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

     “Our neighbors are living in fear. And that’s what the administration wants. They want people to be scared. So, we’re combatting that by bringing the neighborhood together and saying, ‘you’re not going to frighten us into complicity; you’re not going to frighten us into hiding; we’re one neighborhood, regardless of anyone’s immigration status, and we’re going to stay one neighborhood.’”

       In 2021, the City of Hallandale Beach acquired 13 Tesla Model Y vehicles for its Police Department. These vehicles were operationalized in June 2022, and Hallandale Beach’s purchase may position it as the largest rollout of full-size electric vehicles for law enforcement use in the United States. Notably, Tesla Model Y vehicles are not reasonably priced. The base price of a Model Y commences at approximately $45,000, excluding any tax credits or incentives, which, incidentally, will be phased out for the average consumer. 

If perhaps as a minority you were employed in the 70s in law enforcement, with the fire department/emergency rescue or even in the field of electronics, Mr. Emmitt Kater likely had some impact or significant influence Don your chosen career or at the very minimum you knew him professionally or personally. Having met him through his association with the Westside Gazette family, particularly our publisher Bobby Henry and my wife Sonia, whom he refers to as his wife as well – more on that later – he struck me as a larger than life character – gregarious, loquacious, energetic, comical and highly intelligent with the memory of an elephant, which is on constant display in our presence. His influence and impact on others emanated from his vast professional experiences as Communications Engineer with the Hollywood Public Safety, Police & Fire/Fire Rescue where he serviced Two-Way Radio devices, Mobil and Base Station Repeaters, Digital Voice Land Lines, and Computer Local to Wide Area Networking.

       Coming behind a legend is such a difficult proposition for a coach.  Bethune-Cookman (B-CU) has had such a high level of performance in baseball that it has produced two legendary baseball coaches back-to-back.  With Sunday’s win in the SWAC Baseball Championship, Jonathan “Johnny” Hernandez is making room in a talented legacy.

       Tuskegee University, the winningest program in HBCU football history, will host its first-ever home night game on September 6, 2025—a milestone decades in the making. The historic moment comes as part of a larger transformation underway within the athletic department, led by Director of Athletics Reginald Ruffin.