www.texasmetronews.com TEXAS METRO NEWS February 28, 2018 Volume 6, No.18
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MY TRUTH
By Cheryl Smith
Ladies of Distinction
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Joseph, John and Jeremiah
My father was born on March 2, 1927, in a little Florida town, Plant City. Many people know Plant City as the Strawberry Capitol. Even during his campaign run, then-Senator Barack Obama stopped through Plant City for strawberry treats ranging from milkshakes, sundaes and shortcakes. Usually at least once a year my father would take us to Plant City to visit “our people.” We would spend weeks with his father and stepmother before going to my mothJoe Smith er’s siblings to finish out the visit. My father moved from Plant City to Newark, New Jersey to become an entrepreneur. His company was called the Joseph Smith Bus Company and we See TRUTH, page 12 It’s TIme TO VOTE!
THIS IS BLACK HISTORY
McIntosh wants vote
Top Ladies of Distinction, Trinity West Chapter President Lady Brenda Murphy with Top Lady of the Year Lady Lynette Smith and chapter organizer Lady Mary Beck at the Blue and Silver Ball. See pages 18 and 19.
New Mavs Interim CEO Cynthia Marshall:
“This is personal; I want to do it for the Sisterhood” By Dorothy J Gentry Sports Editor Cynthia Marshall’s dad once hit her so hard he broke her nose. That was her experience with family violence. But it didn’t end there. She went on to endure more of it it later in life. “Domestic violence has been a part of our family, unfortunately, and I have personally been on the other end of it and there’s just no place for it,” she said candidly during her introduction to the public on Monday afternoon. And it is this background that motivates
Cynthia Marshall
her as she takes the reins of the Dallas Mavericks organization as its interim CEO, See CYNTHIA MARSHALL, page 23
Atty. Myra McIntosh on campaign trail
On June 17, 2013, a few days into my practice as a defense attorney, I learned first hand what it was like to be railroaded by the justice system from the standpoint of the accused. I walked into a cramped holdover cell where my client was being held prior to being seen by the judge in order to discuss the facts of his case and present the prosecutor’s offer. With a look of resignation my client slumped forward and locked eyes with me and said, “Ms. McIntosh, I didn’t do this crime. I did not.” He then looked down at the floor and exhaled deeply “… but I have to get back to my family, job and house before I lose it all. I have to take the plea.” I believed him. I wanted to fight for him– but our current criminal justice system left he and I few options. After serving as a prosecutor for over 12 years in Tarrant and Dallas Counties, I had grown acSee MYRA McINTOSH, page 14 www.texasmetronews.com