I think Orlando is having a clash with itself. Do we live in a big metropolitan city, or a backwater town. There are clues in both directions.
The local news is rife with examples of bribes and pay-offs to silence a local big-mouth. Among the list of people trying to shut the mouth of Doug Guetzloe:
- Orlando Magic
- Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed
- Gaylord Palms
- Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority
Who knows how many more organizations paid to silence this raving idiot? He’s built himself a nice income just from being a pain in their ass. Every day, the Orlando Sentinel lists another organization that admits to paying Guetzloe. Some admit it’s hush money, others deny it. Honestly, what other reason is there to pay this guy?
Based upon numbers in various Orlando Sentinel articles, Guetzloe earned $927,250 in hush money within the last ten years, and most of it seems to be within the last five years.
How can I become a pain in someone’s ass?
So Orlando is all grown up now. We have corruption and hush money. We have a sky-rocketing murder rate. What demonstrates a city’s growth more than bribes and murder?
On the other hand, we have examples of backwater stupidity. It’s 2006, and people are still burning crosses in someone’s yard. Why? Don’t you people know have any better ways to express yourselves? Also, just what are you trying to express? A burning cross isn’t an insult to the victims who found it in their yard. Instead, it’s a monument to the stupidity of the people who burned the cross. That’s why you’ll get arrested.
