Luckily for Floridians the effects of the pint sized wizard known as Punxsutawney Phil (reportedly a groundhog) are rarely felt in full force. Nonetheless, the WayneWho staff all agreed that we should pay some tribute to this dabbler in the dark arts of weather manipulation, lest we curse this year's great weather.That being said, we believe that the film," Groundhog Day" (Bill Murray and an unnamed varmint) has much more meaning to our community. In the film "Groundhog Day," meteorologist Phil Connors gets stuck in a mystical time loop in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania on Groundhog Day. Phil relives Groundhog Day over and over again. Everyday he wakes up to Sonny & Cher's "I Got You Babe," on his alarm clock, and from that point everything about the day is exactly the same as it was the "previous day." Although we never know how many repetitions of Groundhog's Day Phil has, it has been guessed by some to be somewhere around 10 years of living the same exact day over and over again.
As we read and watched the local media over this past week, we wondered if we were stuck in some sort of never ending time loop nightmare. A renewed push for an Osceola County Convention Center, Police and Fire Department consolidation, local governments crying about revenue without addressing spending, Kissimmee going wireless, studies on homelessness, problems at the TDC, growth that is coming even when it isn't, developers that must be protected over the rights of homeowners, and the list goes on. Our problem it seems, is that we have not figured out how to break the cycle. In the movie, by improving himself and enhancing his own human understanding, Phil finally figures out what is important in life. After learning this lesson he is finally able to wake up to "February 3rd."
We have to wonder if our community will ever get see February 3rd.
And by the way, the real Punxsutawney Phil has conjured six more weeks of winter. Obviously this is part of the gloom and doom that local officials warned us about if we passed the Property Tax Amendment.
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Don't forget when then bring up fountains, birthday celebrations, and all America city.
Yes, our February 3rd is coming.
It's going to be the next election when we vote in new people with new ideas. Not, the same faces that have caused the problems of today. Here's hoping for a brighter future for Osceola County.
Remember folks, use your head when you vote, not your heart or the friendship that you might have with the person running.
WayneWho readers,
Firefighters need your help !!! The city staff will go before the commission this Tuesday with the reccomendation to look into the idea of giving up its Fire Dept and consolidating with Osceola County.
Please contact your commissioners and tell them you want to keep your Fire Dept.
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