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For your summer reading list: Politics
There are a number of political biographies recently out or soon to be out that rehash the old days in Jacksonville. Former State Rep. John Forbes produced his autobiography with Susan Brandenburg, titled “Unlikely Partnership,” referring to the union of Forbes and his wife Marie Adams Forbes. They own and operate U.S. Legal Services, a…
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School Superintendent Dr. Greene’s Manatee legacy: Lack of Leadership?
Audits and newspaper investigations are beginning to show problems in the Manatee’s public schools dating to the time Dr. Diana Greene, now superintendent of the Duval Count schools, headed the Southwest Florida system. Based on a review of several school board minutes and internal audit reports, the Bradenton Herald reported in mid-January an information technology…