Places can be overrated. People are ripping LeBron for leaving South Beach to go to Cleveland, but honestly, when you are worth millions of dollars, what's the difference? Besides, as Stephen Smith said, LeBron made seventy million last year and might have spent two million of it. Dude likes to chill at home with his family and not hit the party scene. I bet he won't be broke within years of retiring like so many other professional athletes.I tweeted this earlier: When I was young,dumb, and full of.... well, you know what; I partied in places like Vegas, Toronto, London, Cancun, New York, Los Angeles, and....yes, even South Beach. But the most fun I ever had partying was in a small town in South Louisiana, right outside of Opelousas.
Trust me, you haven't lived until you get your zydeco on at three in the morning, with a table full of corn on the cob, red potatoes, and boiled crawfish at your disposal. Throw in a room full of beautiful South Louisianans and some hurricanes and....well, you can keep your South Beach. (I think Richard's is still there.)
Don't believe the hype about a place just because it has a name and a rep. Everyone can find happiness doing different things and in different places.
Good luck LeBron, Cleveland deserves a break.
Speaking of places to visit, a lot of people like to visit Florida. But if you happen to be in that part of the country, you might want to stay away from Fruitland Park.
"A Florida police department is seriously wondering where they went wrong after they learned last week that two of their officers were allegedly members of the Ku Klux Klan — especially since, five years ago, they had to fire another officer for being a KKK recruiter. (That is three Klansmen too many for an organization.)
The Fruitland Park police department received evidence from the FBI alleging that two of their own, Deputy Chief David Borst and Officer George Hunnewell, were secretly Klansmen. Though it’s technically not illegal for them to associate with the Klan (despite its classification as a hate group by the FBI), the conduct led Chief Terry Isaacs to investigate. Borst resigned of his own volition, but denied that he was a secret Klansman. (Hunnewell was fired for other performance issues.)
In a statement to the Orlando Sentinel, Isaacs said that the department was upset at the accusations. “The last thing I was expecting to hear in the year 2014 was for a professional law-enforcement officer to be a member of a subversive organization,” he told them.
Which is funny, because in 2009, the Fruitland Park police department had the exact same problem:
A city police officer has resigned after allegations surfaced that he was a “district Kleagle” and “staff sergeant” in the Ku Klux Klan.
James Elkins, 28, resigned Jan. 20 after the Police Department launched an internal investigation when it received information that Elkins was distributing fliers in Sumter County promoting the Klan, police Chief J.M. Isom said Friday.
The Lake County Sheriff’s Office also received photos earlier this week that show Elkins dressed in KKK gowns and hoods. Isom confirmed that the pictures are authentic.One Klan member in your police organization is bad. Two Klan members is probably worse. But discovering that your police organization’s hired three Klan members? You might as well bury your head in shame." [Source]
No need to "bury your head", Fruitland Park. I am sure that you are not alone.
Your klansmen were just not as smart as the others.
Finally, Donald
If it didn't mean the loss of almost 1,600 jobs in the Atlantic City area, I would be celebrating the fact that Trump's property is going under.
But this is a sad time for Atlantic City, as competition from legal gaming in Pennsylvania-- and other areas close by-- are driving gamblers away from the city by the shore.
It will be interesting to see what the city does to try to reinvent itself, and what they will do with the growing number of empty properties.
I think that as long as they keep Mr. Trump out of their city in the future they should be fine.
