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MAN IN THE MIRROR The April 30 explosion of the Central Booking and Detention Facility killed two men, paralyzed another and injured another 173 people. None of it should have happened.

Some have downplayed the county’s role by saying that the blast would have occurred whether Sheriff David Morgan or the Board of County Commissioners (BCC) were in control of the jail. Wrong.

The failure to contact Pensacola Energy was the fatal error.

Records show that two years earlier, the sheriff’s office made that call when the basement flooded, and the natural gas main was turned off. On April 30, the basement flooded again.

Video showed the gas dryers floating. Employees and prisoners complained of an odor of gas. No one contacted the gas utility.

However, to focus only on that omission misses the role politics played in the tragedy. The BCC was inadequately prepared to supervise the county jail, but was driven to do so by its chairman, Gene Valentino.

Instead of working with Sheriff Morgan, Valentino wanted to discredit him. The commissioner was upset that the sheriff did not support his plan to arm code enforcement officers, an initiative that failed miserably in 2007 under Sheriff Ron McNesby. Emails show another reason was a cadre of Morgan-haters egging on Valentino and convincing him that he would be praised for "taking out" the sheriff.

Sheriff Morgan’s 2013-14 budget request gave Valentino and the Morganhaters their opening. The sheriff requested an additional 95 detention deputies and assistants at the cost of $6.3 million.

The county staff had earlier refused to release a jail staffing report by Justice Concepts, Inc. (JCI) because Corrections Director Gordon Pike had complained of the evaluation of his department. The board had expected JCI to recommend that the jail be transferred to the county.

Instead, David Morgan upset McNesby in 2008, and JCI praised him for the changes he brought to the operation. Pike’s department drew the criticism, not the sheriff.

Sheriff Morgan knew, too, in April 2013 that the Department of Justice would agree with JCI and also demand additional jail staff in its findings. His budget request should have been the starting point for his negotiations. Instead, Valentino blasted the sheriff to the delight of the Morgan-haters.

When DOJ released its findings the next month, Valentino doubled down on his criticism, instead of realizing that the sheriff had even more justification for his request.

The budget negotiations became a joke. The board named Valentino as its representative in the negotiations.

On television, he blasted jail staff for being lazy. At the BCC meetings, he refused to let the sheriff address the board and rebut statements made about jail operations.

Realizing the negotiations were a sham, Sheriff Morgan withdrew from the battlefield. The commissioner got what he wanted: control of the county jail. The BCC had 90 days to figure out how to run the facility. The sheriff understood how difficult the transfer would be and offered to keep supervision for another year to allow for a smoother transition. The BCC never even discussed it in a meeting.

Gordon Pike, the same one who complained about how JCI evaluated him, was placed in charge of the jail. Valentino bragged that the jail transfer was ahead of schedule and below budget. The public was told the jail was being operated more efficiently than under Morgan, though no proof was ever given. A concerted effort was made to suppress any negative news from the jail.

Then the unthinkable happened. The jail exploded. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, State Fire Marshall and State Attorney’s Office investigated.

Their findings were given to a grand jury.

With all the politics and egos taken out of its review of management of the facility, the jury determined the sheriff was best suited to run the jail.

The only person publicly who objected to that recommendation has been former Commissioner Valentino. It must be the only way he can look at himself in the mirror. {in} rick@inweekly.net

With all the politics and egos taken out of its review of management of the facility, the jury determined the sheriff was best suited to run the jail.

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FREE SPEECH AND FACULTY MORALE AT PENSACOLA STATE COLLEGE

By Steven Poulin As Pensacola State College (PSC) tries to increase its prestige among Florida’s four-year colleges, President Ed Meadows is drawing fire over free speech and faculty rights. In the center of this controversy is the student newspaper, The Corsair.

The controversy made national news when the daily online publication “Inside Higher Education” wrote an article claiming administration at PSC leaned on faculty and students to stop The Corsair from writing about an ongoing labor dispute.

On Oct. 9, faculty met and had a straw poll in which 34 of the 35 faculty members at the meeting asked that a vote of no confidence be held over the president.

Normally, the faculty senate would be the ones to organize such a vote, but PSC dissolved the senate. This left the PSC Faculty Association as the only organization left to order a vote on the issue. Student reporters for The Corsair heard about the potential no confidence vote and decided this would make a good story. The article ran on Oct. 31, and accidentally brought them into the story itself.

The Corsair is the student newspaper of PSC and has won awards for excellence as a Florida community college paper. It dedicates itself to covering campus life, events and opinions on the campuses. The Corsair’s website also says it provides “additional instruction in journalism, emphasizing the principles, rights and obligations of a free press in a free society.”

The students themselves insisted they did not hear the rumor from any faculty or union leaders. When student journalists approached the Vice President of Academic Aff airs, Tom Gilliam, to ask about the straw poll, they were told it was against the law for students to ask about faculty negotiations.

Todd Neuman, a professor of English at PSC, said the students later stopped by his office asking for advice. According to Neuman, he responded by telling the students they had a “constitutional right to seek the truth and ask questions.”

On the same day, the students then received a cease-and-desist letter. Inweekly obtained a copy of the letter, written by Michael Mattimore of the Tallahassee-based 66

firm Allen Norton & Blue, which made the accusation that “the PSCFA and its faculty member engaged students for personal gain, and their support of union business compromised the student/educator relationship and ignored their obligation to students.”

The letter cited Florida Statute 447.501 (2) (f) that prohibits public employee organizations from instigating or advocating from students in institutions of higher learning.

Tom Wazlavek, the Northwest Florida Service Unit Director for United Faculty of Florida, also received a copy. Wazlavek responded to Mattimore’s letter with one of his own that noted the statute Meadows cited was itself found unconstitutional on its face, citing the ruling in United Faculty of Florida v. Florida Board of Regents that found the statute in violation of the First Amendment right to free speech.

Wazlavek also accused Meadows of trying to bully the free speech out of students.

“It is my personal belief that bargaining should take place at the table and not be debated in the media,” Meadows said. However, Anderson feels that there is an unfair double standard as Meadows has sent press releases to local media but does not like it when faculty do the same. There is also the opinion that Meadows has been trying to control the narrative to make it seem like

coming back to is bullying, bullying, bullying. He is trying to make the union look like bad guys even though the issue has little to do with unions.”

In a recent press release from President’s office, Meadows described a number of “hard choices” ahead for PSC’s administration relating to faculty pay and campus upkeep. Paige Anderson, a professor of English, said that the desperately needed work on campus is not being done.

According to Anderson, faculty discontent “was not [about] the pay, but working conditions.”

Many of PSC’s buildings are old and in desperate need of upkeep, including maintenance issues at the Milton campus library and black mold in some buildings, Anderson said.

A resolution dated Nov. 18 stated, “Meadows’ administration has created a culture of fear, intimidation and reprisal that has negatively impacted the morale of Pensacola State College’s faculty and staff.” The resolution goes on to claim the Meadows’ administration created a “culture of cronyism” with hiring practices “that suppresses true governance, thus silencing diverse voices and viewpoints.” The resolution further claims the administration disregards faculty rights, misallocates funds, and suppresses constitutionally guaranteed freedoms of the speech and the press among students, staff and faculty.

On the night of Nov. 20, a vote on the resolution of no confidence on Meadows’ presidency was held.

Anderson claims she was contacted by non-faculty staff at the college who wanted to vote no confidence on the president as well, but were excluded from participating for the sake of their own jobs, as their jobs tend to be even more tenuous than the jobs of faculty.

“What I keep coming back to is bullying, bullying, bullying. He is trying to make the union look like bad guys even though the issue has little to do with unions.” Todd Neuman the issue is bargaining when it really is not.

“They keep trying to make it about bargaining, bargaining, bargaining,” said Neuman, who has taught English at Pensacola State College for 15 years and held a full professorship for five. He said that the issue is not even about bargaining. “What I keep

“This has never been an issue of free press because the administration never told anyone that could not publish what they wanted to publish.”

Dr. Ed Meadows Meadows received unanimous support from the Board of Trustees. However, as seen at the University of West Florida with the vote of confidence of Judy Bense, such unanimous support among a Board of Trustees has little bearing on support from faculty.

The faculty union had pushed for the vote. A total of 133 faculty members, both union and non-union, showed up. Out of the 133, 125 (both union and non-union) agreed with the resolution and voted no confidence. Only seven faculty members voted confidence and one abstained.

Meadows expressed his “disappointment” in the no confidence vote by faculty members, according to a press release issued on Nov. 21 by PSC. “Given the current state of our contract negotiations it was not expected,” Meadows said in the press release. “Unfortunately, in today’s climate these actions have become standard in attempting to exert pressure on their administration and to try to impact on contract negotiations. It is very clear that this action is directly tied to the bargaining impasse that now exists between the faculty union and the college administration, and the allegations of the union leadership is purely propaganda.”

“This has never been an issue of free press because the administration never told anyone that could not publish what they wanted to publish,” Meadows said. However, while the administration may not have directly told students what to write, repression of speech has still been going on according to Anderson, who claims the administration has done as much as it can to intimidate student journalists out of talking to faculty, the cease-and-desist letter being one example.

With an overwhelming vote of no confidence by faculty claiming that Meadows has run an atmosphere of repression and fear at the college, it remains to be seen how this conflict will be resolved. {in} inweekly.net

PSC: BOTH SIDES CLOSER

Dr. Ed Meadows

By Rick Outzen Inweekly sat down with Dr. Ed Meadows, president of Pensacola State College, to discuss his labor negotiations with his faculty and the claims of censorship.

Dr. Meadows said the letter sent to union leaders regarding faculty being interviewed by Corsair reporters was based on incorrect legal advice.

“Ever since I've been here, our labor attorneys have told us that there was a state statute that prohibited faculty from engaging students in bargaining issues,” he said. “When it had come to my attention that an article online had been published in the student newspaper regarding a bargaining meeting, I had our attorney send a letter to the union leadership citing that state statute.”

Not until he was interviewed by the website Inside Higher Education did Dr. Meadows learn the union leadership's response had cited two court cases where the court had overturned that statute as unconstitutional.

“I conferred back with our attorneys who sent another letter, at my request, to the union leadership saying that we had no intention of censoring the press, which this had turned into,” Dr. Meadows said.

“We were just trying to maintain that it was inappropriate to engage students in labor disputes and labor matters.”

He added, “That's still my personal opinion. I think that what is active on the table needs to play out at the table. It should not be played out in the press because that compromises both sides in labor negotiations.”

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tember. Dr. Meadows said the faculty had rejected the school’s offers.

“On the table were four big ticket items: $120,000 for salary compression, a 2 percent across the board raise for the last year, a cap of 15 percent on non-tenure track faculty that we would hire, and a condition that we move the adult high school faculty from 18 contact hours a week to 22 1/2, which is the same number hour other adult education teachers are teaching.”

When faculty didn’t ratify that proposal, Dr. Meadows countered.“I offered an increase for most faculty and overloads,” he said. “I offered to decrease the time between promotion from five years to four years with a 4 percent increase for each one of those promotions. I compromised on the clinical side (in health sciences) halfway, but I still wanted the adult high school teachers to teach the same as the rest of the adult education teachers.”

However, the college had to cut the salary compression offer in half. “We had our fall numbers by then, which showed about a 10 percent decrease in enrollment, so we had only $60,000 that we were offering for compression,” he told Inweekly. “We also couldn't give them the 2 percent raise retroactive to the past year because of the loss in enrollment, but we could give it retroactive to this fall.”

Under the impasse process, PSC could continue to negotiate before going to nonbinding arbitration. “The arbitrator makes a recommendation that either side can accept or reject,” Dr. Meadows said. “If either side rejects any part of it, then it goes to the board for final resolution.”

Since then, Meadows met on Dec. 1 with union leaders and reached a tentative collective bargaining agreement that will go before the faculty in January. Both agreed to the college’s last proposal with a few modifications. The cap on non-tenure track faculty was increased to 20 percent and a $2,000 supplement would be given to each of the eight faculty members teaching 22 1/2 hours for the adult high school.

“There's one other issue. We had said that we didn't have enough money to give our employees across the board raises, but we could try after we saw our fall enrollment, to give a $350 one-time, supplement,” he said. “I informed the board at our last meeting that we could do that for all eligible employees and that the faculty association would be able to negotiate that as well, so part of the package is that if they ratify what we've agreed to.” {in}

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ambassador to France for 14 years before moving to Washington, D.C. Ambassador Al Kuwari sees his nation as a “soft power” that promotes education, culture, sports and investment. “My message today was one of friendship,” he said. “Diplomacy is very important and we want to create a cultural bridge between our countries.”

He said, “We can be a good ally and partner with the United States and help bring peace and stability to Rick Outzen with Ambassador Mohammed Jaham Al Kuwari the region.” during his visit to Pensacola When asked how Qatar, QATAR BUILDS CULTURAL BRIDGE the smallest nation in the Middle East, can be Mohammed Jaham Al Kuwari, the State of a strong ally, the ambassador said, “Because Qatar’s ambassador to the United States, our diplomacy spoke on Dec. 5 to the Panhandle Tiger Bay is well known Club. Qatar is a small, strategically placed in the region. country in the Middle East that borders We rely on Saudi Arabia and is located across the mediation and Persian Gulf from Iran. talk to everyThe American ally has the highest per body—Iran, capita GDP of any country in the world and Israel, Syria… possesses large oil and natural gas reserves. everyone.”

Qatar has made generous contributions to Ambassador Al Kuwari admitted that relief efforts around the world. The nation Qatar has gotten some pushback in the contributed $100 million to help victims of Middle East for its relationship with the Hurricane Katrina.

U.S. “It’s not easy. Our region does not Ambassador Al Kuwari visited New have a culture of democracy,” he said. “And Orleans for the first time to see the impact some don’t want a small country like Qatar of their contribution. “We could see how we playing this role, but someone has to do it.” were able to help the universities, schools, While in Pensacola, the ambassador met health care and housing in the area,” he told with Escambia County Commissioner Doug Inweekly in an interview at the lobby of the Underhill, Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward Crowne Plaza Grand Hotel after his speech. and UWF President Dr. Judy Bense. It was He has only served as ambassador to his visit to the Maritime Park stadium that the United States for eight months and is prompted him to donate a $10,000 gift from his still getting to know our country. He was the country to ARC Gateway.

“I was given a tour today of the baseball stadium and was told about a fundraiser held there last night for the organization,” Ambassador Al Kuwari said, who announced the donation at the Panhandle Tiger Bay Club meeting. “I said that I was sorry that I missed it, but wanted to contribute to the cause.”

The generous gift was a nice step in building the culture bridge that Ambassador Al Kuwari mentioned.

MORE SEXUAL ASSAULTS Inweekly

has covered for the past 18 months the troubling statistics regarding sexual assault in the military (Inweekly, “Not Invisible Anymore,” April 4, 2013).

On Dec. 5, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel released the latest DOD survey of sexual assaults among our armed forces.

The total number of sexual assaults actually reported to authorities by U.S. troops rose 8 percent to 5,983, compared with 5,518 the previous year. Hagel believed that the Defense Department’s efforts to prevent such attacks in the military are having an impact, but there’s much more work to be done.

“We believe that our efforts to prevent sexual assault are beginning to have an impact,” Hagel said. “Compared to 2012, the DOD-wide survey we are releasing today shows that the prevalence of sexual assault in the military over the past year has decreased by about 25 percent.”

Protect Our Defenders, a human rights organization that fights for service men and women who have been sexually assaulted, wasn’t as positive after reviewing the report.

“My message today was one of friendship.

Diplomacy is very important and we want to create a cultural bridge between our countries.”

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The organization pointed out that out of 5,983 reports, only 175 resulted in a conviction for a “registrable sexual offense.” Also the prosecution rate had not improved, dropping from 39 percent in 2013 to 38 percent in 2014.

“Despite the Pentagon’s conclusions, the Report to the President provides no evidence that the military justice system’s ability to handle sexual assault cases has improved,” wrote Protect Our Defenders in its press release. “On the contrary, these numbers continue to paint a chilling picture of a system consistently incapable of handling sexual assault.”

INGRAM GETS BIG CHAIR House

Speaker Steve Crisafulli (RMerritt Island) announced his choice of Rep. Clay Ingram (R-Pensacola) to serve as Rep. Clay Ingram chairman of the House Transportation & Economic Development Appropriations Subcommittee for the 2014-2016 Legislative Term.

“I have full confidence that Rep. Ingram will manage the budget for transportation and economic development projects in a fair manner that addresses the needs of Floridians in every corner of our state,” Speaker Crisafulli said.

The Transportation & Economic Development Appropriations Subcommittee’s purview includes the Department of Transportation, the Department of State, the Department of Economic Opportunity, the Department of Highway Safety & Motor Vehicles and the Department of Military Affairs. {in}

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Winners & Losers is the most popular Inweekly column. Readers love to see who had a good week and whose week might not have been so good. Politicians check it regularly not so much to see if they are winners, but to make sure they aren’t in the loser’s column.

The Winners & Losers cubicles of the South Palafox division of the Inweekly media and entertainment worked several all-nighters over beer, wings, fries and ‘Cuse Juice shots to come up with this list of the ultimate winners and losers for 2014. Enjoy.

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winners Sacred Heart &

Baptist Hospitals

For nearly two decades, these two health care systems battled. In 2014, they joined forces to form the Partnership for a Healthy Community that has tackled community health issues. Their Live Well Northwest Florida initiative promotes healthy weight, tobacco cessation and access to health services.

Recently, the Florida Hospital Association awarded its 2014 Community Benefit Achievement Award to Baptist Health Care and Sacred Heart Health Care System for their partnership's accomplishments.

Job Creation

With the help of Gov. Rick Scott, the city of Pensacola, Escambia County and Greater Pensacola Chamber had a record year for job creation. Navy Federal Credit Union announced in May 2,000 new jobs, and then right before the Nov. 4 general election, the company committed to another 5,000 jobs by 2016. Offshore Inland and Houston-based Deepflex have committed to create 200 jobs at the Port of Pensacola. At the Pensacola International Airport, VT Mobile Aerospace Engineering is set to add at least 300 jobs. In one year, the county surpassed the Vision 2015 goal of creating 3,000 job by 2015.

Rayann Moseley

The Gulf Breeze 11-year-old became the poster child for the legalization of Charlotte’s Web in Florida. The strain of marijuana has been very successful in helping children, like Rayann, who suffer from severe forms of epilepsy. Charlotte’s Web is low in THC, the chemical that produces pot's intoxicating effect, but high in CBD, the one that calms seizures. Rayann and her parents, with the help of State Rep. Matt Gaetz, convinced the Florida

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Legislature to pass and Gov. Rick Scott to sign the Compassionate Medical Cannabis Act of 2014 and make the product available next year.

Nathan Monk

The advocate for the homeless once again proved his ability to use social media to influence public policy. When the January ice storm hit, Monk fought for the repeal of the city of Pensacola’s ordinances that banned blankets from city parks. His online petition to change the law garnered worldwide attention and pressured Mayor Ashton Hayward and the Pensacola City Council to rethink their policies on how the city treats the homeless. Most recently, Monk has organized a homeless shelter for women and children to help them deal with upcoming winter nights.

Jeff Miller

The Republican Congressman from Chumuckla made a big splash this year as chairman of the House Committee on Veterans Affairs. Miller, the only Florida Congressman who chairs a major House committee, led the bipartisan effort to improve the health care the VA gives our veterans. He pushed for transparency when whistleblowers revealed some VA clinics had misreported their waiting lists.

For a lawmaker from a district filled with

military veterans, Congressman Jeff Miller did us proud.

Rishy & Quint Studer

Pensacola’s top power couple continued their efforts to revitalize downtown Pensacola. In January, they donated land and money to help the Northwest Florida YMCA build a new facility on South Jefferson Street. This spring, the Studers expanded the retail offerings on the corner of South Palafox and Main streets, launched the Studer Institute and bought BLAB TV. In October, they opened their new, fourstory office building at the Vince Whibbs, Sr. Community Maritime Park. Last month, they bought the ECUA site where the Main Street Sewage Treatment Plant was once located. Plus, there are probably other deals we haven’t heard about yet, but 2014 still has a few more days.

Martha Saunders

The University of West Florida went through a major shakeup of its leadership team. Dr. Martha Saunders, the Provost and Vice President for the Division of Academic Affairs, emerged as the new head of both academics and operations.

All vice presidents, as well as the associate vice president for Human Resources and General Counsel, report directly to her.

Saunders served as the president of the University of Southern Mississippi from 2007-2012. She was the chancellor for the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater from 2005-2007, after serving as provost and vice president for Academic Affairs at Columbus State University from 2002-2005.

Neighborhood Associations

Residents in Wedgewood, North Hill and Spanish Trail successfully fought

for their qualities of life, oftentimes using Facebook to get out the information. In the Spanish Trail area, neighbors joined together to fight zoning changes that would have allowed a Dollar Store to be built at the corner of Spanish Trail and Summit Boulevard. The North Hill Preservation Association convinced Gov. Rick Scott to reverse a decision to open a probation and parole office on the edge of its neighborhood. Wedgewood, Rolling Hills and Olive Heights got the attention of the Escambia Board of County Commissioners and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection to examine the landfills in their area. Power was returned to the people in 2014.

Honorable Mentions winners

Mayor Ashton Hayward: The strong mayor is our nominee for The Florida Bar’s client of the year.

Jerry Maygarden: The Pensacola Chamber Foundation CEO helped the chamber spin off its tourism, military and economic development functions while creating a new job for himself.

Pensacola Blue Wahoos: The team continued to attract record attendance.

Bubba Watson: Winning the Masters and partnering with the Studers makes for a very good year.

Lumon May, Jewel Cannada-Wynn and Linda Moultrie: For the first time in Escambia

County’s history, African-Americans chaired in the same year the Board of County Commissioners, Pensacola City Council and Escambia County School Board.

Sheriff David Morgan: It’s OK you can say it—“I told you so.”

Tamara Fountain: The last

man standing on the seventh of floor of Pensacola City Hall always gets to call the shots.

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losers Youth Services International

The Florida Department of Juvenile Justice canceled the contract for a 40-bed residential facility for low-to-moderate risk youth that was operated by Youth Services International in Milton. The Santa Rosa Substance Abuse Treatment Center had three substantiated reports of excessive force, nine complaints against staff under review by the department and two complaints against staff under review by the Inspector General's Office. Department officials said the facility hadn’t corrected problems involving safety and security for the 14- to 18-yearold boys in its program. They also pointed to the program’s failure to provide “effective behavioral interventions and appropriate reporting of incidents,” according to a news release.

Pensacola City Hall

For the fourth consecutive year, the Hayward administration had more department heads pack up their things and leave. Gone are City Administrator Colleen Castille, City Council Executive Lila Cox, Airport Director Greg Donovan and Information Services administrator Paul Jones, just to name a few. Communications Coordinator Tamara Fountain was promoted to the newly created position of Chief Operating Officer and Eric Olsen was named assistant city administrator to the interim city administrator, Dick Barker, who is also the city’s CFO. It might be best to hold off on getting new business cards made, or at least leave the job titles blank.

ALICE Households

Over 40 percent of the households in Escambia County live paycheck-to-paycheck and are one mishap away from financial disaster, according to a study recently

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released by United Way of Florida. ALICE stands for the “Asset-limited, Income Constrained Employed.” They work hard, often juggling two or three jobs, to make a living above the federal poverty level, but not enough to have a stable environment for their families. The statistics are even worse in the African-American community where nearly two-thirds of the families live below the ALICE threshold.

Universities & Florida’s Sunshine Law

Florida law requires government entities, including universities, to hold public meetings and make their records available to the public. Florida’s public universities have found a way around the law by creating foundations as private corporations. These foundations oversee a number of what most of us would consider university-related functions, such as managing athletics departments, constructing housing and running technology parks. The foundations don’t necessarily have to tell us about their operations or open their books for public scrutiny. That could change once the Florida Supreme Court rules on the matter.

BP

The oil giant repeatedly lost court battles in its fight to stem the tide of settlement claims related to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion. BP tried to recoup hundreds of millions of dollars it claims to have overpaid victims. The judge agreed to rework the claim process, but he refused to make those changes retroactive. BP also unsuccessfully tried to get the claim administrator removed.

Of the 10,311 Florida Panhandle business and individual claims currently filed, only 1,148 had been paid as of mid-October. If all 10,311 claims were paid, Florida Panhandle businesses would receive nearly two billion dollars over the next two years.

Rolling Hills C&D Recycling Center

The construction debris landfill had mound of debris that toured over the Marie Young Community Center. Residents complained for years about of noise and dirt from the dump trucks running day and night through their neighborhoods, of safety risks from the pits, the stench from debris in the landfills and of high rates of cancer and respiratory problems. Commissioner Lumon May and State Rep. Mike Hill helped bring attention to the problems.

Escambia County placed a moratorium on new landfill permits, and DEP began the process to revoke the facility’s operating permit.

Pensacola Energy’s Infrastructure

USA Today published its report on the natural gas systems across the country. According to the Gannett-owned publication, its analysis of federal records revealed that Pensacola had older cast iron and bare steel gas mains than any other Florida utility. Almost half of Pensacola Energy's gas mains were at least 50 years old, while nationally 38 percent of the pipes are that old. The utility can’t account for 4. 4 percent of its gas in 2013. The good news is the city has quadrupled pipe replacement from five miles of pipes to 20 miles this year.

Honorable Mentions losers

Pensacola International Airport: It has no director and

still no Chick-fil-A.

#fangate: Charlie Crist had one, Rick Scott didn’t but still won reelection.

Lila Cox: The former Pensacola

City Council executive learned not to cross the last man standing on the seventh floor.

Food trucks: The quickest way

to kill an idea in downtown Pensacola is apparently to create a pilot program.

Florida Democratic Party:

They couldn’t beat a Republican governor with their own Republican candidate.

City of Gulf Breeze: The jail explosion is the only story that kept the city’s flooding off the front pages of the daily newspaper … and the story about butterflies.

Garcon Point Bridge: People aren’t going to pay a $5 toll to shop at Wal-Mart.

West Florida Recycling

The processing center on North Palafox Street that handled as much as 300 tons of recyclable each day from homes and businesses in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties filed for bankruptcy in April. The bankruptcy left both county governments, the City of Pensacola and ECUA scrambling for a new place to handle their recyclables. West Florida Recycling had battled complaints for months of health and safety risks at its recycling stations and mounting debt. Escambia County and ECUA have agreed to examine the possibility of jointly building a regional recycling center somewhere in Escambia County.

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Fall into the Rabbit Hole

by Jennifer Leigh

"The Red Queen Grabs the Cheshire Cat Sister" by Stefani Joseph

Next year marks the 150th anniversary of the story of a little girl, wide-smiling cats, tea parties and a manic queen— otherwise known as “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.”

Not only is it the perfect time to dig up your copy of the book, or watch one of the movie adaptations, but you can also immerse yourself in Wonderland by visiting Pensacola Museum of Art and checking out “The Alice in Wonderland Series.”

British figurative painter and professor at Savannah College of Art & Design, Stefani Joseph, has brought the Lewis Carroll tale to life in her new exhibit.

Joseph began the Alice paintings after 16 years of working on a series that referenced deception, mystery and ambiguity.

“After these series, I wanted a change, a slightly new direction and suddenly I just thought of ‘Alice in Wonderland,’” she said.

A passage from the book inspired Joseph so much she put it in her artist statement: December 11, 2014

“But when the Rabbit actually took a watch out of its waist-coat pocket and looked at it and then hurried on, Alice started to her feet, for it flashed across her mind that she had never before seen a rabbit with either a waistcoat pocket or take a watch out of it.”

The quote brought out a playfulness in the artist, which she incorporated into the paintings.

“I could continue the themes explored in my earlier works which relied on a more traditional and realistic approach, but now I could let my imagination have full reign,” she said. “I was no longer bound with perspective, proportion etc. Imagination, color and the pure joy of painting could come to the fore.”

exhibit. When she first began painting 30 No matter where it years ago Joseph was initially drawn to stems from, imagination figurative tradition. is the ultimate key to any “I was born and lived in Europe for painting, Joseph said. much of my life,” she explained. “I studied “For if there is no in the figurative tradition and never felt the imagination, what can a need or desire to work in anything else.” painting be about? An It’s quite a shift from representational imitation of what the eye art to paintings inspired by what is catcan see, or a visual world egorized as “literary nonsense.” Instead of of memory, of childpainting from real objects, Joseph created hood and of characters the colorful scenes based on her creativity. that that are so visually “I knew about the tea party, the exciting they stay in our Cheshire cat, the Garden of the Red memory for many years Queen—and her conspiratorial characto come.” ter—and I then made my own scenes from At PMA, that playimagination,” Joseph said. “Though, of fulness slips into the course, subconsciously you never know exhibit with a Wonwhat remembered images of the past filter derland-themed photo through.” booth and a selection of From the original drawings inside the vintage videos that will first edition in 1865, to the comic books be playing in the chiland then, Disney movies, it’s hard for dren’s area to enhance artists not to be inspired by the children’s the experience. This kind classic. of interaction may help “Carroll’s story of Alice has been broaden the gap between adapted by artists for generations, from regular museum visitors surrealists such as Max Ernst and Salvador and newbies, said Alexis Dali through pop and conceptual artists of Leader, curator at PMA. the 1960s and 70s to contemporary artists, “Familiar such as Joseph today,” Leader said. subject matter, There isn’t a huge takeaway message such as a timefrom Joseph’s “Alice in Wonderland Seless children’s ries”—there’s already a book for that. What story or identifithe artist appreciates most is for people to able imagery enjoy themselves, which makes the exhibit can ease this a great choice to take restless holiday visitransition and tors. introduce them “What I want people to take away from to the arts in a the exhibit is to enjoy the color, vitality and creative space originality of the work,” she said. “With the unburdened with a sea of terminology holiday season, is this so wrong?” {in} or artistic style references necessary to appreciate the work,” she said.

“Joseph’s series is delight for visitors of all ages and its nonsensical fall through the rabbit hole as you WHEN: Now until Jan. 31 walk from gallery to gallery leads WHERE: Pensacola Museum of Art, 407 S. through nearly 30 vibrant canvases Jefferson St. of characters you know and ones COST: $10 for general admission, $8 for you have yet to discover.” active-duty military, children 17 and under, Joseph admits she wasn’t seniors and museum members. Last Tuesday always inspired by Alice or Wonof every month is free. derland, but had always been fond DETAILS: pensacolamuseum.org of the White Rabbit, who appears in one of her favorite pieces in the

“I was no longer bound with perspective, proportion etc. Imagination, color and the pure joy of painting could come to the fore.” Stefani Joseph

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Ears & Fingers

by Jason Leger

ON THE HORIZON:

MORE TO KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR IN 2015:

Somewhere around November, things start to slow down a tad on the influx of new albums for a couple of weeks. The floodgates on releases for early 2015 should open shortly, but until then there is a little bit of lag time between. I tried to cover the majority of the high points this year as far as music goes, as well as trying to shine a light on some artists you may have previously been unaware of. I’m committed to continuing this in 2015 as long as you stay interested.

Here are some albums I’m already chomping at the bit over coming in 2015.

The Decemberists “What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World”

Back in October, Colin Meloy, front man for lit-rock wonders The Decemberists, busked on a street corner in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood beneath a large banner. This was their means of announcing their upcoming seventh studio album, “What a Terrible World, What a Wonderful World.” When the announcement became official online, the band also released the brilliant first single, ‘Make You Better.’ What I’ve heard of this album so far suggests a return to form for a band who found themselves early on and began experimenting with their sound over the past two albums. Keep an eye out for this LP early on and check out the video for

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‘Make You Better,’ featuring Nick Offerman. “What a Terrible World, What a Wonderful World” will be out Jan. 20 via Capitol Records.

Sleater-Kinney “No Cities to Love”

Father John Misty “I Love You, Honeybear”

A couple of months ago, alt-rock powerhouse Sleater-Kinney made every music blogger in the country reach climax by announcing they were reuniting, releasing a new album and subsequently touring the world. So far, two singles have surfaced: the raging ‘Bury Our Friends’ and grinder ‘Surface Envy,’ and all things look good for this album being another triumph for an already accomplished band. “No Cities to Love” will be out Jan. 20 via Sub Pop.

ICE HOCKEY 6:35 p.m. Ice Flyers v. Louisiana. Throwback Thursday night featuring $3 beer and $2 hot dogs. Pensacola Bay Center, 201 E. Gregory. $15-29. pensacolabaycenter.com FRANCIS M. WESTON AUDUBON SOCIETY MONTHLY PRESENTATION 7-9 p.m. This

The sophomore album from Josh Tillman’s Father John Misty is something I have been looking forward to since the middle of this year. The first track, ‘Bored in the USA,’ is already a song that I’ve had in heavy rotation and have no foreseeable notion of it getting old. The LP was once again produced by Tillman and Jonathan Wilson (Conor Oberst, Dawes) and features amazing Tillmanesque tonguein-cheek cover art. This album is at the top of my anticipation list for 2015 and I highly recommend keeping an eye out for it. “I Love You, Honeybear” is out Feb. 10 via Sub Pop.

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Why? Not While it’s not known for sure what Wolf will or will not play, it seems to be suggested that any or all of it will be dance worthy.

“I did a lot of remixing to a lot of the songs,” Wolf said.

“They bump pretty Wolf said. “I like all of them honestly and freaking hard and get something out of every talk, but some I chop it up pretty surprising ones for me that got real deep swiftly vocally.”

As far as projects real fast were Aaron Weiss from mewithoutYou and comedian Brent Weinbach.” go, Wolf has had his And what about Lorde? Her interview hands full in the past with him has the two discussing various year. elements of songwriting, giving up holidays He released an to make music, and the soundtrack for the album last year with Hunger Games.

WHY? called “Gold“Ella was the loveliest young lady; en Tickets” in which super chill and easy to talk to,” Wolf said the band internet of Lorde. stalked 7 of its best It’s easy to tell from the podcasts that online store customWolf genuinely loves music and all that ers in order to find goes into making it, listening to it, and disinformation about secting the nuances of why people feel so them that could then strongly about it. be turned into a song Wolf only has about 5 solo rap shows as a sort of homage lined up this year, so catch him while you to them. can, because soon he’ll be on to the next “I think I just project. {in} really tried to take inspiration from what I could learn about the person,” Wolf said.

The band even reached to some of the customer’s friends via Facebook to see what other information they could cultivate to make the song as truthful and personal as possible.

Since the release of “Golden Tickets” and the tour that followed suit, Wolf has been cranking out podcast interviews for his series “The Wandering Wolf.”

“I just really like having conversations with people I'm interested in and learning about them and their perspective,” Wolf said.

“I choose to talk to people I'm interested in learning more about or people that I know but would like to be closer to.”

The series is on episode 84 and has grown to include quite the guest list, ranging from family members like Wolf’s mom and WHAT: Astronautalis with Yoni Wolf (of brother, to members of various WHY?) and Bleubird bands like Animal Collective, WHEN: 7 p.m., Wednesday Dec. 17 Afghan Wigs, Dinosaur Jr. Dirty WHERE: Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox Projectors and Lorde.

COST: $12-$15 “They are all done in person DETAILS: vinylmusichall.com for the most part, so I can look in someone’s eyes when we talk,”

“I did a lot of remixing to a lot of the songs. They bump pretty freaking hard and I chop it up pretty swiftly vocally.” Yoni Wolf

Yoni Wolf / press photo Naming your band after a five-yearold’s favorite question and life’s greatest debate merits a round of applause.

Not only is it quick and easy to say, but it shakes up a regular conversation by adding a moderate amount of unexpected confusion over exactly what band you’re going to see later.

WHY? has existed as a musical endeavor since 1997 when artist Jonathan Yoni Wolf began using the word as his personal stage name when singing or performing.

After performing solo as WHY and as several other solo project, Wolf added several other members, including his brother, Josiah, to form the band and began going

by Yoni Wolf.

The band has released a handful of albums since 2004. The records encompass a range of sounds and bounce between hip hop and indie experimental genres, but all have Yoni presenting articulate, well spun lyrics that occasionally seem reminiscent of spoken word readings.

His solo show at Vinyl will this weekend will feature songs from any and all albums that Wolf has released or worked on so far—even solo projects from the late 90s.

“It's standard rap show fashion—me rapping over dope beats,” Wolf said. “I will be doing songs from throughout my career thus far. That means WHY? songs, cLOUDDEAD, reaching quiet, Hymie's Basement…”

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Gallery's “Holiday Wall” is also on display, featuring works of art for $100 or less for the art lovers on your Christmas list. Blue Morning Gallery, 21 Palafox. bluemorninggallery.com 12.13 12TH AVENUE FLEA CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA 12 - 5 p.m. The 12th Avenue Flea returns with a Christmas Extravaganza, featuring unique Christmas gifts for your favorite people, and one of a kind treasures. 1010 N. 12th Avenue. facebook. com/12thAveFlea

Winterfest's Reindeer Games Get in the holiday spirit with the help of this week’s holiday-themed happenings.

12.12 - 12. 14 UWF DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE PRESENTS “A CHRISTMAS CAROL” 7:30 p.m. (Sunday performance at 2:30 p.m.)

This holiday classic is back for its eighth season as a Pensacola tradition with a new adaptation. Mainstage Theatre at the Center for Fine & Performing Arts, Building 82 ,11000 University Parkway. Tickets: $16 for adults; $12 for senior citizens and active military; $10 for non-UWF students, UWF faculty and staff ; $5 for high school students; free for UWF students with Nautilus card. Reserved seating available for $2. uwf.edu/cfpa 12.12 - 12.14 CHRISTMAS ON THE COAST 7:30 p.m. (Sunday performance at 2:30 p.m.) Elvis, reindeer, brightly wrapped presents, glorious, brightly lit trees, fruitcakes, toy soldiers and even Santa come together for this annual performance presented by the Pensacola Children’s Chorus.

Saenger Theatre, 118 S. Palafox. $23-39. pensacolasaenger.com

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12.12 - 12.14 PLT TREEHOUSE PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS: “SNOW QUEEN” 7:30 p.m. (Sunday performance at 2:30 p.m.) PLT Treehouse Productions Presents “Snow Queen,” a spellbinding new adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen classic. Pensacola Little Theatre, 400 S. Jefferson St. $14-30. pensacolalittletheatre.com 12.13 HO HO HUSTLE 5K 8 a.m. A fun 5K for the entire family, beginning and ending at Running Wild. Kids participate free in the Santa Sprint following the Hustle.

Running Wild, 3012 E. Cervantes. $30-$35. werunwild.com 12.13 PET PHOTOS WITH SANTA 10 a.m.

- 2 p.m. $10 donation. All proceeds support Junior Humane Society. Harley-Davidson of Pensacola, 6385 Pensacola Blvd.

12. 13 SANTA'S WORKSHOP AT BLUE MORNING GALLERY 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Santa's elves will be on hand with free arts and crafts, face painting and refreshments. Blue Morning

12.13 COX CHRISTMAS PARADE & DASH 5:15 p.m. (Dash at 5 p.m.) The Christmas Parade includes local bands from every high school in Escambia county as well as groups from around the region. All profits go to local high school band booster organizations. Preceding the parade is the 1.2 mile Christmas Parade Dash, sponsored by the Pensacola Runners Association. The Dash begins at 5 p.m. and is a maze through the downtown area lined with people cheering. The course ends at Plaza Ferdinand where a large candy cane is handed to each finisher. coxpensacolachristmasparade.org 12.13-12.17 TRAINFEST AT THE PMA 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. (Sunday 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.) Families and model train lovers are invited to the Pensacola Museum of Art to view the model trains in action. The “N” Gauge model train, courtesy of the “N” division of the Pensacola Model Railroad Club will be in operation in Gallery 5 of the Museum. $5 per person; $20 per family (of four or more); children two and under are admitted free. Pensacola Museum of Art, 407 S. Jefferson St. pensacolamuseum.org

12.15-12.17 SANTA’S HOLIDAY EXPRESS 5:30 - 8 p.m. Take a trip with Santa on this 30-minute tour that highlights the holiday season. Great for young children and out of town guests. Purchase Santa’s Holiday Express tickets at pensacolawinterfest.org.

12.19 WINTERFEST PERFORMANCE TOURS 5:30-8:30 p.m. Embark on a 60-minute, performance-filled voyage through downtown Pensacola on trolley as a part of Winterfest. Trolley rides: $15 for kids; $21 for adults. Reindeer Games are also set to take place in the plaza, and carriage rides are available. Purchase performance tour tickets at pensacolawinterfest.org.

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FRIDAY 12.12

WINE WITH HILARY: THE LAND 3-4 p.m.

This week in class two of her four week series, “How to Taste,” Hilary discusses how the land in different regions affects the taste of wine. Experience one varietal of white wine, and one red, from four different regions. Attendance includes a 10 percent discount on wine purchases following the class. SoGourmet above Bodacious Olive, 407 S. Palafox. $15. sogourmetpensacola.com WINE TASTING AT CITY GROCERY 5-7 p.m.

Out and about in East Hill on Friday night?

Stop by City Grocery for their free weekly wine tasting before settling in or heading out for the night. 2050 N. 12th Ave. THE NAMES 6 p.m. Free bi-annual Names show. The Handlebar, 319 Tarragona St. pensacolahandlebar.com BRIAN POSEHN 7 p.m. Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox. $20. vinylmusichall.com PINEGROVE 10:30 p.m. Pinegrove with Sedna’s Not Alone and Papa Squawk. The Handlebar, 319 Tarragona St. $5. pensacolahandlebar.com

SATURDAY 12.13

URBAN BIRDING FIELD TRIP 7:30 a.m. Urban Pensacola Birding Field Trip with Francis M. Weston Audubon Society. Join Powers McLeod to explore some of the best birding nooks and crannies about town. We will visit Long Hollow, Project GreenShores, the Admiral Mason Park pond, and a few other areas as time permits. We should find wintering passerines and a variety of both bay and pond ducks. Meet at the north end of the Pensacola Bay Bridge at Wayside Park near the Pensacola Visitor Center 1401 East Gregory St, Pensacola, FL. Free. For more information, contact Brenda Callaway at 968-4516.

PALAFOX MARKET 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Fresh produce, live plants, baked goods, fine art and antiques are just a few of the items offered at the weekly Palafox Market in Downtown Pensacola. Items originate directly from participating vendors, including dozens of local farmers, home gardeners and area artists. Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza, N. Palafox. palafoxmarket.com UKULELE CLASS 9:30 a.m. The Pensacola Ukulele Players Society (PUPS) meets every Saturday morning at Blues Angel Music, offering free ukulele lessons for both beginners and seasoned musicians. Loaner ukuleles are available for the sessions, which usually last an hour. Blues Angel Music, 657 N. Pace Blvd. bluesangelmusic.com THE WISDOM OF MYTH LECTURE 10:30 a.m.- Noon; 2-3:30 p.m. Lecture: “Odysseus in the Cave of the Cyclops.” Ever wonder what the stories of mythology really mean? Do they contain hidden insights?

Come explore how the wisdom of ancient December 11, 2014

myths can apply to you today. Free lecture and forum open to the public. West Florida Public Library meeting room, 239 N. Spring St., Downtown Pensacola. Call 436-4792 for more information.

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SOUL SEARCH 9 p.m. Soul Search with

Skinfather, Fury, Cold Hearted, Malice at the Palace, Dope Fiend. The Handlebar, 319 Tarragona St. $10. pensacolahandlebar.com COREY JESS 9:30 p.m. Corey Jess with Okada and Big Doug and the Fishsticks. Sluggo’s Vegetarian Restaurant, 101 S. Jefferson St. $5. sluggospensacola.com

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TUESDAY 12.16

STRUT YOUR MUTT 6:45 p.m. Join fellow dog owners for a 45-minute leisurely stroll in East Hill. Dogs must be leashed and well behaved. Owners should be prepared to pick up after the pets. Meet at the entrance of Bayview Park, 20th Ave. and E. Mallory St. TUESDAY NIGHT POETRY NIGHT AT SLUGGO’S 7 p.m. Free open mic poetry event

every Tuesday. Sluggo’s Vegetarian Restaurant, 101 S. Jefferson St. facebook.com/ TNPNS DANCECRAFT SWING CLASS 7:30-9 p.m.

This class teaches the skills necessary to become a practitioner of West Coast Swing, a popular partner dance that can be enjoyed with virtually any kind of music. Additional classes and a social dance are held each Wednesday for a chance to put your skills to use. Tuesday class fee is $10 per person or free for people 30 years of age and younger.

DanceCraft, 8618 Pensacola Blvd. dancecraftfl.com EX-BREATHERS 9:30 p.m. Ex-Breathers with Woozy and 10th Inning. Sluggo’s Vegetarian Restaurant, 101 S. Jefferson St. $5. sluggospensacola.com

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WEST COAST WEDNESDAYS 6:30 p.m. Learn the West Coast Swing at this weekly class, which is followed by a social dance at 8:30 p.m. DanceCraft instructors are among the foremost experts in West Coast Swing in the Pensacola area. Wednesday classes are $10 per person and the social dance is $5 per.

DanceCraft, 8618 Pensacola Blvd. dancecraftfl.com ASTRONAUTALIS 7 p.m. Austronautalis with Yoni Wolf of Why? Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox. $12-15. vinylmusichall.com 19

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7-9 p.m. World of Beer, 200 S. Palafox. wobusa.com/ locations/ Palafox BAR BINGO 8 p.m. Apple Annie’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter. com MONDAY NIGHT TRIVIA

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We might, said Valentine, need a sensitive companion at the end of the day to discuss a particularly difficult decomposition. Or, she added, perhaps embalmers make better boyfriends because their work with cosmetics helps them understand why "many women take so long to get ready."

CAN'T POSSIBLY BE TRUE A passerby shooting video in November outside the Lucky River Chinese restaurant in San Francisco caught an employee banging large slabs of frozen meat on the sidewalk—which was an attempt, said the manager, to defrost them. A KPIX-TV reporter, visiting the precise sidewalk area on the video, found it covered in "blackened gum, cigarette butts and foottracked bacteria," but the manager said the worker had been fired and the meat discarded.

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• India's Orissa state has established "health camps" to facilitate mass sterilizations to help control the booming population, but procedures were halted in November when Dr. Mahesh Chandra Rout matter-of-factly told BBC News that camps routinely used ordinary bicycle pumps to inflate women's abdomens. Orissa's senior health official immediately ended the practice and ordered sterilizations only in hospitals. (Enlarging the abdomen helps the surgeon to operate, but the proper agent is carbon dioxide.)

• The Food and Veterinary Administration of Denmark shut down the food supplier Nordic Ingredients in November after learning that it used an ordinary cement mixer to prepare gelatin products for nursing home and hospital patients unable to swallow whole food. An FVA official told a reporter: "It was an orange cement mixer just like bricklayers use. There were layers (of crusty remains) from previous uses." As many as 12 facilities, including three hospitals, had food on hand from Nordic Ingredients.

GOVERNMENT IN ACTION Questionable Judgment: Assistant Attorney General Karen Straughn of Maryland issued an official warning recently for consumers to watch out for what might be called "the $100 bill on the windshield" scam. (That is, if you notice a $100 bill tucked under your wiper, do not try to retrieve it; it is likely there to trick you into opening your door to a carjacker.) When questioned by WJLA-TV of Washington,

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• A November order from China's State Administration for Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television appears to impose a ban on the use of all idioms—including puns—as part of the government's crackdown on nonstandard language, especially since that discourages children from learning proper vocabulary and grammar. All mass media outlets must "avoid changing the characters, phrasings and meanings" of words—even though, according to the Beijing reporter for London's The Guardian, Chinese culture is saturated with puns.

• As revealed in a spirited public meeting of the Huron Valley (Michigan) Board of Education in November, gun-carriers' freedoms in the state appear complicated, in that a person with training and who submits to state licensing to carry a concealed weapon may carry it even on school grounds (despite the federal Gun-Free Zones Act of 1990). Michigan's lawful exception to the act requires concealed permit-holders to carry the gun unconcealed, which many parents contend frightens younger children. Also, though it is illegal for anyone alcohol-impaired to carry a gun anywhere, the legal threshold for presumed impairment in Michigan is only .02 percent for a licensed permit holder, but probably .08 percent for unlicensed "open"-carriers (who are not covered by the "concealed" law).

THE CONTINUING CRISIS As young professionals have embraced urban neighborhoods, locally grown produce has proliferated in community (and even backyard) gardens and is thought to be healthier than pesticide-laden commercial produce.

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