.

Five-man X-Ball was also going by this point – Thirty teams played Division II 5-man, and were broken into six groups of 5 teams each for their prelim round. Each team played against the four other teams from their group, and for each pairing they played three back to back games of 5-man paintball. This gave them a total of 12 games in the round, there ranking being decieded on the totals of their top 2 scores from each pairing.

Sunday
The grandstand center field became the High-lite of action for the finals. Both Trauma and XSV fell in the NXL semifinals, and that pitted them against each other for a Noon match. XSV was the winner 8 to 7, giving them third place in the tournament. XSV new player Sean McDonald (Div 1), joined the XSV roster, and made an impressive showing, holding his own against the likes of "ALL STAR" Chris Lasoya

The NXL finals game came down to Boston Red Legion against the Naughty Dogs. These were fast, action packed games, that traded back and forth in seconds. Both teams played at their best, and it was hard to find flaws in either side. The match went to Boston with an 11 to 3 score, giving Naughty Dogs second place in the tournament and the Legion first.

These standing made Boston Red Legion the 2006 NXL World Champions.

Three hundred and sixty-six teams competed in World Cup 2007,

Hello
Their were some GREAT games this week.
LOCAL TEAMs
Central Florida Paintball Factory Team played some great games this week.
Wed CFP vs VANISH
CFP VS NY EXTORTION
MIAMI RAIDERSVS vs OAKLAND ASSASSINS
CFP MASTERS vs MEN AT WORK
ORLANDO EVILUTION vs VOLTAGE

Wednesday had 242 Teams Total playing over 121 games
(That was just on Wednesday).

Thursday had about the same numer of teams competing.

Local Florida teams made a great showing with some great moves and games coming from CFP, MIAMI RAGE, and TAMPA B. DAMAGE.

FRIDAY
Major league players
Miami Raiders Vs Dynasty
NY Extreme Vs Oakland Assassins
LA Ironmen Vs Balitmore Trauma
Philly Americans Vs XSV
Naughty Dogs Vs Ultimate
Red Legion Vs Detroit Strange
Aftershock Vs Las Vegas LTZ
San Diego Legacy Vs X-Factor


Saturday will be Semi-Finals

Sunday will be the Finals

Ocala's team OZMOSIS (Although not playing in World Cup this year), will be at the finals supporting Local teams and rooting for our favorites. Come join us in supporting local Florida teams and the great game of paintabll, and do not miss out on the action.

Tracy Laudenslager

Why don't the local channels cover the PSP World Cup International compatetion being held in Orlando FL (Disney, Wide World of Sports).
This is a major event that has teams competing from all over the world. Big Teams like XSV, Naughty Dogs, Stockholm Joy, Russin Legion, and Local teams as well.
It's hard to find Local coverage of this International event, as well as finding current standings during this week long event.
11/7/06 - 11/13/06