Author: Carma Henry

Carma Lynn Henry Westside Gazette Newspaper 545 N.W. 7th Terrace, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33311 Office: (954) 525-1489 Fax: (954) 525-1861

     Being born with what many call a silver spoon in your mouth is not all the glamour and glitz it is made out to be. If you keep up with the gossip from England, you very well know that the now “King” Charles had a soiled relationship with the media. His marriage to Lady Diana and affair with the now “Queen” Camilla (explain that one) were played out for the world to see and speculate. His son, Prince Harry and wife Princess Meghan, threw their silver spoon back with some color, “Thanks, but no thanks…” Even so, they have remained in the media with interviews and tell all books from the palace’s hired help.

Foganholi called Super Cartwright out on her big Pinocchio lies when she told him that Hopkins had embezzled funds from his job when working for the city of Pompano almost a decade ago. It was evident that Cartwright felt pressured to hire Hopkins after the interview committee made an error on his scoring sheet which placed him in second place when he should have been in first.

  The San Antonio Police Department said in a video statement the officer was handling an unrelated disturbance call at the McDonald’s Sunday night when he saw a car, he believed had evaded police the previous day and called for backup. Before backup officers arrived, body camera video released by police shows the officer walk up to the driver’s side of the car, open the door, and order the driver out.

     Please go to the polls or vote in other ways but go vote. I don’t care who you vote for, but it is no secret that some politicians have done everything they could to suppress your votes and get you to stay at home.

     Annie C. Polite has fought her last fight for freedom and won her last victory. She was memorialized and there were only tears of joy in the Ritz Theatre, for the woman who was mother of the of the Brunswick, Ga Movement. So humble was Annie Polite that her niece, who had known her most of her life, did not know of her many achievements and civic work. She was memorialized October 8. Her spirit lives.

     The Eta Nu Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., in coordination with the Quettes (a supportive, auxiliary organization composed of wives and significant others) held a combined celebration on Friday,  October 7, 2022, in recognition of the victims and survivors of cancer. Under the auspices of the Social Action committee chaired by Brother Melvin Davis, Quettes, Omega men, and the community at large joined forces to highlight and honor those who lost their lives in the battle against cancer and to celebrate the myriad victories. In doing so participants shared their stories and testimonies, offering vital information about treatment, relationships with doctors and other medical experts and the undeniable hope inherent in the human spirit.