My Friends today I recently read about my Former Hometown Ocala Fl displaying the confederate Flag ! **Seource Daily Kos 7/7/2015 ! I am saddened but not surprised about this !

Marion County is the County and Ocala Fl is the City.  It is located in the County Governmental Complex ! I have been there a few times !

Ocala and Marion County should be a wake up call for America. It is a Christian Community ! But is Very Conervative and loves the tea party ! I now call it TEAPARTYVILLE !
It was a nice place to Live and Go to Middle School High School and Community College ! And people used to be tolerant ! Now I have friends that live there and I pity them.
Ocala Marion County was voted 1996 All American City ! Now its not at all !
How did this happen ? Well by 2008 The Housing Bust caused massive forclousures and the unemployment rate was at 14% ! No Jobs = No Hope ! But the area never wanted progress several Big names wanted to put plants or distribution centers there GM in 1976 Target Cysco Dollar General Wal Mart from 1997 to 2008 ! But the area refused to have good paying jobs for the residents there ! The best jobs were Lockheed Martin E-One FireTrucks Munroe Regional Medical Center and Publix Supermarkets ! Lots of Low Wage Fast Food and Hotel Jobs .As it is located off I -75 !
So it always was very GOP and in 2010 Bought into Tea Party anti Tax hysteria ! To the point of refusing to pass a 1/2 cent tax on Schools chasing teachers away ! And causing Munroe Regional Medical Center – The areas Crown Jewel Public Hospital to be sold and privatized !
The local Government and Power Brokers are NOT TOLERANT OF Outsiders ! Never Were ! And many there are not tolerant of the Disabled or Poor !  It is so bad Firefighters are now leaving the area too ! You can not make enough money to live there now !
It Was so bad before I left the Food Pantry Interfaith Emergency Services got Critically Low and had to have the Ocala Star Banner ask for help ! The community did help but still struggles today with hungry families ! This shows you the priorities of the community Taxes before its citizens welfare !
In 2012 Unable to find work and with an eye problem I have  my family left Ocala Marion County ! It changed to the point where I didn’t fit in ! Many were intolerant of my disabilaties and my being a Democrat and wanting to have a better community !
Before I left I wrote a few letters to The Editor of The Ocala Star Banner  ! They wanted to cut Fire Service and as an asthmatic and caring for a sick Parent We Needed them ! Cut the Hospital and other issues ! So I did what I could but…, the Powers That Be were bent on Distroying a Communty ! And Now they by redysplaying THE CONFEDERATE FLAG did that ! There are some nice people there they do not deserve this ! But when you give teaparty a foothold you see what happens !
Would I Live There again ? No ! This is now NOT AN ALL AMERICAN CITY ! Its #TeaPartyVille ! Ocala from a former resident who always wanted the best for you please #StopTheHateBeforeItStopsUs and #TakeDownTheFlag ! Thank you God Bless

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