The Broward Times back issues from October 2006:
Black political action: The long road to nowhere
Oct 06, 2006; ... Al Calloway says Marginalization, containment, being left out, co-opted, ignored, and discriminated against, are all values experienced by Americans of African descent within both the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. As a result, Black political action has been, and is now, on ...
Reading, Writing & Arousals At Dillard
Oct 06, 2006; ... Questions arise over Lauderdale Police probe into sex scandals FORT LAUDERDALE - While the nation's attention is transfixed on the stomach-turning scandal of U.S. Rep. Mark Foley's salacious email communications with boys, who were also Congressional pages, Broward County has it own pot ...
Local Student Earns Kiwanis Scholarship
Oct 06, 2006; ... Deirdre Paisley is the recipient of prestigeous education honors FORT LAUDERDALE - Deirdre Paisley, of Fort Lauderdale, is a sophomore at Broward Community College who gets straight A's in the college's nursing program. She was recently awarded a $2,000 scholarship from the ...
Conservatives Fear A Hastings Appointment to Head Intel Committee
Oct 06, 2006; ... GOP says national security could be compromised US Representative Alcee Hastings, 70, remains popular in the district he represents, which spans some five counties. He is a popular draw and social events and political functions. But the congressman's local standing is not ...
Fort Lauderdale officer was driving 91 mph
Oct 06, 2006; ... The officer hit and Killed a Lauderdale Lakes woman this past June Computer data from a Fort Lauderdale police cruiser estimate a Fort Lauderdale police officer was timing about 90 mph in a 40 mph zone when he hit and killed a Lauderdale Lakes woman on South Federal Highway, according to ...
Delta Education & Life Development Center Kicks off its 2006-2007 Teen Lift
Oct 06, 2006; ... The Broward County Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., invites your participation in Teen Lift 2006 - 2007. Our annual tour of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) is scheduled for April 1, 2007 - April 7, 2007. The program, designed for high school ...
Legendary Jazz Drummer Comes to Dillard High School
Oct 06, 2006; ... Chico Hamilton Provides Jazz Master Class for Students [FORT LAUDERDALE - On Oct. 10th students from Dillard High School's Center for the Arts and Parkway Middle School will have a once in a lifetime opportunity to work with a living jazz legend! The master jazz drummer and band leader, ...
AROUND BROWARD
Oct 06, 2006; ... DEERFIELD BEACH City officials approved an agreement where Fire Chief Gary Lother will not return to work from administrative leave in exchange for a severance package. Lother, 51, has been in the $128,000-a-year job since 1996. He offered to step down after months of criticism from ...
Broward County Commission Libraries Division Presents: A Tribute to Louise Bennett on October 16 at the African-American Research Library
Oct 06, 2006; ... BROWARD COUNTY - The life of Louise Bennett, Jamaican poet and activist, will be memorialized in a tribute on Monday, October 16, 6 p.m., at the African-American Research Library and Cultural Center, 2650 Sistrunk Blvd., Fort Lauderdale. Ms. Bennett, who died this year at age 86, was ...
Unsportsmanlike Conduct
Oct 06, 2006; ... Wake Up Call LAUDERHILL, FL - Game day in youth football for Lauderhill and Scott Lake of Miami-Dade County. An assistant coach for the 90-pound little league Broncos football team argues with a cheerleading coach about his 13 year old daughter being picked on. The dispute escalates to ...
MAXINE WATERS UNVEILS NEW PRISON LEGISLATION
Oct 06, 2006; ... Democratic California Rep. Proposes Mandatory AIDS Testing U.S. Representative Maxine Waters (CA-35) unveiled legislation that will-among other things-require mandatory testing for inmates upon entering a federal prison facility and, again, upon their release. Rep. Waters ...
Kiwanis Club of Lauderdale Lakes / West Sunrise Installs President and Board
Oct 06, 2006; ... LAUDERDALE LAKES - Barrington Nugent, a 13 year Kiwanian, became the ninth president to head the 120 - member Kiwanis Club of Lauderdale Lakes/West Sunrise in its nine-year history. Mr. Nugent succeeds Winston Simmonds, who served as President since October 2005. Also installed ...
"THE BLACK CHURCH and HIP-HOP MUSIC"
Oct 06, 2006; ... Through out its gloried and compassionate history, the Black Church has been determined to be relevant to and contemporary with our people. The Church believed and rightly so, that unless it embraced the times in which it lived, the church would neither attract our people to membership ...
Obama: Not For President?
Oct 06, 2006; ... The Hutchinson Report Even before Oprah Winfrey cheerled Illinois Senator Barack Obama for President in 2008 on Larry King Live, "Obama for President 2008" bumper stickers, mugs, and tee shirts were hot ticket sellers on websites. Internet chat rooms pulse with talk about an Obama ...
Mark Foley's Resignation Underscores the Hypocrisy Germ Infecting Public Officials
Oct 06, 2006; ... Shakespeare put it perfectly in "Measure for Measure." O, what may man within him hide, though angel on the outward side! It's a line delivered by Vincentio, the benevolent ruler of Vienna, who learns that Angelo, his strict moralist of a deputy, does not live by his own ...
Bush School Board Appointee fails to file for seat District I seat draws one teacher and two old politicos
Oct 06, 2006; ... The buzz throughout the black community, especially in south Broward, was that Albert Jones, a Republican Party activist and staunch supporter of Governor Jeb Bush, who last week appointed Jones temporarily to the Broward School Board would, in fact, run for the open seat vacated by Carole ...
What it takes to be a man
Oct 13, 2006; ... Wake up Call The School of Health Careers, where I serve our students as the Director of Student Services, has a population that is thoroughly dominated by women. With such a preponderance of female students, I find myself constantly bombarded with tales of irresponsible "baby daddies," ...
Foley Scandal brings up Broward Dilemma with Joe Eggelletion
Oct 13, 2006; ... Should county commish get a pass for past-alleged indiscretions with teens? A black minister and former candidate for a Broward County Commission seat along with other members of the clergy are spearheading a drive to pressure county commissioners to vote "no" on the upcoming appointment ...
Pulpit Problems Escalate to the Courthouse Steps
Oct 13, 2006; ... In the News: Mount Olive Baptist Church FORT LAUDERDALE - The usual separation of church and state edict was nowhere to be found in the courtroom of circuit court judge Ronald Rothschild during a recent hearing. The case involved Rev. Mack King Carter, pastor of the New Mount Olive ...
Election Day Should be 'Hammer Time'
Oct 13, 2006; ... Grinning Black elected officials rushing to endorse a White Democrat is a familiar scene After Benjamin L. Cardin, a White Congressman, defeated Kweisi Mfume, the former president of the NAACP and ex-chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, African-American politicians in Maryland ...
Sinking in the Swamp
Oct 13, 2006; ... School's chief tenure appears to have sunk in SW Ranches Swamp Deal The Broward school board's $4.3 million purchase of land in Southwest Ranches that turns our to be swamp land may be the proverbial straw that breaks the back of schools superintendent, Frank Till. The bungled ...
County's No decision is a decision
Oct 13, 2006; ... Voters, for now, should vote "NO" on Sales Tax Increase Ballot Question This week the Broward County Commission seemed confused on exactly what they would do with a proposed penny sales tax increase, on the November ballot, that if passed by voters only seems popular among those who ...
AROUND BROWARD
Oct 13, 2006; ... MIRAMAR A number of people, many of them credible, insist there was a shooting in front of Miramar High School last week. This week allegations surfaced that accuse school officials of a cover up. Sources say the incident reports were altered to make it appear the shooting took place off ...
ACTRESS TAMARA DOBSON, WHO FAMOUSLY PLAYED CLEOPATRA JONES, DEAD AT 59
Oct 13, 2006; ... Actress Tamara Dobson, best-remembered for her portrayal of the kung fu-fighting, Afro-wearing, fashion-conscious government superagent Cleopatra Jones, died this week of complications from pneumonia and multiple sclerosis in a Baltimore rehabilitation facility. She was 59. Born May 14, ...
The Gantt Report: "If white folks could braid hair and cut afros, some Negroes wouldn't even go to the Black barber shops and beauty salons!"
Oct 13, 2006; ... To a certain extent, we are exploited because we choose to be exploited. We are unorganized because we choose to be unorganized and we lack unity because we choose to be separated. No one put guns to our heads and told us to hate each other, despise each other and rip each other off! I ...
RETRACTION
Oct 13, 2006; ... United States Congressman Alcee L. Hastings has written the following letter related to an article that was published in The Broward Times. We issue a full retraction of said article and we regret any errors. Your paper printed an article written by Elgin Jones entitled "Conservatives ...
LAUDERDALE LAKES TOWN HALL MEETING FOCUSES ON REBUILDING IN THE WAKE OF 2005 HURRICANE SEASON
Oct 13, 2006; ... LAUDERDALE LAKES - On Wednesday, October 4, approximately 100 Lauderdale Lakes area residents attended a Town Hall Meeting hosted by Commissioner Hazelle Rogers to discuss the theme "Rebuilding Our City and Lessons Learned from Wilma." "The purpose of this event was to make those ...
HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT
Oct 13, 2006; ... En*tre*pre*neur Corner LA Boxing Opens Coral Springs Location CORAL SPRINGS, FLA. - Coral Springs resident Percy Evans and Parkland resident Tommy Williams brought the latest techniques and training in boxing, jiu jitsu and kickboxing to Coral Springs with the grand opening of LA ...
"Mark Foley and others like him"
Oct 13, 2006; ... What Mark Foley did is reprehensible beyond words. Equally repugnant is his attempt to blame has behavior on his being molested as a child, and his supposed drug/alcohol addictions. The Republican Party in general and the Congressional Republican leadership has been just as repulsive as Foley in ...
'The Devil' Is Alive - Recognize 'Em Or Not
Oct 13, 2006; ... between the lines In his recent address to the United Nations two weeks ago, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called President George W. Bush "the devil," in reference to the U.S. President's address the day before. Chavez said he could still smell "the sulfur." Almost a week ...
First Black West Point Commander Dies In Iraq
Oct 13, 2006; ... The nation is mourning the death of Lt Emily Perez, 23, the first Black woman to serve as corps commander sergeant major at West Point. Perez, who graduated in the top 10 percent of her class, out-ran many men, directed a gospel choir, and read the Bible every day. She also headed a weekly ...
Off the Vine
Oct 20, 2006; ... I'm no old fogy but between what I can only describe as poor parenting combined with the debilitating impact of hip-hop music on black youngsters - and awful political leadership, our community is quickly going down the tubes. I mean how do we accept an exploding murder rate in Broward ...
Turmoil Engulfs The Davis Camp As Blacks Unify Behind Crist
Oct 20, 2006; ... Black Caucus threatens legal action to dissolve Broward Democratic Party FORT LAUDERDALE - As Election Day draws near, the race to determine who will be Florida's next Governor has the Black vote square and center. Both candidates, republican Charlie Crist and democrat Jim Davis, ...
CHOPI Till Gets The Ax
Oct 20, 2006; ... 5-to-4-vote moves school district towards new era After heading the nation's sixth largest school system since 1999, Broward school board members voted five to four to cut the tenure and $234,000 annual salary of schools superintendent Frank Till. The 54-yoar-old administrator came to ...
Fifty Years and Counting...
Oct 20, 2006; ... "L.C. Poitier Funeral Homes Marks Five Decades of Service" POMPANO BEACH - It opened as a two-room flat in 1956 some 50-years ago this month. Today the L.C. Poitier Funeral in northwest Pompano is one of the premier funeral service providers in the South Florida area. The business was ...
Violent Crime takings its' Toll
Oct 20, 2006; ... Black Communities throughout South Florida becoming War Zones From January to June, 37 people murdered in Broward The midyear report from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement confirmed this week that, violent crime is surging, especially in South Florida and particularly ...
AROUND BROWARD
Oct 20, 2006; ... HMM ...? Is there something wrong with the quality of service we get from retailers? Better yet, can we even call it 'service' anymore? After going to a convenience store in North Lauderdale this week, I left with a sick feeling. The clerk was a young lady who could have cared less about ...
"VOICES OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE" FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Oct 20, 2006; ... LIVE PERFORMANCE COMING TO FORT LAUDERDALE ON OCT. 25, 2006: Three literary figures will be stepping out of the past and onto the Fort Lauderdale stage on October 25-transporting local residents to a razzmatazz era of some 80 years ago when black writers, artists and musicians unleashed ...
His high-stepping leadership has taken him from FAMU to a higher calling
Oct 20, 2006; ... FAMU alumnus, AME bishop to be honored during 2006 Homecoming Gala TALLAHASSEE - Success in the midst of adversity is a way of life for Florida A&M alumnus Bishop A.J. Richardson. Now the Presiding Bishop for the Second Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal ...
One Hundred Pounds Lighter and Now Vegetarian, Ruben Studdard Getting Healthy
Oct 20, 2006; ... "Velvet teddy bear" Ruben Studdard won't be eating his special meal of chicken wings and fried green tomatoes from Green Acres restaurant in Birmingham's historic Civil Rights District anymore. Studdard is now a vegetarian. He's about 100 pounds lighter and ready to hit the road with a ...
Wake Up Call: Florida Controversy Avoids Truth
Oct 20, 2006; ... Being born in the bosom of The Bronx in New York City, I am too aware of the perils of sub-standard education and its prevalence within the depressed confines of the inner city. Due to industrious parents who stressed the importance of education, and the ability to pass a specialized high school ...
Kwame Lands $3B Real Estate Deal
Oct 20, 2006; ... Prince George County project will be a Tribute to Rosewood, Florida The Apprentice first runner-up, Kwame Jackson, on Wednesday voiced his commitment to entrepreneurial efforts in the black community during a press conference announcing a multibillion-dollar deal-the first major deal ...
"WAKE UP CALL INDEED"
Oct 20, 2006; ... Broward Times commentator and columnist Richard Mccullough's essay entitled "What It Takes To Be A Man" has got to be one of the most timely and needed pieces written and published this year. It is not only that what was said was truthful, it was truthful in a way that brought awareness ...
The Danger of Screaming Race in Rape
Oct 20, 2006; ... The Hutchinson Report From the start, the Duke rape case had the classic earmark of a case that could fall apart at any time. That grim possibility sped closer to reality with the bombshell admission on CBS's "60 Minutes" by a friend of the black female student who claimed rape by a pack ...
A Good Sword is Hard to Find
Oct 20, 2006; ... Fifth century Japanese warriors called it Hari Kari or Seppuku. When a samurai failed in his duty or disgraced himself or his benefactor, he was expected to atone for his dishonor by slicing his belly open and spilling his intestines. Roman and European nobles practiced a similar form of ...
Are Bond and Gordon alone at the NAACP?
Oct 20, 2006; ... More than a decade ago, NAACP Chairman Julian Bond called for the organization's regional, state, and local leaders to develop coalitions, mobilize, and organize everywhere. These were the halcyon years when the Fort Lauderdale Branch NAACP regularly received national recognition for its ...
Off the Vine
Oct 27, 2006; ... It didn't come as a surprise to hear that White homeowners received better insurance settlements than their black counterparts that suffered damages following Katrina's fury in the Gulf coast. It seems blacks were more likely to take what insurance companies offered in settlement as ...
Dawson Dumps Davis Endorses Crist For Governor
Oct 27, 2006; ... As the hours to Election Day wind down things are getting tight, if not downright tense in certain political circles. But the contest to see who will sleep nights in the Governor's mansion is proving to be one of the most important races in years. Florida Attorney General Charlie Crist ...
BCC President Resigns
Oct 27, 2006; ... Cites clash with board members With only 2 years into the job, Broward Community College President Larry Calderon stunned the university community by abruptly resigning this week. For some time according to insiders and Calderon's own admission, he was having difficulties working ...
Polluted Park Clean Up Being Challenged
Oct 27, 2006; ... Residents skeptical of the reopening of toxic Lincoln "Baby Wingate" Park FORT LAUDERDALE - A park located just a sidewalk's crossing away from speeding traffic on Sistrunk Blvd is the subject of concern for area residents once again. Teenagers play ball on the new basketball courts ...
Justice Denied, Fate Defied
Oct 27, 2006; ... When Cops turned against another cop who happened to be black If you've ever shed a tear, gotten misty during a movie or felt the need to hide your watery eyes, then have tissue handy when you read details of the saga involving 41-year-old Raymond Hicks. What he has been through is ...
Renaldo Hill Visits Practice at Boyd Anderson High School
Oct 27, 2006; ... Miami Dolphins safety Renaldo Hill spent Tuesday at Boyd Anderson High School in Lauderdale Lakes helping coach the defensive backs on the varsity football team. Last week, Renaldo visited the team while hosting one of his R.A.P. (Reaching and Accessing People) ...
AROUND BROWARD
Oct 27, 2006; ... HMM..? The office of Broward States Attorney Michael Satz has indicted Hollywood city commissioner Keith Wasserstrom. It could be a signal that Satz is bringing to an end his long history of drive-by-probes of public and powerful individuals, which nets few charges and nary a conviction ....
The Heavy Burden of Disease in the Black Community and Its Impact on the HIV Epidemic
Oct 27, 2006; ... As early as 1895, Booker T. Washington was alarmed by striking disparities in the access to health care for African-Americans. Concerns for the declining health status among African Americans were echoed by W.E.B. Dubois, in his masterpiece, "The Souls of Black Folk." Fast forwarding to ...
I Want What Most White Women Got: A Black Man
Oct 27, 2006; ... I Want What Most White Women Got: A Black Man TAMPA, FL - Veronica Blakely has opened a can of worms and an opportunity for some dialogue with her new book of poems about relationships (or the lack thereof) in the African American community. The book titled, I Want What Most White Women ...
AKADEMIC FOUNDATION, INC. and ZETA RHO OMEGA CHAPTER PRESENT
Oct 27, 2006; ... MISS FASHIONETTA/MR. ESQUIRE - A SAFARI EXCURSION FORT LAUDERDALE - The members of the AKAdemic Foundation, Inc. and Zeta Rho Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. will present their annual Miss Fashionetta & Mr. Esquire Pageant - "A Safari Excursion" on Saturday, ...
Another Dream Deferred
Oct 27, 2006; ... Wake Up Call This is a story far too similar to those told in probation offices, courtrooms and jail cells across this country. It starts with a mother by the name of Shirley McClain being guided into my office by our Vice President of Admissions, Alex Guerino. Alex simply advises me, ...
Broward Times: READER COMMENTS
Oct 27, 2006; ... TURMOIL ENGULFS THE DAVIS CAMP AS BLACKS UNIFY BEHIND CRIST I am a young African-American and over the past decade I have always vote democrats or who I feel is the best candidate for the job, but this year it's a little bit confusing, Charlie Crist is not the best candidate in my ...
First Annual Family Conference set to Tackle Issues Plaguing Communities From Academic Standpoint
Oct 27, 2006; ... MIAMI GARDENS, FL - In an effort to empower families, Florida Memorial University, with sponsorship from The Children's Trust, is hosting the first annual Family Empowerment Conference from November 9rth through November 11th on the campus of Florida Memorial University located at 15800 NW 42nd ...
Sunrise Lands another mafor retailer - IKEA
Oct 27, 2006; ... Ikea - the Swedish furniture giant h opening its first Florida store late next summer in Sunrise. The world's largest home furnishings retailer, along with Sunrise city officials and developer partners, kicked off the store's construction this week at the northwest corner of Stare Road ...
"BARACK OBAMA"
Oct 27, 2006; ... I don't know if Barack Obama is going to run for President or not. At this stage it really doesn't matter. What matters is that Obama represents the advent of a new national leadership for Biack people. And it is an arrival that is long over due. Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton et al ...
About the possibility of transforming our NAACP
Oct 27, 2006; ... Over time a spurious notion has become the norm. For significant numbers of Americans, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is a Black civil rights organization. Irrespective of its Niagara, New York origin in 1909, founded by a group of progressive white ...