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School Board Elects Chair And Vice Chair
NADIA COMBS ...School Board Chair
At Tuesday’s School Board meeting, the School Board voted in a new Chair and Vice Chair. Nadia Combs was unanimously voted in as School Board Chair and Henry "Shake" Washington was then voted in as Vice-Chair.
Nadia Combs repre-
HENRY ‘SHAKE’ WASHINGTON ...School Board Vice Chair
sents District 1 and was elected to the Hillsborough County School Board in 2020.
Henry "Shake" Wash- ington was elected to the Hillsborough County School Board in 2020. He represents District 5.
Fight For Redistricting Plans Ends With Narrow Margin Of Victory For Kemp
BY MONIQUE STAMPS Sentinel Staff Writer
By the narrowest of mar- gins, the Hillsborough County Commission adopted new district bound- aries. At the November 16, 2021, BOCC meeting, the board voted 4 – 3 for the re- districting map drawn by BOCC Chairman Pat Kemp.
Commissioner Gwen Myers, the lone African American on the board, fought hard for District 3 but was thwarted by fellow De- mocrats.
Commissioner Myers
accused fellow Democrat Kemp of racist actions and other political shenanigans. Kemp’s map was selected by the BOCC.
BOCC Chair Pat Kemp and Commis- sioner Mariella Smith,
COUNTY COMMISSIONER GWEN MYERS
both Democrats, have been vocal critics of Myers’ re- districting map.
Commissioner Myers stated, “First let me thank the community, those ap- pearing in person, virtually on the telephone, and those who submitted their com- ments electronically regard- ing the Redistricting Public hearing held last night (No- vember 16) at County Cen-
ter.”
“As the Commissioner for
District 3, the two at large Commissioners (Pat Kemp and Mariella Smith), have a habit of speaking to me in ways that convey thinly dis- guised disrespect when I don’t agree with them. I have asked them to knock it off.”
“I am here to represent my district to the best of my ability, and I will not be de- terred from doing that.”
Former Commis- sioner Thomas Scott said commissioners acted with racist intent.
Initially, three maps were proposed, with Kemp, Myers and Commissioner Harry Cohen proposing their own version of redis- tricting. The choice was nar- rowed last month when Cohen’s map was consid- ered a long shot.
Myers’ final map pro- posed changes that would increase the percentage of African Americans in Dis- trict 3 from 39% at present, to 39.1% The other maps kept the percentage of African Americans in Dis- trict 3 at 39%.
Commissioners Ken Hagan and Stacy White voted with Myers.
The Hampton University Marching Force To Perform In 2021 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
The Hampton University Marching Force will bring the beat to the 2021 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade®
The Hampton University Marching Force will perform in a spectacle like no other when the Macy’s Thanksgiv- ing Day Parade® returns this Thanksgiving to usher in the start of the holiday season as performers from across the country take to the streets of
New York City.
On Thursday, November
25 at 9 A. M., the 95th march of the world-famous Parade of Magic will bring the nation to- gether in celebration featuring Macy’s signature mix of giant character helium balloons, fantastic floats, incredible marching bands, jubilant per- formance groups, whimsical clowns, music stars and the one-and-only Santa Claus.
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