Peter Mallory Tribute

Animal House on the Charles

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Editor's Note: This was NSBNews.net co-founder Peter Mallory's final installment of his award-winning blog, "The Right Side," which was written several weeks before he passed away in June at the age of 77. Peter is shown here with his daughter, Betsy Mallory of Titusville.

Peter Mallory with daughter, Betsy MalloryNEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Every American has seen the film classic "Animal House" depicting life in a college fraternity.

The fraternity brothers were depicted as being totally without any redeeming qualities. They were totally lazy, irresponsible, undisciplined, destructive and any academic achievement was accidental and discouraged by the fraternity.

Nobody took the movie too seriously. However there has always been the lingering fear that there is a little bit of animal house in all fraternities. Over the years a few mishaps occurred which gave fraternities a bad name at MIT.

New Smyrna Beach resident and NSBNews.net co-founder Peter Mallory dead at the age of 77

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Peter MalloryNEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Peter Mallory, co-founder of NSBNews.net and a longtime New Smyrna Beach resident, died Thursday at an Orlando hospital. Known for his conservative political views, his award-winning weekly blog was aptly called "The Right Side."

6 percent Edgewater raise request ludicrous

The 6 percent wage hikes the union representing 80 employees of Edgewater government sought were not granted. It is outrageous they asked in the first place in these hard economic times when taxpayers are losing their homes. When things get tough and people in the business community start getting laid off in large numbers. You see headlines such as Boeing to lay off 15 percent of its work force or General electric to lay off thousands. What I would like to know is why we don’t read about thousands of government employees laid off at the federal, state and local level.