2nd Annual Hernando County Veterans Resource Fair

Spring Hill, Fla. - Local resource fair is being hosted to inform veterans on services and benefits.

Local veterans are invited to attend Rep. Rich Nugent's Second Annual Hernando County Veterans Resource Fair on Saturday, March 3rd from 10:00 a.m. to 1 p.m.  The event will be held in the cafeteria at Challenger K8 School of Science and Mathematics which is located at 13400 Elgin Blvd. in Spring Hill.

Many groups will be on hand to assist veterans, like officials from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and Social Security. The Navy JROTC Drill Team will conducts drills.  The LCPL Brian R. Buessing Young Marines will present the colors.

Call Rep. Rich Nugent's District Office at 866-492-4835 for further details. 

Old firehouse now a community center

Nobleton, Fla. - Music, fun and neighborhood chatter is the center of attention at the open house to celebrate the opening of the new community center.

Neighbors gather at the old Tri-County Volunteer Fire Station to enjoy refreshments for the grand opening of a new community center.  The Ladies Fire Auxiliary invite neighbors to view the remodeled building that now houses  a local community center for Nobleton residents.

Live music welcomed residents along with cookies and cold drinks.  Many of the overflow crowd sat on lawn chairs in the parking lot - the same lot where fire trucks used to race out of during emergencies to help neighbors.

Paul Beasley of Treelawn Builders was on hand to accept thanks for all his hard work to make this project a reality for the folks of Nobleton.

The Board of Hernando County Commissioners sent a letter of congratulations to the community center on their achievement.  Commissioner Jeff Stabins read it to the audience.  It detailed the appreciation of the all the commissioners on Nobleton's historical sense of community spirit.

Home of Nobleton Burger

Nobleton, Fla. - The almost world-famous burger joint is saying goodbye to Nobleton.

The owners of Riverside Grill in Nobleton are picking up stakes and moving to Bushnell.  The local hamburger joint's lease is up at the end of the month.  The Riverside Grill has been the home of the almost world-famous Nobleton Burger  - a burger loaded up with black olives for special flavor since 1980.

Riverside Grill owners Kathy and Tom Petras are relocating their business to the old Dairy Queen building on SR48 across from Wal Mart in February 26, 2012.  Their current lease is up with property owner.

One element missing

Commentary
Anna Liisa Covell


If fairy tales usually begin with "once upon a time,"  where are the gnomes, fairies and elves? 


Congress struck a deal last night to extend the payroll tax cuts and long-term unemployment benefits through 2012.  But there's one element missing - the truth.


The payroll tax cuts are being robbed from personal Social Security accounts to cover up the tax increase imposed on payroll in 2010 by Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid.  It was a smooth, slick transition to deceive people into believing Democrats actually believe in tax reduction.


The current "payroll tax cuts" is a buzz phrase to make people think the federal government is lowering their tax rate.  Nothing could be farther than the truth.  These "cuts" are targeted at an individual's Social Security account.  The federal government hasn't cut anything except the benefits going into individual Social Security accounts.  


Federal withholding taxes actually increased under the Pelosi-Reid agreement but no one blinked an eye.  Withholding rate increases weren't imposed until months later when no one was paying attention.  


With the economy in the ditch, no employees are complaining where the current "payroll tax cuts" are coming from because they have to put food on the table, feed their children and pay light bills.  The group of people who should be concerned with these generous "congressional cuts" are the ones reaching retirement age.  The two percent reduction is coming directly out of  their retirement accounts.


Federal-farce number two concerns the long-term unemployment benefits.  Congress doles these extensions out like their are giving Trick or Treat candy at Halloween.  Congress endears themselves to the unemployed on the backs of every business in America.  Business pays into the state and federal system for unemployment funds. Now business is being put on it's knees with another extension that will prolong the malaise - the malaise created by government, prolonged by government and perpetrated by government.


Florida's unemployment fund went broke in July 2009.  Florida Department of Revenue just sent out bills to every business in the state to pay the interest on the loans from the federal government to prop up the state's unemployment fund.  Congressional members have really given a new meaning the phrase corporate welfare which bankrupted  Florida's Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund.


We're existing on borrowed money from business  to prop-up the generous benefits our illustrious congressional leaders for extended unemployment benefits.


Maybe this is a fairy tale ... a fairy tale of big, bad wolves knocking on your door.  When you answer, the voice on the other side says, "I'm from the government and I'm here to help you."

Nugent sends Reid a letter

REP NUGENT:  “It’s time for the Senate to show Americans where they stand.”

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Yesterday, Rep. Rich Nugent (FL-05) led more than thirty of his colleagues in sending the letter below to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid urging him to reconsider his decision not to pass a 2013 budget resolution this year.

Upon sending the letter to Reid and receiving the President’s own budget request, Rep. Nugent issued the following statement:

“A few weeks ago, we just passed the milestone of 1,000 days without a Senate budget. And now, barely six weeks into 2012, Harry Reid is already saying he’s going to throw in the towel again this year.

“On January 24th, over 400 of my colleagues voted in favor of a resolution I introduced expressing the national importance of passing a budget resolution. I think it is a real testament to the bipartisan frustration that the House feels over the complete and total inaction in the Senate.

“The President has submitted his budget request and the House will put forward its budget plan later next month. If the Senate refuses to tell us what they will support by putting out their own budget, it’s nearly impossible to get anything accomplished.  We’re headed for the fourth straight year without a blueprint from the Senate. Beyond that, there are twenty--eight job related bills that have passed the House, some with over 400 votes in support, that haven't even been brought up for debate in the Senate.  The Senate can't continue ducking like this forever.  It's time for the Senate to show Americans where they stand."

Sen. Harry Reid

Majority leader

United States Senate

528 Hart Senate Office Building

Washington, DC 20510

Dear Leader Reid,

We are barely past the 1,000 day mark without a Senate budget and little more than four weeks into the new year, and already you are making it clear that you do not intend to bring a budget to the floor of the United States Senate for Fiscal Year 2013.

Despite an overwhelming, bipartisan vote in the House of Representatives underscoring the national importance of passing a budget, the Senate apparently isn’t even going to try.

Leader Reid, it is hard to know where to begin trying to explain the Senate’s inaction to the people we represent. The nation is facing unprecedented levels of debt, the Congressional Budget Office is projecting trillion-dollar per year deficits for the balance of the decade, and the United States Congress has presented no bicameral proposal to the American people about how we intend to deal with it. That is wholly unacceptable.

In the real world, families must live within a budget, small businesses and farms must operate within a budget, and state and local governments must live within a budget. The only institution in this country that we are aware of that doesn’t feel the need to operate under a budget is the United States Senate.

We urge you, in the strongest terms possible, to reconsider your decision not to bring a budget resolution to the Senate floor. Mr. Leader, the American people are saying, “We can’t wait.”

Sincerely,

Richard B. Nugent