The data and documentation just keeps stacking up showing shameful disparities between black and white people in Alachua County. Yet too often the response remains another workshop, conference or emotion-packed speech. If only we could talk these problems away. Don’t get me wrong: There is certainly a place for the gathering of concern-minded citizens and …

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The Orlando Economic Partnership honored hotelier Harris Rosen on Tuesday night for his contributions to Central Florida public education from preschool to college. Rosen received the group’s annual James B. Greene Award. “His support of the UCF Rosen College of Hospitality Management, his vision in creating the Tangelo Park Foundation and the Parramore Foundation, and …

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