NFL late night score – Cowboys 38, Redskins 14.
First time since late August, no local high school football tonight. Season ended for East Bladen last Friday night, and for West Bladen a couple of weeks earlier.
News organizations continue to share ‘snip-its’ about the proposed tax overhaul. Still think the ‘average Joe’, me and you will pay more. If the tax rate for large companies is reduced from 30+% to 20%, and there are no budget cuts, someone will pay more, growth or no growth. Hold on to your checkbook, Uncle Sam has a deal for you.
Was going to ask about sexual harassment, but think that is ‘off limits’.
Latest unemployment rate for Bladen County is between 5% and 6% (5.7% in September). Last year, same time our rate was 6.6%. Good help is needed in Bladen County.
Carroll Poultry in Bladenboro is up and running, construction continues at Smithfield Foods and more jobs are on the way.
Bladen County is not immune from the opioid crisis, some bad ‘stuff’ going on, I am told, young and older folks.
Saw where a convicted child sex trafficker from Colorado was sentenced to 472 years in prison, the longest sentence ever for a human trafficking case in U.S. history. A convicted sex trafficker should never be set free. Lock them up and throw away the key. One more thought, feed them a steady diet of whatever they dislike the most.
Have you seen the Christmas lights at Lu Mil this season? It’s on my to-do list.
A reminder, this is the first day of the last month in 2017.
Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it. George Santayana
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. Theodore Roosevelt
I am a marvelous housekeeper. Every time I leave a man I keep his house. Zsa Zsa Gabor
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