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APRIL 26 - MAY 2, 2013
VOLUME 21 NO. 17
UNITED WE STAND BY JAMES HARPER FLORIDA COURIER
JOE RIMKUS JR./MIAMI HERALD/MCT
Both the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Miami Dolphins, shown here in action last season, are asking for millions of taxpayer dollars.
Moores’ sacrifice ‘was worth it’
Black Business owners and contractors statewide are not waiting for legislators in Tallahassee to demand that owners of four pro sports company guarantee workplace diversity and inclusion in the billions of dollars of construction projects they want to build with taxpayer support. Miami-Dade Chamber of Commerce (M-DCC) President Bill Diggs met last week with the Miami Dolphins – just one group that is seeking millions of dollars in tax rebates to build new stadiums or upgrade their current facilities. During the meeting, Diggs said M-DCC told Dolphins representatives that at least 15 percent of the jobs and contracts should go to Blacks and Black-owned businesses if they want M-DCC’s help in getting a Miami-Dade referendum that is tied to multimilliondollar upgrades to Sun Life Stadium. “We want to build a program that will make sense for our Black businesses. Our community needs
WELFARE QUEENS? PART 3 As pro sports companies press legislators for millions in taxpayer subsidies, Black business owners move to establish a statewide advocacy network. Stewart is co-founder of the to play a major role,” said Diggs in Tampa Organization of Black Afan exclusive interview this week. fairs (TOBA), which is pushing legislators to establish goals for Miami to Tampa Last week, after reading Part 2 Black business participation in of the Florida Courier’s series on the pro sports legislation – just as construction projects involving it has pushed for local Black busifour separate professional sports nesses and more public-Black pricompanies – the NFL’s Jackson- vate partnerships in the Tampa ville Jaguars and Miami Dolphins, Bay area for years. Diggs and Stewart are considerthe Orlando Lions pro soccer team, and Daytona International ing establishing a statewide orgaSpeedway (DIS), who are collec- nization comprised of Black busitively asking the Florida Legisla- ness owners who would apply ture to give them some $300 mil- pressure in Tallahassee to make lion in Florida taxpayer money sure Black business owners are not left out of major construction over 30 years – Diggs contacted projects that receive taxpayer filongtime Tampa attorney and acSee UNITED, Page A2 tivist Delano S. Stewart.
2012 NBA PLAYOFFS / MIAMI HEAT
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Martyrs inducted into Hall of Fame COMPILED FROM STAFF REPORTS
TALLAHASSEE – For 82year-old Evangeline Moore, Wednesday was a long time coming. She was 21 when her parents, the teachers and civil-rights organizers Harry T. and Harriette V. Moore, died of injuries after a bomb blew up their home in Brevard County on Christmas Eve 1951. Evangeline Moore traveled from her home in Maryland to the Capitol for her parents’ induction into the Florida Civil Rights Hall of Fame, with Gov. Rick Scott in attendance. “This is indeed an honor, something that I have waited so long for,” Moore said. “My parents, as you know, were killed in 1951, and I am still striving and struggling to have them proper-
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The Miami Heat’s LeBron James, right, is fouled in the first quarter by the Milwaukee Bucks’ Larry Sanders in Game 2 of the opening round of the NBA Playoffs at the American Airlines Arena in Miami on Tuesday, April 23.
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Veterans could see old claims settled soon
Birmingham embraces its complex history
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Blacks cringe over ‘darkskinned’ description of Boston bombing suspects
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Carroll moves from government to guns FROM THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA
Florida’s former lieutenant governor has an explosive new job. Jennifer Carroll, who resigned March 12 amid a gambling investigation into a nonprofit for which she once did consulting work, has taken a leadership position at a company that makes military ordnance and grenade launchers. Carroll, who spent 20 years in the U.S. Navy before entering politics, will serve as a senior advisor for Folsom, Calif.based Global Digital Solutions until the completion of
the company’s planned merger with Elk Grove Village, Ill.based AirtronicUSA, Inc. When the merger is completed, Carroll is expected to be named president and chief operating officer. “Jennifer’s extensive experience in government and military affairs will be extremely helpful as we complete the Airtronic merger process and continue to implement our global growth strategy going forward,” Richard J. Sullivan, Global Digital Solutions’ largest shareholder, said in a release. AirtronicUSA produces grenade launchers, a rifle, a machine gun, and a 30-round
Jennifer Carroll’s future new employer, AirtronicUSA, sells grenade launchers similar to this one. magazine, according to its website. In the release, Carroll said she anticipates the company
“to seize what I believe are truly enormous growth opportunities both in the domestic and global arenas.”
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