Pulse Of The Taxpayer
This is a radio program broadcast on NewsTalk 1370 WOCA out of Ocala, Florida with talkshow host Larry Whitler. It is a daily program focusing on the concerns of the taxpayers about local, state, and even national and international issues.

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Today's program opened with a discussion about an item in today's news which reported that Governor Charlie Crist had proposed tapping into trust funds, primarily established by condominium owners, to add funding to the state budget.  The second half hour featured guest Grover Norquist, President of Americans for Tax Reform, who told us about legislation pending in Florida to make all government spending "transparent" allowing citizens to see exactly how their tax dollars were being spent.
Direct download: pottfeb28m.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 11:59 AM
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Today's program focused during the first half on a study to widen SR 40, east of Silver Springs, to a four lane highway.  Our guest during that segment was Bill Walsh, Project Manager for East State Road 40 Widening Project for the State of Florida.  Other issues brought up during the program by listeners included EMSA, the recession, Ron Paul, and other issues.
Direct download: pottfeb27m.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 12:27 PM
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Today's guest on Pulse Of The Taxpayer was movie producer Mark Mathis who talked about his upcoming film "Expelled" starring Ben Stein.  The film is a documentary and profiles a trend among public universities in the United States to dismiss professors who introduce "intelligent design" into their lectures and curriculums.
Direct download: pottfeb26m.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 12:27 PM
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Today's guests on Pulse Of The Taxpayer were Gary Schor and Neal Conner from the Liberty Sentinel newspaper.  Health care legislation proposed for the state of Florida kicked off the hour which grew into a discussion about health care, in general, and then to the broader topic of a free market versus a socialized government.
Direct download: pottfeb25m.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 1:06 PM
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Today's show began with an interview with Sandra Fabry from Americans for Tax Reform who commented about a conference held yesterday in Tallahassee regarding HB181 and SB392 which will make government spending, in Florida, more transparent.  Other issues on today's program were called in by the listeners including gun control, the presidential campaign, and other issues.
Direct download: pottfeb22m.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 11:38 AM
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Today's program featured Thomazine McNeil from State Representative Larry Cretul's office.  Ms. McNeil told us about a program called Farm Share that will be giving away 42,000 pounds of produce tomorrow in Ocala.  In addition to Ms. McNeil's appearance, listeners chimed in on a number of issues including the NAFTA Highway, and other issues.
Direct download: pottfeb21m.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 12:52 PM
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Today's guests on Pulse Of The Taxpayer were Marion County Supervisor of Elections Dee Brown and her assistant Wesley Wilcox.  Both Ms. Brown and Mr. Wilcox answered questions from listeners regarding the protocol of an election as well as other issues the Supervisor of Elections Office is responsible for.
Direct download: pottfeb20m.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 12:15 PM
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Gary Schor, Ocala Bureau Chief for the Liberty Sentinel newspaper was our guest today and discussed a variety of issues from the U.N. land grab, to voter fraud, to Ron Paul, as well as other issues introduced into the dialogue from the listeners.
Direct download: pottfeb19m.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 12:50 PM
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Today's program featured Florida State Representative Kurt Kelly who spoke about several issues facing the Florida Legislature.
Direct download: pottfeb18m.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 2:39 PM
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Today's program was driven primarily by calls from the listeners.  Among the issues brought up was the proposal to reduce property taxes by 25% and replacing that revenue through a 1 penny sales tax.
Direct download: pottfeb15m.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 11:46 AM
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Today's program featured special guests Heather Danenhower, Public Information Officer for Marion County Fire Rescue and Judge Cochran, Public Information Officer for the Marion County Board of County Commissioners.  Both guests addressed listener's concerns regarding solid waste management, The Emergency Medical Service Alliance, and the pending transition of management for Ocala city parks to Marion County Parks.
Direct download: pottfeb14m.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 11:58 AM
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Today's show began with a discussion about an eminent domain issue that is occurring here in Ocala in which the local school board is acquiring land, through eminent domain, to build a school.  Other issues were also covered in the program.
Direct download: pottfeb13m.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 12:36 PM
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Today's program attempted to bring a variety of local, taxpayer related, issues but was sidetracked by religious discussions.  Among the local issues that DID manage to get mentioned was the study to widen SR 40 east of Silver Springs, the merging of EMSA with the Ocala/Marion County Fire Rescue, and a proposal to reduce property taxes by 25% and add a penny to state sales tax.
Direct download: pottfeb12m.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 11:49 AM
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Today's program was caller driven and focused, mostly, on ways to cut expenditures in both our personal lives and from the public budgets we all contribute to through our taxes.
Direct download: pottfeb11m.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 12:39 PM
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Today's show took an interesting turn as the listeners brought in the religious view of people and illustrated the influence those views often have on political and even social issues.
Direct download: pottfeb8m.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 12:03 PM
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Today's program was called driven and focused on solid waste management and the varying ideas on how to improve the current system and make it more efficient.  Thrown into the mix was a story regarding a "deer carcass composting" device.  Strange, but true!
Direct download: pottfeb7m.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 12:03 PM
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Today's program was caller driven and focused on the state of the Republican Party, issues on a local issue of Marion County maintaining parks owned by the city of Ocala, the potential for Hillary Clinton to garnish wages of Americans who opt out of a social health program, and a report of a rumor that local radio host John Lund left the airwaves because of a threat of a lawsuit.
Direct download: pottfeb6m.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 12:02 PM
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Today's program was caller driven and focused, for most of the show, on the right to bear arms lawsuit pending in Washington, D.C.  We also discussed the so-called NAFTA Highway.  Other local, state, and national issues were also discussed.
Direct download: pottfeb5m.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 12:09 PM
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Today was a caller driven program and we introduced a new idea called "Political Jukebox" in which headlines from various publications are read and then the listeners can call to request the synopsis of the whole story.  We also discussed the "superdelegates", voter fraud, the possibility of Ron Paul running as a "write-in" candidate, and other issues.
Direct download: pottfeb4m.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 12:09 PM
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Today's program was caller driven and focused on a variety of topics including Ron Paul's candidacy, the 2008-2009 fiscal budget for the state of Florida, a $600,000 federal contribution to Marion County, and other taxpayer related issues.
Direct download: pottfeb1m.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 11:54 AM
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Today's program was caller driven with a variety of topics including commentary on a story of a 70 year old widow from Spring Hill who had $9,000 extracted from her bank account by the Social Security Service.
Direct download: pottjan31m.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 12:23 PM
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