October 2009

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A 25-year-old man was arrested late Friday night on burglary charges after trying to sell a television at 800 Faulkner St. he took earlier in a burglary, New Smyrna Beach police said.

NSBNEWS.net video by Sera Frederick.

Several hundred families marched in the New Smyrna Beach Halloween Parade on Canal Street this afternoon in all kinds of cool costumes. There were also a lot of cute dogs. City Commission candidate Judy Reiker, in her trademark "Reiker for Zone 1 commissioner" purple T- shirt" marched in the parade, handing out candy, while mayoral candidate Adam Barringer, dressed as a Gator fan, also handed out candy from a sidewalk booth. Further up the street, Mayor Sally Mackay waved to friends. The parade was led by a New Smyrna Beach fire truck.

Happy Halloween to everyone from NSBNEWS.net.

What Chamber Debate? How can you call the Dog & Pony, or should I say the Bob & Bob show, a debate, when the 30-plus non-Chamber citizens that were present were not allowed to participate in asking questions of the candidates beyond the formulaic P.R. spin.

From my vantage point I would rather call it a farce, which while not properly describing what took place, is the only word fit to print in this blog.

As I was bemoaning the fact that what meager amount of money I had in my 401K before I became disabled was now rapidly dwindling as the recession killed the stock market it came to me. We are being forced to return to our roots, so to speak.

This country had gotten so out of control we were like a runaway train about to derail economically, morally, and most other ways as well. And derail we did but it was actually a good thing. I know this won’t be a popular idea to many, but didn’t this recession make us rethink how we live?

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