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  • Florida Official: Buy Clothes, Not Booze

    04/26/2008 8:14:53 AM PDT · by A_perfect_lady · 57 replies · 48+ views
    Fox News ^ | April 26, 2008 | Fox News
    OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. — A Florida school board member is drawing fire from some parents for saying they should spend money on school clothes for their children instead of buying alcohol and cigarettes. School board member Jay Wheeler's comments were made in an e-mail response to parents’ complaints that they cannot afford the new uniforms mandated by the Osceola County School District, according to MyFOXOrlando.com. "Everyone can afford Wal-Mart and if they can’t, they need to think about turning off their cable TV or stop buying alcohol or cigarettes and spend their money on their children," he wrote. Parent Maria...
  • How to eat healthy on a budget

    07/05/2007 6:00:55 PM PDT · by 2ndDivisionVet · 156 replies · 3,074+ views
    St. Louis Post-Dispatch ^ | July 2, 2007 | Harry Jackson Jr.
    For students living on ramen noodles or people in low-wage, time-consuming jobs, folks who are down on their luck or living on fixed incomes, healthy eating may seem too expensive. Nutritionists say, however, that's a false perception. Healthy eating, in fact, is cheaper. The cost of expensive eating often isn't the food, it's the bells and whistles of trendy packaging. "You pay for convenience," says Amy Moore, a dietitian at St. Louis University. "What it takes is planning and sometimes a little investment." That means eating more fresh food from low-cost stores and farmers markets, watching store sales and using...
  • MONEY MEANT FOR POWER PAYS FOR WATER, SEWER (HONEST WELFARE RECIPIENT)

    11/27/2005 3:25:14 PM PST · by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin · 4 replies · 435+ views
    The Shelbyville Times-Gazette ^ | 11/26/2005 | Clint Confehr
    Ronald Halterman A Shelbyville man has been getting his water and sewer bill paid through a federal program designed to help people pay their winter heating and summer cooling bills. And he wants that to stop, so David Crowell, general manager of Shelbyville Power, Water & Sewerage System, has re-examined the situation and has come to the conclusion that to satisfy a customer, the utility bill can be separated. All Shelbyville utility bills, except Ronald Halterman's, will include charges for electricity, water, sewer and taxes. The federal assistance provided to Halterman is for energy such as electricity and, last...
  • UPDATE: The latest on SniperWatch.com

    10/17/2002 6:46:11 PM PDT · by Pete · 16 replies · 298+ views
    SniperWatch ^ | 10/17/2002 | Pete
    I thought I would you give you all an update on SniperWatch.com. This is the website I put up last Monday night. It allows volunteers to monitor DC/VA/MD traffic cams and log sightings of suspected vehicles to a database that is accessible to law enforcement in real time and retrospectively. In the past three days, 28 volunteers have signed up. In that time, there have been 20,000+ hits on the site and several other webpages are now linking to it so word is getting around. I have made several improvements since going live including a forum and a chat. The...