In city attorney fight, Hood gets her man
The battle is over, the test now begins. W. Scott Gabrielson is the new city attorney at 25 hours per week, $95 an hour, a bargain at twice the price. So say three members of the Orlando City Council and Mayor Glenda Hood, the bare majority. Monday’s council vote marked the end of the most…
Juvenile justice? Or injustice?
Last month Orange-Osceola Assistant State Attorney Randy Means was asked to explain why 63 percent of the children incarcerated in Orange County were African-American. “It’s strictly crime-specific,” he replied. “The crimes committed by black minorities are putting them in the categories that put them into detention or into the adult system.” Congressman Bill McCollum has…
Always read between the lies
A recent New York Times headline blared some comforting news … comforting to the pesticide industry, that is. It read: “Chemicals on Food? A Panel of Experts Finds Little Danger.” Before you stop shopping for organic food you might want to take a deeper look into the issue than either the Times or these experts…
Haven on Earth
Pulitzer winners and others reflect on Doris Leeper’s 20-year-old oasis for the arts Most dreamers merely long for a little razzle-dazzle relief from a hoi-polloi existence. A few, though, dream of possibilities beyond those of common hours and personal gain. Artist and environmentalist Doris Leeper is one of the latter. In 1977, Leeper was an…
