Daytona Times - November 19, 2015

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REV. JESSE JACKSON: How to win elections behind the ‘Cotton Curtain’ SEE PAGE 4

COMMUNITY UNITY FESTIVAL AFTER HOURS DRAWS RESIDENTS, WILDCATS SEE PAGE 7

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City worker fired after discrimination claims Terminated Public Works manager says panel that interviewed Huger was ‘tainted’

BY PENNY DICKERSON DAYTONA TIMES news@daytonatimes.com

In a sign of continuing turmoil inside Daytona Beach City Hall, one high-level administrator quit and another was fired in the wake of recent Daytona Times reports detailing complaints of lack of employment diversity in the

city’s top management.

Deputy Public Works Director Steven Richart unexpectedly resigned last week, a day after the Daytona Times publicly revealed the existence of a memorandum in which Richart recommended that longtime city employee Thomas Huger be promoted.

City Manager James Chisholm rejected Richart’s recommendation and Huger subsequently filed a formal Equal Opportunity Commission (EEOC) claim alleging racial and age discrimination.

Within 24 hours of Richart’s resignation Chisholm fired Public Works administrative coor-

dinator Sandra Wiles. Wiles was on the committee that evaluated candidates for the deputy public works director position for which Huger applied. Last week, Wiles sent an emailed copy of Richart’s memo supporting Huger’s promotion to other city employees.

Employee advocate In an exclusive interview with the Daytona Times, Wiles expressed this week why she believes she was terminated on Nov. 14 from the City of Daytona Beach, where she had been employed for nearly 24 years. Wiles was hired in 1992 and held several positions, including special

projects coordinator from 2009 to 2014. Since March 2014, she has served as the Public Works administrative coordinator, a senior management levSonja el position. She Wiles supervised a staff of five, including senior account clerks and office specialists.

Wiles said she was terminated after her attorney, Kelly Chanfrau, filed discrimination and retaliation complaints with the federal EEOC on her behalf on Nov.

5. The termination also occurred after Wiles testified in Thomas Huger’s age and race discrimination case and while Wiles was on a doctor-approved leave under the family and medical leave act (FMLA). Wiles also claims her First Amendment right to freedom of speech has been violated.

“When employees are not promoted from within, the city interviews outside candidates. …

“They are hired at high salaries and receive pay increases for additional duties while other employees are told their job description includes additional duties with no increase in pay. Most Please see FIRED, Page 2

Farmers gathering toys for local kids

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Fans are anxious to see what the Marching Wildcats will do during the halftime show.

2015 FLORIDA BLUE FLORIDA CLASSIC

Let’s Go, Wildcats!

Expect plenty of trash talking this weekend as the Wildcats look for their fifth win in a row against their in-state rival.

for over 4,000 jobs across various sectors.

Also on Friday is a luncheon presented by Florida Blue, which brings together community partners, supporters and area organizations. Other events will include the Florida Blue Battle of the Bands on Friday night, a pre-game FanFare with activities for the entire family.

BY DAYTONA TIMES STAFF

Let’s Go, Wildcats! It’s the fight song of Bethune-Cookman University, a battle cry led by the Marching Wildcats fans that always gets fans on their feet. Florida Classic attendees can expect to hear that familiar mantra on Saturday as the Wildcats take on the Florida A&M University Rattlers in Orlando.

Can B-CU do it again this year, defeat the Rattlers for the fifth time in a row? The Wildcats were victorious last year 18-17 in overtime with 41,126 spectators at the annual Florida Blue Florida Classic.

Billed as the nation’s largest HBCU sports event, the Florida Classic will pit the Wildcats and Rattlers against each other on Saturday with kick off at 2:30 p.m. at the Florida Citrus Bowl in Orlando. The teams will meet for the 70th time and the 36th in the Florida Classic.

Florida Classic attendees also look forward to the battle at halftime. The highly anticipated McDonald’s Halftime Show

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‘40 Under 40’ reception

B-CU fans will be looking for quarterback Quentin William to shine again in this Saturday’s game. features B-CU’s Marching Wildcats and FAMU’s Marching 100.

Job fair, FanFare

Her face shows the team she’ll be rooting for.

The Florida Classic isn’t just the game. There’s a weekend of activities from an impressive job fair to the popular Battle of the Bands.

For those looking for employment, a Career Expo and Job Fair is Friday at the Amway Center, 400 W. Church St., Orlando. It’s a collaboration with Orlando Jobs to connect job seekers with employers hiring

In addition, B-CU will host a reception for its inaugural “40 Under 40’’ recipients, a group of the university’s top graduates under the age of 40 who exemplify the acronym for B-CU’s core values – Faith, Integrity, Respect, Service and a Thirst for Knowledge (F.I.R.S.T). These alumni have further achieved distinction in their respective fields and have demonstrated outstanding service and loyalty to B-CU and their community.

The reception is from 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at Orlando’s ONE80 at the Amway Center.

The public is invited to this free rooftop, recognition reception but an RSVP is required at www.BCU40under40.com.

For complete information on the game, ticket information and the weekend activities, visit FloridaClassic.org.

Volusia Young Farmers and Ranchers along with Volusia County Farm Bureau are collecting new, unwrapped toys from now until Dec. 15. Toys will be given to the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program where they will be distributed to local families.

With every five-toy donation, a toy giver will receive a raffle ticket and a chance to win a $100 Visa gift card.

A name, address and phone number required for raffle.

Farm Bureau membership is not required to enter the raffle or to donate toys. Information given will not be used for any other purpose. The raffle drawing will take place Dec. 16. The winner will be notified by phone.

Office in DeLand Young Farmers and Ranchers is a statewide program through the Florida Farm Bureau Federation. The program helps agriculture entrepreneurs age 18-35 with agriculture leadership skills, business education, training and networking. Victoria Register is the Volusia County Young Farmers and Ranchers chairperson.

Volusia County Farm Bureau is a non-profit organization. Its mission is to improve the quality of rural life, to promote agriculture education and to support local farmers. There are 147,000 Florida Farm Bureau Federation member families in the state.

Toy donations can be made during normal business hours at the Volusia County Farm Bureau office, 3090 E. New York Ave., DeLand.

For more information, contact Victoria Register at 386785-6751 or email at victoria@ferntrust.com.

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First Lady Michelle Obama arrives with a sack full of toys at the Toys for Tots Distribution Center at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in Washington, D.C., in 2012.

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from Page 1 of them have previously vested with other agencies and receive multiple retirements and now a check from Daytona Beach. The morale for promotional opportunities within seems to be at an all-time low in my opinion,” Wiles added.

Chosen for hiring panel During her tenure, Wiles was selected to serve on the hiring panel, which ultimately selected the deputy Public Works director. The panel consisted of Steven Richart; Gary Shimun, deputy city manager; Frank Van Pelt, technical services director, and Mike Garrett, director of permits and licenses.

“I was heavily relied upon for administrative decisions that were made in Public Works and had a good overall knowledge of the department, and the city,” Wiles told the Daytona Times.

“The new director had only been in his position since March. In hindsight, I think Mr. Richart thought I was going to go along with the rest of the panel and the request that Gary Shimun issued to us all that the city manager did not want Mr. Huger selected as the deputy Public Works director. In good faith, I could not do that; I wanted to be fair to all candidates,” Wiles explained.

Voted for Huger Wiles said she has worked “extremely hard’’ over the years in many different city capacities and has taken on various different assignments and made them successful. She too feels discriminated against as a female and further questioned the integrity of the hiring panel she was selected to serve on. Specifically, Wiles felt the process was biased.

“I was disheartened when the panel was told that by Mr. Shimun because having an interview panel seemed to be a chance for an unbiased selection. Once that statement was made, while having both of my supervisors present and other division heads, I wondered how I or anyone else could vote their own free will,” said Wiles.

“After the interviews, both Richart and Shimun selected David Waller and the panel voted the same.

For approximately three hours, I represented Mr. Huger’s accomplishments, credentials, and education to the panel. I stressed to the panel that as a candidate, he by far exceeded the resume of David Waller and that Mr. Huger should

BRIEFS Port Orange to swear in new police chief next month Port Orange has scheduled a swearing-in ceremony for its new police chief for Tuesday, Dec. 1 at 10 a.m.

Chief Thomas Grimaldi was selected in September to replace current Chief of Police Gerald M. Monahan, Jr., who is retiring at the end of November after 16 years.

The ceremony will be held at the Port Orange Police Department, 4545 Clyde Morris Blvd.

For more information, call 386-506-5870.

City announces music event, parade The City of Port Orange will host an evening of seasonal music on Dec. 5 at its Christmas in the Park. The music begins at 6 p.m. at the Kenneth W. Parker Amphitheater stage, 2001 City Center Circle.

Mayor Allen Green and City Council members will be there for the official lighting of the City Center Com-

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Cynthia Slater, president of the local NAACP, addressed the Daytona Beach commission again Wednesday night about the city’s hiring and promotional practices. be given employee preference and also hiring preference for living in the City of Daytona Beach. Mr. Huger served in the Marine Corps as did his father (James Huger), and that his family is of great cultural importance to the area, and first and foremost, he is the most qualified for the job,’’ Wiles added.

Waller was previously the Public Works operations manager for the City of Oviedo.

panel to cancel her vote.

Wiles said she later told Goodman and Sexton that “the panel was given the directive’’ during Huger’s race and age discrimination investigation.

“The city has been trying to hire David Waller for some time now and Steven Richart accomplished that in lieu of already having a far more qualified candidate and employee on staff,” Wiles said, referring to Huger.

Huger was tied

‘Culture of cronyism’

The Daytona Times previous reported that Assistant City Manager Betty Goodman and Human Resources Director James Sexton conducted thorough internal reviews of Huger’s claim regarding the hiring panel and outcome for the position of deputy Public Works director.

“Nothing in our investigation even remotely suggests that the panel considered race and/or age during the hiring process.

Four members of the hiring panel had Mr. Waller as their number one pick and had you (Huger) as their number two pick.” stated Goodman.

“One member stated that you and Mr. Waller were tied for their number one pick and further did not object to the panel’s consensus to offer the position to Mr. Waller. This hiring panel operated identically to the hiring panels that you sat on when filing other key positions within the department,” added Goodman.

Wiles reports a different scenario that could have affected the outcome.

“I told the panel to just take me out of the equation and cancel my vote out. They insisted that I vote, so to try to keep a balance with my supervisors and keep my job, but yet try to do the right thing,” said Wiles, who further stated that both candidates were tied and instructed the

plex trees.

The city’s 38th Annual Christmas Parade is Dec. 6 at 2 p.m. The parade route starts at Nova Road and will run east on Dunlawton Avenue to Lafayette Street. The parade will consist of bands and floats centered on the year’s theme, “A Superhero Christmas.’’

For more information, contact the Parks and Recreation Department at 386506-5851.

Free movies at Daytona library on Fridays Catch a free movie at the Daytona Beach Regional Library at City Island, which shows a newly released DVD movie at 2 p.m. every Friday.

Upcoming movies are: • “Ride”: Dec. 4 • “Pitch Perfect 2”: Dec. 11 • “San Andreas”: Dec. 18 The library, 105 E. Magnolia Ave., is open from 1 to 5 p.m. on Sunday, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

The free movies are sponsored by the Friends of the Daytona Beach Library.

For more information, call Adult Program Librarian

Prior employers who have filed EEOC complaints against the city have stated that fear of retaliation was a factor in their decision to come forward.

“I would like to help other employees at the city who are too afraid to speak up and to expose a culture of cronyism, racial and gender discrimination, and retaliation. I would like to help in creating an atmosphere of transparency within the city government,’’ said Wiles about her decision to speak out.

“I don’t feel there is a procedure in place for employees who have complaints for fear of retaliation. My case and Thomas Huger’s cases are the classic examples. Our concerns were taken in and then minimized or persuasively worded to be petty or false, and certain pieces of information and facts ignored,” Wiles added.

Black leaders gone Diversity within the employment ranks of the City of Daytona Beach has remained an ongoing yet unaddressed issue. The Daytona Times first reported the allegations of internal racial disparity on Sept. 24 and has continued to illuminate the city’s alleged racial disparity through a succession of reports.

Two African-American employees filed official

EEOC complaints against the city, which stimulated an outcry among local residents. In response, the local Volusia County-Daytona NAACP chapter called for the city to launch a full review of minority employees, including hiring practices.

Currently, Whites fill almost 80 percent of the available jobs at the fire department. There are 14 African-Americans employed, three Hispanic/Latinos, and a single American Indian/Native Alaskan works as a driver engineer.

A litany of AfricanAmericans in Daytona Beach administrative leadership have also resigned, retired or been fired since the appointment of Chisholm, including Ricardo Kisner, finance director; Cheryl Harrison-Lee, Development Services director; Dwayne Murray, the city’s first Black fire chief; James Benderson, planner; and Etienne Seales, records manager.

Stoney’s EEOC complaint Lt. Larry Stoney’s EEOC complaint against the fire department stated the city was not adhering to its own policy with regard to posting positions, promotions and hiring.

An African-American, Stoney believes he was denied a promotion to fire chief based on his race and internal discord.

Huger heats it up In a complaint dated Oct. 7, Thomas Huger – the 63-year old son of Daytona Beach’s first Black city commissioner, James Huger, charged the city with race and age discrimination after being passed over for a job as the deputy public works director.

“I am a 63-year-old Black individual. I have been employed with the City of Daytona Beach since 2006 and most recently held the title of Facilities Construc-

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Pet Vet Cruiser announces schedule Volusia County’s Pet Vet Cruiser will make its rounds in December, offering lowcost spaying and neutering services to financially eligible owners of dogs and cats in unincorporated areas and the cities of DeLand and South Daytona.

Here’s where the mobile clinic will be stationed: • Oakbrook Professional Center, 931 N. Spring Garden Ave., DeLand: Dec. 1, 4, 22 and 29 • Fire Station 23, 1850 Pioneer Trail, New Smyrna Beach: Dec. 2 and 23 • Fancy Fruit and Produce, 911 S. Volusia Ave., Orange City: Dec. 3, 17, 24 and 31 • Rockin’ Ranch, 801 S. Nova Road, Ormond Beach: Dec. 16 and 30 Fees are based on income.

Appointments are required and may be made by calling 386-323-3575 in Daytona Beach, 386-626-6643 in DeLand, or 386-424-6875 in New Smyrna Beach.

For more information, visit www.volusia.org/petvet.

tion & Maintenance Manager. During my tenure, I have never had any performance problems and received favorable evaluations,” said Huger in his written complaint.

“In July 2015, I applied for the position of Deputy Public Works Director.

I was the most qualified and received an interview.

However, I was not selected for the position. On July 29, 2015, I was advised that a younger less qualified white individual (David Waller/White) was selected,” added Huger.

NAACP response Cynthia Slater, president of the local NAACP remains a vocal presence at city commission meetings.

Slater has offered public comments at both the Oct. 21 and Nov. 4 gatherings and each time, informed the commission of the following: “Our organization has been bombarded with complaints from employees from the City of Daytona Beach throughout the years and our legal redress committee has held meetings with the city manager and his administrators with very unsettling outcomes,” said Slater.

“Therefore, it is with this great sense of responsibility that the organization speak out to what we believe are unfair practices in hiring and promotions within the city,” added Slater, who further called for a full review of minority employees including hiring practices, terminations, promotions and the like be investigated by the commission.

Reed presses commission The Daytona Times reached out via email to Mayor Derrick Henry and each commissioner to garner a response to Slater’s request. Commissioner Reed was the only one who has responded.

DEATH NOTICES Pearl Burson Weaver Funeral services for Ms. Pearl Burson Weaver, 76, of Daytona Beach, who passed on November 13, 2015, will be 11 a.m. Saturday, November 21 at Daytona Deliverance Church of God with Elder Henry Burson, Jr., officiating. Interment will follow in Volusia Memorial Park. Calling hours will be from 5 p.m. to 7p.m. Friday, Nov. 20 at Daytona Deliverance C.O.G. and from 9:30 a.m. until service time at the church on Saturday. Ms. Weaver was born in Estill, SC to the late Walter and Pearl Burson. She attended Estill High School and Daytona Beach Community College.

She was a retired bus driver for the Volusia County School Board. She was a member of Daytona Deliverance C.O.G. and enjoyed fishing and cooking. She is survived by 7 children: Rickey Brown, Christopher Weaver, Fredrick Weaver, Corinthian Brown, Wendy Brown-Wallace, Nicole Weaver-Denson and Janice Weaver-Troup; 9 siblings: Henry Burson, Walter Burrison, Murray Burson, Sam Burson, Anna Lee Blake, Mary Lou Gray, Elonora Mayweather, Viola Harris, and Ernestine Mitchell; 25

“Our staff needs to resemble the city that we serve and these comments imply that there is an underserved representative of race and gender,” Reed has stated.

“As a manager, the commission oversees the management of maximum efficiencies for operations. It is our responsibility to not take these concerns lightly,” she added.

At a recent meeting, the Zone 6 commissioner suggested that the city contract an outside evaluator to conduct an external equity analysis to assess internal complaints, hiring practices and procedures of current employees and applicants over the past 24 months to ensure that no bias in the process has taken place.

“This would include demographics of all employees including salaries, statistics, and data regarding our applicant pool including who all applied, internal applicants and external applicants, current Human Resource expense data related to hiring,” said Reed who further believes the city needs to establish a policy dialogue with employees.

Turn of events Consistent with her leadership style, Slater again addressed the commission at the Nov. 18 meeting where she thanked Reed and Mayor Henry for bringing the NAACP’s concerns to the forefront.

“Our goal is to make sure that the City of Daytona Beach is transparent in their employment practices and that the ‘good old boy” system is over,’ ” said Slater.

“The commissioners don’t work or answer to the city manager; the city manager answers to the commissioners, who in turn answers to their constituents.

This, he needs to realize.’’

Slater cited a turn of events since the commission’s last meeting, including the resignation of Reinhardt. She additionally cited the termination of Wiles

by Chisholm.

“Ms. Wiles is a White female who I believe was terminated as a means for retaliation. It goes without saying that if you are not a “good old boy” at City Hall, the city manager is doomed to demote or terminate you,” said Slater.

“This is the exact reason why employees are afraid to speak out and why we believe that they are working in a hostile environment. It is my belief that the NAACP and employees of the city who are not afraid to speak out have pulled the scab off of an old wound that has been festering for a long time,” Slater added.

Daytona Times Senior Editor Jenise Griffin Morgan contributed to this report.

grandchildren and 30 great-grandchildren.

Condolences may be shared at www. rjgainousfuneralhome.com.

Mamie Bryant Wilson Funeral services for Ms. Mamie Bryant Wilson, 76, Daytona Beach, who passed on November 13, 2015, will be 10 a.m.

Saturday, November 21 at RJ Gainous Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Greenwood Cemetery. Calling hours will be from 5 pm. to 8:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 20 at RJ Gainous Funeral Home and from 8:30 a.m. until service time at the funeral home on Saturday. Ms. Wilson was born in Gainesville, FL and moved to Daytona Beach in 1955 from her birthplace. She was a former housekeeper for hotels/motels. She enjoyed watching TV and dancing. She is survived by a devoted fiancé, Mr. Theodore Alexander, Sr., Daytona Beach; a brother, James Bryant (Madell), Gainesville, FL; stepdaughters Sharon Heath, Miami, FL, Carolyn Alexander and Gloria Boldin (Ulysses) all of Pahokee, FL; and several nieces and nephews, including devoted niece and caregiver, Wanda Williams. Condolences may be shared at www.rjgainousfuneralhome.com.

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Margaret Shipp, left, was the commentator for the Sepia Fashion Revue presented by The Links.

The event showcased high-fashion models.

Regarding her upcoming play, McKie-Robinson in her newsletter, “Spotlight,” says “of course, there’ll be a few antics on stage.

We shouldn’t take life so seriously. Never doubt (that) Christians love a good laugh!”

She said casting began in May but was halted when her mother suffered a mild stroke.

“My mother’s complete recovery has fueled my urgency to highlight an Old Testament story of faith, trust and love,” said McKie-Robinson.

She said that rehearsals will restart in January 2016 and will lead to limited pre-Easter performances.

For further information, contact McKie-Robinson at 386793-5100, or email DianaPalmCoast@hotmail.com.

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Sepia Fashion Revue brings dazzling designs to area stage The Daytona Beach Chapter of The Links, Inc. held the passport of fashion, showcasing high-fashion models for “The Runway Report” adored by style-conscious people across the globe.

The Sepia Fashion Revue provided a platform to go bold with fashions from designers, setting the stage for the Vogue-Esquire Models of Chicago. The models were patterned by the Ebony Fashion Fair of Chicago, originating for 50 years as a travel fashion show and helping to fundraise events in communities around America.

The Revue is produced and directed by Carlton M. Hamilton; the assistant director is his wife, Fannie, who is a model in the show.

The fashion show sponsored

by The Links gained momentum through corporate sponsors: Bethune-Cookman University, Halifax Health Hospice and Vitas Healthcare.

A splendid reception included

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the dazzling fashions from American designers, Italian designers, French designers, Asian designers, and other credits. The fashion houses included: St. John Knits, Jill Martin, Yves Saint Laurent, Valentino, Armani, Donna Karan, Vera Wang and other high-end designers.

The bill of fare was in a venue at the Mary McLeod Bethune Performing Arts Center on campus at Bethune-Cookman University. It brought supporters from within and outside the community for a great collection of the latest styles.

‘Very well done’ Fashion-conscious Joan Ben-

nett Walker said “the show was very, very nice.” Moreover, she took notice of some ladies in The Links having succeeded in wearing identical black dresses, which were purchased at an upscale establishment.

“The show was well done.

The models and the commentator were outstanding,” said Marva Jones. “I enjoyed the refreshments, which were provided by The Links. But I would have liked seeing more people attending for a sold-out performance to an event, which was very well done.”

Fashion commentator Margaret Shipp made mention of the designer clothing, saying: “Some of you will like them and some of you may not. Some may be able to wear them and some of you will just have to remember when you could!”

Shipp, a former model, would often tell the audience how well a look would suit them, especially in the scenes of corporate dress and other scenes of go-to destinations for The Entrance Makers, Color Power, Fun Under The Sun, Uniquely Chic, Sparkles After Dark, Fashion Blockbusters, and Red Carpet Attire.

The show highlighted the stunning work by The Links, relating that the show’s proceeds will enable them to continue community service projects and programs

that were begun 57 years ago in Daytona Beach and help to fund scholarships for students’ postsecondary, educational goals.

The chic organizers were President Lucy Bell, Chairman Betty Holness and her committee: Mae Frances Davis, Ann Taylor Green, Ph.D.; Daisy T. Grimes, Sophia Huger and booklet designer/editor Ekecia G. Taylor, Esq.

Local playwright working on biblical drama Realty sales associate Diana McKie-Robinson again is taking the role of playwright for a biblical drama and keeping with her comedic writing style. McKieRobinson has written and will direct her third play.

She was the No. 1 source of theatrical presentations during her tenure as Cultural Center administrator for the African American Cultural Society.

“Skylar Cherry” was her pen name for directing and writing the original stage play, “Which Fool Told You Oprah Is Moving to Calm Post?” McKie-Robinson is pegged as the playwright/director having raised over $6,500 in funds for the African American Cultural Society.

New York retirees hosting holiday dance Chapter 2 of the New York City Transit Retirees of Florida will present its annual holiday dance on Dec. 5, 6 p.m. in Town Center at the Hilton Garden Inn. The festivities will include a choice of entrees: beef short ribs, honey-glazed chicken, or surf and turf. Bring in the holidays with a cocktail toast and the accompaniment of music by Chester McNorton, as well as many door prizes to choose from.

The ticket price is $60 per person.

The New York City Transit Retirees of Florida can be contacted for tickets at 386-986-4847.

••• As always, remember our prayers for the sick, afflicted and bereaved.

Celebration Birthday wishes to William Blount, Brenda H. Pinkelton, Nov. 19; Alicia Douglas, Nov. 20; Darrell DeVore, Cathy Darby, Nov. 22; Frederick Canty, Henry “Van” Davis, Nov. 23; Edwina “Pat” Smith, Nov. 24; Anne Phillips, Kian Jordan, Brandon A. Robinson, Nov. 25.

Happy anniversary to Eugene and Joanne Price, Nov. 21; Kilus and Betty White, Nov. 24; James and Yolaine Goodridge, Nov. 25.

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FUTURES Foundation for Volusia County Schools recently named this year’s recipient of the Superintendent’s MiniGrant Creativity Award at a celebration at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

Superintendent Tom Russell presented Semoia Reid, a music teacher at Edgewater Public Elementary School, with the annual Superintendent’s Mini-Grant Award for her project “STEM-Mulating Minds Through Music!” Reid is a Bethune-Cookman University graduate.

This project is designed to demonstrate the interdisciplinary aspects of music, particularly STEM principles, by teaching elements of acoustics and reinforcing mathematics principles in the music classroom.

Students will engineer and build a variety of PVC pipe instruments, which will then be played in the music classroom by students from all grade levels. Students will learn the science of how musical sounds are produced and will use mathematics principles to create their own fully functional pitched instruments.

This year’s mini-grant sponsors included Amscot Financial, Duke Energy, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Florida Power & Light, Heart of Volusia Inc., Miss Noopur Ranganathan and Wells Fargo. Sodexo Catering assisted with sponsorship of a reception.

Seven additional teachers were recognized for their creative mini-grants: Penelope Aguilar, Kimberly Sigler, Ashley Lekan and Gerry Stark, “The Haunted Laboratory,” Holly Hill School; Peggy Bank, “DeLand Bulldogs Kids Helping Kids,” DeLand High School; Tara Butler, “Mainland’s Eco-Society Powered by the Sun,” Mainland High School; Paul McLaughlin, “Mallet Math,” Deltona Lakes Elementary School; Trish Robertson, “STEM: Discovering Energy and Nutrients Needed for Hydroponics,” Deltona Middle School; Jennifer Samar, “Sewing in Love for Reading & Math,” Holly Hill School; and Lashawnia Sheppard, “You Teach, I Teach, We All Learn Together,” Taylor Middle-High School.

$920 grant request

For more information about FUTURES, contact Executive Director Cynthia Perrick Ramirez at 386-2556475, ext. 50730, or email her at caperric@volusia.k12.fl.us.

In addition to being honored at the event, FUTURES Foundation presented Reid $250 in recognition for her creativity in addition to fully funding her $920 grant request.

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How to win elections behind the ‘Cotton Curtain’ We won the Voting Rights Act of 1965 at Selma, combining the power of a principled mass movement led by Dr. King and a compassionate president who did the right thing despite the heavy political price.

What was that cost? Well, President Johnson said it best at the time, when he told his aides that we’d “just lost the South for a generation.”

The civil rights movement made the moral move by marching across the bridge at Selma.

LBJ did the right thing by signing the Voting Rights Act into law, knowing the price his party would pay.

The Jefferson Davis Democrats in the South did the wrong thing by responding to the “Southern strategy” of Richard Nixon and the racial dog whistles of Ronald Reagan. Due to race, the oncesolid Democratic South switched over to become today’s solid Republican South.

Fifty years later Not just a generation, as LBJ foretold, but two-and-a-half generations – and still the Republican Party dominates below the Mason-Dixon Line.

As Rachel Maddow brought up in last week’s presidential forum, the Democratic Party in today’s South has been “hollowed out,” with only a handful of successful statewide Democratic candidates. As long as that situation exists, the Democrats will be able to win the presidency, but what about the Senate and House?

The sad irony is that the South has benefited the most from the civil rights movement, Whites

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As Rachel Maddow brought up in last week’s presidential forum, the Democratic Party in today’s South has been “hollowed out,” with only a handful of successful statewide Democratic candidates. As long as that situation exists, the Democrats will be able to win the presidency, but what about the Senate and House? and African-Americans together.

The tearing down of the “Cotton Curtain” by the civil rights martyrs and marchers meant that the South could join our modern economy.

Population jumped. The South could finally have professional sports teams. The civil rights movement forced the development of integrated football teams at Southern colleges that now dominate the sport. The Olympics could be held in Atlanta in 1996, with Muhammad Ali and Stevie Wonder at the closing ceremonies. Toyota and MercedesBenz could locate plants in the South, providing better jobs than cotton ever had.

Yet Southern politicians, stuck in the politics of fear, still poke at racial wounds for short-term success. In order to starve the government, Southern politicians still refuse to invest in infrastructure across the region. Rebuilding our ports and harbors, investing in jobs programs that would employ White and African-American workers, preparing our coasts to survive the future Katrina-like storms that climate change will bring, accepting the Medicaid expansion that would provide needed health care for so many families – these public policy initiatives would develop the region even more, and open up the futures for so many young Southerners.

Yet too many politicians and voters continue to choose race over reason. White working-class Southern voters continue to run from race, choosing the party that backs both tax cuts and job cuts.

This is a political odd couple that makes no sense.

Half a century after the Voting Rights Act, too many Southern voters are still afraid of change, even when it would benefit them.

Ohioans lose millions to loan fees Despite a landslide voter decision in 2008 to cap payday lending rates at 28 percent, the state’s small-dollar, high-cost lending has continued to grow and now doubles the amount of fees charged a decade ago.

Each year, Ohio consumers who only needed a small-dollar loan wind up with more than $502 million in fees drained from their pockets. Although state regulators as well as the legislature have the authority to enforce the voter-approved 28 percent rate cap, neither has exercised that power for seven years.

Key findings These and other key findings and others appear in a new report, “Buckeye Burden: An Analysis of Payday and Car Title Lending in Ohio,” from the Center for Responsible Lending (CRL).

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lenders now offer both payday and car title loans in Ohio. Predatory lenders are doubling down on their efforts to offer harmful products,” said Delvin Davis, a CRL senior researcher and report co-author.

“Rather than operating under the intended regulatory structures, payday and car title lenders exploit Ohio’s Second Mortgage Loan Act and Ohio’s Credit Services Organization (CSO) Act to continue their debt trap lending,” states the report. “The CSO Act is a well-documented form of subterfuge in other states as a means for evading consumer protections.”

In 2014, Ohio’s Supreme Court ruled the use of the Second Mortgage Loan Act by car title lenders was within the law; but did not address the CSO usage.

In the meantime, high-cost lending in Ohio has grown to 836 storefront locations statewide that offer payday, car title loans – or both. More than half of these stores – 59 percent – offer both types of loans. Only five payday lenders control 77.5 percent of the state’s market, operating 735 stores: Advance America, Cash America, Community Choice Financial, Check Into Cash and Ace Cash Express.

Costly money For an average $300 payday loan, these lenders charge triple-digit storefront loans ranging from 228 to 718 annual percentage rates (APRs). That same size loan purchased online with these companies has an even higher

Yes, change is gonna come Most of us would agree with the concept that the one sure thing that we know about life is change. The comparison to a roller coaster seems appropriate, and a frightening one at that.

Life is full of twists and turns and inevitable ups and downs with people coming and going and emotions frayed at the proverbial last nerve because of it.

Life takes your plans and destroys them in favor of its own. It’s enough to make anyone skeptical about life’s purpose. We question everything we hold dear.

Free will, fate As Christians, we know free will is supposed to have something to do with what happens to us as we each choose or don’t choose, decide or don’t decide.

Our fate is wrapped in the out-

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come of each.

We often find ourselves caught up in quagmires of discontent due to situations we created by simply making the wrong choices. That’s why I find the subject of change in Scripture so fascinating.

“In paths they have not known, I will guide them.” Isaiah 42:16 clearly indicates that when you attempt or are forced to changed your life, seek God, because divine help will be needed. It’s a spiritual requirement.

Oftentimes in the Bible, when-

ever someone begins to accept Christ, challenges await. Fear is prevalent and faith gets tested.

Walking by faith and not by sight is unnatural in the natural world.

This kind of change in your spiritual life is supposed to fortify everything in your supernatural existence.

Take God everywhere Joshua 1:9 lets us know that from the moment we begin to consciously expand our awareness of God, we must take Him everywhere we go or, risk losing ourselves to our own devices, much like the Israelites in the desert. “Be not dismayed, for the Lord thy God is with you wherever you go.”

The easiest thing to fall prey to in this life it appears is all of the stuff, the temptations, the trag-

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What can be done?

First, former Democratic National Committee Chair Howard Dean was right – we need a 50-state strategy. We need to compete everywhere in the country, from the local level to the state level to the presidency. The Democratic Party in the South needs to rebuild, to move from the outhouse to the courthouse to the statehouse to the White House.

Second, candidate Barack Obama showed us how we win in the South – with a message of hope and change, combined with a massive voter registration effort and a huge voter turnout. In 2008, that combination carried Florida, North Carolina and Virginia. In 2012, Florida and Virginia again went blue, with North Carolina barely missing out.

Third, we need to battle voter suppression. Sen. Bernie Sanders was right when he pointed out that too many Republican leaders are “cowards” for repressing the African-American vote. Ber-

Recently more than 100 Ohio groups wrote the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau CFPB) about the state’s disturbing growth of predatory lenders. In its recommendations, CRL also urges CFPB to enact strong rules to end the debt traps generated by payday and car title loans. Requiring a borrower’s ability to repay a loan, limiting the amount of time lenders can keep borrowers in debt, and curbs on re-borrowing or refinanced loans were all among the specific initiatives CRL advocates.

edies that will surely come our way every day, particularly as Christians. We live in a materialistic world framed in 30-second sound bites, news of instant wealth, and the constant pursuit of “more.” Fantasy and instant gratification are but a click away.

If you have no spiritual fallback position, you will get caught up in defining yourself by how much you have, what you can buy and what pleasures you can exploit.

And don’t forget to buy a gun to protect it all from those who have no qualm about taking it from you.

Under these circumstances, life can make you feel inadequate and anxious as it constantly challenges you and changes your outlook about it. More is never enough.

Spiritual awareness gives perspective to all of this change and disruption. The Bible promises peace and peace of mind. “My presence shall go with you and

give you rest.” Exodus 33:14. The understanding of eternal existence, of the spiritual side of man, should allow you to put into perspective the contradictions and absurdities in this life.

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APR, ranging from 683 to 763 percent.

Car title loans, typically due in 30 days, tend to be larger than payday loans, vary in amounts ranging from $1,000 to as much as $5,000, and terms up to seven months. The only borrowers eligible for this costlier loan are those who own clear title to an automobile. Even then, the loan amount is a fraction of the vehicle’s value.

Depending upon terms offered, a $2,000 loan could wind up costing $4,407 to totally repay or $1,959 for a six-month loan of $1,000.

CRL’s report notes how neither car title nor payday loans take into account a borrower’s ability to repay. Loan fees, however, will be swiftly accessed via checking accounts for payday borrowers and car repossessions for title loans. If payday borrowers fail to keep an adequate checking account balance, loan fees can lead to additional overdraft charges or involuntary account closures. Similarly, if a title loan becomes delinquent, the lender can choose to take the car.

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nie also mentioned universal voter registration during Rachel Maddow’s forum, and right afterwards, in an interview with Chris Matthews, he raised an idea that I have been pushing for – a constitutional amendment to guarantee the right to vote to every American. And we must protect and restore the power of the Voting Rights Act. Fourth, we need to invest bottom-up in the South, economically and politically. If we raise wages, provide health care for everyone and open up voter registration to all our people, hope will rise, the South will develop, and people’s lives will be better.

If White working-class families choose hope over fear, their lives will improve – and so will those of Southern Latinos and AfricanAmericans. And Democrats will be able to win elections again.

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Exploits all angles “The flourishing payday lending practices in Ohio are the ultimate case-in-point for why rules governing predatory practices might be airtight,” said Diane Standaert, CRL’s director of state policy and report co-author.

Charlene Crowell is the Communications Manager for State Policy & Outreach with the Center for Responsible Lending.

Don’t need much I am constantly amazed at how little I really need in life as I grow older, compared with what I thought I needed when I was younger. Focusing on God actually brings clarity to the soul and subsequently order to life’s chaos. Peace of mind abounds in the hearts of those who know and seek the truth. Purpose is simplified and life’s changes and challenges become easier to navigate.

In this context, free will merely acts as confirmation of the obvious. “Whatever is born of God overcomes the world.” 1 John 5:4.

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colleges to recruit African-American candidates and that they are mentoring and sponsoring individuals within the CIA. Additionally, they should be coming up with ideas about how to realize their goals to increase diversity in leadership positions.

“It’s easy for us to talk about these things,” he said. “You really have to be able to walk the talk, and we’ll do that inside the building as well as outside.”

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Johnny C. Taylor, Jr., right, president and CEO of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, answers questions about increasing diversity at the CIA during a press conference. John O. Brennan, director of the CIA, looks on.

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WASHINGTON—The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and a national organization that financially helps students at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCU) announced during a press conference on Nov. 14 that they are working on a plan to increase the number of African-American spies and analysts at the nation’s foremost spying agency.

Johnny Taylor Jr., president of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF), and CIA Director John Brennan said they had not worked out the details of the plan but had agreed to make increasing the number of African-Americans at the agency a priority.

Inclusion and diversity There are not enough Black

agents at the CIA, Brennan said, and he hopes an allegiance with the fund and his Diversity & Inclusion Staff, where an African American woman is the chair, will begin to solve the problem.

“What we need to do is make sure that we have the capabilities, the expertise, the individuals with the perspectives, and be able to bring those together and marry those perspectives so that we can provide those insights to our consumers,” Brennan said as part of the TMCF’s three-day conference and gala.

“Inclusion and diversity are something that is the reflection, I think, of our mission, which is to make sure that we have the opportunity as well as the capability to provide to the president and others the deep rich insights that are necessary in order to advance in national security.”

No overnight change The fund reportedly has sup-

plied $250 million in funding to publicly funded HBCUs since its inception in 1987.

Brennan and Taylor said the plans are in the early stages.

“We had a kickoff meeting as far as the implementation team,” Brennan said. “There are a lot of teams throughout the agency that are joining together to do this, and we’re going to have metrics on this.

“We need to measure our ability to make progress towards these goals. Nothing is a light switch. We’re not going to be able to make this change overnight.”

Brennan said he would hold his senior managers accountable by spending more time addressing the issues of diversity at the CIA. The CIA must take the initiative to find these minority students who are qualified to join the CIA, he said.

As part of the process, Brennan said he wants to ensure that his senior managers are going to the

Taylor said the CIA will find that students at HBCUs are just as qualified and talented to work for the CIA as students from Ivy leagues.

The Thurgood Marshall fund, which is named after the nation’s first Black U.S. Supreme Court justice, will act as a liaison by providing their names to the CIA, Taylor said.

“There are computer science engineer geniuses on these campuses that no one knew existed because they weren’t at MIT,” he said. “They weren’t at Stanford.

That’s our job to provide. We will play a role in introducing that diversity.”

Taylor said his organization will help by exposing Black high school students to the CIA and its career opportunities, then introduce the needed CIA skill sets into high school curriculums. The organization will encourage high school students to attend college and introduce them to the majors that the CIA is interested in to make them more desirable as applicants.

Students within the pipeline can choose to intern with the CIA and eventually begin a career at the CIA, Taylor said.

Taylor said his fund would continue to help Black men and women get college educations, but it is also the African-American community’s responsibility to ensure that young Blacks who are willing to learn and qualified are introduced to career opportunities.

“I have a saying that ‘Only us can save us,’ ” he said. “The African-American community has a responsibility to help some of these issues as well. My job and our job at the Thurgood Marshall College Fund is to ensure that organizations like the CIA know

that there’s incredibly talented source of really good students, ready to come working for their agency, if only they knew how to get there.”

Vernon Jordan involved Brennan said he asked former Urban League President Vernon Jordan, who used to work with former President Bill Clinton and is now a part of the CIA advisory board, to spearhead the effort to help his agency become more diverse.

“He came up with a very frank assessment of the problems that we have in terms of the way we recruit, develop, train, as well as groom individuals in order to assume those leadership positions in the agency,” he said.

Taylor encouraged the students at the press conference to go back to their respective colleges and universities and encourage other students to explore the opportunities at the CIA. He also stated that while creating the pipeline for students in high school, the TMCF allows other organizations to attend career fairs at colleges that get overlooked such as Winston-Salem State University and the University of the District of Columbia, in order to allow college students to explore all the career opportunities available to them.

Students respond Kenisha Tillmutt, a senior at Fort Valley State University, was positive about the CIA’s efforts to include African-Americans in the CIA workplace.

“It opened my eyes more,” Tullmutt said. “If he took the time out to come here and speak to us, I know he’s serious about bridging the gap for diversity. I hope he lives up to his word.”

Abrahana James, a junior at Fort Valley State University, said she believes the CIA is trying to change.

“They’re trying to provide everyone the same opportunities,” James said. “Like he said, there’s people with the same mindsets at schools other than Ivy League schools, and they’re trying to give them that same opportunity.”

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The Community Unity Festival After Hours was an opportunity for residents to kick back, listen to music, do a little dancing and share some laughs, all courtesy of the City of Daytona Beach. The free event was held Nov. 14 at Daisy Stocking Park on Mary McLeod Bethune Boulevard.

Presented by Commissioner Paula Reed and the city, it featured performances by the band Definition 4 Music, comedian Goldee and line dancing led by Lisa Flowers-Thompson.

The evening kicked off with a Wildcat Growl, a rally to cheer on the Bethune-Cookman University football team as they travel to Orlando this weekend to face the Florida A&M University Rattlers in the Florida Classic. Lynn Thompson, BCU’s vice president for Intercollegiate Athletics, spoke at the event.

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