Former Developer Launches Green Technology Company with eye on Important Industry Niche

APOPKA - Michael Young, who headed Pelican Bay Development’s Orlando operations and oversaw construction of the Windermere Business Center in southwest Orlando, has launched a new green technology company that could play a big role in an important industry niche and save commercial property owners millions of dollars.

American Soda Blast Company, based in Apopka, cleans and strips surfaces---from building exteriors to food service equipment to antique cars---using highly pressurized sodium bicarbonate and dry ice.

Young said his process replaces traditional sand blasting---a century-old technique that scores and gouges surfaces with pressurized sand crystals---with a kinder, gentler surface stripping process that won’t harm the underlying substrate and utilizes common, easily biodegradable materials.

“Sodium bicarbonate is one of the most common compounds found in nature, and dry ice is frozen carbon dioxide, which is what we exhale,” Young said.

Young said pressurized soda and dry ice can clean building exteriors or strip the paint from cars without harming the surfaces underneath. Scientists used the soda stripping process to restore the Statue of Liberty in the 1980s, Young said, but the stripping industry has been slow to give up its traditional sand blasting process.

“Sand blasting has always been the benchmark even though everyone knows it pits and scores the surface underneath,” Young said.

Young said American Soda Blast Company processes have a wide range of applications, from restoring the surfaces of technology equipment to stripping paint or molds from building exteriors.

“This process removes every bit of mold, paint or finish without harming the environment or the surface underneath,” Young said. “Weighed against chemical strippers, it is far safer and less toxic, and it is far less harmful to the object surface than sand blasting,” Young said.
Young said he expects first-year revenues to exceed projections.
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For more information, contact: Michael Young, American Soda Blast Co. Apopka, Florida; 407-931-6191; Michael@americansodablast.com

Congressional Candidate Paul Partyka Supports Audit of The Federal Reserve, “Truth Commission” on American Economy

WINTER SPRINGS - Paul Partyka, Democratic candidate for Congress in Florida’s 24th District, said he fully supports an independent audit of the U.S. Federal Reserve and would go one step further to create a public “Truth Commission” to learn how the American economy collapsed and who was at fault.

“We are recovering from the worst economic disaster since the Great Depression and unemployment is the highest it has been in generations,” Partyka said. “It is apparent that we will endure unacceptably high unemployment for many years to come, at a tremendous cost all of us will have to shoulder in the form of higher taxes and fewer career opportunities,” he said.

“All told, the cost of the American economic collapse is far greater than the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11. Millions of Americans have lost their jobs. Millions of American families are losing their homes. Millions of American lives have been disrupted. This is not part of a naturally-occurring economic cycle. We need to learn how it came about, who was at fault, and how we can prevent it from ever occurring again,” Partyka said.

Partyka said he fears that financial industry reform measures currently proposed will not go far enough.

“Petty partisanship and ill-informed political ideology are polluting our nation’s financial reform efforts and what appears to be emerging now will do little to prevent future recessions,” Partyka said.

“We need strong leadership in Washington, and we need representatives who put the people first, not the speculators and the profiteers. I want to provide that leadership,” Partyka said.
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For more information please contact: Paul P. Partyka, 407-341-0805 PaulPartykaforCongress@Gmail.com
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Congressional Candidate Paul Partyka: Recent Supreme Court Ruling an Assault on American Values

WINTER SPRINGS - The recent Supreme Court decision regarding corporate spending on political campaigns is a direct assault on American values that flies in the face of common sense and diminishes the rights of every American, said former Winter Springs Mayor Paul Partyka, a commercial real estate executive who is running for the Democratic nomination to the U.S. Congress in Florida’s 24th District.

“I don’t believe the ruling will stand,” Partyka said. “I believe we Americans---Democrats, Republicans, Independents, Libertarians, all of us---will change it. The question is how much damage to the American cause will we endure before we can undo this?”

“It will be harder for individuals to challenge incumbents now since much of the corporate money will go to support them,” Partyka said.

“The ruling overturns decades of precedent and practice. Common sense says there is a difference between the First Amendment rights of people and those of corporations and special interest groups,” Partyka said.

“I agree with what Justice John Paul Stevens said in his dissenting opinion,” Partyka said.

“Corporations are different because they “have no consciences, no beliefs, no feelings, no thoughts, nor desires. “…They are not themselves members of “We the People” by whom and for whom our Constitution was established.”

Partyka said that if he is elected, he will work on campaign finance reform.

“This ruling cannot stand, it will not stand,” Partyka said. “The people of the United States---Democrats, Republicans, Independents, all of us---will control our government, not the corporations and special interest groups.
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For more information please contact: Paul P. Partyka, 407-341-0805 PaulPartykaforCongress@Gmail.com; Bruce Pronovost, Campaign Manager 407-375-1578 Bapjap@cfl.rr.com

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Plantation Bay Golf & Country Club to Host Fundraising Events to aid American Cancer Society

ORMOND BEACH, Fla. - Plantation Bay Golf & Country Club will host two fundraising events in October to aid the American Cancer Society.

Rosemary Messina, vice president of sales and marketing, said ICI Homes and Plantation Bay will host a “Rally for the Cure” Battle Against Breast Cancer. Golf Tournament & Luncheon starting at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 15 will be held at Club de Bonmont.

Friday, October 23, Florida Hospital, Wellness on Wheels will be parked in the parking lot accepting appointments 9-3. Appointments can be made by calling 386-231-3355.

On Saturday, Oct. 24, ICI Homes and Plantation Bay will host “Blast Out Cancer” starting with a Survivor Breakfast at 7:30 a.m. Events include a 5K Walk that starts at 8:15 a.m., a 10K Bike Ride that starts at 9:15 a.m. and a Tennis Round Robin starting at 10:30 a.m., Messina said.

A massage therapist, esthetician, and physical therapist will be on hand for the entire event, along with Pro Fit Shoes representatives, Ice-Cream by Sally’s, Gift Basket from Noah’s Market among others.

Registration for the event is $25, which includes T-Shirt.

ICI Homes will present a three-day, two-night vacation at Lighthouse Key Resort in Orlando as Grand Prize to the top fundraiser during these events, Messina said.

All proceeds from both events will be contributed to the American Cancer Society, Messina said.

For more information, please contact:
Lisa A. Egle, Marketing Manager ICI Homes-Daytona Beach, 386-236-4273
Rosemary Messina, Vice President of Sales & Marketing, ICI Homes, 386-236-4273
Larry Vershel or Beth Payan, Larry Vershel Communications, 407-644-4142