Key2life's blog

Bloggers: 

The premise is this: The Citizens Petition Initiative of the Clay County Charter is broken. Members of the 2005-2006 CHarter Review Commission wanted to amend it during the Charter Review Session but yielded to those loud voices of CTLAC. We decided to pick a fewer number of fights to fight so we could focus on what was important to us: the 5+2. Whether another amendment would have passed or not is not relavent. What is relavent is what is happening this election cycle.

Mike Mann,

Yesterday, you, Marsha and Judy posted separate entries on the same subject - all in a row. Each of you are now posting a link to a petition document with every blog entry. In essence, you (collectively) are using this website for political gain.

Before you go and accuse me or anyone else of crimes against the highest and best use of this site, be sure you are perfectly clean of any wrongdoing, Mike. To me, it's the pot calling the kettle black.

Filibustering is a legal and tactical action to delay the rhetoric flowing from supporters of CTLAC.

I agree, this is a great place to discuss things that matter to our residents but leave the rhetoric at the door. All three of you are guilty of spouting the same stuff. That's not an honest debate of the issues.

Bloggers,

Thanks to linda5 for reminding me...

Over the weekend, I had a chance to attend the first - ever - SEC Beach Volleyball tournament held at THE University of Florida.

What an awesome display of female athleticism.

And as the Orange and Blue game attenders filed out of the campus in the thousands, many got to see women competitors at their best.

My question to MCS bloggers is this: Will Beach Volleyball catch on at a national level in college sports?

Karen Lake

Bloggers,

This came to me last night having returned to this blog site after several hours away and there was a plethora of comments on a thread I had been following. What I wrote wasn't what ended up being posted but in the end, I really liked a phrase that came out of it that I didn't use.

Here's the thing, there are a lot of contenders for Best Blogging Phrase out here on MCS but what I'm proposing (and this message is for CCC, Uncle Rich, OneMann, finder, lilyslore - especially lily - smunsey and all the other great writing bloggers) is that you write one phrase and we get to comment on who's phrase (one word or greater not to exceed a sentence) is the Best Blogging Phrase.

Bloggers,

I had time to read the Technical Impact Fee Report that the School Board will be discussing Thursday night and bottomline, it appears the report indicates the School Board must raise it's impact fee from $7,400 per single family home to $9,100 to mitigate impact on the schools.

The report is VERY revealing about population growth. Here's the link:

Link to report 

Bloggers,

Whatever happened to the Concurrency Advisory Committee? Was it de-commissioned? Did it just fade away into a committee sunset?

Now that the appointed date is upon us, why aren't we hearing from this group?

More questions than answers,

Karen Lake

Bloggers,

I noticed a couple of items on this month's School Board agenda that could create some interesting discussion:

1) Development Impact Fee report

2) School Concurrency in Clay County

While I haven't had a chance to print and read the report, I will and hopefully, will learn how much more money it's going to take (with rising costs) to build our schools for the next 20 years.

I haven't heard much about concurrency lately, to it'll be good to hear the update. Whatever happened to the committee on concurrency between the Board and the Commission?

Bloggers,

The trials of Christy Fitzgerald have been well documented here on MCS. I'm glad for her that she's facing the last of her charges today over in St. Johns County.

I wonder what the outcome will be?

Karen Lake

A BIG thanks to MCS for today's editorial. It is so very gratifying people are seeing Clay County for what it is: an emerging county needing adequate representation and leadership.

The editorial observation that a five-member commission cannot adequately create committees to foster communication about county issues is a viable consideration as the county continues to grow and worthy of public consideration.

And again, as the Charter Review has long held: five single district commissioners and two at-large commissioners symbolize both a legislative House and Senate.

Bloggers,

I logged onto my www.facebook.com account and found that my daughter had posted the following quote as her favorite. I offer it here for those who love youthful meanderings:

If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The long term
benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists, whereas the rest of my advice has no basis or reliable then my own meandering experience...

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth. Oh, nevermind, you won't understand the power and
beauty of your youth until they've faded, but trust me in 20 years, you'll look back at photos of
yourself and recall in a way you can't grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked. You are not as fat as you imagine.

Don't worry about the future, or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubblegum.

The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind: the kind that blindsides you at 4pm on some idle Tuesday.

Do one thing every day that scares you.

Sing.

Don't be reckless with other people's hearts; don't put up with people who are reckless with yours.

Don't waste your time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. The race is long, and in the end, it's only with yourself.

Remember compliments you receive; forget the insults. (if you succeed in doing this, tell me how).

Keep your old love letters; throw away your old bank statements.

Stretch.

Don't feel guilty if you don't know what you want to do with your life. The most interesting people
I know didn't know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives; some of the most interesting 40 year olds I know still don't.

Get plenty of Calcium. Be kind to your knees -- you'll miss them when they're gone.

Enjoy your body: use it every way you can. Don't be afraid of it or what other people think of it; it's the greatest instrument you'll ever own.

Dance...even if you have no where to do it but in your own living room.

Do not read beauty magazines; they will only make you feel ugly.

Get to know your parents; you never know when they'll be gone for good.

Be nice to your siblings: they're your best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.

Understand that friends come and go, but what a precious few should hold on.