Sarasota Judge Williams Refutes Newtown Residents Outrage at Marker to Recognize Lynchings as 331 Black Men Were Lynched in Florida. Newspapers of the times trivialized the barbaric lynching of black men in Bradenton and Haines City Fl. The Tampa Times in 1913 called murdered Sam White aka Joe Bell a "Lustful Negro" after a mob of white men shot him to pieces and then hung his body in Haines City Fl. The Orlando Evening Star in 1912 wrote that negro Willie English was shot to death and hung in Bradenton Fl as a "warning to others of his kind" for propositioning a young white girl.  April 25, 2021 Sarasota Judge Williams writes in Herald Tribune: As part of a coalition of supporters involved in attempting to recognize the lives and legacies of lynching victims in this area – murdered individuals whose names remain largely forgotten and whose stories remain largely untold – I read with dismay a Sarasota Herald-Tribune story featuring quotes from some Newtown reside...

T wo Yemeni Men Arrested by Border Patrol at Calexico, Calif Identified on the FBI’s Terrorism Watch List & No Fly List. TERRORISM AVERTED: When it is learned that the 2 Yemeni Mooks came in from Mexico and most likely from Yemen via the old smuggling routes to Mexico, it is old school terrorism and Al-Qaeda. Al-Qaeda Smuggling Route From Yemen to Ecuador to Mexico to America. AL QAEDA IN YEMEN A TICKING TIME BOMB. UPDATE: TUESDAY APRIL 6,2021.. C ustoms and Border Protection (CBP) has deleted a press release detailing the arrest of two Yemeni illegal immigrants who were identified on a terror watch list -- leading to Republicans accusing the Biden administration of a lack of transparency. On Tuesday, a CBP spokesperson said that the news release "was not properly reviewed and contained certain disclosure and policy information related to national security that required CBP to remove it from our website." SEE LINK TO THE STORY https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/local...

By the mid-1920s, the Ringling Circus had some 700 horses and 50 elephants. John Ringling, the remaining brother, worked with Tex Rickard to build a new Madison Square Garden on 8th Ave between 49th and 50th streets. Sarasota's John Ringling Built Madison Square Garden III on 8th Ave between 49th and 50th Streets in Manhattan NYC in 1925. John Ringling Died in NYC Dec 2nd, 1936 at his home, he was 70. In the 1920's in New York City, Yankee Stadium may be the 'House that Ruth Built', but Madison Square Garden III is definitely the 'Garden That Ringling Built'. In reality if not for Sarasota's John Ringling Madison Square Garden (MSG III) would never have been built, he financed the deal and later became the principal owner and vice president of Madison Square Garden III. In May of 1922, the Yankees broke ground on their own ballpark, on 10 acres just across the Harlem River and in view of the Polo Grounds. The new ballpark was built quickly, as construction ...

In July 1915 Harry Higel persuaded the U.S. government that Siesta Key needed a post office. First Post Office On Siesta Key Was Located Inside Harry Higel's Higelhurst Hotel, Mail Delivered to Island by the Boat 'Siesta'. See Harry Higel's billboard ad for "Choice Lots Siesta" to the left of shack on the waterfront dock linked to Higelhurst Hotel in photo above. Harry Higel operated the first Siesta Key Post Office inside the Higelhurst Hotel that Harry Higel had built in 1915. Tampa Tribune article of August 3rd, 1915 indicated the first Post Office on Siesta Key was located inside Sarasota Mayor Harry Higel's Higelhurst Hotel. When Rube Allyn burned down the Hotel on March 30th, 1917 (arson) it was a Federal crime, why no investigation, where was the US Marshall? Margaret O'Berry of Tampa was the first postmistress at Siesta not Heey Higel who was way too busy with his Hotel and selling beach front lots. US GOVT: A post office was established on Sie...