Art by Wallace Ingalls of #VoteBlue

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Art by Wallace Ingalls of #VoteBlue

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My friends this is the Final Part of my series How Not To Run A Community ! This focuses on a letter to The Editor of The Ocala Star Banner I wrote in 2012 before I moved away from there. It deals with an issue I know quite Well Healthcare and Hospitals ! Our Community Hospital Munroe Regional Medical Center was over 100 Years old and a Great Public Hospital ! It saved my life a few times. But was on the Block to be sold if a 1/2 cent tax failed to pass. Due to revenue losses treating the uninsured like me.

Safety Net
Why Change Something that isn’t broken ?
Munroe Regional Medical Center is a safety- net hospital for those of us who are uninsured. Our Hospital MRMC is a Crown Jewel in the area.
If it turns into a For Profit hospital where do the uninsured of whom there are many in this area go ? Where do Pregnant Mothers go ? Because as we all know For Profit Hospitals do not Provide these services. The reasons no profit and High Insurance rates.
If MRMC does not stay a public hospital it will be a black eye on our community.  The idea of a sustainable community is to have services for all the people-not just the priveledged.
Wake Up residents of Ocala/Marion County before it is too late. Don’t let the powers that be take away a vital reseource.
Demand that any changes to MRMC be voted on by us, the residents of this area, so we don’t become like other communities without safety-net hospitals
Fred W.Christian Jr
Ocala

Final thought I mentioned this in several #ExpandMedicaidNow blogs and guess what in 2012 MRMC was sold after the 1/2 cent tax failed to Shands UF a For Profit Hospital corp. So we face this in Fl still and nationally ! Do ee want #SafetyNet Hospitals or Not ? I Do ! We must save Hospitals and #ExpandMedicaidNow ! Thank you God Bless 

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My Friends this is Part 3 in a 4 Part series Titled How Not to Run A Community ! It is about hunger and poverty and a Thank you to All who helped Interfaith Emergency Sevices Ocala / Marion County Fl when its food pantry was critically low in Oct 2011.

Uplifting fellow man
Thank goodness for people who still care. It is very encouraging to see people help each other. The case in point is the Bring The Harvest Home food drive.
Recently on MSNBC a Heritage Foundation report belittled poverty. They said you’re not poor if you have air conditioning and cable.
Well can any of this feed, clothe, or house you ? No ! Some don’t get that it is alot of work struggling to survive. They say everyone should prosper, but how can you on 10 or 15 hours a week, or no job at all.
It is sick to mock the sick as they did in one debate. Now they’ve sunk even lower, bashing the poor.
We need to show each other compassion, like you and others did during the food drive. If we all work together like this, we can prosper as a society. We have a choice. Listen to the curse of ignorance or do what is right and we all will be blessed.
Thank you for helping those who are down get back up. By doing this we all get lifted up.
Fred Christian Jr
Ocala

Final thought on part 3 Learn from this please many are hungry still ! Many need help still. The debate was the GOP 2012 PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE ! Lets #StopTheHateBeforeItStopsUs because #Poverty #PoorLivesMatter and #AllLivesMatter ! Thank you God Bless

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My Friends this is Part 2 In my Series How Not To Run A Community ! This letter to the Editor of the Ocala Star Banner focuses on The Middle Class and Workers being attacked by the tea Party ! It was written in 2011. It is my response to tne Tea Party takeover of Congress and States and Communities !

Who’s Your Friend ?

Who is the friend of the middle class ? Definitely Not our Federal State and Local officials  They are from the “Too Big To Fail ” Crowd but instead of “Too Big To Fail” give us “Too Small to Work ”

When did it become smart to put the clueless in Power ? The idea was that when you voted for someone they would look out for all of us, not throw us under a bus.
Instead Congress and other members of Government can’t pass a Civics Course. But by being businessman first all they know is cut cut cut ! For example the tax cuts locally will affect Fire/Rescue service in the County.
The Teacher,  Policeman, Firefighter and Paramedic, along with the civil service workers are the middle class. That’s right they are the middle class.
They are the real friend who helps you when you are sick, scaired, or hurt 24/7 . Will Politicians help you 24/7 ? NO
Who teaches you to read learn and think critically ? Not the politicians.
We The middle class need to work together. We are All Family. – cooks, servers, mechanics, store clerks, casheirs, nurses, and custodians.
If We don’t care and work together, all our services will go away. Then under the bus we all go! Who loses then ? Sadly We All do. Even the clueless who pretend to be brilliant and powerful eventually join us.
Fred Christian Jr
Ocala

Thank you All God Bless

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My Friends yesterday I wrote a blog on NOT AN ALL AMERICAN CITY. IT was about my former City Ocala and Marion County Fl displaying The Confederate Flag ! So I am going to rewrite 4 letters to the editor of The Ocala Star Banner I wrote from approximately 2010 to 2012 ! I hope to educate on How The Tea Parry can destroy a Community !
Background on Part 1 Rescue Fire Rescue : I have had men and women of Ocala Fire Rescue help me and my family several times. So when they threatened to cut 2 Rescue Units (Not Ambulances) and go with 1 Engine only I had to do something

Rescue Fire Rescue

As A 24 year City/County Resident I have seen many changes for good and bad in our community. 
The current proposal regarding city Fire Rescue  and EMS service concerns me as a person who has the responsibility of caring for a disabled parent Full Time. My.Family has had to call on Fire- Rescue and EMS Several Times for service. Both my Father and I have always been treated very professionally by Ocala Fire Rescue.it would be a tragic mistake to cut service.
In regard to a recent study I saw on TV rating our quality of Life our community ranked 45 out of 67 Florida Counties. We may as well kiss any hope of getting better goodbye if we cut our Fire-Rescue service. 
We need these services to keep our community vital. If Not We become a Ghost Town
Fred Christian Jr
Ocala

So the Good Part is No Cuts at that time ! Now I hear many Firefighters do not stay long ! Because of low pay !
I hope All can learn from this Thank you God Bless

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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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My. Friends This should be a week of Positives for being A Liberal Progressive Democrat GAY Marraige The Law The ACA both Upheld by the U,S. SUPREME COURT !

But instead I have been seeing and hearing alot of anger and division on Facebook and Some on Twitter ! This crap upsets me and concerns me ! We have forces working for THEMSELVES NOT AMERICA THEIR NATION PARTY CAUSE STATE OR COMMUNITY ! My question How Can We Beat The GOP if We are attacking each other ?. #TPP IS OVER  ! We have serious stuff to still Fix ! And An Election to Win For Hillary Clinton Bernie Sanders or Whoever is Our Nominee ! We have a House and Senate and States to Take back !
Yet I see whining and anger over petty stuff  ! I see agendas that aid the GOP  ! FOR PROFIT GROUPS AND PAGES ! False Pages secretly supporting GOP maybe perhaps  ? – This is my suspicion I have No Proof Yet ! But if I do It Will be Public ! I will call out any cancers to #ExpandMedicaidNow and The Democratic Party on Facebook And Twitter as I Do With Gun nuts RWNJ HATERS THE KKK AND TROLLS !
In my own life I have been bullied as an adult in The Real World and as a kid ! I was bullied on Facebook and Twitter ! I PERSONALLY WILL NOT TOLERATE ANY SLANDER OR HIDDEN AGENDAS ANY MORE ! In my Groups Pages or Personal Pages of Any Supporters of #ExpandMedicaidNow or Myself ! On twitter I have some people BLOCKED FOR BLOCKING ME FOR NO REASON ! It is petty disgusting and Must stop !
I am Fighting For Medicaid Expansion for 1 Million people who could die ! This is No Damm JOKE PEOPLE ! Talk to Amy Rodriquez about her Daugter Gen Rodriguez and see …..This is in my heart to Fight for this Mom and Daughter ! I wish it was in more of yours to do so ! But instead we can’t seem to work together ! We have A Unifying Cause #ExpandMedicaidNow yet many fail to help us out ! Because its more about you ! Than others !
Real Activists suck it up and work together ! All except maybe a few I ever tagged in Posts are Real Activists and Good People ! And I Appreciate The Help Love Prayer and Support  ! On both Facebook and Twitter !   But I have many say they support and do not show up and I am Sick of It ! Self Promotion Helps No One !
We Can Get This Done ! We Simply Must ! People die daily ! Can We All please Work together without the EGOS BITTERNESS AND HATE PLEASE ? I need All of You
I Am Not Posting This In All Groups at This Time just My Page Groups and Personal Page Thank you God Bless -Yes All who helped it is appreciated by me ! But We must realize The GOP is thrilled We are Divided ! I believe in Social Media it could win the election ! Or lose it if we do not stop the crap ! The choice is yours ! Thank you God Bless

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