December 2020 – Page 5 – Capital Outlook

Couple charged in teacher certification test scheme

December 16, 2020

Florida Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran called an alleged scheme by a Florida couple that involved selling Florida teacher-certification test information “abhorrent, unacceptable, and embarrassing.”Photo special to the Outlook By Jim Turner News Service of Florida An Estero couple, both educators, entered not-guilty pleas last Friday in federal court, after being

Where have the jobs gone?

December 16, 2020

Julianne Malveaux Have you ever seen a pig dance a jig? I don’t mean to be rude, but the one-minute press conference that the current President called to celebrate the stock market clearing the 30,000 mark was the equivalent of a pig dancing a gig. He had been under seclusion

Once again, protests have come to America

December 16, 2020

Fred Flowers America is infected by two major viruses: the COVID-19 and the 1619 Racism Virus that started when Europeans kidnapped 20 Africans. Just like a virus, racism has no cure, it replicates, and it mutates over time. The 1960’s Civil Rights and Black Lives Matter movements protest against the

Black folks’ concerns about COVID-19 vaccine are not unwarranted

December 16, 2020

A. Peter Bailey Those who believe that the concerns of numerous Black folks about the soon-to-be-available COVID-19 vaccine is unwarranted should check out the following observations and commentary about the American medical profession that are included in my book, “The Harlem Hospital Story: 100 Years of Struggle against Illness and

Against the Grain II

December 16, 2020

We must look out for Southside residents in power transmission line development Vaughn Wilson I was ecstatic to see the development, construction and completion of the solar panel field at the I-10 and US 75 exit. While not a tree-hugger per se, I am concerned about our environment to the

DeSantis appoints two new members to FAMU Board of Trustees

December 16, 2020

Otis Cliatt II Michael Dubose By Andrew Skerritt FAMU Office of Communications Two alumni were named to the FAMU Board of Trustees, with the appointment of Otis Cliatt II and Michael Dubose to serve on the 13-member Board by Gov. Ron DeSantis. The appointments, which were announced late last Friday,

Free health expo, food giveaway attract hundreds

December 16, 2020

A pop-up pancake breakfast provided by the Tallahassee Peacemakers Initiative was popular with attendees at last Saturday’s health expo.Photo by St. Clair Murraine Donald Thomas was one of the first people to have a blood pressure test taken by staffers from Bond Community Health Center.Photo by St. Clair Murraine By

Blacks point to health disparities to support suspicions about COVID-19 vaccine

December 16, 2020

Dr. Temple Robinson is encouraging getting the COVID-19 vaccine. Curtis Taylor, president of the local Urban League, is taking a wait-and-see attitude about the vaccine. By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer Existing health inequities and other disparities are making it difficult for Blacks to develop trust in the vaccine

Calloway leads the way to safety at FAMU

December 16, 2020

Since being hired by FAMU in 2013, Terence Calloway set oaut on a path to make the campus one of the safest in the country.Photo by Vaughn Wilson By Vaughn Wilson Special to the Outlook When it comes to accolades at FAMU they are plentiful. It is one of the

Lewis uses his early experiences to turn around Rickards football program

December 16, 2020

Kahari Wood played alongside Quintin Lewis on the Raiders offensive line in the 1995.Photo submitted By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer Rickards High School football coach Quintin Lewis is of the belief that he could only teach what he knows. Part of that is putting his players in a