Several years ago, I had a well-meaning person tell me that they couldn’t wait to ‘see’ me “on [insert big-name news station name here –…
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Distributing taxpayer dollars is one of the Havana Town Council’s jobs. From potholes to parks to police and the payroll of all city departments, the…
Question: “Judge Smith, doing your job takes a lot of patience. What is your key to being polite and having an even keel? On or…
My family has been in Florida for more generations than I have on one hand alone. Tracing my family tree’s place of residence, it’s pretty…
Question: “Judge Smith, what civil actions can landlords and owners bring to remove people from their real property?” – Carl Landlords sue tenants to evict…
There’s a lot of things Gadsden County has: plenty of fast food dining, the region’s best taco truck (Taquiria Miranda, I mean you), lots of…
Dear parents, this is an open letter to the parents of today’s children in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. I am currently employed as…
Some people have all the luck….and if I’m being frank, Irish ancestry has absolutely nothing to do with it. Once, I worked in a newsroom…
There are times when reporting on the news is not pretty, or pleasant – and last week was one of those occasions. I reported on…
One of the great privileges of teaching and working on a university campus is the chance to be in regular touch with young people. Even…