August 2020 – Page 4 – Capital Outlook

Terry, Wilson earn Maxwell Award recognition

August 19, 2020

Seminoles.com Redshirt junior wide receiver Tamorrion Terry and senior defensive tackle Marvin Wilson were named to the Maxwell Award Watch List last Friday. The award is given to the college player of the year by the Maxwell Football Club. Terry, from Ashburn, Georgia, was also named to the Biletnikoff Watch

Stand up for Commissioner Elaine Bryant and Commissioner Curtis Richardson!

August 19, 2020

By Dr. RB Holmes, Jr We live in a very toxic, political climate, both locally and nationally. I have actively participated in politics most of my life. I started voting at age twenty-one. Thank God, I have never missed a voting season. I take voting extremely seriously. I have a

The writers and readers of statutes have separate roles

August 19, 2020

By Judge Layne Smith Punctuation matters. Compare “let’s eat Nancy” with “let’s eat, Nancy.” Following that first directive may result in criminal charges. Q. Judge Smith, you say you are a textualist and that you interpret statutes based on their plain language. Why don’t you also consider the legislature’s

Black health matters

August 19, 2020

By Dr. Asha Fields Brewer According to the 2015 Center for Disease Control and Prevention health report, 56.9 percent of Black women over the age of 20 are obese. There are several concerning things here, but let’s focus on just a couple. First, the report did not say our sisters

Black women rising despite obstacles

August 19, 2020

By Julianne Malveaux Women won the right to vote a century ago. On August 18, 1920, the 19th Amendment passed. The White women’s equal rights struggle began in 1776, though, when Abigail Adams, the wife of our second president and member of the constitution-drafting Continental Congress, sent her husband a

Renovation could return Bragg Stadium to top-notch level

August 12, 2020

By St. Clair MurraineOutlook staff writer The last major renovation had already taken place at Bragg Stadium by the time Wally Williams joined the FAMU football program as an offensive lineman. Williams, a Tallahassee native who went on to play a lengthy NFL career, still has memories of how other

Local college students have major role in 2020 Census count

August 12, 2020

By St. Clair MurraineOutlook staff writer When the COVID-19 pandemic forced students off college campuses in Tallahassee, it disrupted plans to promote the 2020 Census on campuses nationwide. Marilyn Stephens, an assistant Census regional manager, even made a trip to Tallahassee to map out a plan of action with administrators

Small business owners seek answers in virtual conversation

August 12, 2020

By St. Clair MurraineOutlook staff writer The caller’s name didn’t seem to be as important as the fact that he is a small business owner who is suffering through the COVID-19 pandemic. He told his plight last Saturday during a Facebook live roundtable that Congressman Al Lawson hosted for small

Renowned speaker Lemon headlines SHRM virtual event

August 12, 2020

By St. Clair MurraineOutlook staff writer Renowned speaker and author Robert Lemon will headline a virtual webinar that the Big Bend Society of Human Resource Management is hosting Aug. 11-13. Several other human resources professionals will also be featured during the three-day event, which opens with Tallahassee Mayor John Dailey.

Author Darius J. Young brings Robert R. Church’s work into focus

August 12, 2020

By Larry E. Rivers The Book: Robert R. Church Jr. and the African American Political Struggle by Darius J. Young (Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2019), pp. 177. $80.00 This engaging biography focuses on the life of Robert Church, Jr., one of the most iconic Black leaders in Tennessee and