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Gundy, are opposed icant accomplishments during Blaylock’s tenure, including successful completion of to State Attorney Angela 31 Better Jacksonville Plan projects valued at over half a billion dollars largely on Corey’s appointment as budget and on time, the acquisition of nearly 200 million dollars in discretionary Special Prosecutor by grant funding to advance transportation projects in Northeast Florida, significant Governor Rick Scott in the enhancement to transit rider amenities, including bus shelters, and dramatic increas- Trayvon Martin case, as stated at their press conference. es in customer satisfaction. Her questionable record of fairness as a State Attorney in Duval, Nassau and Clay According to Board Chairman Ed Burr, “Michael has served the Authority with ded- County and in her own words “she is not troubled by the fact there’s a jail popula- ication and distinction, and in my many years of knowing him, Mr. Blaylock has tion of 45% over capacity.” She has a history of consistently finding in favor of the always put the needs of the Authority and the public it serves first. His approach to police office in officer involved shootings that are, in the eyes of the public, extreme- this transition process is another example of this.” ly biased, to include the case of the Police Officers that fired 42 shots into a vehicle The transition agreement approved by the Board reduces Mr. Blaylock’s severance with the mother and her two children in the car. She stated, “the governor appoint- under the existing contract by half, and ends the existing contract 20 months early. ed me because of my record in these cases.” She is right, and it looks like an appar- ent set up, not an honest effort To seek the apparent truth. Cnn"Pwodgt"Qpg"Uggfu"Cfxcpeg"vq"Yqogp)u “Joann Cooper’s lawyers say the five police officers were unjustified when they Hkpcn"Hqwt."Dc{nqt"Eqcej"Fkcipqugf"ykvj fired 42 shots that left Cooper and her 2-year-old son, Daniel Crichton, wounded on March 26. However, Angela Corey found no fault with it. But two of the officers had Dgnn‚u"Rcnu{ Cheryl Coward/Hoopfeed.com to resign. (Florida Times Union Report.) In what is being hailed as the strongest field Our biggest concern in her being appointed as special prosecutor in Trayvon Martin ever in NCAA women's basketball tournament case is who will be appointed to the grand jury in Sanford, Florida. Is it a non-bias history, all number seeds from the regional con- grand jury pool; are their people of all races on the grand jury? The Trayvon Martin tests made it to the Final Four. Baylor, case has the appearance of pre-meditated murder and the appearance of a cover up Connecticut, Notre Dame and Stanford head to by the Sheriff/Police Department of Sanford. Denver, Colo. for the championship. Dunking We are requesting an independent investigator be appointed by the governor that sensation 6-8 center Brittney Griner leads does not have the negative history of Angela Corey. Also, we request that the Justice Baylor. Connecticut has a balanced team led by Department continues to step in and continue their investigation of this killing as a senior Tiffany Hayes. Notre Dame has a trio of Civil Rights violation case. Did Corey fire all black prosecutors but no one, raised weapons led by junior point guard Skylar a question of concern? Diggins. Stanford has a double-Oguwmike, sis- We will conduct an independent community fact-gathering/public hearing in Duval ters Nneka and Chiney, dominate for the County, Florida concerning the several questionable police involved shooting inci- Cardinal. dents and the unjust sentences in the Duval County Justice System, this Thursday. In unexpected development for Baylor, school SCLC - Continued on A-2 officials announced Thursday afternoon that Jgcnvj"Ectg"hqt"Cnn"Cogtkecpu"ku head coach Kim Mulkey has been diagnosed with Bell’s Palsy. Qdcocectg"/"Ctiwogpvu"Jgctf “I noticed while we were in Des Moines last week that my tongue felt strange,” said Mulkey. “Yesterday I noticed when I smiled, Congresswoman Corrine Brown sent out letters to her constituents after the only the left side of my mouth was working. Also, my right eye was drooping and I Supreme Courts hearing. Many are concerned since the State of Florida led the couldn’t hear properly out of my right ear.” fight to not provide health care benefits to all Americans, stating the program is She is receiving treatment with an anti-viral medication along with oral steroids to unconstitutional since it requires all of us to have health insurance - never mention- reduce the inflammation of the facial nerve according to the team’s trainers. ing the fact that all cars are required to have insurance. The congresslady said, Final Four play tips off on Saturday at 6:30 p.m. ET with Connecticut vs. Notre “What's far more important to far more people are all the other benefits the law Dame followed by Stanford vs. Baylor. The games will be televised on ESPN and brings. Even without the mandate, under Obamacare: streamed online at ESPN3.com. Baylor Heisman Trophy winner, Robert Griffin III, • 87 million people now have access to free preventative services through private a big supporter of the Lady Bears, is expected to be in attendance. insurance and Medicare. Igqtikc"Yqocp"Cttguvgf"hqt"Ikxkpi"Dwvv"Kplgevkqpu • Over 5 million seniors and people with disabilities on Medicare have saved more than $3.1 billion on prescription drugs. Kimberly Smedley pleaded guilty to illegally injecting • About 400,000 small businesses have claimed a tax credit for up to 35% of their women's buttocks with silicone. According to reports, She's health insurance premiums. going to jail for literally putting junk in the trunk. • 18 million children can no longer be denied coverage because they have pre-exist- Georgia native Kimberly Smedley -- accused of traveling ing conditions. across the East Coast injecting women's buttocks with toxic sil- • Over 2.5 million young adults without insurance can now stay on their parents' icone to enlarge them -- pleaded guilty to a felony conspiracy plans. charge stemming from the illegal operation, according to the This is just the beginning. When the law is fully implemented, 30 million people Smoking Gun. will have insurance they could not afford previously and everyone will have more Smedley, 45, reportedly had clients in Baltimore, D.C., Detroit, Philadelphia and secure health care than ever before. Learn more at http://www.healthcare.gov. New York City who would pay her $1,600 for the injections rather than the usual So, when you hear people bashing Obamacare, ask yourself who has taken actions $10,000 for injections. Smedley admitted to a New York Post reporter in 2008 that that show they care about your health. Obamacare means President Obama cares and she was "not a nurse," but clients would pay for the process that included pumping I care and no matter what the Court decides, we will keep fighting for better health silicone used for "metal or plastic lubrication, as an additive for paint and coatings, care for all Americans. and furniture or automotive polishes," in their rears court documents show. Kv"ku"vkog"hqt"vjg"Cogtkecp"rgqrng"vq"ujqy"tgurgev"vq"qwt"rtgukfgpv"cpf"vq"gcej"qvjgt0 As Rev. Sharpton says: We accepted many things in the past. But then we reach a point where we can no longer accept. 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Prep Rap...........(B).PR-1-4 G Classified & Business...B-7 Check, Money Order, or Credit Cards Accepted PAGE A-2 THE STAR MARCH 31, 2012 UENE - Continued from A-1 - We are further extremely disappointed with the black on black crime in this We can no longer stand silent in the face nation and call for a national moratorium of the epidemic of killings in the Black on gun sales at gun shows.