Daily Record Financial News &
Wednesday, July 20, 2016
Vol. 103, No. 178 • Two Sections
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FSCJ’s ‘farm to fork’ restaurant
Healthy menu, local focus planned for Downtown cafe By Karen Brune Mathis Managing Editor Serving fresh food in the genre of farm to fork, Florida State College at Jacksonville expects to open its Downtown café the first week of January. “We are going to very much focus on local vendors, local ingredients, local flavors,” said FSCJ President Cynthia Bioteau. There should be no fried or
junk food, “and I’m standing by that,” Bioteau said. “This will be a health-focused menu on good food.” Final details are undecided, but Downtown diners can expect breakfast and lunch service from 7 a.m.-2 p.m. Monday-Friday on the ground floor at 20 W. Adams St., west of Main Street in the urban core. Weekend brunch is under evaluation. The 4,500-square-foot restau-
Creating happy customers for over 3 decades
rant should seat around 100 customers. A separate private dining area for up to 12 people will be available for small groups who need space for business, breakfast or lunch meetings. FSCJ anticipates table service, while a pick-up-and-go station also will be available. Students will operate the restaurant, although other staff might be hired. The venue can be rented in
the evening for people who want to cater food by FSCJ’s Culinary Arts & Hospitality students or from outside vendors. Bioteau also anticipates monthly special ticketed upscale dining events by students. She’s not sure yet about beer and wine service for evening events, but is aware of the interest in it. She said that would be a policy decision. FSCJ continued on Page A-3
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Hulsey may face charges Judge denies making racist, insulting remarks
Sandals are Delcher Carter’s favorite leather craft. He’s been making them for 33 years.
Delcher Carter and Rambo
Leather craftsman and parrot are staples in Duval By Kevin Hogencamp Contributing Writer Delcher Carter was 16, maybe 17. A buddy was making decent runningaround money handcrafting and peddling sandals, belts and purses from cowhide. Popular items, especially for the hippie crowd. So, Carter gave it a try. A belt. That’s simple. It wasn’t. “I screwed it up,” Carter said. “So I had to cut it again.” Thirty-three years later, he’s still at it. It’s all self-taught. And sometimes, it’s still trial-and-error.
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Carter recently had to redo a pair of custom sandals. But by the time he finished, he’d put a smile on the buyer’s feet. “Another happy customer. I love my job,” he said.
Loving your work
“I love my job” is a Carter mantra. The phrase — and evidence that it’s true — is prevalent on the Delcher’s Leather website and Facebook page. He’s also makes holsters, tote bags, briefcases and luggage tags. And he’s made chaps, luggage and quilts. The list goes on and on. He also provides repair services, much
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By David Chapman, Staff Writer
of which involves hand stitching. Carter says for better or worse, he’s just not willing to cut corners. He buys his most of his leather, some of it imported, from a tannery that only carries premium materials. The basic hides Carter uses are from cows. Pigs and goats also are go-to skin choices of his customers. He makes exotic, often multi-colored, items from the skin of animals such as alligator, crocodiles, shark, lizards and stingray. Carter jokes that much of his work is the byproduct of beef sold in fast-food restaurants. Workspace continued on Page A-7
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A state Judicial Qualifications Commission panel has found probable cause to pursue formal charges against Circuit Judge Mark Hulsey. A seven-page notice of formal charges posted this morning lays out several complaints against Hulsey, including using racist language, disparaging staff attorneys and misusing his judicial assistant’s time. The accusations include Hulsey: • Said African-Americans “should go get back on a ship and go back to Africa.” • Referred to a prior lead staff attorney using two derogatory terms. • Demeaned female staff attorneys by referring to them as “like cheerleaders who talk during the national anthem.” • “Unduly burdened” his judicial assistant by making her perform tasks like paying his personal bills, writing personal letters and making personal calls on his behalf. Doing so created an “unhealthy atmosphere” that also led to inefficiencies in the office. In a statement, the judge denied the allegations, calling them “a poorly kept secret hanging over me like a cloud for months.” "I am pleased the JQC has concluded its initial investigation, and that I will now have an opportunity to respond to them in a public forum," Hulsey said. According to the notice of formal charges, Hulsey told his judicial assistant to “tell the truth” when he found out about the state investigation. He also instructed her to make sure she mentioned she didn’t think the judge would ever make a derogatory remark about women or African-Americans. The document says Hulsey later confronted the judicial assistant about her cooperation with the state inquiry and her apparent refusal to say what he wanted. The conduct represented interference with the process and the judicial assistant was temporarily reassigned to prevent further interference, the document said. Even after the inquiry, the document said, Hulsey continued to request and suggest to his new judicial assistant she undertake tasks that are “purely personal in nature.” He is facing Gerald Wilkerson in the Aug. 30 primary.
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