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The deficit: America needs selflessness and wisdom from its leaders

The deficit: America needs selflessness and wisdom from its leaders By Stanley Escudero of Daytona Beach Shores NSBNews.net chief political blogger Congress is congenitally incapable of agreeing on...

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Party Lines: State Rep. Hukill appointed chairwoman of State House's Military and Local Affairs Policy Committee

TALLAHASSEE -- The Speaker of the Florida House, Ray Sansom, announced council and committee assignments for members, including Sate Rep. Dorothy L. Hukill (R-Port Orange) as chairwoman of the Military and Local Affairs Policy Committee.

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Carol Hargy returns to NSB City Hall

NSBNEWS.net photo by Henry Frederick. Carol Hargy, director of personnel for the City of New Smyrna Beach, returned to her job two days after resigning effective Dec. 16, for private enterprise in Jacksonville.

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Carol Hargy's change of heart about leaving New Smyrna Beach is a plus for city government because of her experience, expertise and approach to the mission of proper governance and adherence to personnel issues at City Hall.

Hargy resigned early last month, with her final day Dec. 16. She was intending to return to the private sector in Jacksonville, which would have required her to move to St. Augustine as a halfway point between friends and relatives here and the extended commute.

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Always Right Sally Gillies Barackonomics causes Barackalypse After Standard & Poor’s downgraded America’s credit rating from AAA to AA+ it was only a matter of time before markets around the world responded with deep drops. The Dow lost more than 634... Read More...	Modest Proposals Gerry Tatham Ode to the hypocrisy of conservatives in Congress Allow no deity before The Lord: all else must thou deplore (Beware the false god like the pox: Ruperts, rupees, gilt-edged stocks); Read More...	Always Right Sally Gillies Enough of the deficit squabbling in Washington All the elected officials, aides, politicians, czars, lobbyists, and janitors in Washington can’t seem to come up with a solution to our so-called “debt crisis.” It isn’t... Read More...
Musings Darlene Vann Saying goodbye to space shuttle; concerned about jobs for NASA families As we say goodbye to the last shuttle launch with Atlantis, it seems like just yesterday that we started launching men into space. Back then as the Apollo missions returned to earth, we watched... Read More...	Slice of Life Jeanette DiCara Space shuttle Atlantis seen from Edgewater a welcome sight I took a photo of the last space shuttle launch from my back yard and watched my family viewing it climb into the heavens with awe, waiting for the usual rumble sound. Since my youth, I have been... Read More...	Modest Proposals Gerry Tatham Independence Day: Count your freedoms Independence Day is especially significant this year as we wave yet another farewell to the freedoms guaranteed in its original promise. No longer a government of, by or for the people, we have a... Read More...
The Guidepost Stan Escudero Fourth of July troubled politically This year we celebrate once again the anniversary of our declaration of independence from the British Empire. 2011 is the 235th time we have marked July 4th and on Monday, as we mark it again we... Read More...	Modest Proposals Gerry Tatham Great Scott: Govern your own sex life; not those of women It occurs to me that Governor Scott must be experiencing such traumatic doubts about his masculinity that he has to prove himself virile by bullying women. Read More...	Musings Darlene Vann Heartsick over drowning of 1-year-old Deltona boy and the five other little ones before him this year in Volusia County I am heartsick and outraged that another innocent child has drowned in a family swimming pool! Where were the parents? Read More...

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