How did an individual so lacking in basic competence come to be the leader of our beloved county’s educational system? The words and attitude hurtle me back to the late 1990s when then-mayor of the City of Fort Lauderdale Robert Cox declared to school children, (paraphrasing) “Anybody can be mayor as long as you are free, white and 21.” The racist expression so roiled the community that Westside Gazette Publisher Levi Henry Jr. responded, (paraphrasing) “You will never hold office again in Broward County.” And he never did.
Author: Carma Henry
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
Yes! The 2nd Amendment is the Republicans’ and their base’s “Holy Grail. It represents their ultimate desire to have unmitigated rights to own and bare weapons. Consequently, as gun owners, they don’t accept responsibility for guns used to commit mass murders of any kind to whomever. Yet, unbelievably, they’re staunch supporters of pro-life
If you really want to stop the “steal”, vote against political liars and seditionists.
Seditious Conspiracy is a Crime That Almost Destroyed Our Democracy
“ Test Your Bible Knowledge”
At age 21 Kaysia Earley was about to walk across the stage and graduate from college. She was born to a Jamaican father and an American mother and was set to become the first member of her family to graduate from college. Instead, she found herself facing a jail sentence for a felony. She had been working at a popular shoe store and was charged with giving unauthorized discounts to her friends. She was found guilty of embezzlement and faced a possible three-year sentence. To make matters worse, Kaysia was pregnant with her first child. The judge allowed her to attend her graduation from Howard University in Washington, DC. Once the jail found she was pregnant they offered her solitary confinement to accommodate the pregnancy. In all that shame, embarrassment, and stress one thing stood out for Earley: her Public Defender did not utter a word in her defense.
Captain Craig Calavetta, the Broward Sheriff’s Office official selected as BSO Parkland District Chief last August, was fired by the agency Monday.
The National Association of Real Estate Brokers (NAREB) calls on Congress to enact a major down payment assistance program to help counter decades of housing discrimination in Florida, and nationwide, that prevents Blacks and other people of color from becoming homeowners and facilitating intergenerational wealth.
The four homes are part of an innovative 12 home partnership between Habitat, the CRA and the City to revitalize Collier City, remove blighted vacant lots, reduce crime, and deliver an affordable home ownership opportunity to the community. Nine of the 12 lots were deeded to Habitat by the CRA for the construction of affordable single-family homes. Habitat purchased three other lots privately.
Phylicia Rashad became a two-time Tony Award winner for her performance as Faye in Dominique Morisseau’s Skeleton Crew. Portraying a worker at an auto plant about to go bankrupt, Rashad’s vulnerable yet tough Faye is a lesbian who is haunted by the estrangement of her son, the addictions she suffers and the weight of being Black in America. Rashad earned this year’s Best Featured Actress in a Play award.