In The News (10/03/2017)

It Ain't Her
A few weeks ago the family of Natalee Holloway--the girl who disappeared in Aruba--received a tip her murdered body was buried in a backyard grave. Independent forensic analysis has now proved the skeletal remains did not match her DNA. So the mystery continues.


New Yorkers Getting Short End Of The Stick?
'The New York Post', New York gives billions more than it gets in federal spending--"For every dollar New York State taxpayers sent to D.C., last year, they received back just 84 cents, State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said. “Most states received more than they paid,” he said. On average, states received $1.18 cents per tax dollar sent to the federal government, but New York paid $40.9 billion more, by DiNapoli’s reckoning."

Yeah well it doesn't make sense that the federal government should pay every state more then they take in. Then on the other hand he went on to say--"Policymakers should take that into account while considering eliminating state and local income tax deductions. That makes sense too. If New Yorkers are already being short changed over other states imagine losing New York taxpayers ability to deduct 8.82% off their gross income for federal taxation. California's state income tax rate is 13.3%. In some states their income taxes range from 8.95%-9.9%. Some states have no income taxes at all. Eliminating these kind of deductions could wind up costing certain taxpayers' far more then others. This is what makes federal tax overhaul so complicated.


Good News--Key West Is Back In Business
Key West, Florida's tourist Bureau announced as of October 1st they were back in business and ready to receive guests. This is the screen grab I did today at 3:00 PM (10/03/2017). It's the second ship to pull in today.

You can check out the latest live stream for yourself HERE

When these ships pull in places like 'Sloppy Joe's Bar' become busy again.
Yeah and 'Kermit’s Key West Key Lime Shoppe' isn't hurting either.