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To: John Vosilla who wrote (42871)	12/15/2005 6:08:45 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116555

RE:"George Torres, 53, a Sunshine Dixie Apartments resident, said he heard the units could go for $200,000 -- far more than he could afford on his disability checks. "I guess they want to get rid of the poor," he said." When the mad rush to florida started in 1997...the poor didn't have a chance. How'd that happen?

To: John Vosilla who wrote (42871)	12/16/2005 2:54:05 AM
From: shades	Respond to of 116555

She works in investments at a bank, but has decided saving is for suckers - going to shop it all away - tells you all you need to know eh? stpetetimes.com Milk, ham, bread and $10,000 That's a list of what Erin Rey has picked up from the grocery store recently. A quick trip made her a big winner. By MICHAEL KRUSE Published December 15, 2005 RIDGE MANOR WEST - What would you do if you won $10,000 in a grocery store holiday sweepstakes? This is what Erin Rey did: First, the 35-year-old from outside Brooksville who says she never wins a darn thing called Winn-Dixie to make sure this deal was real..... edited out .....She said she didn't know what she was going to do with the money. Maybe she would head to the Westfield Citrus Park mall. She likes that mall. She still has about half of her Christmas shopping left to do. She works in investments at the SunTrust Bank in downtown Brooksville, though, and the folks there want her to put it into a smart investment account. "Jokingly," Rey said. "I'm sure I'll have fun spending it." She stood behind a small table covered with plastic champagne flutes filled with apple juice. Mike Tadlock, the store manager, stood up and gave a little speech. "On behalf of all of my associates . . . ," he said. Rey unwrapped the check. The paper fell in a clump to the shiny floor. People clapped. "Oh, wow," someone said. "That's big money," someone else said. Tadlock made a toast. Employees in aprons and vests and Winn-Dixie ball caps stood around in front of some fake Christmas trees and a tall inflatable snowman and raised their apple juice flutes. "For better holidays, happiness and joy," the manager said. Laughter. More clapping. There were flashes from snapshots. "I want to go shopping now," Rey said. She said she was headed to Cracker Barrel for lunch. Her treat. Still no word on what she was going to buy after that.

To: John Vosilla who wrote (42871)	12/16/2005 3:04:50 AM
From: shades	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116555

"We're in a crisis situation," McCabe said. "It's even affecting the middle class." BWAHAHA - not a crisis while the poor starve to death - but oh my god - the middle class are getting hit now too! HAHA! Suma said she was having a hard time finding insurance - this is true - hardly anyone will insure anymore: customwire.ap.org Citizens Property Insurance approves 44 percent rate hike JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- The board of Citizens Property Insurance Corp. unanimously approved Thursday an average statewide rate hike of 44 percent for homeowners in high-risk areas, putting aside a state senator's request that it be delayed until an audit of the company is completed in February. The increase, which must be approved by the state Office of Insurance Regulation, is on top of a 16.2 percent increase in high-risk coastal areas that was approved last February. The regulation office's board may have public hearings in some areas of the state with large increases. The increases don't factor in damages of up to $1 billion from Hurricane Wilma, which may force another round on price increases for Citizens, said Justin Glover, a company spokesman. The government-created company is the state's insurer of last resort, selling property and windstorm policies to property owners who can't get it from traditional insurers. The increases approved Thursday will add about $1,028 to the average homeowner's insurance cost for a total average of $3,363. A lot of Escambia county is higher ground than anywhere in else in Florida. All of Florida is prone to hurricanes and devastation," Harrod said. "Why Pensacola, but not Miami, Fort Lauderdale or Boca Raton?" Meanwhile, the smallest hikes will be in Pasco County at 1.8 percent; Indian River County at 10.5 and Hernando County at 19.5 percent. Meanwhile the development continues in dale bakers investment area: stpetetimes.com The proposed plan makes two big changes that could affect the upscale subdivision, which would have three golf courses and 1,749 houses, some expected to cost more than $1-million. One change is new language that discourages development in rural areas "unless (existing residential) areas are predominantly developed and occupied (and) population projections indicate a need for additional urban development areas." The rewrite also removed the Southeast Overlay Zone, which covered large areas of Spring Lake, including the ranch land. That may be grounds for Hickory Hill to challenge the new plan, Varn said. He said the zone was meant as a transitional area between the dense development in a 4,400-acre planned development district near Interstate 75 and the rural land near Spring Lake Highway. The county decided to remove the zone without "any data and analysis to support" the action, Varn said. King said that the only data needed was that the county currently has plenty of land designated as residential - enough for 150,000 new houses, he has said previously - to accommodate the predicted population increase in the county

To: John Vosilla who wrote (42871)	12/16/2005 4:00:04 AM
From: shades	Respond to of 116555

I think this will be the theme song remembered for all the shopping machines spending our country away! amazon.com dapslyrics.com While he was schemeing I was beamin in the Beamer just beamin Can't believe that I caught my man cheatin' So I found another way to make him pay for it all So I went To Neiman-Marcus on a shopping spree And on the way I grabbed Soley and Mia And as the cash box rang I thought everything away (Oops) There goes the dreams we used to say (oops) There goes the time we spent away (oops) There goes the love I had but you cheated on me And thats worth that now (oops) There goes the house we made a home (oops) There goes you'll never leave me alone For all the lies you told This is what you owe Hey Ladies When your man wanna get buckwild Just go back and Hit 'Em Up Style Put your hands on his cash And spend it to the last dime For all the hard times Oh When you go then everything goes From the crib to the ride and the clothes So you better let him know that If he messed up you gotta hit em up While he was braggin I was coming down the hill and just draggin All his pictures and his clothes in the baggin Sold everything else till there was just nothin left And I paid All the bills about a month too late It's a shame we have to play these games The love we had just fades away, away (Oops) There goes the dreams we used to say (oops) There goes the time we spent away (oops) There goes the love I had but you cheated on me And thats worth that now (oops) There goes the house we made a home (oops) There goes you'll never leave me alone For all the lies you told This is what you owe Hey Ladies When your man wanna get buckwild Just go back and Hit 'Em Up Style Put your hands on his cash And spend it to the last dime For all the hard times Oh When you go then everything goes From the crib to the ride and the clothes So you better let him know that If he messed up you gotta hit em up Repeat 1x All of the dreams you sold Left me out in the cold What happened to the days when we used to trust each other And all of the things I sold Will take you until you get old To get 'em back without me revenge is better than money you'll see Hey Ladies When your man wanna get buckwild Just go back and Hit 'Em Up Style Put your hands on his cash And spend it to the last dime For all the hard times Oh When you go then everything goes From the crib to the ride and the clothes So you better let him know that If he messed up you gotta hit em up CHORUS