Daily Record Financial News &
Monday, December 21, 2015
Vol. 103, No. 021 • Two Sections
Pioneer, justice, father
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Canadian Pacific says CSX ‘in play’
Florida Supreme Court Justice Leander Shaw with his older children Leander III, who went by Jerry, and daughters, Sherri, Didi and Dawn. Jerry Shaw died in 2007.
Shaw’s death leaves hole for family, friends
Shaw worked in private practice and as a prosecutor and public defender in Jacksonville. A celebration of Shaw’s life will be 10 a.m. Tuesday at Bethel Baptist Institutional Church.
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By Marilyn Young Editor Sean Shaw remembers visiting his father’s office in Tallahassee after school and on the weekends. He’d wear his backpack into the stately building that had a half-dozen white columns out front. He’d go through security where the guards knew he was the son of Florida Supreme Court Justice Leander Shaw Jr. And when he needed “play paper,” the younger Shaw used Supreme Court briefs. “As a kid, you don’t know it’s a big deal,” Shaw said of his father’s job or his stature in the legal community. The elder Shaw was just a dad who taught his children to fish, keep their grades up and do what’s right. Others, though, knew the father of five was a big deal. A pioneer as one of a handful of African-American lawyers practicing in Jacksonville in the 1960s. A legal giant as the second black Supreme Court justice and the first to serve as its chief. Shaw was a man who was as comfortable debating a momentous Supreme Court case as he was telling a story on the porch at his American Beach home. He was persuasive at both. In law school, Sean Shaw began to learn what a big deal his father was. Shaw continued on Page A-6
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CSX Corp. last year rejected merger overtures from Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd., but now as the Canadian railroad pursues CSX rival Norfolk Southern Corp., its CEO suggested CSX is “in play” as a potential merger target. Canadian Pacific has made offers over the past month to Norfolk Southern — and been rebuffed — so Canadian Pacific CEO Hunter Harrison held a conference call with analysts last week to make his case for a merger. As he discussed Norfolk Southern, Harrison recalled his talks with CSX officials in October 2014. “We got a signal from the board in Jacksonville that maybe we should visit and talk and so we did,” Harrison said, according to a transcript of the conference call posted by Canadian Pacific. Harrison said he met with CSX for about two hours and found that CSX officials believed a merger would never get regulatory approval. CSX Chief Executive Michael Ward wouldn’t comment about Canadian Pacific last year when word of the talks leaked out, but he did express his view that regulatory hurdles would likely make any big railroad merger difficult. “Now contrary to that today, as I understand it and you can ask them better than me, they’ve effectively put themselves in play and for the right price, they would contemplate a deal,” Harrison said last week. “Now, I don’t know what’s happened to the trust hurdles and the regulatory, but they potentially decided to get over them,” he said. Basch continued on Page A-10
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By Max Marbut Staff Writer
It’s not unusual to see an attorney or a police officer appear on a television news broadcast. They often are the best, or only, source of information about what happened and when it happened. In the highly competitive 24/7 news cycle of the 21st Century, that’s not enough to offer viewers. “Our responsibility isn’t just what and when, it’s why,” said Bob Longo, news director at Action News WFOX TV-30 and WJAX TV-47. “If you want substantive
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reporting, you need the why,” he said. To provide the insight that goes beyond the basic facts, Action News regularly calls on attorney Dale Carson, billed as “law and safety expert,” and former Jacksonville police officer Ken Jefferson, the stations’ “crime and safety expert.” Longo said each provides “valuable information for our viewers.” The trend began locally at WJXT TV-4, said Bob Ellis, vice president and general manager of the local independent television station. When the Jacksonville Sheriff’s
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Office a few years ago ended news organizations’ access to police radio scanners, the station hired Ken Jefferson, a retired 24-year veteran police officer, to help viewers better understand certain elements of law enforcement stories. “JSO decided information needed to be controlled, so we brought Ken aboard. If JSO wouldn’t give us information, we needed someone to explain what was happening,” Ellis said. When Jefferson decided to run for sheriff, he stepped away as the station’s crime and safety expert and was replaced by Gil Analysts continued on Page A-11
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Analysts provide ‘the why’ in TV crime reporting
Attorney Dale Carson, Action News Jax law and safety expert.
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