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Identifying Local Opportunities

Florida Lawmakers Strip Phrase "White Supremacy" From Bill Condemning White Supremacy https://www.browardpalmbeach.com/news/florida-lawmakers-rewrite-bill-condemning-white-supremacy-10475544 This article was published January 14, 2020 in the Broward Palm Beach New Times. This article describes the background and passing of HR51/SR 2114 of the Florida State Senate to condemn “All Hate.” This resolution idea began as an effort to condemn White Supremacy after a white nationalist in El Paso killed 22 people last year. After several iterations the resolution was “watered down” and all specific name groups were removed and replaced with “Any philosophy that espouses the superiority of one group of people over another.” Some Democratic Senators questioned why the rhetoric was changed in the first place. The problem is what was intended to be a government opposition to a specific hate group was then broadened so that hate clauses cannot be used for blanket hate crime pro...

My Experience with Entrepreneurship

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               While growing up both of my parents worked for mid/small businesses but never branched out on their own as did most of my friend’s parents, just like most baby boomers. My experience with Entrepreneurship actually stems from my peers, I have several of my college friends as well as high school friends that have started in corporate jobs (Doctors, lawyers, engineers, Therapists) in order to get experience and then have branched out on their own. My friends usually started off with saving money for their start up and then transitioning that way (if possible), there were certain cases where it was a direct conflict of interest and they “Cut the Cord.” They have used innovative ways to advertise for instance, my Therapist friend decided to set up a tent at a Yoga Festival and also began writing a column for a local magazine (for free). This put her name out there and she still gets referrals from them. ...

My Bug List

Here is my top 20 Bug List 1)       People do not move when an ambulance/police/firefighter trucks are behind them and 1 or 2 people put themselves in dangerous places to help them go by       Why? I am the person who will move out of the way, then after the truck moves by, I am in the intersection or unable to continue on to my destination without taking some U-Turns 2)       Signing up for rewards at a store means being in dated with emails when all you wanted was a promotional coupon.      Why? Many times stores offer a promotional discount, but for every 5 emails of junk, there is 1 coupon that doesn’t really relate to what you need. 3)       Going to the post office means wasting 30 minutes in order to mail out a package because you have filled out the wrong form or do not use the correct procedure       Why? If there was a...