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Superb Sunflower Fun!

     As spring break has recently passed, I would like to share the incredible experiences that I had while attending Camp Sunshine. Camp Sunshine was a one-week camp during my spring break located in Melrose, Florida, sponsored through Girls in Christ. In the camp, we stayed in a cabin and met with each other daily for a variety of activities. Today, I will break down the emotional, physical, and spiritual aspects of what I gained from this camp. […]

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Miami Native Serves Aboard USS Bunker Hill

U.S. Navy Seaman Juan Desousaperez, from Miami, handles line aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG 52) during a replenishment-at-sea with the Henry J. Kaiser-class underway replenishment oiler USNS Tippecanoe (T-AO 199). Bunker Hill, part of the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group, is in U.S. 7th fleet conducting routine operations. […]

Editorials

Florida Law Eliminating Unanimity for Death Penalty is Problematic in Many Ways

For several years, Florida, like 26 other states, required a unanimous vote before imposing the death penalty after a conviction for a capital felony. Recently, Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is expected to announce his candidacy for President, signed into law a bill which allows juries to recommend a death sentence with an 8-4 vote. Florida has now become the most extreme death penalty state. Previously, Alabama was the only state which allowed a divided jury to send criminals to death row if 10 of 12 jurors recommend it. As expected, Florida’s change has generated renewed debate about its use of capital punishment. […]

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Free at last, free at last, thank God almighty, Robert Runcie is free at last.

Ol’ Pete was beyond excited and kicked up lots of sand to hear that former Broward superintendent, Robert Runcie is free from the shackles of charges that he lied to a Grand Jury. It has been almost two years since he was arrested and his mug shot graced the cover of newspapers nationwide.  If you google Runcie’s name (The Detective just did.), the first photo to appear is his mugshot and stories detailing his arrest are not far behind. Runcie had a decade long run as superintendent of Broward and had it not been for the Parkland school shooting, he may have had a decade longer. Up to the day of his arrest, Runcie enjoyed the support of the majority of the Broward School Board. But the Detective has sleuthed the response of superintendents all over the country prior to and since February 14, 2018. Within a year of similar shootings, the superintendents left to allow healing via new leadership.  Runcie’s refusal to leave by choice led to a perjury charge that forced him out. […]

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Miami Native conducts Preflight Checks while serving aboard USS John Finn

Aviation Electronics Technician Airman Dasia Gibson, from Miami, Florida, and Aviation Electronics Technician 2nd Class Jorge Ortiz, from Victorville, California, conduct pre-flight checks during flight operations aboard Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John Finn (DDG 113). John Finn is assigned to Commander, Task Force 71/Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy’s largest forward deployed DESRON and the U.S. 7th fleet’s principal surface force. […]