>>_delir+(OP)
I'm not in Marion County but I am in the general vicinity. This is both surprising and unsurprising. And probably explains why my own county's newspaper sticks to stories about school board meetings and who had the winning hog at 4H. My county may be as corrupt as Marion, or it might be fine. All I can know is gossip and reading in between the lines of Facebook comments. There's no oversight beyond unverified hearsay.
What the Marion County Record is doing is incredibly vital for their community. I just went to their web page. They currently don't have a fundraiser yet, but I hope they'll start one.
>>wishfi+o7
Yeah. I used to live up in Chieftan and thought of Ocala as "the big city" when it was just a Methodist Church and a stop sign. We also lived near Ft. Walton for a couple years. My dad referred to the local politicos as "The dumbest people I've ever met. Vindictive, too." (The real quote isn't suitable for mixed company, but that's a close approximation.)