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There'll be a funeral tomorrow for one of the first persons I met when I first moved to Gainesville nearly 50 years ago.

When the powers that be decided a few years back that this season's Super Bowl would be played in an open-air stadium in a cold climate, I applauded the move because I still believe all football should be played outdoors, regardless of the weather - and I began dreaming of a white Super Bowl. But now that Feb. 2 is fast-approaching, the NFL is apparently getting, shall we say, "cold" feet.

Many taxpayers just file the short form (no itemized deductions, extra income from various sources such as stocks, bonds, rentals, etc). This may or may not be the smart thing. Others with the aforementioned types of income always file the long form and take all the deductions, etc. A surprising number rotate: one year long form, the next short form.

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Gainesville Council expresses reservations then approves 'guns-in-parks.'

I would have cast a "Yea" vote and been proud of it.

President Obama now says he deceived the American people, which brings to mind a line from history:

Wreaths Across America is returning to Gainesville next month.

One of the things I did as talk intensified leading up to the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President Kennedy was get in the attic and find the newspapers I had saved from that day and the three that followed.

With a sluggish economy and the crash of Obamacare computers one could assume the economic future of America is bleak. But take government out of it, and look at the business world, and we see great opportunity.