5 Things You Should Know Today, Nov. 3

1.     It will be mostly sunny today with temperatures reaching a high near 77 .

2.      Public feedback derailed a final vote on declaring most of New Port Richey . Now, city council members  have scheduled a workshop discussion in December, and are taking public comment in the meantime. Concerns and questions about the designation can be emailed to Lisa Fierce. She can be reached at fiercel@cityofnewportrichey.org. She can also be called at (727) 853-1038. 

3.      Here’s something interesting to consider for the weekend: You’ve heard about that Occupy  Wall Street, Occupy Tampa and other Occupy gatherings? Well, an Occupy New Port Richey group has been started. Occupy New Port Richey is holding a pot luck and discussion in Sims Park on Sunday, starting at 3 p.m.  Subjects planned to be discussed will be the foreclosure and pill mill crises, the Occupy Wall Street movement, the act that created the FDIC and a court ruling regarding corporate campaign contributions

4.     If you’re going, feel free to send your thoughts and photos, and you might see them featured on Patch. You can send to Alex.Tigen@patch.com.

5.    You can blog about these things. Or almost anything, including Nyan Cat. E-mail Alex.Tiegen@patch.com if you're interested.