The WayneWho staff is glad to be back. Taking a little time off from our retirement jobs to make the trip to Arlington for Independence Day just seemed like the right thing to do this year. No matter what party, or political philosophies, honoring the men and women who have died for the freedoms and the independence that makes our country unique is never cliché, but rather a time for understanding the cost of freedom. With over 300,000 buried at Arlington National Cemetery, it is easy to see that the cost is that of our country's greatest national treasure, its people. You can't help but be humbled in the presence of those who have fallen while serving us, under a flag of red, white, and blue, for a national purpose instead of a fleeting personal quest. While we must always remember the courage that it took to create and sign the Declaration of Independence, we must also remember what it has taken to keep the beliefs in that document alive. Standing in Arlington, you can't help but remember and feel a sense of morning turn into a sense of hope.
As we said though, we are glad to be back. We are glad to get back to see what nuggets of information we can find to turn into top of the line un-news articles. So after a little rest, we called a staff meeting and started going through e-mails and searching the internet(s) for possible ideas. That's when we ran into a strange sight. Osceola County's own supervisor of elections web site http://www.oscelections.org/ has gone purple. Actually, not just purple, but purple with hues of pink as well. Even the image of the American Flag is muted under the the color purple. Feels like a kick in the teeth to cover up an image of national pride with the colors of the British Royalty we declared our independence from and shed blood to achieve. Of course for those only focused on the political prizes like our new Supervisor of Elections, Mary Jane Arrington, and her son, County Commissioner Brandon "Valentine" Arrington, paychecks are more important than history. National pride is only something we slap on a postcard to get elected so we can get in to do whatever we want.
For those of you who may have an affinity for the color purple and the British Royalty it represents, we apologize. It is a free country and our citizens have the right to change things to suit their own wants so they can find their own level of patriotism. The WayneWho staff are all just too old to find comfort in changing colors that don't run. We feel that the color scheme of a governmental agency funded by tax dollars of United States citizens, representing our democratic voting process, should reflect the color scheme sewn into our first flag by a hard working widow who ran her own upholstery business. If red, white, and blue were good enough for George Washington, Robert Morris, and George Ross who commissioned Betsy Ross to sew our first flag, maybe those colors should be used to honor the streak of independence and democratic values born into all Americans.
The WayneWho staff also found something else that bothered us. Local tax groups, county officials, and city officials have all been hopping on the 'Buy Local' rhetoric. As we have pointed out on several occasions, 'Buy Local' means nothing because unless you are in the development business, local governments make sure that they use out of county businesses for other outsourced tasks. This case seems to be no exception. At the bottom of the Osceola County Supervisors of Elections website you will find the line "Powered by ePolk.com" which takes you to a company out of Winter Haven. While it seems that this company is a good company, we just have to wonder if our local officials have any amount of loyalty or local pride left in them.
As we said though, we are glad to be back. We are glad to get back to see what nuggets of information we can find to turn into top of the line un-news articles. So after a little rest, we called a staff meeting and started going through e-mails and searching the internet(s) for possible ideas. That's when we ran into a strange sight. Osceola County's own supervisor of elections web site http://www.oscelections.org/ has gone purple. Actually, not just purple, but purple with hues of pink as well. Even the image of the American Flag is muted under the the color purple. Feels like a kick in the teeth to cover up an image of national pride with the colors of the British Royalty we declared our independence from and shed blood to achieve. Of course for those only focused on the political prizes like our new Supervisor of Elections, Mary Jane Arrington, and her son, County Commissioner Brandon "Valentine" Arrington, paychecks are more important than history. National pride is only something we slap on a postcard to get elected so we can get in to do whatever we want.
For those of you who may have an affinity for the color purple and the British Royalty it represents, we apologize. It is a free country and our citizens have the right to change things to suit their own wants so they can find their own level of patriotism. The WayneWho staff are all just too old to find comfort in changing colors that don't run. We feel that the color scheme of a governmental agency funded by tax dollars of United States citizens, representing our democratic voting process, should reflect the color scheme sewn into our first flag by a hard working widow who ran her own upholstery business. If red, white, and blue were good enough for George Washington, Robert Morris, and George Ross who commissioned Betsy Ross to sew our first flag, maybe those colors should be used to honor the streak of independence and democratic values born into all Americans.
The WayneWho staff also found something else that bothered us. Local tax groups, county officials, and city officials have all been hopping on the 'Buy Local' rhetoric. As we have pointed out on several occasions, 'Buy Local' means nothing because unless you are in the development business, local governments make sure that they use out of county businesses for other outsourced tasks. This case seems to be no exception. At the bottom of the Osceola County Supervisors of Elections website you will find the line "Powered by ePolk.com" which takes you to a company out of Winter Haven. While it seems that this company is a good company, we just have to wonder if our local officials have any amount of loyalty or local pride left in them.
Anyway, as we said, we are glad to be back.
12 comments:
Their new site is sure a Rainbow of Colors! Maybe it is supposed to match some of the pride days billboards that were around town?
It appears that KUA.net either sucks, or everyone is just tired of dealing with them. I still think it is wrong to use a company out of the county for something that can be handled locally. If any of these people were actually involved with the local business community, then maybe they would know about some other companies.
Maybe Mary Jane wants to be Osceola County's first Queen.
It is the same color purple she used on here campaign stuff. Guess she thinks it will help her get elected again.
In the picture Mary Jane has on the website, she is not wearing a flag pin either.
In Mary Jane's history of politics she has always used the color purple for signage, palm cards, ads, etc. This is just another way to promote her name with her campaign colors. By next elections the office and campaign will be seamless.
Is that all you could find to write about? WOW
I wonder who picked up the tab for creating a purple website?
Taxpayers Maybe?
Did anybody notice that the Arrington family business is getting county contracts all of a sudden?
The artist formerly known as prince
Looks like Barney threw up on the elections website.
The new site is a disgrace because it is just another example of a politician using an office to further their own re-election campaign. Besides the fact that it drops any note of patriotism.
Graffix upset that they didn't get to do the supervisor of elections website?
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