Richard’s Sports Round-Up
Summer has almost come to an end. I know because last week I spent a fair amount of time at the Jacksonville Jaguars’ training camp. Although, the heat had everyone fooled. Football is in the news every day. College and NFL are impossible to ignore. Even the Arena Football League received some attention last week. [...]
Cathie Shimp Will File for School Board Special Election
Cathie Shimp finished a very close third in last year’s School Board primary election, being Stan Jordan and Ken Manuel. Jordan and Manuel then went on to a run-off in the general election, which Jordan won by a few points. Now with Stan Jordan leaving office to run for State Senate, Shimp has told the [...]
Stan Jordan Quits School Board, Will Run for State Senate
Former State Representative Stan Jordan, who was just recently elected to a seat on the Duval County School Board, is leaving that post to enter the September 15 special election for State Senate. Jordan enters the race with significant name recognition from his time on the School Board and in the State House. It’s long [...]
Former Judge Gets Prison in Prostitution Case
BUFFALO, N.Y. – A former judge with a reputation for handing out tough sentences stood on the other side of the bench Friday to hear his fate after pleading guilty to transporting women across state lines for the purposes of prostitution. Former State Supreme Court judge Ronald Tills was sentenced to 18 months in federal [...]
‘Taking Woodstock’: Little Book is a Big Movie
With an Academy Award-winning director like Ang Lee and a subject like Woodstock, the film “Taking Woodstock” is quite likely to find a large audience. But the stories behind this story – how the author, Elliot Tiber, found a publisher, in particular – offer the reader a tale that is as unlikely as the one [...]
Report: Florida Higher Education Good on Productivity, Low on Funds
A report produced by a Washington D.C. think tank says Florida gets a pretty big bang for its buck when it comes to higher education. The Delta Cost Project, which analyzes higher education costs, released a report last month that compared degrees awarded with funding for the universities and community colleges and found that Florida’s [...]
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