October 2017 – Page 2 – Capital Outlook

Optimism fading as Rattlers ride out season

October 24, 2017

By St. Clair Murraine Outlook Staff Writer Opening the season with a victory over Texas Southern created an aura of optimism about the FAMU football team. Oh things have changed, though. Drastically for the Rattlers. Not even the 25,067 fans in Bragg Stadium could motivate them enough

Commissioner Bill Proctor reacts to recent shootings on Friday, Oct. 13

October 24, 2017

It is a shattering experience that our community has once again been visited by the misfortune of violence. Law enforcement, city and county government, state agencies and many others are doing and giving their best effort to address and control violence from erupting from within our community. However,

Support interest rate cap on predatory lending

October 24, 2017

By Dorothy Inman-Johnson Special to the Outlook On Sept. 26, the Florida faith community, led by Bishop A.J. Richardson, Presiding Prelate of the 11th Episcopal District of AME churches, held a press conference at the Florida Capitol to announce that a proposal had been submitted to the Florida Constitutional Revision

On Dick Gregory’s birthday, I recalled his encouragement to write about ‘the seen and the unseen’

October 24, 2017

By Barbara Reynolds Trice Edney News Wire The celebration of the life of Dick Gregory on Saturday Sept. 16 at the City of Praise church in Landover, Md. was over seven hours of eclectic diversity from a serenade by Native Americans to a musical tribute with Ayanna Gregg’s daughter and

Local girl finalist in national American Miss Pageant

October 24, 2017

By Dorothy Inman-Johnson Special to the Outlook Nine year-old Ahkira Jones, a straight A student at the Florida A& M (K-12) Developmental Research School, was crowned a Florida finalist on June 10 allowing her to advance to the National American Miss Junior Pre-teen Pageant in Hollywood, California. The

Keith Rodgers to co-host Butler concert

October 24, 2017

By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer Just what will be in Jonathan Butler’s repertoire when he takes the stage at Lee Hall this Saturday might be a toss-up for those who have been following his career. It has evolved to include gospel as of late. But in

Crump’s role in Marshall brings out large crowd

October 24, 2017

By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer While the movie Marshall is far from the biopic that Benjamin Crump’s supporters were hoping to see, the reason they showed up at Regal Governor’s Square was worthy enough to make the trip for the film’s opening. Crump, a graduate of

Delores B. Lawson: Her own excellent record of accomplishments

October 24, 2017

By Dorothy Inman-Johnson Special to the Outlook Dr. Delores Lawson has often been content to let the spotlight shine on her husband, U.S. Congressman Alfred Lawson Jr., during their 47 years of marriage; providing enormous support as he served Florida for 28 years in the Florida House and Senate,

Talks to re-integrate county schools could take ‘hard conversation’

October 24, 2017

By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer Members of the Leon County School Board and Superintendent Rocky Hanna want to bring diversity back to the district, but how to do it could be a challenge. They agreed that finding a fix has to begin with a dialog. “It’s

After flap over racism, Sachs calls mayor a visionary

October 24, 2017

By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer A few days after his critical response to Mayor Andrew Gillum’s statements about seeing Confederate flags in Tallahassee daily, public relation executive Ron Sachs toned down his comments a bit. He even went as far as calling the mayor a visionary