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Census benefits communities
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THE VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY:
Opinion and Articles of Interest

• Guess who’s against free speech
  By County Commissioner Fred Brummer
  "In an important decision recently, the United States Supreme Court restored a right of free speech to corporations. Who would complain about that? "
  
  
• Must reduce burden on businesses
  By State Representative Bryan Nelson
  " The recent increase in the unemployment compensation tax has served as yet another reminder of the difficult economic times we are facing."
  
  
• America needs to turn right, not get more of ‘Wright stuff’
  By Richard Corbeil
  "If there’s one thing that Obama’s election and first year in office has illuminated, it’s the blind spot that American voters have developed toward mediocrity over the past decades, thanks to the invasion of the media by the Progressives."
  
  
• Politically correct lights turned joy to glumness
  By Dr. Mark W. Hendrickson, Center for Vision & Values
  "We’ve all had those sudden epiphanies where the proverbial light bulb clicks on and understanding comes into clear focus. I had one of those moments over the Christmas holiday season. In this case, the light bulb experience was literal as well as figurative."
  
  
• Dear Grandmother… uh, Mr. President
  By Patti Bankson, The Way I See It
  "Since polls, etc. haven’t convinced Obama that he’s way off base and that we really don’t want all the “stuff” he’s determined to give us, maybe we should do what I, as a child, couldn’t do... maybe we should start a 'Thanks, but no thanks' campaign.... "
  
  
• Sarah Mead was a smart businesswoman
  by Perrine Slim
  Read more on Sarah Mead in this week's Apopka Chief.
  
  
• Florida always got lots of presidential interest
  by Jack Christmas
  Find out which presidents had an interest in visiting Florida? Read more on this story in The Apopka Chief.
  
  
• Police Beat: STAY INFORMED. Get the details: who, when, where and why arrests were made in our community.
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Why won’t more new business come to Apopka?
Marc Trychel, Apopka

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