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In reply to the discussion: 'This is no longer a debate': Florida sheriff bans deputies, visitors from wearing masks [View all]soryang
(3,299 posts)83. Ocala is a backward dump of a town
Known for the surrounding thoroughbred racing farms owned by the wealthy horsey set, the area is a contrast in social inequity as massive wealth coexists with a community of poor that looks like it's stuck in the 1930s.
Skip the visit to Silver Springs, it's depressing. There are other springs elsewhere in the state that don't have such a gloomy community. imo.
Apart from the horsey farms, prisons are a major source of employment in the area. Any decent looking offices are those of professionals serving the wealthy who live there, including tax and estate and trust lawyers.
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'This is no longer a debate': Florida sheriff bans deputies, visitors from wearing masks [View all]
riversedge
Aug 2020
OP
what kind of broken educational system coughs up talking hairballs like this "sheriff?"
Blues Heron
Aug 2020
#3
Thank you for my first laugh of the day. . "Coughs up talking hair balls". Your question is a
niyad
Aug 2020
#26
Yet another reason that tourists will FLOCK to Florida!! NUT JOBS like this, and DeSantis
Bengus81
Aug 2020
#18
I fear for the future of this country precisely because of people like this sheriff.
Lonestarblue
Aug 2020
#20
think a nice mask-free delegation of Covid-positive citizens could persuade him otherwise...?
bringthePaine
Aug 2020
#24
He's correct that it's no longer a debate. He's incorrect about everything else.
lagomorph777
Aug 2020
#31
Jesus. I'm so glad there's a continent between me and that pestiferous swamp...
Aristus
Aug 2020
#45
They didn't like "Defund the Police" but are OK with "Attrition the Police with disease."
Gore1FL
Aug 2020
#49
I would say he doesn't have the authority to ban visitors from wearing them.
LiberalFighter
Aug 2020
#57
Conservative Orange County California sheriff, after Governor Newsom announced mandatory
C Moon
Aug 2020
#77
"and when dealing with people who are high-risk or suspected of having the novel coronavirus."
csziggy
Aug 2020
#63
I know Levy County. My parents lived in both Ocala and Williston after I went off to FSU.
ancianita
Aug 2020
#82