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2/20:

After reading Mark Harper's article I should be shocked, but no, I should have seen it coming. It was so

slanted I had to tilt my head to read it.....but who runs the Daytona Beach News Journal anyway?

   After all the News Journal is the newspaper that gave Sandra Wilson $50,000 to get her DREAM started. 

Her dream eventually cost the taxpayers roughly $4 million and counting but who cares about taxpayers?

    Why would the DBNJ give Sandra Wilson $50k?  Well lets see, the DBNJ asked for $1 million from ECHO

in 2003 but settled for $600K, in 2004 the DBNJ got another $600K, in 2005 another $600K, in 2006 another

$600K.  All for the Lively Arts Center in Daytona.  This money came from the taxpayers  that were foolish

enough to vote themselves additional taxes, the ECHO gravy train has since dished out roughly $50 million

for projects that are very questionable.  Visit the ECHO GRANTS section and see what 501c3 hustlers have

been devouring the county pork. Ask VCC member Pat Northey about her tenure on the GCA board of

directors and how much she voted for the GCA Inc.and when she did it.

  The DBNJ had offered to pay  $13 million for naming rights to the Lively Arts Center, has been sued by it's

shareholders and sold to the Redding Group of Halifax Media for $ 20 M.   It has laid off 470 employees and

as of 2010 was run by a court appointed administrator for a fee of $2000 per day. Who runs this remnant

of a bankrupt newpaper today is anyone's guess, how much more will ECHO feed their carcass of a

newspaper, who knows? Read all about the warped and crooked recent history of this newspaper and its

vulgar relationship with the ARTS community as it gave away money to the Debary Arts League... DBNJ got

so much money from ECHO they could afford throwing it at other arts hustlers  and Vulture Culture 501c3

Non profit bum corporations.

    That is the Daytona Beach News Journal.....that is the ART of getting money from ECHO and simply giving

it away to their friends in the politics of Arts and Culture. The News Journal offers a pay out of $13 million

for naming rights....to whom .....then the paper goes bankrupt...and sells for $20 M.   That is a newspaper

we can all trust! Can we trust the DBNJ....I do not after reading Mark Harper's article.  His article fails to

mention all the people he interviewed, what was said, what he said others said and what he  recorded in

phone conversations. Mark Harper was manipulated and made a fool, but that's show biz, spin for the

ART & Culture community from a newspaper that had to be sued by its own shareholders to get untangled

from the culture of corruption often associated with Arts and Culture Community of manipulators.

   Anyway Sandra Wilson and her influential friends used that DBNJ 'seed money' to talk Carmen Rosamonda

and the Debary Council out of another $100,000 then Pat Northey and Rep. John Mica got on the band

wagon and before you know it we have an Arts Center controlled by a corporation that will never pay a dime

in taxes.

   But who was the prime contractor that built the Arts Center  who was the artchitect, who did the GCA

have to sign those checks over to to get the building built?  It is only taxpayer money... money arriving into  

private pockets, nothing illegal just business as usual. Where did all that money end up?  Climb the Pinnacle

Inc. tower of truth to find out, it was a local event.

  Sandra Wilson's dream/nightmare was built on the backs of the taxpayers like magic. Who cares it is only

$4 million or so, the taxpayers don't mind the cost was spread out between Federal, State, County and

locals.   We are a nation choking on corruption...solution  lets waste millions on ARTS and Culture! 

  How dare any citizen speak out against needless extravagences like ARTS and Culture buildings at $4m

a copy. Debary is only $12 million in debt, why shouldn't the GCA attempt to get the City of Debary to clean

their bathrooms when they boast of 300 volunteers. How dare anyone point out that the GCA is a greedy

special intrest group that survives on handouts from the taxpayer ............yet pays zero taxes.  One of

over 50 non profit bum organizations in DEBARY....they all get a free tax ride and have closed books.

   You will never see  GCA royalty board members, the politicians like Pat Northey and lawyers cleaning

bathrooms. they have others to do their dirty work.

    Speaking of the GCA politicians getting others to do their dirty work...why would Sandra Wilsons daughter

claim to the VCSO I was trespassing at a public meeting? How can someone trespass at a public event?   

Why would Sandra Wisons daughter claim their was a restraing order on me when there was none, Why

would some manipulator at the GCA meeting on the 15th claim I was drunk when I was not.  Why because

the GCA is an ugly organization full of manipulative political people that are in my opinion far more interested

in money and politics than arts and culture. To tell you the truth I have never in my life encountered such a

vicious cowardly bunch of people as I did on Dec 15th at this event. Not one person even asked me to leave,

they already were manipulating VCSO into doing their dirty work for them. On Dec 21st someone at the GCA

claimed there was an open warrent on me, of course there was none, how can the GCA politicians continue

to lie to the VCSO and get away with it...ask Sheriff Ben Johnson or Chief of Deputys Mike Coffin.  There

were 7 false or manipulative statements made by GCA personnel made against myself...it is apparently okay

with Sheriff BEN JOHNSON and his boys at the District six in Debary.  Maybe the VCSO has some integrity left

and will and do an honest investigation into how they were manipulated. Read the Sheriff's Mission

Statement on the internet maybe he means what he says.

   Sandra Wilson is a sweetheart according to the article, perhaps she is, but just try critcizing her Dream,

you will see how sweet she really is.  People just do not understand, she claims, yes they do understand.

This person and her friends manipulated and manuvered millions from government to build her and her

disciples a free building and free fundraising and political center in the name of ARTS and Culture.  If ARTS

and Culture is so popular why does it continue to seek government GRANT/WELFARE money, why can't the

upscale arrogant pay for their own ARTS & Politics clubhouse in a Debary City Park?

  The next fundraiser at the Gateway Corporation's free building in a public park will cost citizens $75 dollar

a piece to attend. Once inside there will be the usual silent auction shake down for 'garage sale junk art'

and you can visit their expensive retail store.  Very little is free at the Gateway Corporation's facilities as

politicians, church groups, fruit and vegetable sales are all okay in a facility that is more about money and

politics than arts and culture.  Jesus has even landed at the GCA  in the form of The Heart of Christ Church

passing the plate for even more money from a taxpayer funded building.  Why no steeple with crusifix at

Gateway, only God knows and he ain't talking or paying taxes.

   I do not dislike Sandra Wilson she is an excellent lobbyist and manipulator...that is what it takes to get

things done, it is called politics.   I am just speaking out as a victim/taxpayer one that does not appreciate

having to pay for the toys of the wealthy and arrogant in a city that is $12 million in debt with intrest.  

   You won't see any poor people at the Gateway Corporations next moneyhustlling / fundraising event .

You won't see the working poor,  few middle class can afford to waste $75 to attend this economic event.

You will see politicians, the wealthy and the type people that live in gated communities and ride golfcarts ,

the type people that collectively control  a nation hopelessly corrupt from Main St. to Wall St.    The wealthy,

political  and influential of Debary care about themselves, it is the ART of getting taxpayer money and and 

CULTURE of entitlement, all from a free building infected with a tax free corporation in a Public park.  The

proceeds from the GCA's next fundraiser will go to their favorite charity....themselves.......get your $75

ticket help support a corporation that pays no taxes and is of questionable value to the community.

Morton Culligan   Debary, Fl. 

 The Image City Debary... no jobs, few businesses but lots of IMAGE.

 

 

 

2/15:

Tragic accidents of kids on their way to school in Volusia. Public meetings and chest thumping by elected

officials leading to some light. A threat of "now beginning to ticket violators." Sidewalks, parents taking

responsibility, name it...everything but an admission fron Volusia elected officials.

On page 10 of the 11 page budget submitted to and accepted by the Volusia County Council by the

Volusia County Sheriff (the Sheriff's portion of the budget begins on page F-244 of the entire budget)one

of the HIGHLIGHTS is: "Three full-time and forty five part-time positions were deleted from this activity

during FY 2010-11. This reaches the County Council goal of eliminating seventy three Crossing Guard

positions."

They eliminated the positions but the net expenditures for "Special Services" increased by $700,000.00!!!

Obviously, ice skating is more important with the Volusia County Council and being in good favor with

the Council is more important to the Sheriff than safety of school kids. Did anyone fight the elimination

of these positions? Maybe one kid would be alive today if they did.

Why was this never mentioned in all the chest thumping bravado?

Bill Tavernier

2/12:

1/11/12:

THOUGHT CRIMINAL ARRESTED

 

   From Mort Culligan: The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office has a big job and is often manipulated by people

that know how to use it against other citizens.   For instance, did you know that a VCSO incident report 

can be filed against you without your knowledge?   An incident report can be filed against you or

someone in your family without your knowledge, accusing you of anything. The VCSO has no obligation

to tell you anything. How do I know this? Because it happened to me and only because a concerned

citizen let me know did I check into it and find the filed reports. The reports were filled out because of

my opposition to the Gateway Center for the Arts.

   On May 27th, 2011  Robert Rinaldo contacted the VCSO complaining that an e-mail was sent to him

"that might pose a threat to the well being of persons at Gateway Park".Ref VCSO incident report

110016094

   Dept. Gill investigated the matter and concluded " although the e mail was rather boisterous it did

not appear to be threatening in any manner but merely voiced Culligan's opinion on wasteful

government spending”.

  June 2nd, 2011  Mrs. Sandra Wilson founder of The Debary Art League now known as the GCA Inc.

contacted the VCSO and filed an incident report # 110016720 claiming to be harassed and intimidated

at city council meetings.  Mrs. Wilson apparently is not happy when a citizen such as myself actually

stands up to her and her tax exempt organization as it tries to get money or special treatment from

the City of Debary taxpayers.  Deputy Gonzales of the VCSO determined that “…Mr Culligan has not

committed any crime and was just voicing his opinion at council meetings”.

  That is two times Gateway's people have attempted to manipulate the VCSO in order to retaliate 

on this Debary taxpayer that opposed their manipulation and exploitation of the taxpayers via the

City of Debary. I was never informed of these incident reports that were unfounded and manipulative

in nature. How did I swerve into them? Because of recent events in December, 2011.

Ref Police event P113492156 12/15/2011

    I attended an event on 12/15/2011 that was advertised open to public at Gateway Park. Refer

to Gateway's own newsletter on their website.

    I entered the building as an invited guest and sat in the rear of the auditorium and said nothing

to anyone and listened to the speakers. It was an interesting talk concerning the previous owners

of Gemini Springs Park.

   As the talk and applause ended I got up and attempted to leave when I was confronted and

shouted at by a lady that I learned later was Sandra Wilson's adult daughter. This woman shouted

“what are you doing here? My mother has a restraining order against you”.

 I informed this woman that I was an invited guest per the marquee outside and there could not

be any such restraining order.   Mrs Wilson and her husband came up, told their daughter to leave

and began peppering me with questions. Also a man grabbed me by the shoulder and asked

someone towards the front of the room "is this the one?".  He was advised to get his hand off of me.

I did not file a police report concerning unwanted touching or assault.

  Now the timeline of calls to the VCSO dispatchers log becomes important at this point. 

Ref. P113492156 Dispatchers log.  12/15/2011 time 20:08  Comment: MALE INTOXICATED

                                    20:08  Comment: Not supposed to be there

                                    20:08 Comment: Function going on

                                    20:09  Comment: Mother has injunction against subject

                                    20:09  Comment: She does not know his name

   At no point in time is anyone accused of causing a disturbance or harassing anyone.

   No one at anytime asked me to leave until a Deputy Geano motioned for me to come outside.

At 20:11:20 which I was happy to do considering the hostile crowd I was dealing with.

   This is the THIRD time GCA  people manipulated VCSO deputies against me based on the lies

and exaggerations of their own mob mentality organization.  This is how a citizen is treated because

he opposes their non profit organization.  

   Later a Deputy Yakel was convinced to trespass me by this hostile crowd of people from the entire

Gateway Park.  He did not Formally Trespass me at all and merely told me to get out of here and do

not come back tonight. Obviously I had no plans to return that night.  These people do not own

Gateway Park yet they manipulated this young Deputy into a failed attempt to claim he FORMALLY

trespassed me. This Deputy also accused me of smelling of alcohol from 20 feet away yet remained

mute as I asked him to test me for any trace of it.   The original call was for a MALE INTOXICATED.

   I got in my car and drove away in front of TWO VCSO Deputies after I had been accused of being drunk.

..why would Deputies let a drunk drive?    

Although I was never given a trespass warning and did not, did not sign anything telling me that

if I returned I would be trespassing and thus arrested, I was arrested for trespassing on December

21 st.

I now know I am legally barred from entering Debary's Gateway Park because of the lies and false

statements of GCA personnel and their manipulation of  VCSO Deputy Yakel. I am not allowed into

“Gateway Park” as it states on the paperwork.

Have you said, written, or perhaps whispered things against the GCA? Do you know that a police

file hasn’t been filled out about you? I didn’t know it until I was approached and yelled at by GCA

members, a hand put on my shoulder, was accused of smelling of alcohol then allowed to drive

away, and then arrested for…trespassing. And now I am no longer allowed in a “public park”.

Never once did I sign a “No trespassing” warrant.

Mort Culligan 

Debary,Fl 

 

From Norm: The first time I heard Mort speak was at the first meeting I attended in the spring of 2004.

Mort is out there. Mort is direct, blunt, less than diplomatic and not afraid to speak his mind and

disagree with the person he is talking to – who is also not afraid to share his or her point of view in

their own manner. But I’ve never known Mort to be a liar. I’ve read all the corresponding paperwork

associated with what Mort wrote above – it’s chilling reading. Mort was not arrested for assault or

threatening gestures or words. He was not arrested for harassment. He was not arrested for being

drunk and disorderly.

He was arrested for trespassing yet he never signed a trespassing warrant. He had no knowledge

that he would be trespassing if her returned to the Gateway Park and/or GCA.

But let’s not tiptoe around the issue: Mort was arrested because he expressed his opinion. The two

police reports were found to be..well…unfounded by an impartial third party: the police. This was

payback.

It’s really quite scary what Mort went through and is going through. Two police reports on file and

Mort didn’t know about it. He was arrested. Mugshot. Court date. Fines. Money. Car towed. For

trespassing. I know someone who was caught trespassing and they were given a trespassing

waiver to sign; this never happened to Mort.

Few people know that Mark Meister filed out a similar police report on me in August or September

of 2009. Mr. Meister filled out the police report because I did not get emails to him that he had

requested 9 days earlier. The interim City Manager at the time called me to tell me. Had she not

done that, I guess I wouldn’t have known about it either. In a “gotcha” society, having a police

report out there floating around could be the end to your job or a possible bid for elected office.

Agree or disagree with Mort. Hate him, love him or be indifferent. After reading his account ask

yourself: is this really DeBary? Yes, it is. What is going on with the Gateway Center for the Arts?

Power. Money. Social snobbery?

From December 15th to the 27th there were three calls to the VCSO concerning the GCA. Only one

is listed in the reports online. The other two – concerning Mort and his arrest – are not online in the

daily reports. Not even the arrest for trespassing. Why? Why?

No sarcasm here or wit; I’ve been fresh out watching this terrifying story unfold. There truly is a dark

side at work here in DeBary; I don’t expect anyone to express disapproval of it – and that is exactly

why it will continue. It seems Mort Culligan can't be critical of an entity that exists because of taxpayer

money from people like Mort.

Next time a Council member talks about that great partnership and working relationship we have

with the GCA remember it's contingent on just going along to come along. Don't question. Don't

dissent. And whatever you do, don't bring up any facts. Lastly, of course, if you've done any of these

things, you may want to check if a report has been filed about you. It appears the GCA does not want

their legacy infringed upon...speaking of legacies...look below...

 

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 A little note to those that think society is decaying because of gambling and ignore the truth that it is

 losing its core foundation,  freedom of choice.   I congratulate you on a victory that has stopped legal

gambling in South Florida for another year.  You should be proud and celebrate because this was

accomplished by the help of two of the states powerful forces.  The Seminole Indian Tribe and Walt

Disney World.  We all can imagine the reason behind the Seminole Indian Tribe because they obviously

don ’ t want competition.  But Disney isn ’t quite as obvious and in fact is quite devious although its

motives are the same.  They don’t want anyone passing up Disney World on its way to South Florida. 

Disney hides its greedy agenda by pretending to promotes ‘f amily value ’.  The fact is that Disney

actually exploits children with their hidden attempt to line their pockets with more of ‘the families’

money.  How many ads does Disney run that targets grown ups?  They target children and then expect

the children to embarrass their parents into taking them to Disney World to eat $8.00 hamburgers.

  I find it ironic that their figure head is a mouse from the rodent family or is it a weakly disguised rat in

a tux. It reaps huge profits by treating its employees terrible by promoting a ‘family value image’. If

Disney really cared about the ‘family value’ and the ‘family image’ then maybe it would contribute some

of it billions to the City of Orlando to help fight crime so every morning when I turn on the TV I don’t

have t o hear about another person being shot in Central Florida.  That to me is a decaying society and

there is no gambling in Orlando but plenty of decaying buildings.

Bob ‘the sky has fallen’ Waldor f

 

1/30:

Uninformed citizens make stupid voters.  That ’s right. Stupid. People now days are to lazy to investigate

an issue and rely of the media to fill their minds and push them toward making a decision.  Example.

“”Tom has a business that takes money from older people who are already in financial trouble. ”” If that

was true everybody should be against Tom and I would agree.  Unfortunately the media does not tell the

entire story and it could be this.  ‘’Tom has a business that charges people a small fee to help the recover

losses from companies that lied to them or scammed them out of their money.  He does not take a percentage

and he helps everyone including the older seniors. ’’  Now Tom is not a bad person.  See what I mean?  So if

you do not know the entire story, and you vote on what you have ‘heard ’ or what a friend has told you, then

you may be one of the stupid voters.  I personally am so tired of the candidates slinging mud at each other

that I can not even remember what either one stands for.  Therefore, because I want to make an intelligent

vote, I have to spend some time doing research to find out the truth instead of taking the easy way out and

listen to the TV or read the local ‘slanted newspaper ’.  So please, do not be a stupid voter but instead

become an informed intelligent citizen that makes a wise decision. Study each candidate on your own and do

not be lead into stupidity.

Look out - common sense and logic is coming your way.

Boy its fun to be back.
Bob ‘the sky is falling ’ Waldorf

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Is it or is it not true that there is to be a separation between church and state? How can a Deltona city

commissioner, who is also a pastor, make that separation?  Apparently he cannot.  He is now forcing his moral

belief's on the citizens of Deltona, Orange City and Debary, by trying to impose restrictions, and possible

elimination, on a business that has been in Deltona before Deltona was even a city.  Yes I am speaking of

Dare Ware or The Adult Superstore or whatever name it has.  I do not believe that government was ever

suppose to tell us what we should and should not do or view if we are living in a free country as we tell the

rest of the world that is what we are.  Government should keep us safe and trying to decide what is morally

safe is not within the scope of their ability.  There are far more people being harmed driving down I-4 talking

by others on their phones or texting, than there are that go into a store such as the one in question.  So

what is the problem?  There is none but Fred Lowry thinks it is his position to make one.  Children should have

their moral compass decided at home not by a government.  Adult businessmen (or women) do not cater to

children unless it is a child business like Chucky Cheese.  So please don't use children to try and convince us that

you are doing your job of keeping us safe when the truth is your are using your position to impose your opinions on

us all.  That is not right. I have never been in that business but sure is nice to know that I have the freedom to go

if I so choose.  However I understand that freedom has it faults and one of them is tolerance.  To be free you must

tolerate others views and opinions and if you don't well then maybe you should go to a more restrictive country

and leave the freedom lovers alone.  I love it when people make statements about issues they know nothing

about so they can look like they are doing something.  Just remember..............sometimes it is better to keep your

mouth closed and let people think you are stupid than open it and remove all doubt.

 

Bob' The Sky is Falling' Waldorf

Living in an "Image City''

 

 

1/25:

Debary City webmaster

 Why does the City of Debary give FREE Advertising to  Robert Rinaldo's Business at Gateway Park?  

Why can't the Winn Dixie store advertise their produce on your website?

  Does the City of Debary get a cut from all the money hustling that is going on at Gateway Park?

  Can any taxpaying business get free advertising from the City of Debary?

   Mr Robert Rinaldo is a political informant that informs on other citizens to the Volusia County Sheriff's

Dept.  So has Sandra Wilson founder of the Gateway Political Arts Fiasco.

   Have either of these citizens made false accusations against YOU to the VCSO...you do not actually

know do you?

    Why does informant Robert Rinaldo's  business getting free advertising...or does he actually pay the

City of Debary?

 

   At any rate the City of Debary should be more forthcoming about which businesses get advertising on

their website.

 

    There will be more political activity in Gateway Political Park on the 28th of January from 7 to 9 PM...

nothing to do with arts at all....just the stench of local politics.

 

M Culligan  Debary Fl

 

Debary is the IMAGE CITY

 

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Debary Citizens

That is right FREE WINE will be served at Volusia County District 5 hopeful Dennis Mulder's Campaign

kickoff in a Debary City Park. That is what this email says dated Jan 12 2011. All are invited, MULDER

says on his Facebook page. Mr Mulder apparently wants homeless people and the poor to have free

wine at his meet and greet, they can rub shoulders with the underhanded politicians and snobs that

often frequent GCA events.

This event will be held from 7 to 9 PM at the Gateway Center for the Arts INCORPORATED building.

The GCA Inc is above paying taxes yet not above groveling for the taxpayers money through its friends 

in government from its FREE building.

 

Mr Mulder calls the GCA INC. building at 880 N hwy 17-92 the 'Debary Arts Center' in his invitation which

shows his lack of attention to the fact that Gateway Center for the Arts INC. is a 501C3 Non Profit that

pays no taxes much like Mr Mulder's own Deltona Tennis Association, The Learning Tree, The Premier

Childcare network and many of the other businesses Mr Mulder has been involved in.

 

Mr Mark Harper staff writer of the Daytona Beach Journal has written several articles on Mr Mulder and

what funds the Deltona Tennis association has recieved from the City of Deltona. I suggest reading the

articles on Mr Mulder's tenure as Deltona Mayor you might even approve of what he did as Mayor of that

town. A News journal article dated Dec 6 2011 claims that Mulder billed the City for 4 shots of Vodka

after a business meeting. Ask Mr Mulder himself of all the mistakes he made as an elected official.

 

Mr Mulder claims in a News Journal article " She..Pat Northey has done a nice job" "if I get elected I am

going to look to her and be on her phone a lot". Does this mean we will have another politician like Pat

Northey that votes to give away taxpayer money to other 501 C3 organizations similiar to Gateway

Center for the ARTS , Deltona Tennis Association or Team Volusia?

 

Pat Northey and the rest of the Volusia County Coucil just voted ANOTHER $250,000 to 501 C 6 non

profit , non tax paying TEAM VOLUSIA INC. as another INSULT to the taxpayers of Volusia County, Fl.

 The Volusia County Coucil is considered to be an unguarded cash register by many that watch how

the council throws away money.

Pat Northey was on the board of directors of the Gateway Center for the ARTS another 501 C3 non

taxpaying business that recieved millions from all levels of government. She treated the GCA INC

quite well, look at her voting record.

How will Dennis Mulder treat Gateway Center for the ARTS ...if he gets elected? How much more

money will a 501C3 Tax exempt business founder vote to give other 501c3 and 501 c6 businesses? 

I do not know what he will owe the Gateway Political crowd do you?

Research Non Profit organizations and their cash flow at TAXEXEMPTWORLD.com there are at least

50 of these money grubbing organizations in Debary alone. Millions of dollars in assets in Debary....

not bad for NON PROFIT Legal tax dodgers.

So politicans can slither right in and meet Pat Northey's replacement at the Gateway Political/arts

Center, then the next day you can attend church at the same political center. The Mulder Campaign

promises FREE WINE but they should also provide FREE ANTI VENOM knowing some of the type people

associated with GCA INC.

I do not know how many homeless people , working poor or arrogant upscale snob politicians will

show up to drink wine at Gateway on Jan 28th ..but just remember this that building was paid for

by taxpayers and GCA INC is still getting government money and paying no taxes..just like Team

Volusia and other 501C3 .C6 BUM Organizations.

The Gateway Center for the Arts is considered by many to be a disgrace to the City of Debary as it

fundraises, rents its building space and grounds, holds religious services and continues to BEG for

taxpayer money from the Volusia Cultural Council. The founder of the GCA sits on the board for the

Volusia Cultural Council...this cozy relationship is part of our GREAT CULTURE.

 

Visit Debary's political/economic/religious Gateway Park at 880 Hwy 17-92 ...it is actually listed as

a real Park by the Debary Parks and Recreation Dept. A dept. that costs Debary taxpayers $2,200

a day every day.

 

Morton Culligan following the money in Debary,Fl

 

1/11:

As someone who has had numerous publc discussions with Mort and has probably had some of his

more direct/politically incorrect comments directed at my opinions I want you to know that I am with

you on this one. I also know that you are able to handle this on your own. By the way, Mort is also

able to take direct/politically incorrect comments directed back at him unlike some people. Keep adding

to the public discourse in West Volusia.

Rich Gailey

FROM MORT:

 

 

12/19:

I think enough time has been spent on bashing the holidays or trying to explain them.  But lets not take

our eye off the ball of something that will have a much more profound effect on our lives long after this

holiday season.  Politics. You got to love liberals.  They have mastered the art of talking in ½ sentences. 

Most recent example is government stating that unemployment is down.  Example as heard on the radio

or TV.  (Liberal part of sentence) : Jobless rate is down in November from October. (Rest of the sentence

that they don't say): This does not include the people who have stopped looking for a job so that does

not factor into the rate.  It also does not allow for the part time holiday season workers.  That would be

the true and complete statement but then the facts would not look well for the liberals and that is why they

have mastered the art of making ½ sentences and leaving out full statements.  So let me give you some

facts to think about during this upcoming election.

The day the Democrats took over congress was  January 3 rd 2007 the very start of the 110th Congress. The Democratic Party controlled a majority in both chambers for the first time since the end of the 103rd Congress in 1995. For those who are listening to the liberals propagating the fallacy that nothing is their fault think about this: January 3 rd, 2007 the day the Democrats took over the Senate and the Congress: The DOW Jones closed at 12,621.77 The GDP for the previous quarter was 3.5% The Unemployment rate was 4.6% George Bush's Economic policies SET A RECORD of 52 STRAIGHT MONTHS of JOB CREATION! Remember that day...   January 3 rd 2007 was the day that Barney Frank took over the House Financial Service Committee and Chris Dodd took over the Senate Banking Committee The economic meltdown that happened 15 months later was in what part of the economy? BANKING AND FINANCIAL SERVICES! Bush asked Congress 17 times to stop Fannie & Freddie starting in 2001 because it was a financial risk for the economy.  Barney Frank blocked it and called it a ‘ Chicken Little Philosophy ’ .  And what happened? Budgets do not come from the White House they come from congress and the party that controlled congress since January 2007 is the democratic party.  Furthermore the democrats controlled the budget process for 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011. If the Democrats inherited any deficit, it was the 2007 deficit, the last of the Republican budgets. That deficit was the lowest in five years, and the ofurth straight decline in deficit spending. After that, Democrats in Congress took control of spending, and that includes Barack Obama, who voted for the budgets.  These are ALL the facts on this subject and not 1/2 sentences.   Bob 'the say is falling' Waldorf

 

12/18:

 

12/17:

Oh Mr. Culligan, how sad it is to infer from your computer epistles that you apparently have so little joy.

As I read them, particularly the one of 12/6/2011, I can’t help but remember the writings of another man;

Charles Dickens, in A Christmas Carol:

 

“ Merry Christmas! ... What's Christmas time to you but a time for paying bills without money; a time for finding

yourself a year older, and not an hour richer; a time for balancing your books and having every item in 'em through

a round dozen of months presented against you? If I would work my will ... every idiot who goes about with

‘Merry Christmas,’ on his lips, should be boiled with his own pudding, and buried with a stake of holly through

his heart.” Ahh, what clear and concise critical thinking that must warm your heart? Though not with much

joy I’d presume.

But there are other snippets to be gleaned from the same novella:

“ I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round -- apart from the veneration due to its

sacred name and origin, if anything belonging to it can be apart from that -- as a good time: a kind, forgiving,

charitable, pleasant time: the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem

by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely, and to think of people below them as if they really were

fellow-passengers to the grave, and not another race of creatures bound on their journeys.” Now there are

some interesting thoughts to ponder.

 

"It is a fair, even-handed, noble adjustment of things, that while there is infection in disease and sorrow, there

is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good-humor." Now there, valued soul, is a bit

of rationally educated deduction by Mr. Dickens.

 

I believe that it would be relatively easy to challenge your “anti” this, that, and the other things which

pervade your postings – but that would not change your mind nor give you nor me any joy. So all I can really

do for you, and the friends who asked me to write this, is say; May whatever festivities you and your family

take part in this season, I wish that yours is a very joy-filled December and an even better New Year. And I

will, with sincerity, add what Tiny Tim prayed at the Christmas dinner: "God bless us, every one!"

 

A. Remming

DeBary

 

12/15:

Well I guess the City is in a darn if you do and darn if you don't area political correctness. Yes, it is Merry

Christmas to me, but we do have Jewish neighbors as well as Budist, Muslim, etc.

As a City you have to answer to all citizens.

Henry Tabor

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It would be nice if this man showed a little concern to DeBary residents. I'm taxed for storm water problems

and no one at city hall will talk to me about it, but he gets a raise! I don't think he deserves that kind of money

. Period! Give the residents a break...

Rudy Wright

 

12/11:

12/10:

 

 

12/7:

 

 

12/3:

For those of you that are concerned about a decaying society I would like to inform you of the following. 

 After reading in the paper that Mayor Garcia was quoted as saying '' no body wants to invest in this

economy' and he voted against new business in Debary, I could not help but think how much our society

has 'decayed' because lying politicians have become acceptable as long as they lie in favor of someone's

personal agenda.  And yet those same people who speak of decay will ignore the hypocrisy in that

statement. That being said I thought of the following.

We have turned into a society that money in more important that common courtesy or common sense.

People are not getting married because it is acceptable just to live together.

Parents have been stripped of their ability to discipline their children without government intervention.

Pregnancy out of web lock is accepted and glamorized on TV

News media state their opinion as much as they report 'real news'.  Gotcha reporting is the new norm

and there are a lot of people that cannot understand the difference between the two.

We are more concerned about what our candidates, both local and national, have done years ago than

we are what they stand for now.

Government just makes statements that people want to hear and then does just exactly what it wants

even if it means the opposite of what it says. (Mayor Garcia comes to mind)

We are taking 'Christ' out of Christmas and prayer out of school.

We restrict when and where we can display our flag and some places we cannot display it at all.

We have totally replaced our countries fundamental core values so we can be 'politically correct'. 

We hold our local neighbors to a higher standard than we ourselves live by (think about that one).

The list could go on and on.  So I ask you, before you start voicing your opinion in order to prevent

problems and stop decay, consider the problem and make sure you are not part of the problem instead of

part of the solution.

 

Bob 'the sky if falling' Waldorf

Remember it is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are foolish than to open it and

remove all doubt.

From NORM:

In 2005 philosopher Harry Frankfurt , a professor emeritus of philosophy at Princeton University and who previously

taught at Yale, published a nonfiction bestseller, that spent twenty-seven weeks on the New York Times Bestseller list.

The title of the book: On Bullshit.

Frankfurt claims on page 61 of this book that, "...bullshit is a greater enemy of the truth than lies are.” Why? Because

while the liar deliberately makes false claims, the bullshitter is simply uninterested in the truth. A statement made by a

bullshitter is grounded neither in a belief that it is true nor, as a lie must be, in a belief that it is not true. It is just this lack

of connection to a concern with truth – this indifference to how things really are – that Frankfurt regards as the very

essence of bullshit. Bullshitters aim primarily to impress and persuade their audiences. What he cares about is what people

think of him. He wants them to think of him as someone with deep thoughts.

Frankfurt ends his book by explaining that bullshit is unavoidable whenever circumstances require someone to talk without

knowing what he is talking about. Thus the production of bullshit is stimulated whenever a person’s obligations or

opportunities to speak about some topic exceed his knowledge of the facts that are relevant to that topic. This discrepancy is

common in public life or running for office.

From the Council meeting on 11/21/11:

Time Stamp: 2:09:03:

Mayor Garcia:

“In the next six months, DeBary will be a national word out of

people’s mouths.

I guarantee you that."

 

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11/29:

 

 

11/26:

If you have been watching the GOP debates you will notice a common theme.  The theme is the

candidates realize that people are unhappy with government and big business.  I have been saying

that for months and got the nick name 'the sky is falling' because of it. That is perfectly fine with me if

it will get more folks to pay attention to what is going on in national politics. National politics have a

trickle down affect on local regulations and is one of the reason I pay attention to both. That being said

I find it very interesting what I just heard on ''Slant TV''.  Slant TV is my new nick name for NBC.  Slant TV

will go out of its way to report negative, slanderous information mostly on people, sometimes business,

as long as it is not against its union base cronies.  The way they ask questions cannot get anything but

a detrimental response from the person being interviewed about the person being attacked. In my

opinion they have become the "National Enquirer'' of video media.  That being said I found it interesting

that Slant TV had a story about Black Friday.  They interviewed an executive from Best Buy and one of

the question he was asked was 'do you think that we are getting away from family values by opening

stores on Thanksgiving and so early on Friday morning'.  His response was NO he did not think that

because they only open as consumers dictate. Unreal.  Slant TV did not challenge that but I surely do. 

Because I believe that big government and big business are motivated by greed and compassion, reason

and logic are non existent, I believe that one day one of the big retailers decided he could get a jump on

competition and decided to open early on Thanksgiving or Black Friday or both.  Of course retailer number

two had to open before retailer number one, and then three before two etc.  So please do not buy into the

deceit being thrown about that business is consumer motivated because it is definitely greed motivated. 

If you really want to hold on to the family value don't shop until mid Friday.  If I am wrong tell me one

business, other than the Chicky franchise, that cares about employees and / or consumers.  Enjoy the video.

Bob Waldorf 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hjqy2lJ5yoU

 

11/25:

 

11/23:

HAPPY THANKSGIVING to everyone in Debary and around the country.  While we spend this time with

family and friends let ’s be thankful and not forget how many cannot do that because they are protecting

our freedom in some distant country.  The freedom of cho ice, the freedom to say what is on our mind,

the freedom to move about as we choose, all are freedoms we should respect and treasure. So in this

time of being thankful I wish to acknowledge all those that take part in our local political climate and

say thank you.  While we may not always agree I am very thankful that we have the freedom to disagree.

Bob Waldorf and Family

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Hey Mort,

Your posts to the PoP have become boorish, stale, and predicatble. Time for some new materiel

my NIMBY friend.

Happy Thanksgiving. :-)

jb

 

11/22:

Mr. Waldorf, in response to your question as to when I was in Australia (as if it’s any of your business

or even relevant), the first time was in 1986 and the last time was in 2007 when I went to see a friend

who was terminally ill. The Aussies are experiencing the exact same thing we are right now with taxes,

high price of oil, immigration problems and corruption in politics. The United States is not the only country

in the world people are trying to get in to! Australia used to have a very strict immigration policy, but no

more, and believe me they are not happy about illegals any more than we are. But, I suppose now

that I’ve said that, you are going to make me sound like some kind of monster who doesn’t want to

help the under privileged.

I stand by my statement that Aussies do love Americans (at least the ones I know).

I’m tired of reading all the venom that is spewing back and forth …. Frankly, Scarlett …. Well you know

the rest.

Shirley Horchler

On Nov. 14, 2011 the Daytona Beach News journal reported on something that should have
made Florida citizens' blood run cold.

The 5th District Court of Appeals upheld the ruling by the 1st District Court of Appeals which

found that FLORIDIANS DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO SPEAK AT PUBLIC MEETINGS!!! Pardon

the caps but this does not bode well and we, as a voting public, need to make it very very

clear to our state representatives along with county and city councils that should they adopt

such a tactic...they will be voted out of office PDQ!

I seem to remember a city council meeting where one of our council members (who ran on a

"listen to the people" platform) asked if "THEY HAD TO LET THE PUBLIC SPEAK?"!!!

Be alert fellow DeBaryites--be vigilant--vocal and VOTE!

Thanks for listening,
Fred

11/17/11

 

    

Well Rich Gailey , the more you write in, the more you reveal

how you are living in the past. 

You are a Damn Proud American....why.....that is right .....

why? Proud of what we were, or what we have become? 

You claim I an anti American....wrong again , I am anti

American Illusion and Anti American ARROGANCE , 

The USA is an ex -rich nation living on CREDIT, we borrow

money from Communist China and any other nation that is foolish enough to keep us afloat. 

The fact of the matter is the USA is a corrupt Socialist nation borrowing from a Commie/Capitalist

nation that is better at Capitalism than we are. 

Are you proud of our corrupt government leaders as they lick

the boots of The Saudis for more oil, or the Chinese for more credit? That is what we do , beg, bully

and borrow from the rest of the world as we brandish our dangerous military machine.

Are you proud of our corrupt nation as it starts wars and fights wars with money it does not have? We have our troops in 160 foreign countries.....why RICH...

who appointed us the world police?  We cannot even guard our own borders properly , we cannot even

control our own corruption and greed.....You Proud of that RICH?

Our nation will spend roughly $455 BILLION just on the

intrest on our debt for this year alone.  Guess what RICH...where are we going to get the money?

You guessed it we are going to borrow more. That is how RICH we are RICH...we are rich in ILLUSIONS

and RICH on living in the past.

Sure there are many countries that are poorer than we are

......but where are WE headed?  More DEBT, more WAR....we are headed into a situation that will

make the great depression look like a picnic. 

When gas is $6.50 per gallon and milk is $5.50 per gallon..

what will food be, can we eat American FLAGS that are made in China?  Can we eat $8 billion dollar

Aircraft Carriers and $2.5 billion dollar Stealth Bombers? When the value of the dollar dips passed a

certain point people are going to quit going to work... then what RICH?  Can we pay our bills with

American PRIDE? Can we? 

Americans are living in the past.....WW2 is over...we have

been patting ourselves on the back for 60 years now RICH.  Enough is enough...just look at what

we have become, and we have no one to blame but ourselves.

The game is up, we are running out of credit, lies and illusions.....so wave the flag all ya want. Just keep waving that

FLAG as we borrow, bully, beg

and bomb...just keep waving that flag.   Wave the flag at the $102 a barrel price of oil go ahead....

our money is becoming more and more worthless....because we are out of illusions about the 'rich' USA

But we can look on the bright side Rich.....We are still

better than North Korea or Somalia...for now anyway.   Look into the future Rich....it is the only

thing we have. 

Hey RICH ..ya got any GOLD to SELL?   Okay maybe silver...

copper, aluminum? Have you checked your air conditioning unit lately, is it still there? 

Morton Culligan Debary, Fl    The Image City

 

11/16 /11

        

Oh... now we are debating social decay and come up with

Adult Entertainment as an example. LMAO...are you serious?  Grow up Shirley...your moral compass is broken.       

Well at least the Gambling & Adult Entertainment Industry

can support itself without begging to the government and citizens like the ARTS Community and the Faith

Community.      

Debary wants to talk about decadence... how about our 

Gateway Arts Center that got a FREE mulitimillion dollar building from the taxpayers from begging and

manipulating government money. That same parasite organization also gets FREE RENT as part of our

ridiculous park system     It collects RENT and FEES and never shares a penny with anyone other than its

own greedy decadent organization.     

What is a Christian Church doing operataing for FREE in our

City Park? Churches and other religious BUSINESSES never pay taxes........they just sell phony  

interpretations from the bible from the local Jesus Hustlers and 21st Century Witch Doctors.

Adult Entertainment businesses are  legitimate tax paying

businesses that do not depend on government handouts and free rent like the bum ARTS Community or

tax exempt Religious hustlers. 

Sex between two adults is what got  us upon this earth, it is

not DIRTY, it is reality.   Our preposterous Faith Community can be as Dishonest about it as they want to be,

sex is the starting line for life on earth and it is not dirty or immoral.

Sorry Shirley , I never had a subscription to the ressurection

or immaculate DECEPTION, I do not listen to old ladies and preachers and their worthless phony moral issues.     

The USA is a degenerate nation and it is boiling in its own debt

and illusions about its morality and  military misadventures. If we were a peaceful nation we would not be

BROKE and at war constantly.    

But for the simple minded, we can blame it on Gambling and

Adult Entertainment as we borrow and bomb our way into a chaos and bankruptcy.

                                                                                           Morton C.   Debary, Fl   the IMAGE CITY

 

     

Shirley.  It is not my intention to debate with you but your last

post has been eating at me.  The one about the decaying society.  I really believe that people just say

things without facts so I, like JB did to me, am asking you to clarify how restricting freedom prevents a

society from decay.  I will tell you what I think makes up a decaying society and none of it has to do with

restricting growth, freedom or business.

 

Our society has decayed because we glamorize celebrities who have

children out of wed lock and publish it on TV and print for all our children to read and see
Our society has decayed because we have accepted our young people having sex way to early thereby

decaying our basic moral fiber. 

 

That to me is a decaying society and I just can't accept that we

ignore those issues and then have statements like yours that gambling is the cause of a decaying

society.  One of us has our priorities back ward. So please Shirley, explain to me your idea of a 'decaying

society'.

 

Decay:
Definition: To pass gradually from a sound, prosperous, or perfect state, to one of

imperfection, adversity, or dissolution; to waste away; to decline; to fail; to become weak, corrupt, or

disintegrated; to rot; to perish; as, a tree decays; fortunes decay; hopes decay.

Bob Waldorf

 

 

        

Debary POP came out with the usual Vets Day B/S line of

crap.  

 

  

How about this.... we have another veterans day......we must

wave the flag and pretend that all of our veterans are heroes.  Well to tell you the truth they are not. 

Many have done courageous acts, no doubt, but some have raped and murdered innocent people in

Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan, etc.They are sometimes just as heartless and vicious as any other

invading and occupying army can be.

 

      

To claim that all of our troops are all heroes is simply

false, to claim they are defending freedom is false as well.   Our freedom was never threatened by the

Koreans, Vietnamese, Iraqis or the people of Afghanistan. Al Queda is not Afghanistan or IRAQ it is a

tiny terror cell that got lucky once on 9/11/01.

 

   

Our troops are functioning as a world police force and not

once did the citizens of this country EVER get to vote on it. Our government has NO intrest in Peace

at all, because there is no money in Peace. These wars are a corporate raid on the US Treasury in the

name of defense and freedom.   Freedom was never attacked to say so is simply untrue. WAR has

become big business and business is good.

 

     

What type of courage does it take to bomb people from 30,000

feet?  What type of courage does it take to wipe out whole villages because they might harbor an

enemy in a country we INVADED. What type of courage does it take to fire missles from an unmanned

aircraft into a village because we think there might be bad guys there.  What if someone elses Drones

were blowing up houses in Debary from a base in China....would they be GOOD GUYS? 

 

     

They use low tech terrorism , we use high tech terrorism

and we are losing big time because time and expense is grinding our economy to pieces.

 

    

Our military has napalmed, carpet bombed, nuked  and used

chemical warfare that is a historical fact .....how much of that is heroic....who knows. Our nation

always rationalizes its attacks and spins its evil into good, as if we are always the good guys...we are

not always. The tragic attacks of 9/11/01 were minor compared to some of our attacks. The innocent

people that died that day were no more innocent that the hundreds of thousands our military has

slaughtered.  I am just trying to be truthful ,not a mindless government stooge that cannot see what

we really are.

 

     

The Veterans day article in Debary POP claims our veterans

and military represent sanity in an insane world.  Nothing could be further from the truth as they have

invaded or bombed ,on orders from our corrupt insane government how many countries ?   Pakistan,

Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Lybia, Lebadon, Bosnia, Vietnam, Cambodia,Laos etc.  The fact is we invade

and bomb whatever nation we choose under any circumstances we want.  Then we cover up and down

play all the people we kill and call it collateral damage. Many of our troops are government trained killers,

not boyscouts ....that is the truth.

 

  

Our military is a platinum plated economic disaster for the

taxpayers and cannot even guard our own borders as was proved on 9/11/01  and every day at the

Mexican border. We have troops stationed worldwide in over 160 countries because our arrogant and

corrupt government says so.

 

 

Yes many veterans may have sacrificed , many have done heroic

deeds but to say they are all heroes is ridiculous.   To say our international invasions are protecting

our freedom is false, these invasions and occupations are hurting us far worse than any enemy.

 

 

We are spending $2 billion a week or so on Afghanistan and

have been there for over 10 years, we have ZERO Chance of anything even resembling victory.

It does not matter one bit how courageious our troops are...we will still be outlasted and defeated

by the folly of our own actions.

 

 

We claim GOD BLESSES AMERICA...sure , I suppose all other

nations must sit in the back of the bus.  If God Blesses america then he blesses our $15 trillion debt

our overflowing prisons, drug addicts, unwarrented invasions, government / corporate corruption and

the like.

 

 

Perhaps YOUR GOD would bless America if we would withdraw our

FANGS from the rest of the world and quit profiteering from our constant war mongering and invasions.

 

  

God Bless America....perhaps, but how about GOD HELP AMERICA

wake up to the fact that we are our own worst enemy Waving the flag and building memorials means

NOTHING as we continue our self defeating actions and military madness.

 

  

If the people of Debary want to do something patriotic I have

a suggestion.  Follow the hundreds of billions in borrowed money that goes to our Pentagon....

see where it goes as most never even leaves this country at all.    That is why our wars last 10

years a pop, why should our military machine spoil a perfectly good war with victory.

 

  

The greatest enemy the USA faces is not a handful of idiot

terrorists..it is ourselves as we try to dominate and control the world on borrowed money and false

flag /god worship.

 

    

Yes we need a military for DEFENSE,  not for world dominion.

We are not always the good guys and our troops and vets are not always heroes. The USA has plenty

of blood on its hands, that is a historical fact not an political illusion.

 

                                                                                              Morton C.

                                                                                               Debary, Fl    ' the IMAGE CITY'