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AF-AM News bits – July 2020
SEE HOW MAYOR SARNO GOT BUSTED Mayor Sarno got busted by Black city councilors who were trying to collaborate with him on the issue of change in the culture of the Springfield police department. Toward that end, councilors Justin Hurst, Tracye Whitfield and Marcus Williams came up with an idea for funding supplemental training for…
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AF-AM News bits – June 2020
THE CLAPPROOD AFFAIR Springfield Police Commissioner Cheryl Clapprood seems to think Black folks don’t know that – as the old saying goes – “If you are not at the table, then you are on the menu.” Folks in the Black community know they were not invited to the table when decisions were being made to…
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AF-AM News bits – May 2020
CALLING SPECIAL ATTENTION TO JAY GRIFFIN I’ve always considered Jay Griffin, whom I’ve known most of my life and worked with on many beneficial projects, to be an exceptional person and the article he wrote in this issue of Point of View (page 13) highlights both his sensitivity and his genius. UNITY BANK AND THE…
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AF-AM News bits – April 2020
HOW COULD ALL THREE GO UP AT ONCE? How could the number of American coronavirus infections, coronavirus deaths and Trump’s approval rating all go up at the same time? OF COURSE OBAMAWAS SMARTER “During the Obama administration, Congress wavered back and forth on funding pandemic preparedness, cutting $870 million from the 2009 stimulus package and…
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“THE BEST CITY COUNCIL EVER”
—-By Frederick A. Hurst—- The evening was pleasant and went smoothly. The crowd was relatively small as planned but the interaction was electric. If you missed it this year, it’s not your fault. We didn’t advertise the event to the general public.[metaslider id=7471] I’m referring, of course, to the 2019 Emmett Till Award ceremony that…








