Mornin Ya'll... been a few days, but I've been busy here on the home front battlefield as of late... still securing the mrs. and I's retirement nest egg and bringing "Transparent Government to my family's hometown "Roots"
What a fitting Thread to post to... "Turkey Day 500" I've been ruffling feathers here since our February 20th re-zoning meeting... since then I/We've fell under attack from this Dinosaur Administration who doesn't want to give up the Ghosts and Transform to State Laws... I told them after pointing out the former commanders and current. violated the very Ordinance Laws they have been enforcing on others. to date the Illinois Attorney Generals office has responded (but not fast enough) 8 months now and they refuse to tell the Mrs. and I how our property is zoned so I've been going to meeting standing be "for the Record" and dropping their skeletons in their lap from February to October and under the FOIA/OMA Act of Illinois, they cannot stop such actions. SO much so that my 1st amendment rights have been restricted to 2-minute floor time while others on the agenda for the floor are not put on a timer for 2 minutes and your cookies are baked!!!
I've uncovered so much Chit with FOIA's on Finances, Treasury reports that do not add up, used COVID funds in a General Fund and covered overdrafts on other accounts a Restriction that the Federal Government is Investigating all over this Nation!!!
I dotted my I's and Crossed my T's and yet they still are screwing up trying to cover these exposed Tracks!!! at video recorded meetings...
On a good note, wood shop is getting a new roof and will be open back for business by Spring! I finally got my foot in the door with the VA at 10% service connection and 4 others at 0% service connected medical and being reviewed and re adjudicated as we speak... I've learned so much about the red tape VA screwing our Veterans that I told the Wife I'm going to dedicate the rest of my life assisting Veterans with the Red Tape Burocratic BS we all deal with starting with her Dad who just turned 90 a week or so back. a Korean War Vet who fairied Marines to shore from the USS Pickaway
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Pickaway and fairied dead and wounded off the shores, but yet in 2009 when he and wife went to the VA for hearing Aids he was denied by a VA member telling him he was not Vested Enough!
he went on and paid over $10K out of pocket... he spent 12 1/2 years in the Navy changed careers to an Electricians Mate and served on the USS NOA then went to shore duty until Commissioning the USS Morton in 1956 running sea trials and then went shore duty for the remainder of his enlistment in Dan Diego. I took all his files medical and all and scanned them into PDF files for a Thumb drive and now we can go have a meeting with a VSO close to his hometown. I've also been filing my paperwork to retire from the Inactive Ready Reserves in February I turn 60 and start drawing my Military Retirement. (Nest Egg Cash) I think I may dig out a nice Cuban Cigar for the event. I haven't smoked a cigar in at least 4 yrs do to my Cronic COPD...
The Mrs. starts Tax season in a Brand new building and office setting away from costly H&R Block.. took a $20 an hour cut in pay but left them after 37 yrs. because of their push to sell sell sell and not give a Chit about the Tax Payers on the short end of their returns... (thus another reason why I love her and Married her) she has already had clients ask specifically for her and H&R block did not even tell their call center she had moved on, one client tracked her down on Linkedin... others through FB.. she had 844 personal clients for corporate and farm accounts and when word spreads she'll be as busy now as she was before!!! only office hour went from 13-14 hr days to Monday through Friday 9-5:30 and half days during busy season on Saturdays!!!
I/we see a rainbow after the storm. and I'll be able to take my combat boots off very shortly and just be a star witness to what happens with the States Involvement? because if they do not step up shortly, under our Constitution we elected officials who look into a Disabled Combat Vets rights.. especially COnstitutional Rights being denied!!!
Hope all is well with everyone in this Bidenomics World and Current Affairs are telling me to tell ya'll Keep you Powder Dry and Muskets Close at Hand!!! It Ain't the British this time round!!!
Peace Out!!!
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