Citizen pain
A court case reveals what can happen: Between 1986 and 1989, D&S and Iori Farms in Homestead employed 612 workers to pick beans. They were promised $2.50 per bushel, or at least the minimum wage of $3.35 an hour. But they actually were paid about $2 an hour, before taxes were taken out and before…
The devil’s in the e-mail
Jim Hannon sends electronic mail around the world from the Orlando Public Library downtown. He converses with people in Australia, he says, and with his girlfriend in New Hampshire. He says he even got two job offers in his electronic mail box, which is important because Jim Hannon has no job, and is homeless. But…
Did OMA scrap the metal?
Far be it for us to wish anything but success for the grand “Imperial Tombs of China” exhibit — the Orlando Museum of Art really needs the money. Still, in the museum’s rush to burnish something so impermanent as a traveling show, we spied a mistreatment of its permanent collection — at least a piece…
Arts no longer United
Steps taken in the wake of a disappointing fund drive have left some arts leaders wondering about the future of United Arts, the umbrella organization formed in 1988 to shoulder the fund-raising chores for arts groups in Central Florida. On April 30, UA’s public fund-raising campaign crossed the finish line more than half a million…
Taking aim at ourselves
Oh, good, there’s a new toy on the market. This is not the latest “Tickle Me Elmo,” but a war toy, and you’re just going to be tickled pink to hear this story. It’s about the F-22, a state-of-the-art, double-winged, fighter jet that combines stealth technology with supersonic speed, agility and power. This baby comes…
