A new Florida law makes it a misdemeanor to obscure your license plate in a few specific ways. The tricksters have been doing things like attaching bright lights, reflective spray, and reflective or tinted license plate covers to make their plates harder to read. You can understand why that might cause some problems. Well, Florida’s legislature responded.
Flu season is back. Norovirus (aka “winter vomiting disease”) is everywhere in Florida and is highly contagious. With recent reports showing little to no efficacy from standard flu vaccines, the best thing you can do is to frequently wash your hands and steer clear of crowded, poorly ventilated places.
Governor DeSantis has officially declared CAIR and the Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist organizations. Florida isn’t the first state to do this (Texas did a similar thing). The reasons for the declaration are the groups alleged ties to terrorist organizations both inside and outside the US.
A new facility in Indian River County provides career training options. The goal of the facility is to help students obtain real-world training to make them more employable in various jobs available in the local area.
Good news for bluegrass fans. The Flattlanders Bluegrass Band is playing next week at the Heritage Center in Vero Beach. Tickets are on sale now.
The Jungle Lights immersive experience is available for the rest of December at McKee Botanical Gardens. Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela are all represented with unique visual and audio displays.
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More businesses in Vero Beach and Sebastian accepting bitcoin for payments every day. What was once dismissed as “funny internet money” is now becoming mainstream, with payments becoming available at our local businesses. Now that Fortune 500 companies are holding bitcoin in their corporate treasuries, perhaps it’s time for us to pay a little more attention to what is being heralded by some as the future of money.
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