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• Vol. 10 • Oct. 13 - Oct. 19, 2022
MY TRUTH By Cheryl Smith PUBLISHER
Can we get 10 million?
Well, if you were planning on voting and you haven’t checked to make sure all your paperwork is in order, you could find yourself stuck and out of luck, especially if you are among the many who have been stricken from lists across the country. Should you be concerned? Maybe. Should you care? Heck yes! But I understand. We don’t realize how painful a situation can be until we stub our toe, or hit our funny bone. Ain’t a darned thing funny then! Well, millions of dollars are being spent to either get you to vote a certain way, or stay at home. Instead of waiting in a line to vote, you can go fishing, to a party or go shopping. You say you don’t want to have to choose between the “lesser of two evils.” Well, some might say that considering what is at stake, those who opt out of voting are the biggest evil. Which brings me to my truth. Too much is at stake. This year’s midterm election is about more than one issue, one individual or one community. Every election is important and there are consequences and repercussions for every action and inaction. You go out to the polls and cast a vote because of the way someone looks, talks or because of their party affiliation. And let’s not forget votSee MY TRUTH, page 14
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Coalition Kicked off Votercade with Goal of 10 Million More Black Voters
By Stacy M. Brown
NNPA Correspondent
The bar is set high: 10 million more Black voters. That’s the goal as the Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC), the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), Rainbow Push, the Hip Hop Caucus, and others set out on a bus tour across the nation to blunt voter suppression and misinformation ahead of the all-important midterm elections. “The buses are rolling … Minneapolis is the first stop,” declared Barbara ArnSee COALITION KICKED OFF, page 13
Live and let live. Is that asking too much? I WAS JUST THINKING... By Norma Adams-Wade
Ever wondered why people centuries ago lived on top of mountains, behind fortresses with all
kinds of barriers -- a narrow river running in front of the entrance, guards posted atop the stone fortress walls, maybe even a second wall inside the first wall? These fortresses, of course, made it difficult, often very difficult, for enemies to breach the
Performer will.i.am Photo: en.wikipedia.org
security traps and get inside where the people lived. I was just thinking, though…why was all this protection, security and padding necessary? Why not just live in peace and leave each other alone?
And that is the universal question of humankind. Why not live and let live? Even the Bible – with so much talk about love – is overrun with wars, murders, assassinations, pillage, plunder, deception, covetousness, greed, and so on, and so on… Hip hop songsters will.i.am and See LET LIVE, page 14
‘Sad, Upsetting And Depressing’ Area residents describe their experience with Hurricane Ian By Andreas Butler Daytona Times
As of Daytona Times’ Wednesday deadline, there were five Hurricane Ian -related deaths in Volusia County and more than 200 people being housed in a shelter at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach. Daytona Beach residents tell their experiences with the storm, which dumped up to 16 inches of rain in the area. Lashaundra Mays and her family, which includes four young boys, were evacuated by
Heavy rain from Hurricane Ian flooded many dwellings in the area, including the Daytona Gardens Apartments. Photo: LANCE ROTHWELL/SPECIAL TO THE DAYTONA TIMES
Volusia County sheriff ’s deputies in a rescue boat from their Caroline Village apartment on Caroline Street.
“I woke up at 7 a.m. and the cars were under water. There was no way to leave by car.” Mays told the Daytona Times about
the storm coming through on Sept. 29. “We stayed with family for three days. We lost both cars, our clothes and furniture. It’s tough emotionally. I really hope they do something to address this storm water.” She further stated, “I applied for FEMA assistance but was denied. We’re taking a day at a time putting our lives back together.” ‘We shouldn’t be neglected’ Cora George and her Berkshire Road neighborhood in the See SAD, UPSETTING, page 13