[Vinny Vuckovich]

me i never said villages was bad . actually it very nice place . once i kick the bucket , maybe i go live there play indian music all nite , wake the old folks ?

[kshe95girl]

Originally Posted by Vinny Vuckovich

myself ? i be cherokee indian more 75 percentile of est tennessee , 5 th gen here . my great grandpa worked those dangerous Mines of NE Tenn ealry 19th century . dont even go there honey , keep ya panty hose on .

Big woo.
I'd be willing to bet you have never even been to The Villages.

[Vinny Vuckovich]

yep , never been IN THE Villages . like i stated it's nice place . my hope U all keep it that way .

[NativeFloridan]

The Villages is a community of rootless individuals...mostly from the North, who remind me of some non-native plants that eventually destroy the native environment and indigenous plant populations...the Villages reminds me of Kudzu, at first it may have sounded like a good idea...but look at it now.

Below is a description of The Villages from Wikipedia:

"The Villages has been criticized by author Andrew D. Blechman in his book Leisureville: Adventures in America's Retirement Utopias. According to the Orlando Sentinel, "Blechman explains how Villages developer Gary Morse has maintained firm control over local decision-making in a community that sprawls across Lake, Sumter and Marion counties. . . . [The author] highlights the complex political and economic arrangements that gave rise to The Villages, and he asserts that few of its 65,000 or so residents understand, let alone oppose, the limitations on their civic power."

As Blechman told National Public Radio in March 2010, "Everything's owned by the developer. . . . The government is owned by the developer. Everything's privatized — and they're happy with that. You know, they've traded in the ballot box for the corporate suggestion box."

The Villages, Florida - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[kshe95girl]

Originally Posted by NativeFloridan

The Villages is a community of rootless individuals...mostly from the North, who remind me of some non-native plants that eventually destroy the native environment and indigenous plant populations...the Villages reminds me of Kudzu, at first it may have sounded like a good idea...but look at it now.

Below is a description of The Villages from Wikipedia:

"The Villages has been criticized by author Andrew D. Blechman in his book Leisureville: Adventures in America's Retirement Utopias. According to the Orlando Sentinel, "Blechman explains how Villages developer Gary Morse has maintained firm control over local decision-making in a community that sprawls across Lake, Sumter and Marion counties. . . . [The author] highlights the complex political and economic arrangements that gave rise to The Villages, and he asserts that few of its 65,000 or so residents understand, let alone oppose, the limitations on their civic power."

As Blechman told National Public Radio in March 2010, "Everything's owned by the developer. . . . The government is owned by the developer. Everything's privatized — and they're happy with that. You know, they've traded in the ballot box for the corporate suggestion box."

The Villages, Florida - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

for once, I cannot argue with you.

[NativeFloridan]

Originally Posted by WellShoneMoon

I'd love to see the source of your information regarding the state of Florida. I can find no authority showing those dates as official holidays observed by the state, whereas the Martin Luther King, Jr., day is.

Here you go.......................hope everyone had a mindful Confederate Memorial Day last week and payed respect to the founders and pioneers of the Great State of Florida...the only men who ever had to defend their own state soil from enemy attack. My bank was closed in observance of the holiday and appreciate that as I do all other businesses that chose to close last week.


The 2011 Florida Statutes


Title XXXIX
COMMERCIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 683
LEGAL HOLIDAYS; SPECIAL OBSERVANCES
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683.01 Legal holidays.—
(1) The legal holidays, which are also public holidays, are the following:
(a) Sunday, the first day of each week.
(b) New Year’s Day, January 1.
(c) Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., January 15.
(d) Birthday of Robert E. Lee, January 19.
(e) Lincoln’s Birthday, February 12.
(f) Susan B. Anthony’s Birthday, February 15.
(g) Washington’s Birthday, the third Monday in February.
(h) Good Friday.
(i) Pascua Florida Day, April 2.
(j) Confederate Memorial Day, April 26.
(k) Memorial Day, the last Monday in May.
(l) Birthday of Jefferson Davis, June 3.
(m) Flag Day, June 14.
(n) Independence Day, July 4.
(o) Labor Day, the first Monday in September.
(p) Columbus Day and Farmers’ Day, the second Monday in October.
(q) Veterans’ Day, November 11.
(r) General Election Day.
(s) Thanksgiving Day, the fourth Thursday in November.
(t) Christmas Day, December 25.
(u) Shrove Tuesday, sometimes also known as “Mardi Gras,” in counties where carnival associations are organized for the purpose of celebrating the same.
(2) Whenever any legal holiday shall fall upon a Sunday, the Monday next following shall be deemed a public holiday for all and any of the purposes aforesaid.
History.—RS 2315, 2316; s. 1, ch. 4198, 1893; s. 1, ch. 4487, 1895; s. 1, ch. 4488, 1895; s. 1, ch. 5275, 1903; s. 1, ch. 5392, 1905; GS 3102; s. 1, ch. 6872, 1915; RGS 4846; CGL 6932; s. 1, ch. 16067, 1933; s. 1, ch. 20250, 1941; s. 1, ch. 20525, 1941; s. 1, ch. 22610, 1945; s. 1, ch. 29926, 1955; s. 1, ch. 69-24; s. 1, ch. 73-44; s. 1, ch. 75-158; s. 1, ch. 77-423; s. 1, ch. 78-30; s. 1, ch. 78-298; s. 1, ch. 90-59.

Below is The Flag of Northern Virginia Flying above the Florida State Capitol in 1963.

[NativeFloridan]

"Little Miss Dixie" and "Miss Merry Christmas" in Citrus County 2010

http://kntevents.com/images/miss%20and%20mr%20merry%20christmas%2009%20tampa%2 065.jpg (broken link)

[NativeFloridan]

We use to shop at the "Jitney Jungle"....we still got "The Pig", we got all the waffle houses you can handle, up here its Kryspy Kreem and not Dunk-in Donuts, Krystal and not New Castle(Northern version), use to have Chandlers and Sambo's, we still got a few Whataburgers and Maryland Fried Chickens....but now its more and more Zaxbys, McAlester's and Chick-Filet, we got Nascar, Wrastlin, Mud Bogs, Tractor pulls, cotton fields, rope swings, field parties, Southern sorority girls, Southern gentlemen, Preservation Societies, Daughters of the Confederacy, everybody fishes seems like...either salt or fresh or both, we got cheese grits, hush puppies, syrup sweet tea, tones of billbords about Jesus Lovin you and savin you, we still have some "Dry Counties" believe it or not, others don't sell liquor by the drink, we got historically black colleges and historically segregated colleges, we got road crews from the jail cuttin grass in their black and white strips along country roads, we got a lot of old black men fishin from bridges, we got a lot of barefoot kids tubbin under them bridges, we got the redneck riviera, we have people who still are die-hard conservatives but wont vote Republican if their life depended on it, we brought Kudzu to this country...in retrospect we wonder, This is God and Gun Country, lots of Baptist churches, we just had someone get arrested for runnin shine again, we got red clay roads, live oak canopy roads, lots of restored plantation homes, old courthouse squares, we got lots of FRMs( Flint RIver Mills Stores) and Jet Peps, we got All night Gospel sings like in Bonifay, we have a parade and a beauty pageant probably at least twice a month, Civil War Reenactments, blooming azaleas and magnolias, pines, live oaks and gray moss, we got black water rivers...one pretty famous "Suwannee River" also happens to be our state song, we got the birthplace of "Southern Rock"..place called Jacksonville Florida...home to Lynard Skynard and many other greats, we got lots of orange groves and a ton of snakes and mosquitoes...fire ants too, we got another religion called Football and Football is where the crazed fans are here..hockey who? Unfortunately, we still got the Klan though hadn't seen them do much lately, we got train tracks still segregating many areas

Jitney Jungle in Tallahassee



"The Pig" in St. Joe

[beachmouse]

Darn it, we're supposed to get Mardi Gras here according to state statute. Meanwhile, we can't even get Columbus Day or President's Day off.

[NativeFloridan]

Originally Posted by beachmouse

Darn it, we're supposed to get Mardi Gras here according to state statute. Meanwhile, we can't even get Columbus Day or President's Day off.

I feel your pain.....but I guess that says something too about our roots too...we are certainly tied very closely to the rest of the Gulf South in tradition and heritage. I was talkin with someone the other day and they were surprised to hear how Mobile held the first Mardi Gras before New Orleans.