The tragic murders of three Black innocent patrons: Anolt “AJ” Laguerre 19, Angela Carr 52, and Jerrald Gallion 29, at a corner store in Jacksonville, Florida by a white racist with an assault rifle riddled with swastikas is a direct correlation to the discounting of life in this country.
Month: August 2023
Ol Pete reviewed the list of three candidates who qualified and interviewed for the job. The pickings were slim. Not a single applicant had the breadth of experience that one would want for a school district of this size. With the constant turmoil around this position, The Detective doubts running the ad for longer would have made much difference. The Broward school district hasn’t had a Chief Facilities Officer in more than two years and the ones they had, had all sorts of problems. Ol Pete recalls Leo Bobadillo and Derrick Messier. What a mess!!!
Family nurse practitioner Valerie Fox guided Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL) on a tour of the Holy Cross Health Center @ Sistrunk introducing her to the healthcare services the non-profit hospital brings to the community.
A white racist named Ryan Palmeter, 21, shot and killed three Black people at a Dollar Store in Jacksonville, Florida on August 26. The incident is the latest mass murder by a white supremacist in the U.S. Police told the public at an August 26 press conference that Palmeter used a Glock and an AR-15.
A First Amendment fight about access in school libraries to the children’s book “And Tango Makes Three” has expanded to include the Escambia County school system.
“They never thought that hip-hop would take it this far.” That famous line from the Notorious BIG’s 90’s classic song “Juicy” was met with cheers each time it was said on Thursday night during “50 Years of Hip Hop: NYC to the World,” the inaugural benefit gala of The Universal Hip Hop Museum (UHHM).
Saving the Planet Matters Enough to Measure Honestly
On January 5, 2021, we introduced you Broward County, the state of Florida and vicariously the world to Bobby and Brice Henry, fledgling pugilist with championship aspirations. The lineage was already established as great grandfather Levi Henry, grandfather Bobby R. Henry, Jr. and father Bobby B.J. Henry all had boxing experience on varying levels.
The 2023-24 school year marks Travis Harden’s 6th year as the Stranahan High Dragon head football coach, one of the longest tenures in recent History. As an administrator there, I observed his commitment, tenacity and dedication as a student/athlete and dominant defensive terror under head coach Vince Schivo. He also spent 8 years as an assistant for his alma mater, a 2001 graduate. Coach Harden earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in sociology with an emphasis on criminal justice from Dubuque University in Iowa.
Florida A&M, not two-time defending champion Jackson State, heads into the season as the SWAC East Division favorite. Southern is favored to repeat as SWAC West champion.