Local Stupidity on Display

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Ah, Central Florida, where bothering to learn actual facts about anything makes you either gay or a heretic. If I had a rocket launcher...

Former Business Owner Uses Sign To Fight New Health Care Law

WINTER HAVEN | The public disagreement on the health care reform law was put on display in Polk County.

bilde.jpgGeorge Long, the former owner of Long's Hallmark, posted his dissatisfaction with the passage of the federal legislation on the sign outside his business at 700 First Street S. where he has his office while making plans to open a collegiate paraphernalia store.

The words on the sign could be seen traveling north on First Street. He recently changed the sign to announce the Tea Party event in downtown Lakeland on April 15.

Long, 65, said he was just exercising his free speech and hopes that motorists will pay attention to it.

"It's one thing to cluck-cluck when you think something isn't right," he said.

"It's another thing to put your character and reputation on the line to voice your opinion," he said.

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