Covid citrus county fl

Apologies in advance if this turns into a book. I'm trying to organize my thoughts and I think there's a lot to process. If you get a little, or even all the way into this post and decide I'm a nutjob, no worries, I agree. This post an attempt to reach out and get objective feedback on my situation and maybe help me find a path forward. People try to paint themselves in a sympathetic light on these things or try to get people to respond in at way that confirms their own beliefs. I'm actively trying to avoid that, so this post may not paint me in the best light. If your objective feedback after reading this is that I'm an asshole and all of this is self inflicted, that at least gives me a starting point for improving things.
I (45m) am currently in my car driving around the US, mostly aimlessly, while I try to figure out what's next. I just went dark on my long time girlfriend (42f), family, and friends. Except for a laptop, camping gear, and car, I've left everything behind. I don't have a plan and haven't been able to come up with one as I can't seem to create a plan beyond more than 3 steps into the future. For now, it's mostly get food, get gas, find a safe place to sleep. I quit my job a couple of months ago because I just hit a point one day where I couldn't function and was too frustrated with my inability to progress, I didn't even give notice, I just stopped showing up. For context, this wasn't something like a mcdonalds job, it was a 200k+ career. I had people relying on me to deliver work and actually enjoyed my career for the most part, so walking away from it wasn't a trivial thing. I'm honestly not even sure at this point if I'd be able to restart my career *if* I do get my head straight again. So, that's the now-of-it, alone, adrift, and directionless.
I've been putting a lot of thought into how I reached this point. I believe it was a result of my relationships collapsing and general disillusionment with life.
I grew up poor in a single parent home, in and out of homelessness, with a lot of food insecurity. I used to think my mom did an ok job getting me to adulthood despite all that, but I've come to realize I came through with a lot of issues and baggage. As an example, I'm not what I would consider a good person. Lying, cheating, and stealing aren't moral issues for me, they're survival skills. If you've ever been hungry, truly hungry, you'll probably understand. I'm not proud of the skillset, and the more financially secure my life is the less I need to rely on it, but I think explaining my family life is key to understanding my current point in life. Another complication is that when I *try* to do the right thing it's sometimes to my own detriment. I'm a firm believer that your word is your bond. So when my mom told me at age 8 that I would one day buy her a house and fix all of her worries when I grew up, I became obligated to do so because I childishly agreed to the statement. In my mid-30s I bought her a house, had it completely renovated, and signed ownership over to her before the ink was dry. Despite having 1.2k a month in student loan debts, living with roommates to make ends meet, not being able to start a family of my own because I was barely over the poverty line (38k a year at that point), and... most importantly of all, knowing that she had zero financial responsibility and accountability on home ownership and that I'd probably be constantly bailing out that situation. I wasn't wrong, she nearly lost the house to the county for delinquent taxes the second year of ownership. I paid off the house and renovation expense so she only has to save ~$50 a month for taxes as her only expense on the house (utilities aside). I suspected the whole thing was a bad idea before I did it, but it's a part of my nature I'm constantly at odds with. If you have nothing because you're poor, your only offering of value is your word. Once I've been obligated to something I can't force myself to break the obligation, even if I know it'll be completely absurd. Another complication of the good deed (buying the house) is that my sisters and their children are constantly trying to gain ownership of it in one scheme after another. My family is not good with money, logic, or reality, so the idea of selling a 50k house with a $50 a month expense to move into a 150k house with a $1000 monthly payment appeals to them. I love my family and want to do right by them, but despite my efforts to improve it they are children. I spend a lot of time and money getting them out of self-created situations, and unfortunately they know and abuse the fact that if I say I'll do something it gets done. I constantly stress over being unemployed because *they* might need something. Oh, one last thing on the family life. I used to reach out to them to find out how they were doing and what was new, but over the past few years I've come to realize that was one-sided. *If* I get a phone call, email, or message it always means they want or need something. Usually it's for an overdue bill, to get a utility turned back on, lapsed taxes, or bail. About once every three months my mom sends me realtor listings for million dollar homes that she'd prefer to live in because the house I bought her didn't check all of the boxes she had in her head and I therefore haven't really met my obligation on it or something. Never "hey, how are you?", "what's new?", etc. They have absolutely no idea what's going on in my life, or me, and don't seem overly eager to find out. They don't even know when my birthday is, and only got a vague idea of what quarter of the year it falls in when I stopped sending them yearly gifts a couple of years ago. I told them about six months ago around Christmas that I was struggling, really told them and was very candid about being depressed but I didn't tell them any sources of my stress other than work. I try not burden people with my problems but it was a particularly painful low point for me and a bit of a last resort. I haven't been contacted by them since that trip: I avoid thinking about this too much.
I've a few friendships, mostly online, I established decades ago but some in person as well. These all got strained during the pandemic as I grew bored with an online presence and wanted something more tangible, while my offline friendships were out of reach due to isolation. As I tried to branch out and try different activities, sometimes even different but similar games, I discovered a resistance of my friends to try new things unless it was strictly on their terms. When I realized this I dug a little deeper and realized it wasn't just the games themselves, but even during day to day they only wanted to do activities that they chose, immediately shutting down anything not originating with them. I consider myself a pretty easy going person and not overly demanding. I've come to realize my attitude towards life may have created a situation where I'm surrounded by people that are only interested in being my friend because they always get their way. I started testing this by trying to get some of them to do activities that I was certain they would like, even if I didn't, just to see if they'd partake. Time after time they refused to even entertain the suggestion, and yet I have several examples where the same activity was suggested at different times on their terms, sometimes vehemently, and they considered it the best thing since sliced bread. I spent a few years dissecting these relationships and I can now state with certainty that these relationships are just very one sided. It's made me conclude that I am the one seeking out these types of relationships. Something in me is causing me to surround myself with self absorbed people.
Lastly, my girlfriend and I have been in a serious relationship for a little over ten years. I don't know if we have a good relationship or if it's just another problematic relationship. At this point, I'm questioning everything I know about myself and the people around me, so I don't actually trust my own judgement. The first few years of our relationship were good, but with mixed long distance as I had to move away for work but we kept it going. I eventually moved back to her city and we discussed living together. I told her my only reservation was a previous experience living with someone. Shortly after moving in with an ex the ex quit her job, kicked up her feet, and seemed to settle into domestic life. The ex didn't really discuss any of this, just kind of decided on her own one day, and it ultimately led to us splitting. The current girlfriend told me many times that I was projecting insecurities on her and she wasn't like that. This was about three years into the relationship. She swayed my fears and I moved in with her. Two months into living together her dad gets sick and she quits her job to become his caretaker. That lasted another two years before he passed away and I took over all the bills to help out during that time. We then discussed buying a home and moving since I could get approved for the mortgage and she had enough money for a down payment as she'd gotten a little inheritance. I was hesitant to buy more than we needed in a house but she wanted more and swayed my concerns by telling me when she got a job we'd have an additional chunk of money to handle it all, so we got a larger house. That never materialized. In the years we lived in the house she would take short-term jobs and probably only worked for about three months in the whole time. She ultimately decided to return to college to get a second degree. I told her I would support that, but she had to get a degree that she could actually use to get a job since she considered her first degree to be useless. She *assured* me that she could get a job with it no problem, so I supported her. She graduated during covid with a bachelor's in speech pathology and told me that she wouldn't be able to find a job immediately due to working from home and needing lab hours. This over the course of a year or two evolved into other reasons eventually landing on she would need to get a master's degree in speech pathology to ultimately get a job. Since she still didn't have a job I insisted we sell the house that I was drowning in. We did and moved into a rental. While living there she held down a job for around four months before quitting as she didn't enjoy it. At some point she made a comment about being fortunate enough to pick and choose the work she did, it still stings to think about having that conversation as I was around 8 years into a job that I absolutely detested but stuck with for stablity.
That's probably my second biggest issue with her. I wanted to start a family, she wants kids too. Honestly, having kids in this world we live in scares the hell out of me and I'm not certain it's fair to the kid. In order to overcome my own issues (see above) I need to be certain my kids have the best start in life they can have. That means not being raised in a family living paycheck to paycheck. They'd have enough to deal with with the world exploding, being concerned about the next meal shouldn't be a thing. So for me, I needed us to be financially secure for that step. We never got there. She doesn't understand the value in keeping commitments like I do, especially when the promise of something down the line is your only bargaining power, but maybe that's just me holding her to a standard for something I've acknowledged is a personal problem. The biggest issue I have is that she's super conflict avoidant. I can't have important conversations with her that may create discord. Anytime we have a conversation that causes discomfort (even slight) she shuts down and won't talk, generally she'll just walk out of the room. Upside?, we never argue. Downsides? I have to guess as to her wants and needs, or get blasted with an encyclopedia of information when it's clear I'm considering ending the relationship, it's almost like a trump card now. I get frustrated and try to make a plan for the future and suddenly get inundated with hopes/dreams/fears I'd suspected existed but never had any real confirmation. Unfortunately at this point it may just be too late of a revelation for me? Once you past a certain point of frustration, the original reason stops mattering as much. This has been particularly pertinent for me over the past couple of years. I got depressed, [I deleted this section going into too much detail about my depression] so I had a conversation with my girlfriend. It just seemed to make her uncomfortable and seemed pointless, so I've never brought it up again. It made me understand how all those husbands and fathers off themselves and their families seem completely oblivious there was ever an issue.
I try to think about this objectively and put myself outside of my own perspective, but it's hard to know if I'm reaching valid conclusions or just have a skewed perception of reality. I mean, people like good people right? So if I was a good person, I would have people to talk this over with instead of posting to the interwebz. So that strongly suggests I'm not a great person. The evidence kind of supports this with my family's lack of contact after broaching the subject with them and there were some attempts on my part with friends, same result. I also once asked my girlfriend if I ever inspired her to be a better person. She laughed and definitively stated no. It was discouraging. I felt I genuinely supported her getting her degree and finding a career she was happy with. I didn't put time limits on it and never questioned her about finding work. I also tried encouraging her to pursue her other interests that may or may not have mattered monetarily. I hoped for better things, but I can only conclude she took any attempts I made as criticism instead. I'm probably rambling gibberish at this point.
Anyway, I'm trying something different now. For most of my life I've focused on what other people want: job, family, friends, girlfriend. At this point I don't actually know what I want vs. goals I've adopted from other people's agendas. I've pretty firmly decided to separate myself from the people currently in it. I've going back and forth over events of the past several years and I just can't objectively conclude they want me in their lives in a meaningful non-transactional relationship.
A. Buy a house in the woods and try living by myself - I'm not really rich at this point but I can afford to buy a small homestead and live independently for the rest of my life. I am very comfortable in my own company and just haven't had good luck with people in general. I could see this giving me time to explore myself a bit more and maybe approach the world on my own terms in the future.
B. Move to another country - This may sound like running away, but I think there's a bit of value in having the option for unconventional relationships. I'm not really sure what kind of relationships I can maintain at this point. I've lost trust in people in general. It would force me to approach interactions with people in a more elementary way, which I think I could benefit from. Any weirdness in my interactions would hopefully be written off as "he's just that weird American". I suspect people are a little more willing to be patient with "foreign friends". This option gets bonus points for not running the risk of getting shot up if I decide to check out the local mall.
C. Walk about - Travel a bit, stop and explore, work through internal conflict. Keep moving until something clicks in place. I'm kind of already doing this and it's not mutually exclusive to the other items on this list.
D. Check myself into a nut house - I had a friend struggle with his mental health in my twenties and I watched him go into facility after facility to no avail. I've also seen the studies where perfectly healthy people check themselves into facilities without ever reaching the point they were "qualified" to be released. So I am skeptical there is permanent help here. However, I am also aware that my self assessment ability atm may be compromised so am open to the idea of an alternative path.
Yeah, that was a book of text.

Trying to hit all the great spots. So far we’ve been to a bunch of really nice spots but want to get others advice! TIA

https://imgur.com/Yip50i1
Graph of subvariants and recombinants sampled in Washington state over the past five months, put together using data from GISAID and Nextclade Web v2.14.1. The dashed line represents the proportion of PCR positive tests that have been sequenced so far.
Note: The graph above excludes the most recent week of May 28th as it consists of only 10 sequences and is far too low to be useful visually. For the sake of transparency I am however including that week in the table below.
Five of the past twelve weeks are "incomplete", defined as fewer than 9 % of PCR positive samples sequenced. The most three recent weeks are "very incomplete", defined as fewer than than 5 % of PCR positive samples sequenced.
https://imgur.com/NI6B0pQ
Table with most recent four weeks of data. These numbers will fluctuate with backfill, especially for the week(s) indicated as "incomplete" and "very incomplete". Values may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
Additional tables below illustrate changes due to recent backfill.
https://imgur.com/RFAOfnO
https://imgur.com/jTX0H2A
We're seeing a massive reduction in the number of sequences coming in since the Public Health Emergency ended in May. Fewer than 100 samples were uploaded in the past two weeks. Our state is at least still providing information but the dramatic shift in sample-size pretty depressing. It makes it very difficult to determine if what I'm looking at is normal variation or something significant.
The CDC Nowcast recently changed to posting an update every two weeks. I don't want to do that but it hardly feels useful updating you all when only 50 or so sequences have come in since last time. I'll have to think about this.
Repeated Notes:
It's definitely looking like we're going to get a recombinant soup. Hard to suss out which mutations to focus on again because there are so many and little info on which ones are actually significant. There's also the issue of how they may not interact with each other in predictable ways.
I hope to have something more focused/useful for these newer recombinant subvariants in the next couple of weeks.
Definitions of aliases referenced in state sequencing graphs and tables:

• BA.2* includes aliases BL* , BM.1.1.1, BN.1* , BR* , BY.1, CA* , CH* , CJ.1, CM* , DS* , DV* , FJ.1, FK* , and FR.1
• BA.5* includes aliases BE* , BF* , BQ* (except BQ.1.1* and BQ.1* ), BT.2, BU.1, BW.1* , CK* , CL.1, CN.2, CP* , CQ.2, CR.1.1, DF.1.1, DG.1, DL.1, and DY.4
• BQ.1* alias of BA.5.3.1.1.1.1.1.*
• BQ.1.1.* alias of BA.5.3.1.1.1.1.1.1.* includes aliases DK.1, DN.1* , DR* , DT* , DU.1, ED* , EE* , EF* , EH.1, ER.1, EW.2, and EY.1
• X* alias of any recombinant, aka: two sublineages merged into one new one, includes XAY.2, XBB* (excluding list below), XBC.1.3, XBF* , XBK, and XBM
• XBB* alias of an Omicron-Omicron recombinant (BJ.1 and BM.1.1.1) includes aliases FE* and FY* and excludes the following:
• XBB.1.5* includes aliases EK.2, EL.1, EU.1.1, FD.2, and FG.3
• XBB.1.9.1* includes alias FL*
• XBB.1.9.2* includes alias EG*
• XBB.1.9.3* includes alias GD.1
• XBB.1.16* includes alias FU*
• XBB.2.3* includes alias GE.1

The * symbol means there are even more sublineages branching out under that designation umbrella.
Resources:

• https://gisaid.org/
• https://clades.nextstrain.org/
• https://github.com/cov-lineages/pango-designation/blob/mastepango_designation/alias_key.json
• https://doh.wa.gov/emergencies/covid-19/data-dashboard
• https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracke#variant-proportions

https://imgur.com/Yip50i1
Graph of subvariants and recombinants sampled in Washington state over the past five months, put together using data from GISAID and Nextclade Web v2.14.1. The dashed line represents the proportion of PCR positive tests that have been sequenced so far.
Note: The graph above excludes the most recent week of May 28th as it consists of only 10 sequences and is far too low to be useful visually. For the sake of transparency I am however including that week in the table below.
Five of the past twelve weeks are "incomplete", defined as fewer than 9 % of PCR positive samples sequenced. The most three recent weeks are "very incomplete", defined as fewer than than 5 % of PCR positive samples sequenced.
https://imgur.com/NI6B0pQ
Table with most recent four weeks of data. These numbers will fluctuate with backfill, especially for the week(s) indicated as "incomplete" and "very incomplete". Values may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
Additional tables below illustrate changes due to recent backfill.
https://imgur.com/RFAOfnO
https://imgur.com/jTX0H2A
We're seeing a massive reduction in the number of sequences coming in since the Public Health Emergency ended in May. Fewer than 100 samples were uploaded in the past two weeks. Our state is at least still providing information but the dramatic shift in sample-size pretty depressing. It makes it very difficult to determine if what I'm looking at is normal variation or something significant.
The CDC Nowcast recently changed to posting an update every two weeks. I don't want to do that but it hardly feels useful updating you all when only 50 or so sequences have come in since last time. I'll have to think about this.
Repeated Notes:
It's definitely looking like we're going to get a recombinant soup. Hard to suss out which mutations to focus on again because there are so many and little info on which ones are actually significant. There's also the issue of how they may not interact with each other in predictable ways.
I hope to have something more focused/useful for these newer recombinant subvariants in the next couple of weeks.
Definitions of aliases referenced in state sequencing graphs and tables:

• BA.2* includes aliases BL* , BM.1.1.1, BN.1* , BR* , BY.1, CA* , CH* , CJ.1, CM* , DS* , DV* , FJ.1, FK* , and FR.1
• BA.5* includes aliases BE* , BF* , BQ* (except BQ.1.1* and BQ.1* ), BT.2, BU.1, BW.1* , CK* , CL.1, CN.2, CP* , CQ.2, CR.1.1, DF.1.1, DG.1, DL.1, and DY.4
• BQ.1* alias of BA.5.3.1.1.1.1.1.*
• BQ.1.1.* alias of BA.5.3.1.1.1.1.1.1.* includes aliases DK.1, DN.1* , DR* , DT* , DU.1, ED* , EE* , EF* , EH.1, ER.1, EW.2, and EY.1
• X* alias of any recombinant, aka: two sublineages merged into one new one, includes XAY.2, XBB* (excluding list below), XBC.1.3, XBF* , XBK, and XBM
• XBB* alias of an Omicron-Omicron recombinant (BJ.1 and BM.1.1.1) includes aliases FE* and FY* and excludes the following:
• XBB.1.5* includes aliases EK.2, EL.1, EU.1.1, FD.2, and FG.3
• XBB.1.9.1* includes alias FL*
• XBB.1.9.2* includes alias EG*
• XBB.1.9.3* includes alias GD.1
• XBB.1.16* includes alias FU*
• XBB.2.3* includes alias GE.1

The * symbol means there are even more sublineages branching out under that designation umbrella.
Resources:

• https://gisaid.org/
• https://clades.nextstrain.org/
• https://github.com/cov-lineages/pango-designation/blob/mastepango_designation/alias_key.json
• https://doh.wa.gov/emergencies/covid-19/data-dashboard
• https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracke#variant-proportions

I’m located on the north shore in Suffolk county. I used to play hockey seriously a few years back so I’m well aware of all of the house leagues at the rinx and superior but that’s not what i’m looking for. Basically i’m looking for any puck shoots that run later in the day (as I work during the daytime) or open hockey. They used to have a late night open hockey at dix hills that would run from midnight - all night, until the last guy got off basically, i believe covid shut that down. Ideally i’m looking for something like that, wouldn’t be a big issue if I had to travel just not further than NYC. Any recommendations or advice is appreciated, thanks.
edit: forgot to add that superior in kings park doesn’t have any puck shoots posted on their website but i will try calling them tomorrow when they’re open

Daily New Covid Cases by DHB reported 09 Jun 2023 (as at midnight Thursday 08 Jun 2023)

• New Cases: 1,489 ( ↓ 264)
• Rolling 7-day avg: 1,442 ( ↓ 40)

Location	New Cases	Change	Seven Day Rolling
Total	1489	-264	1442 ( ↓ 40)
Auckland	128	-15	114 ( ↓ 2)
Bay of Plenty	73	-1	63 ( ↑ 0)
Canterbury	205	-44	207 ( ↓ 10)
Capital and Coast	76	-12	86 ( ↓ 3)
Counties Manukau	152	+1	129 ( ↓ 2)
Hawke's Bay	41	-12	38 ( ↑ 0)
Hutt Valley	45	-24	53 ( ↓ 2)
Lakes	18	-4	20 ( ↓ 2)
MidCentral	58	-2	54 ( ↑ 0)
Nelson Marlborough	60	-15	64 ( ↓ 2)
Northland	54	-2	46 ( ↓ 2)
South Canterbury	27	-13	26 ( ↓ 2)
Southern	113	-27	122 ( ↓ 2)
Tairawhiti	12	+1	14 ( ↑ 0)
Taranaki	61	-26	55 ( ↑ 0)
Unknown	0	-1	1 ( ↑ 0)
Waikato	141	-31	137 ( ↓ 6)
Wairarapa	23	-9	21 ( ↓ 2)
Waitemata	169	-34	166 ( ↓ 2)
West Coast	9	-2	10 ( ↑ 0)
Whanganui	24	+8	18 ( ↓ 1)

Last 10 days of the Rolling 7-day average Reported 09 Jun 2023

Date	7-day rolling avg
Thu 08 Jun	1442 ( ↓ 40)
Wed 07 Jun	1482 ( ↓ 37)
Tue 06 Jun	1519 ( ↓ 10)
Mon 05 Jun	1529 ( ↓ 184)
Sun 04 Jun	1713 ( ↓ 88)
Sat 03 Jun	1801 ( ↓ 34)
Fri 02 Jun	1835 ( ↓ 31)
Thu 01 Jun	1866 ( ↓ 23)
Wed 31 May	1889 ( ↓ 32)
Tue 30 May	1921 ( ↓ 39)

248 ( ↓ 29) Hospitalisations as at midnight Friday 09 Jun 2023

DHB	Count	Change
Total	248	-29
Auckland	26	-9
Bay of Plenty	11	-1
Canterbury	39	+0
Capital and Coast	12	-5
Counties Manukau	20	-4
Hawke's Bay	4	-3
Hutt Valley	3	+1
Lakes	3	+0
MidCentral	15	-2
Nelson Marlborough	11	+0
Northland	9	+0
South Canterbury	6	+1
Southern	23	-1
Tairawhiti	3	+2
Taranaki	4	-2
Waikato	19	+4
Wairarapa	4	-3
Waitemata	31	+0
West Coast	1	+1
Whanganui	4	-8

source: MoH GitHub data

Any improvements or changes to be made? Open to any and all suggestions.

I work in the solar industry, which is rife with scammer and bad apples. Recently, a company was attempting to "train" some of our sales people on how they could tell clients that they can get OVER 30% of the tax credit (which is unheard of in the industry). Immediately, a red flag, was that they claimed only their accountants knew how to do this, in a trillion dollar industry.
Started by looking at their websites, and they have a plethora of them: solartaxpros.com solartaxpro.com solartaxpro.info
All were registered via proxy and there is no information about the employees. The testimonials are also dubious at best, as is the "for entertainment purposes only" disclaimer on some of the pages.
More confusingly, I can't find anything about who their CPA / PA is and their amorphous relationship to Michael Daszkal of Daszkal Bolton will come into play in a moment...
When trying to see if they are incorporated, I found solarmaxtaxpros.com - which is incorporated, but both are near the same area. The incorporation date of solarmaxtaxpros.com coincides with the 3 reviews solartaxpros.com has on Google (they claim 10,000 satisfied customers).
I confronted a person for solartaxpros - and despite their very similar URL, name, language on their websites, and using the same proxy to register, he claims they are unrelated (they are also both from right near the same area in Florida)...
When looking on the waybackmachine, I discovered that solartaxpros somehow used to be Tax & Retirement Institute LLC, which is now defunct. Three years ago, a woman appeared on LinkedIn with a "million dollar strategy" looking for investors, but her and other people claimed to be working at there for longer than that. They released a bunch of material (which mostly looks to be similar tax fraud scams... 5 years backpay taxes because of Covid? Free solar? Make millions with solar?) and had an array of websites, also:
taxretire.com rothiraheaven.com alpharoth.com taxcommandments.com (this one still seems to be up and is just selling a book)
The problem here, is these people are offering assurances on their tax work, but are unable to provide a CPA PA license #, nor do they appear to be incorporated (solartaxpros). Tax & Retirement Institute was an active corporation for just over a year, likely the amount of time it takes people to start filing their taxes and having problems. The people associated with the venture seem to have evaporated.
Michael Daszkal of Daszkal Bolton is referenced through all the testimonials of all things. There is a lot to uncover on him (business partner drowned in the Bahamas, his son hit and killed somebody and the family got sued), but I also was able to find court documents where Michael is accused of being complicit with fraud in one instance, and in another I read a news article about him trying to get language thrown out of another court case that put him in an unfavorable light with the same implications.
That accounting firm was recently acquired by another entity, and when I confronted solartaxpros, they brought up some other big name third party as supposedly handling that portion (the guy said "we are not a CPA PA", which led me to question why he was giving out tax advice, then).
Despite all of this evidence, some people I work with in the same company are still not fully convinced that this company is likely a scam. That is why I am trying to find more information, when I discovered this pattern with their last company of being open for only a window that would prevent people having filed their taxes and getting audited / commit tax fraud. More confusing, was the repeat behavior of registering a bunch of loose domains and pushing various sales / tax strategies that seemed "Too good to be true".
I posted on the solar subreddit a few weeks back, and other people chimed in that this type of scam has popped up in the industry before - they are basically advocating residential people take business tax credits, which is murky at best, but worrisome that they just pop in and out of existence in a "fly-by-night" manner.
If anybody has some free time to dig around on this or contribute at all, I'd really appreciate it. I did what I could with the tools I have an reached a dead end when I traced Tax & Retirement Institute LLC back to the root 3-ish years ago when a woman was asking for investors.
These people seem heavily connected in some way to a group in Boca Raton, FL - but I'm unsure how many of the testimonials and other things are legitimate people, or that the people are aware exist.
Thanks in advance for even reading all this.

35 M from the UK! 🇬🇧 recently joined, looking to make some new friends as many disappeared after Covid. Recently started at the gym so looking for pointers on things I can do. Enjoy travelling ✈️ and exploring different counties, good food 🥘 and drink 🍺 and music 🎶

I’ve worked in higher ed combined for about 3 years, a little over 2 years as an Academic Advisor for a for profit school & currently at a nonprofit school working as an Financial Aid Advisor for a little over a year. I work remotely in my current role & at the last job it was initially on site & transitioned to temporarily remote bc of COVID. As an Academic Advisor I hated being held accountable for students failing or not being responsive considering they’re grown adults & shouldn’t have to be handheld for every little thing plus I didn’t like mgmt & I know the feeling was mutual. Now as an Financial Aid Advisor I prefer mgmt/my team as a whole so far & don’t feel micromanaged (at least not as much as my last job). At my last job I started at $17.78 (FL) & right before I left they raised us to $20. I was eager to leave knowing I’d be expected to return to the office permanently after COVID. I make $18 atm & in July I’ll get my annual raise (4%). This role is remote, better benefits & a 401k but I feel like I make less bc of benefit deductions. The job is a call center & is always busy, while the other job was also like a call center but not as non-stop. While I prefer the culture here I can’t ignore the fact I made more at the last job. Am I looking for reasons to nitpick or making a good point? I’m looking for work actively but no luck, it’s like ugh you can’t have it all
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I was a CAT4 pre covid and looking to get back into racing after a couple of years off. Does anyone know of any south Orange County racing clubs?

I’ve worked in higher ed combined for about 3 years, a little over 2 years as an Academic Advisor for a for profit school & currently at a nonprofit school working as an Financial Aid Advisor for a little over a year. I work remotely in my current role & at the last job it was initially on site & transitioned to temporarily remote bc of COVID. As an Academic Advisor I hated being held accountable for students failing or not being responsive considering they’re grown adults & shouldn’t have to be handheld for every little thing plus I didn’t like mgmt & I know the feeling was mutual. Now as an Financial Aid Advisor I prefer mgmt/my team as a whole so far & don’t feel micromanaged (at least not as much as my last job). At my last job I started at $17.78 (FL) & right before I left they raised us to $20. I was eager to leave knowing I’d be expected to return to the office permanently after COVID. I make $18 atm & in July I’ll get my annual raise (4%). This role is remote, better benefits & a 401k but I feel like I make less bc of benefit deductions. The job is a call center & is always busy, while the other job was also like a call center but not as non-stop. While I prefer the culture here I can’t ignore the fact I made more at the last job. Am I looking for reasons to nitpick or making a good point? I’m looking for work actively but no luck, it’s like ugh you can’t have it all
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Hello,
I am a graduate student working with the UCF Center for Public and Nonprofit Management this summer and there are 2 projects going on that we would love your participation with!
Join our study on domestic violence and sexual assault prevention in Orange County!
UCF’s Center for Public and Non-Profit Management (CPNM) is conducting two culturally and linguistic appropriate programs (Community Charlas and Choices game) sponsored by The City of Orlando and targeting individuals in Orange County, both Hispanics and non-Hispanics. The programs will help create a social media campaign to increase awareness about domestic violence and sexual assault's warning signs, myths, and undesirable attitudes. The study aims to contribute to the prevention of domestic violence ands exual assault by promoting awareness, self-reporting from the bystander perspective and educating the community.
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(YOU CAN ONLY PARTICIPATE IN ONE OF THE 2 OPTIONS BELOW)
Community Charlas: Read and discuss stories on domestic violence to increase awareness about myths and warning signs
Choices Game: Read case scenarios and determine the best option to report sexual violence from the bystander perspective.
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Requirements to participate:
Community Charlas:

• Be Hispanic and fluent in Spanish with least 18 years of age,
• Be residing in Orange County, FL
• Never had personal experiences with domestic violence and/or sexual assault.

Choices Game:

• Be a UCF student, proficient in English with least 18 years of age,
• Be residing in Orange County, FL
• Never had personal experiences with domestic violence and/or sexual assault.

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Programs can be conducted at the following locations:

• Virtually on Zoom
• At either UCF Main campus/Downtown campus
• At a community base organization

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What do you get in return?
- A $40.00 gift card from retail store Walmart®. The gift card will be distributed to you via e-mail no more than 3 days after participating in any of the two programs.
- Keep in mind that you can ONLY participate in ONE of the programs. You must complete the full activity to receive the full amount. Each program has a duration of 2 hours.
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To join either of the studies - Remember you can only join one or the other!
Charlas Registration: https://ucf.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6tCanrBjnMt5xVc
Choices Registration: https://ucf.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3VmiZqYmNi7DMq2
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Here is the contact information for our study team, you can call or e-mail us!
Dr. Maritza Concha, PhD
Principal Investigator,
Director, CPNM
[[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])
(407) 823-1162
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Julia Fong
Program Coordinator,
CPNM
[[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])
(407) 823-1162

I know some states charge tax and others do not. I've also heard that some places you pay a state tax AND a local tax. I found this article from 2020 but that was a while ago so not sure if it's changed. Is there anyone in Orange County FL here? Or even elsewhere in FL who can tell me how much you pay in tax? I tried the method he shows about going through the checkout out process but it just says "+ tax (if any)"

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