By ROCCO MAGLIO
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Fact checks can be difficult as there are often valid arguments supporting different assessments. It often comes down to from whose perspective you look at the issue. If you look at it from a certain taxpayer, the average taxpayer, or the county budget you will receive different answers. It is further muddled by ad valorem taxes only being a third of the revenues that the county receives.
By ROCCO MAGLIO
September 11th, 2001 was a time when America came together. People from all over the United States reached out to help one another. The attack on that day was meant to demoralize and divide us, but instead, it strengthened us as a country.
by ROCCO MAGLIO
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Over the last month, the campaign flyers have been inundating our mailboxes. Some attack opposing candidates, some display the candidate’s patriotism and family ties, and some wrap themselves in the strength of state or national political figures.
by ROCCO MAGLIO
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WMNF 88.5 an non-commercial, community station which carries NPR in Tampa wrote an article and shared screenshots of posts to a private Facebook group called 'Defend Hernando County' that they categorized as "overtly racist and incendiary calls for violence."
They only shared the partial posts and all usernames were blocked out.
The first partial post started with:
Google is known as a search engine, but that is not where they derive most of their revenue. Their business relies on selling ads. Google figured out how to auction ads on the Internet and became one of the most valuable companies in the world based on their ability to broker the sales of ads. They used the metric of impressions or the number of people who viewed the page with the ad to price ads. Each impression costs a small amount, but they quickly add up. By auctioning these small chunks it enabled them to sell the same ad to many people.
Over the five and half years that the Hernando Sun has been in existence the newspaper scene has changed tremendously. We went from two regional newspapers to a single regional. The Tampa Bay Times purchased the Tampa Tribune and shut it down. Several newspapers have come and gone during that time including a semi-regional conservative newspaper, The Suncoast Standard.
Florida Cracker Tap Room normally is a gathering spot in Brooksville next to the Florida Cracker Kitchen. The tap room is located at 962 E Jefferson St. They sell craft beers and host tap takeovers from local breweries including Marker 48 and Tidal Brewing.
