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		<title>An Ole Seagull apologizes - a gift from Dolly Parton that can change your child’s life</title>
		<link>http://theoleseagull.com/2010/03/an-ole-seagull-apologizes-a-gift-from-dolly-parton-that-can-change-your-childs-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 13:44:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Ole Seagull owes an apology to all those children born in Stone and Taney County since 2000 for failing to grasp the significance of a wonderful program called “Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.” It is a program started by Dolly Parton in 2000 that gives a free book to every child in Stone and Taney [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Attorney Ima Robublind strips for Branson board and $8.24 per Branson bus passengerz</title>
		<link>http://theoleseagull.com/2010/02/attorney-ima-robublind-strips-for-branson-board-and-824-per-branson-bus-passenger/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:27:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was a bad night last night and the Ole Seagull must have had one of his “dreams.” In the dream it’s a quiet night at the Branson Board of Alderman’s meeting as a middle aged professional woman, dressed in a business suit, approached the podium to address them during the “Public Comment” portion of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We who get to call Branson “Home” are blessed</title>
		<link>http://theoleseagull.com/2010/02/we-who-get-to-call-branson-home-are-blessed/</link>
		<comments>http://theoleseagull.com/2010/02/we-who-get-to-call-branson-home-are-blessed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 13:12:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Millions of visitors come to Branson each year. Last night [Feb 19] the Ole Seagull was reminded of the reason why. Simply put, it’s because a lot of people have invested their lives and resources in making Branson not only the wonderful place it is to visit, but to live, work, play and raise a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ok Branson, enough fluff, “Where’s the Beef”</title>
		<link>http://theoleseagull.com/2010/02/ok-branson-enough-fluff-wheres-the-beef/</link>
		<comments>http://theoleseagull.com/2010/02/ok-branson-enough-fluff-wheres-the-beef/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 13:14:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://theoleseagull.com/?p=251</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ever since the words “Where’s the beef” were first spoken by actress Clara Peller, in a Wendy’s commercial in 1984 to point out that a hamburger should be more beef than bun, they have taken on almost iconic status. An Ole Seagull would ask “Where’s the beef” for the following questions or statements that he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How “reasonably safe” is Branson Landing, downtown Branson and the surrounding community from flooding?</title>
		<link>http://theoleseagull.com/2010/02/how-reasonably-safe-is-branson-landing-downtown-branson-and-the-surrounding-community-from-flooding/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:54:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let’s go with the good news first, the city of Branson got a clean bill of health on its handling of the Branson Landing flood plain issues from FEMA. Among other things FEMA said that Buildings 1 through 6 in Branson Landing “are reasonably safe from flooding.”
What then could the bad news be? Those are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>25 Questions of interest to Branson and Taney County residents and businesses?</title>
		<link>http://theoleseagull.com/2010/01/25-questions-of-interest-to-branson-and-taney-county-residents-and-businesses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 12:52:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The OleSeagull</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[From an Ole Seagull’s perspective, the answers to most of the following questions should be of interest to many of the citizens and businesses of Branson and Taney County for what he believes are obvious reasons. But then, what does an Ole Seagull know?
1. Has the Branson Landing TIF raised enough revenue so that, on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flawed Branson Airport contract taints board as it tries to launder funds</title>
		<link>http://theoleseagull.com/2010/01/flawed-branson-airport-contract-taints-board-as-it-tries-to-launder-funds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 13:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the outset, let’s make one thing perfectly clear, the issue is not about the Branson Airport whether its good or bad, should have been built or not etc. It’s about a contract that has the potential to cost the taxpayers of the city of Branson up to $2 million dollars per year for 30 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are Branson officials flushing money down the airport drain?</title>
		<link>http://theoleseagull.com/2010/01/are-branson-officials-flushing-money-down-the-airport-drain/</link>
		<comments>http://theoleseagull.com/2010/01/are-branson-officials-flushing-money-down-the-airport-drain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 18:09:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Branson residents flush their toilet they pay for it, but the opportunities for Branson residents to flush things away and pay doesn&#8217;t stop there. Without even getting to pull the handle on the stool, Branson residents get to pay $8.24 for every person getting off a plane at the Branson Airport who did not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Branson’s marketing is like the difference between a violin and a fiddle</title>
		<link>http://theoleseagull.com/2010/01/bransons-marketing-is-like-the-difference-between-a-violin-and-a-fiddle/</link>
		<comments>http://theoleseagull.com/2010/01/bransons-marketing-is-like-the-difference-between-a-violin-and-a-fiddle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 11:20:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The OleSeagull</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://theoleseagull.com/?p=232</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week’s column entitled “Does Branson need more big named stars or better promotion of what it has?” has generated some interest and comment. Its objective was to point out that Branson’s stages have an under recognized and underappreciated talent that, if recognized and marketed by the powers that control Branson’s marketing, could do for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does Branson need more big named stars or better promotion of what it has?</title>
		<link>http://theoleseagull.com/2010/01/does-branson-need-more-big-named-stars-or-better-promotion-of-what-it-has/</link>
		<comments>http://theoleseagull.com/2010/01/does-branson-need-more-big-named-stars-or-better-promotion-of-what-it-has/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 12:05:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://theoleseagull.com/?p=228</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Most were probably expecting a column about the headline story of 2009 or something along those lines. Actually, although the story was never written, the question should have been a headline in 2009, 2008, 2007, prior years and should be a major story during 2010, but it wasn’t and it won’t. That’s sad because the [...]]]></description>
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