Today on Context Florida:
U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown filed a federal lawsuit opposing the reshaping of Florida’s CD 5, the district she represents. Brown contends that redrawing her district in an east-west configuration – as the Florida Supreme Court has ordered state lawmakers to do – would deprive African-American voters the opportunity to elect the candidate of their choice. But would it, Julie Delegal asks.
Two annual events occur whose sole purpose is to scare people, says Marc Yacht. Halloween, where the little boys dress up like Superman and the girls rush about the neighborhood as Little Bo Peeps. Halloween is more fun than scare, but media efforts to terrify the public during hurricane season produce real chills.
The Studer Community Institute’s Metro Dashboard aims to be a roadmap to help build citizen-powered change, to make Pensacola a more vibrant community for all of her citizens. That’s not a mix Pensacola always has gotten right, says Shannon Nickinson. If they expect to build a community that brims with entrepreneurial spirit, values education, and increases middle-class jobs, they have to do that.
