The Newscaster/Nature Coast News
PAGE 11 - July 24, 2013
From Dawn's Front Porch
“Searching for the Truth”
By Newscaster Contributor Dawn Clary
To Pay or Not To Pay – Yankeetown budget workshops are underway and we’ve
What is Lanugo Anyway?
had two now. There isn’t a great deal of interest. I guess that could mean that people trust
the council to come up with a good budget. The only issues that have really sparked a lot
During the development of a baby inside
of discussion are employee issues. One is employee salaries. The YT Council Member
the mother’s womb, it is covered with a fine coat of
Feldhusen, acting Mayor, is proposing bigger raises for the employees of at least 5%. A sur-
downy hair called lanugo. This hair develops for a
vey comparing the salaries of YT positions with that of other communities in Levy County
brief period when the pre-born baby is six months
such as Inglis, Cedar Key, Fanning Springs and Bronson, yielded that Yankeetown has the
old and then disappears. Since the mother’s womb
lowest salaries. This is a difficult issue in this day and age. If you look at it the way private
is a cozy 98.6 oF, this hair is obviously not needed
industry would, YT has had no problem retaining employees, which is usually a sign that
to keep the developing baby warm. Thus it has
pay is sufficient. If you look at it from the employee’s standpoint, they would like to have a
been cited as a useless feature and labeled as a
better income and YT salaries are not high.
“remnant of our primate ancestry”.
Another aspect of the issue is the benefits package. YT offers health insurance
In reality, this fine downy hair is absolutely criti-
and does not require any employee contribution. YT also offers retirement and when the
cal for the development of the baby within the
state of Florida decided to require the employees to pay half of the cost, YT gave a raise
mother’s womb. Just after the lanugo grows on
which covered the additional cost so there would be no additional out of pocket cost to the
the baby’s developing skin, the baby produces a waxy coating over its skin called the
employee. The cost of living increase for this year is approximately 1.7%. It’s kind of an
vernix caseosa (meaning “cheesy varnish”). It is this waxy coating that protects the
interesting, and maybe sad, thought that government jobs are probably about the only jobs
developing skin from the fluid in the mother’s womb.
in Levy County that offer these kinds of benefits. It’s a tough decision, you feel a responsi-
Without the fine coating of hair, the waxy varnish would have nothing to an-
bility to the taxpayer and yet in a small town you know these people personally.
chor itself to and could not function to protect the underlying skin.
Health insurance is the second issue that has sparked discussion. In an effort to reduce
So, once again, the evolution theory has proven to be both wrong and an impediment
health care costs which have gotten astronomical, costing the town around $30,000 a year,
to knowledge. If widely accepted that the lanugo were a useless leftover feature from
YT has been looking at some other options. YT is currently with Blue Cross but
the past, there would be no reason to search for its function. Furthermore, the fact that
has been looking into insurance through Florida League of Cities. This insurance would
recently published books on evolution still stoop to presenting this feature as evidence
be cheaper but may cause a problem due to some doctors, which may be preferred, are not
for evolution (in spite of widely acknowledged medical knowledge to the contrary) is
included in the “Network” which means that the employee will have to pay more for using
an indication of how little evidence for human evolution really exists.
them. Health care costs have become a national problem. Other countries seem to have a
For you have formed my inward parts; You have covered me in my mother’s
better handle on it. Council Member Adam McNiece has been away and not been present to
womb. – Psalm 139:13 (NKJV)
weigh in on the issues, so the council has decided to wait until he is back to make decisions.
Based on, Inspired Evidence a book by Bruce Malone, 2011
The town hall hours issue is also tabled until he returns. Good Night and Good Luck.
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