Opinion

So just as the police and sheriff are telling me  there is a surge in economic crimes in the county, our office gets hit  with a credit card scam.

Advertisers are calling and coming into the office  after being contacted by someone - with from a blocked phone number -  saying they are from the "Chiefland Bulletin" and they need credit  card information to update their records.

A call to the Levy County Sheriff's Office confirms  

that one customer has already called them to make a report. Chiefland  

Things I'd like to see when I come back to Chiefland for a visit:

There's been a lot of talk the past few years about cities and counties charging accident victims for the response of emergency personnel to their mishaps.

Williston went round and round about it some time ago, and Chiefland implemented it.

Ocala and Belleview in Marion County have done it.

But it won't happen any more ... not in Florida.

The Legislature passed, and the governor signed, Senate Bill 2282, which took effect July 1.

Part 1 of each section, one dealing with counties and the other with cities, reads:

There's a story I told at my father's funeral a few years ago that gave an indication of what type of person he was.

I was somewhere in my tender years, under the age of 10, when he took me to a baseball game at Yankee Stadium, where the Yankees were playing the St. Louis Browns (had to be 1953 or before, since the Browns ceased to exist in 1954, moving to Baltimore).

A good way through the game the Browns had to summon a relief pitcher (something they did quite often) and the seemingly old man ambled in from the bullpen, which was deep in the outfield.

Dear Governor,

Hope this letter finds you doing OK.

Being governor in these economic times can test a politician’s ability to accomplish anything as your counterpart in California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, can tell you.

But you seem to have weathered the recent legislative session nicely. You got your Seminole gaming pact. You can brag about bringing money into education that kept the budget at the same level as last year.

Catching up on some news items you might have missed:

Dark cars the culprit? California is considering a ban on the sale of cars painted black and other dark colors. The theory is that dark cars need more air conditioning to stay cool and that results in the emission of more dangerous gases than white cars.

I have to wonder what would happened to hearses at the funeral homes.

And what about black and white police cars? Remember "1 Adam 12, 1 Adam 12, See the man..."? Will Reed and Malloy's buddies have to take to white cars only?

Editor:

There was a recent story that should have sent a little bit of anxiety through all the parents in Levy County.

The attempted kidnapping of two young boys from Joyce Bullock Elementary School in Williston recently points out how vulnerable our children can be. Joyce Bullock has fences around it, but it is a huge campus and it's impossible for the faculty to keep an eye on all children once school is dismissed.

Ultimately, the safety of children is a parent's responsibility, but all of us have trusted our children to the schools at one time or another.

Editor: My name is Cheri, some know me by C.J. At this current moment I'm an 11th grade student here at Chiefland High school. I wanted next year to be the best year here for me and a lot of other students at Chiefland High, knowing that it is going to be the last year for a lot of us. Unfortunately it won't be. Why, you ask? Well, it's not that we are taking a cut in games for some sports, or that the lunches may not always be what we expect them to be, even though they have been a lot better. No, it's neither. It won't be such a good year here because some of our teachers have been cut.