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In This Issue

COVER: Pg 6- Andrew Branch: From Driving to Running

CALENDAR Pg 2 LOCAL Pgs 3-5-Coach Boeheim and Others Celebrate Opening of Say Yes Summer Camp- Green Party Candidate Colia Clark Visits Syracuse- Onondaga County Clerk M. Ann Ciarpelli Announces Resignation- Leadership Greater Syracuse Applications Due August 31- NY Woman Pleads Guilty; Baby’s Body Found in Trash

SU NEWS Pg 5

- Newhouse’s Harper Will Train African Journalists as Part of New Narratives Team

SPORTS Pg 8

- Syracuse Sex-Abuse Probe Prompt but Flawed

COLUMNS: Pg 10

- Baye Muhammad One of a New Generation of African-American Leaders in Syracuse

By Kofi Quaye

- Refl ecting on the Results of Our Rhetoric

By James Clingman

- Did This Father Go Too Far in Punishing His Son?

By Boyce Watkins

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FOR ADULTS:One on One Computer TrainingSet up a one-on-one appointment at Beauchamp Library to learn the basics of using a computer, including the Internet & Microso Word. Please contact Paschal Ugoji at 435-3395.

GED ClassesTime: 9:00 am – 11:30 amFree study sessions designed to help those who are interested in obtaining their GED. Must Sign-Up. Contact Pat Booker 435-6376.

14, 21 and 28Sankofa Piecemakers Quil ng GroupTime: 10:00 amBeauchamp Branch Library is the home of Sankofa Piecemakers where they meet every Saturday in a friendly suppor ve atmosphere to learn new quil ng techniques and to prac ce tradi onal ones.

28Urithi (Legacy)—A Musical Performance by One Black VoiceTime: 2:00 pmCome and join us for an a ernoon of sensa onal musical performance by One Black Voice, led by Jacque Kofi , a Central New York-based recording ar st/

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31Summer Reading Final Party with the Museum of Science and TechnologyTime: 2:00 pmThe Summer Reading Program has come to a close. And let’s celebrate your accomplishments by ge ng our cer fi cates and enjoying the performance by Syracuse’s MOST.

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Coach Boeheim and Others Celebrate Opening of Say Yes Summer CampNearly 3000 K-5 Syracuse students began Say Yes Summer Camp Monday, July 2, and campers at Dr. King Magnet School, 416 E. Raynor Ave, got a very special visit from Syracuse University Head Basketball Coach Jim Boeheim Tuesday, July 3.

Jim Gaspo, President, Ci zens Bank and RBS Ci zens, New York; Sharon Contreras, Syracuse City School District Superintendent and others joined Boeheim to engage with students and tour the school to learn more about addi onal Say Yes supports available to children and their families, including a legal and health clinic, which are open during the academic year.

The Jim and Juli Boeheim Founda on and Ci zens Bank Founda on have made signifi cant dona ons specifi cally in support of the Say Yes summer camp program over the past several years.

Say Yes campers ranging in age from K-5 will spend the next 6 weeks, 4 days each week, engaged in rigorous academic lessons taught by cer fi ed teachers in the morning, and their a ernoons will be spent par cipa ng in enrichment ac vi es such as music, dance, art, and sports.

The Jim & Juli Boeheim Founda on has contributed $40K in the past two years and Ci zens Bank has provided Say Yes $45K in grants since 2008. The funds help cover opera onal costs for the camps, which are off ered at no cost to families.

“The children of today are the leaders of tomorrow,” said James P. Gaspo, President, Ci zens Bank and RBS Ci zens, New York. “Say Yes to Educa on is helping to ensure that kids here in Syracuse have the underpinnings for a produc ve future

by providing academic support and enrichment ac vi es. The Ci zens Bank Founda on grant for Say Yes to Educa on is our investment in tomorrow’s leaders.”

One enrichment ac vity that will be off ered at Dr. King Magnet School is sports broadcas ng. Coach Boeheim will delight the students with his fi rst-hand knowledge of the fi eld of sports par cularly his upcoming gig coaching the USA Olympic men’s basketball team at the 2012 Games in London.

This is the fourth year that thousands of Syracuse children have had the opportunity to a end camp free of charge through Say Yes to Educa on. Unlike previous years when there were 18 camp sites (one at each school), this year the camps are combined and held at the following 7 loca ons: Dr. King Magnet, McKinley-Brighton, Franklin, Frazer K-8, Percy Hughes, Meachem and Hun ngton Schools.Say Yes summer camps also provide job opportuni es for hundreds of local college students every year. This year 235 college students were hired and trained as Youth Enrichment Specialists to lead students in a ernoon enrichment ac vi es. Of those hired, 58 are Say Yes Scholars, which means they are graduates of the Syracuse City School District and are a ending a Say Yes partner college. Thirty-three Enrichment Specialists are Syracuse University students, including 8 of the 56 Say Yes Scholars.

“Ci zens Bank and the Jim and Juli Boeheim Founda on remain great champions for our children,” said Pat Driscoll, Opera ng Director for the Syracuse chapter of Say Yes to Educa on. “We greatly appreciate their con nued support.”

Syracuse University Head Basketball Coach Boeheim

Syracuse Students A ending Say Yes Summer Camp


Branch’s Driving School, Inc. Welcomes John HohmIn June, John Hohm re red a er 38 years as a teacher and coach at Corcoran High School and has joined Branch’s Driving School as a Senior Driver Educa on Team Leader.

Hohm taught Driver Educa on in the Syracuse City School District for the past 34 years and has been the co-coordinator of the program for the past eight years.

Branch’s Driving School and Hohm began off ering driver educa on through the city of Syracuse school district program over 8 years ago.

“I met John and a er collabora ng with him for almost two years to structure a program for the community, I knew that the rela onship between us would last,” says Deraux Branch, president of Branch’s Driving School.

“We worked very closely over a long period of me to make this superior program happen. We are honored to have him join our already experienced team, and he adds more depth to our programs.”

Hohm coached Cross Country and Track at Corcoran High School. He has a Bachelor and Master’s Degree

in Educa on from Southern Illinois University. He majored in Physical Educa on, and has a minor degree in Health.

Hohm assumed his new posi on on July 1. He will con nue to coordinate the city of Syracuse school district driver ed program.

Branch’s will celebrate their 50 year anniversary in 2013. The company has over 12 loca ons, a fl eet of six autos, and team of 20.

Green Party Candidate Colia Clark Visit Syracuse; Release “Freedom Agenda for Poli cal and Economic Rights”

Colia Clark is one of three women running for U.S. Senate in November.

Clark, a Green Party candidate, is running against incumbent Democrat Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Republican Wendy Long.

Clark’s recent visit to Syracuse was marked by a news conference on July 2nd where she shared the party’s “Freedom” agenda to secure vo ng rights, to regulate campaign fi nance, and to end viola ons of civil liber es and cons tu onal checks and balances, including undeclared wars, state-sponsored assassina ons, indefi nite deten on, and warrantless wiretapping.

Ursula Rozum joined Clark in presen ng the Freedom Agenda. Rozum, who is running for the 24th district congressional seat, is calling for a Green New Deal that promotes full employment based on large-scale public investments in clean energy, sustainable agriculture, tui on-free higher educa on, and revitalized public services. She says costs of a Green New Deal can be paid for by military spending cuts, more progressive taxa on, and an economic recovery that increases tax revenues.

A former Democrat, Clark is a veteran of the 1960s civil rights movement with the Student Nonviolent Coordina ng

Commi ee (SNCC) in Mississippi and Alabama. She came to New York in the 1990s to teach at the University of Albany.

“Back in the 1960s I was a Democrat, in fact a Freedom Democrat who challenged the Dixiecrats. Today I am a Green because both the Democrats and Republicans are owned by big business interests and they really don’t want ordinary people to have poli cal freedom, economic rights, and power,” said Clark who now resides in Harlem in New York City.

“Freedom was the goal of the civil rights movement and freedom remains our human rights goal today,” said Clark. “We want to protect and restore our poli cal freedoms. We want to secure the economic rights that provide the economic independence and security we need to really use our poli cal and individual rights.”

The Freedom Agenda documents Clark released at her news conference July 2nd included an Economic Bill of Rights, which she says updates

President Franklin Roosevelt’s 1944 call for a second, economic bill of rights, including the rights to a job, income security, health care, and educa on.

During the Civil Rights era, Clark was a special assistant to Medgar Evers, fi eld secretary for the NAACP, before joining SNCC in 1962. In 1965, she moved to Chicago to bring the movement to the north, where she founded Mothers on the Move in 1965 and coordinated the Union to End Slums Movement on the West Side. She returned to Mississippi in 1973 and con nued to work on many projects, including editorship of the Jackson Mississippi Advocate.

In the 1990s Clark was a professor at the University of Albany. Her work has included ac vism in the fi elds of women’s rights, workers’ rights, and advocacy for homeless people, youth, and Hai . She is chair of Grandmothers for the Release of Mumia Abu-Jamal.

Leadership Greater Syracuse Applica ons Due August 31Syracuse, NY (July 9, 2012) – Leadership Greater Syracuse (LGS), Central New York’s premier community leadership training program, is now accep ng applica ons for the Class of 2013.

Founded in 1991, LGS’s goal is to improve the community for those who live and work in Central New York by equipping today’s leaders for the challenges of tomorrow. The LGS program creates awareness regarding the assets, trends, challenges, and issues facing CNY today, and focuses on using group dynamics and collabora on to create posi ve change.

The year-long LGS program provides

a standard outline which is re-evaluated annually to ensure that the coursework is in line with current issues aff ec ng the area. Each class is led by a group of members who focus on a key area of interest, ranging from Economic Development, Government, Educa on, Diversity, or Human Services. The program then culminates with a class project directly benefi ng the community.

While the skills acquired through LGS are intended to help individuals strengthen the community, they are highly transferrable to the par cipants’ professional and personal lives. Class members build upon leadership skills, while teamwork and group projects

allow them to forge strong bonds with a network of professionals who lead our governments, businesses, schools, non-profi ts, and founda ons.

The LGS program is limited to 55 par cipants per year, selected by a commi ee of community leaders, alumni, and board members, who interview and choose a class typically represen ng the rich diversity of the CNY area. A limited number of scholarships are available should tui on assistance become necessary. Apply at www.leadsyr.org or by contac ng the LGS offi ce at (315) 422-5471.

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Onondaga County Clerk M. Ann Ciarpelli Announces Resigna onOnondaga County Clerk M. Ann Ciarpelli Monday announced her resigna on eff ec ve July 28, 2012.

Ann has more than two decades of service to Onondaga County, the last sixteen as County Clerk. She announced earlier this year that she would not seek a fi h term of offi ce.

“I have truly enjoyed serving the people of Onondaga County and will forever cherish the rela onships I have

forged along the way,” Ciarpelli said. “It is not o en that at the end of a career a person can say that they were excited to go to work each day and looked forward to spending the work day with such qualifi ed and dedicated co-workers, but I sure can.”

County Clerk Ciarpelli was fi rst elected in 1996. She was the fi rst female Republican Countywide elected offi cial and is the longest serving Clerk in Onondaga County history.

Ann and her husband Tony say they are looking forward to traveling and spending more me boa ng, 4 wheeling, and snowmobiling.

Principal Deputy Clerk Jackie Norfolk will assume responsibility for opera ng the County Clerk’s offi ce as ac ng County Clerk eff ec ve July 28, 2012.

NY Woman Pleads Guilty; Baby’s Body Found in TrashSYRACUSE, N.Y. — A 30-year-old woman whose newborn daughter was found dead in a garbage bin at an apartment complex in Liverpool has pleaded guilty to fi rst-degree manslaughter.

Jury selec on in Nicole DeJaynes’

murder trial was set to begin Monday when she made the plea. Under the plea agreement, she will receive a sentence of 13 years in prison.

DeJaynes of the town of Clay was arrested a er the infant’s body was found in January 2011 in a garbage

container in the Syracuse suburb. Authori es said she was staying at a friend’s apartment at the complex and was alone when she gave birth there.

Prosecutors said the medical examiner’s report revealed the child was born alive and then suff ocated.

Nicole DeJaynes pictured right

Newhouse’s Harper Will Train African Journalists as Part of New Narra ves Team

Ken Harper, a s s i s t a n t p r o f e s s o r in Syracuse U n i v e r s i t y ’ s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communica ons, has been named director of digital and visual media for New Narra ves, a

team of leading African journalists using the power of media to transform

their countries. He will be based in Syracuse.

Harper, who has been working with African journalists for 10 years, will be in charge of training the organiza on’s visual journalism fellows, and will also work with African media outlets on web and print redesign projects. Newhouse students will assist on these projects, including the print redesign of FrontPage Africa. Harper regularly takes students to Africa to visit media organiza ons and NGOs.

“The importance of the visual message in society is self-evident,” says Harper. “In a largely illiterate popula on, the need for professional visual communicators is even more profound. Those that have the know-how will control the internal and external narra ves. We intend to assure that the press is not le behind in this race, but will play a leading role in adapta on and innova on of this emerging opportunity.”

Harper has spent several years working with the Liberian media through

his project Together Liberia. “The challenges they face are profound—poverty, post-trauma c stress, corrup on,” he says. “And they have few examples of high-quality visual journalism or the knowledge to share it with the world. The only realis c hope is to work with them individually, tapping into their passions to help overcome the compounded issues they struggle with.”

Ken Harper

Onondaga County Clerk M. Ann Ciarpelli

Lockheed to Cut 166 Jobs in Suburban SyracuseSALINA, N.Y. (AP) — Lockheed Mar n says it’s cu ng 166 posi ons at its suburban Syracuse facility.

Lockheed Mar n Missions Systems spokesman Keith Li le says 72 of

the posi ons cut at the Salina plant are being vacated by workers who accepted buyouts and le voluntarily. Another 94 people were no fi ed that they’ll be let go in two weeks.

The company says the cuts are part of an eff ort to reduce its workforce by 740 people na onally and realign the skills of its workforce with its current contracts.

Those being let go at the Salina facility can apply for other posi ons in the company.


By Dave McCleary

A few years ago Andrew N. Branch turned over the business he and his wife Fanny W. started in 1963—Branch’s Driving School-- to his son Deraux. Now the 79-year-old re ree is pursuing another passion, running.

Branch recently won gold and silver medals in the 200 and 100 meter race, respec vely, at the 2012 Empire State Senior Games in Courtland. He plans to enter more compe ons in the future.

“I’ve been running track all my life. I started running in high school,” he explains. “I ran at SU (Syracuse University) for a li le bit and I ran in the army for a li le bit.”

On any given day Branch can be found working out at the track at No ngham High School where he graduated from in 1953.

“We didn’t have this mul -million dollar track back then,” he reminisces. “In the spring when it got me for track to start we would run up and down the hallway but we s ll did ok.”

Branch, a Syracuse na ve, graduated from Syracuse University in 1959 and worked full- me as a lab technician at Upstate Medical Center Department of Pharmacology while running the family driving school business.

He decided to start the driving school in 1963 a er his mom bought a car but did not know how to drive. “You had everybody else driving her car but they weren’t taking her where she needed to go” he remembers. “So I volunteered and taught her how to drive. It wasn’t easy but I did it.”

“A er she got her license my sister came up to me and said would you teach me how to drive? So I taught her. Then somebody else came up to me that’s when I decided if I’m going to teach all these people how to drive I needed them to pay for it.”

Branch soon a er began his inves ga on into what he needed to do to start a driving school. The family business was birthed.

A er several decades of teaching people how to drive, Branch re red from the business a few years ago and turned it over to his son Deraux.

Deraux, also a No ngham grad, con nued his educa on at OCC and then received his undergraduate degree from SUNY Albany. He supported himself through college by working at Branch’s Driving School from age 17. A er fi nishing college, he moved to Boston and Bal more where he worked in the banking industry before coming home in 2002 when his father had health issues including heart surgery.

Under Deraux’s leadership the organiza on has grown over 500% from a part- me enterprise to having twelve loca ons, a fl eet of seven cars and 22 employees.

“It’s been a great experience working with my dad over the years. I know I made the right decision coming back to Syracuse and helping my dad,” Deraux said.

Deraux say he learned his work ethic from his parents. “Both my mom and dad always worked two jobs,” he said. “My mom was a school teacher and worked at Agway and banking in the summer me.”

Next year the organiza on will celebrate its 50th year in business. Branch’s Driving School is one of the oldest, most successful black-owned businesses in Syracuse.

Deraux says he may pursue some mergers or acquisi ons in the future. “I want to make Branch’s the premier driving school in Central New York,” he said.

Andrew Branch says he’s proud of the legacy he has been able to leave

and he’s even more proud of the job his son is doing in growing the family business.

“I learned many lessons from my father,” he said. “I’m glad that I was able to pass along some good wisdom to my son (Deraux) as well.”

For now, Branch says he hopes his

running will be an inspira on to others to live healthy lives. “I have a daughter who we lost last year to lung cancer so I know the need to live a healthy lifestyle. I’m running now to show the family that if you keep yourself together you can be ok.”

“I’ve been running all my life. I plan to keep on running,” he said.

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SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) - Syracuse University’s prompt response to allega ons of sexual abuse against an assistant basketball coach was done in good faith but was fl awed because, among other things, there was no direct contact with law enforcement, a special commi ee of the university’s board of trustees said in a report released Thursday.

Although the 52-page document states there was no a empt to “cover up” any conduct, it reiterates a cri cism voiced by Onondaga County District A orney William Fitzpatrick that police and the district a orney should have been no fi ed immediately so they could conduct the inves ga on with all the experience and tools available to law enforcement.

The commi ee assessed the university’s response to allega ons that Bernie Fine had sexually abused former ball boy Bobby Davis. It said Davis’ allega ons “should have been viewed from the outset as involving serious alleged crimes.”

Davis, now 41, claims Fine molested him for years beginning when he was around 12 years old. He took the claims to university offi cials in September

2005.

Fine, in his 36th year on the basketball staff , was fi red in November 2011 a er the allega ons were made public.Fine, 66, has not been charged, and he denies the accusa ons.

The claims by Davis and his step-brother, Michael Lang, happened too long ago to be inves gated, but the U.S. a orney’s offi ce is inves ga ng the claims of a third man who said Fine abused him. That third accuser, 23-year-old Zach Tomaselli, of Lewiston, Maine, has since said he lied.

The abuse allega ons threw into turmoil what was then the na on’s top-ranked men’s basketball team and seemed to threaten the career of Hall of Fame Coach Jim Boeheim, who staunchly defended his long me assistant before so ening his stance.

The university inves gated the allega ons with the aid of its long me law fi rm, Bond, Schoeneck & King, and took no ac on a er the inves ga on concluded that Davis’ claims could not be substan ated.

The report, which does not reach any

conclusion about the validity of Davis’ claims, also said the school’s counsel should have alerted Chancellor Nancy Cantor to allega ons that student athletes may have had sexual encounters with Bernie Fine’s wife, Laurie Fine, and that Cantor should have informed the board of trustees of the allega ons.

Laurie Fine has said she was the vic m of lies.

Among other fi ndings in the report:- The inves ga on didn’t talk to enough witnesses or failed to interview witnesses thoroughly.

- No sexual abuse expert was called in to help.

- Bernie Fine was allowed to change his original statement but lawyers who did the inves ga on did not note the change in their fi nal report. Fine originally said Davis might have stayed alone with him in Fine’s hotel room during a road trip, but that was deleted at the request of Fine’s lawyer.- Lawyers didn’t talk to two people who Davis said might have been poten al abuse vic ms.

A orney Gloria Allred, who represents

Davis, said she would review the report and discuss it with him before issuing a response on Monday. Davis did not return a call seeking comment.

The university did not respond to a request for comment, but in a statement to students, faculty and staff , Cantor outlined steps it has taken to address campus interac on with minors. A working group has wri en new rules regarding programs in which minors are involved, and the athle cs department has new policies regarding supervision of minors.

“The most important things now are that we con nue to learn from these events over the long term and that anyone impacted by abuse or harassment is able to come forward in a suppor ve environment,” Cantor said.

A judge in May threw out a defama on lawsuit Davis and Lang brought in December against Syracuse University and Boeheim. Davis and Lang, who also served as a ball boy and said he was sexually abused by Fine, claimed Boeheim slandered them by saying they were out for money a er their allega ons against Fine became public.

Report: Syracuse Sex-Abuse Probe Prompt but Flawed

Avon Moratorium Prompts Gas Company to Shut WellsALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — In the latest salvo in local ba les over gas drilling, a company said Monday it’s shu ng down wells and turning off the free gas to landowners in the town of Avon because of a moratorium the town recently passed.

The town of Avon, 20 miles southwest of Rochester, passed a one-year moratorium on gas drilling and hydraulic fracturing on June 28. Lenape Resources has more than 5,000 acres under lease and 16 wells in produc on in the town. None used the horizontal drilling and high-volume hydraulic fracturing that would be covered by regula ons now under development.

The company sent a le er over the weekend to landowners saying Lenape was shu ng down its wells in Avon and that royalty checks and free gas provided under leases would cease. The company said the ac on was required under the town’s moratorium and listed the town supervisor’s home phone and street address for any ques ons.

Town Supervisor David LeFeber said Lenape’s shutdown wasn’t required by the moratorium.

“We were very careful to word our moratorium to protect exis ng gas wells,” LeFeber said Monday. “This is only a moratorium, it’s not a ban. We

wanted to take some me to study the issue and put in place any things that would help make sure we protect the health, safety and well-being of our local residents.”

Lenape also has a lot of acreage under lease in the nearby town of Caledonia, where town offi cials are considering a similar moratorium, said a orney Michael Joy, who represents Lenape. John Holko, owner of Lenape Resources, is lobbying against the moratorium in Caledonia and other towns.

“The town (Avon) has put a grandfathering provision in for exis ng wells, but the town knows full well that the terms of the provision cause Lenape to operate at a loss,” Joy said. “They don’t understand the need to bring new wells into produc on.”

Local sen ment for or against gas drilling has taken on greater signifi cance in New York since the Cuomo administra on said the state Department of Environmental Conserva on will consider local ordinances when it starts gran ng permits for shale drilling and hydraulic fracturing. The agency hasn’t issued new permits since it started an environmental review in 2008; the review and new regula ons are expected to be completed by the end of summer.

The New York Times quoted unnamed state offi cials last month as saying that Gov. Andrew Cuomo is likely to allow shale drilling only in towns that have proclaimed their support, in the fi ve coun es near the Pennsylvania state line where gas is considered to be most plen ful.

More than 100 communi es have enacted moratoriums or bans similar to the one put in place by the town of Avon. Dozens of others have passed resolu ons sta ng support for gas drilling.

The main concern of opponents relates to high-volume hydraulic fracturing, which injects millions of gallons of chemically treated water at high pressure into horizontally drilled wells to fracture surrounding shale and allow trapped gas to fl ow. Environmental and health groups say it could contaminate drinking water. The industry says that fear is unsupported by scien fi c data.

“Certainly John Holko’s company has been aggressively trying to stop moratoriums not only in Avon but in other towns where it has land under lease,” Joy said. “They just weathered through four years of DEC not allowing them to drill cost-eff ec ve wells. Now they have the town telling them they can’t drill here. Lenape doesn’t know

where its future opera ons are going to stand.”

In Vestal, near Binghamton in the prime shale gas region, Vestal Residents for Safe Energy will present more than 500 new an -drilling pe on signatures to the town board on Wednesday, bringing the total to more than 2,000, said Sue Rapp, a member of the group.

“We want the right to the quiet enjoyment of where we live,” Rapp said in a statement. The pe on represents residents who want to “guard themselves against the dangers of air and water pollu on, the industrializa on of their neighborhoods and the degrada on of the value of their homes,” Rapp said.

The town also faces pressure from landowners seeking gas leases, who want the board to pass a resolu on in favor of drilling.

Two local ordinances against gas drilling, in Middlefi eld and Dryden, were challenged in court but upheld by local judges. The gas industry is appealing the decisions, arguing that state law specifi cally says that local ordinances are trumped by state regula ons in the case of oil and gas drilling.


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The Central New York Regional Transporta on Authority (CNYRTA) is reques ng Bids from qualifi ed independent individuals or fi rms to provide analysis and reports on fl uid samples taken from transit vehicles. Individuals or fi rms who desire to submit a Bid may request an “Invita on to Bid Package” from Geoff Hoff , Senior Buyer and Designated Contact in wri ng at fax number: 315-442-3301, mailing address: Central New York Regional Transporta on Authority, PO Box 820, Syracuse, New York 13205 or e-mail: ghoff @centro.org. Bids must be received in the offi ces of the Central New York Regional Transporta on Authority, a en on Geoff Hoff no later than 2 pm EST on July 25, 2012. Bids received a er this me and date will be returned, unopened. Firms wishing to submit Bids do so en rely at their own risk. There is not an express or implied obliga on on the part of the CNYRTA to reimburse responding fi rms for any expenses incurred in preparing and submi ng Bids in response to this request. The CNYRTA reserves the right to reject any and all Bids for any reason. Bids received within the confi nes of the due date will remain in eff ect sixty (60) days from the due date. All Bidders will be required to cer fy that they are not on the Comptroller General’s List of Ineligible Contractors. Each Bidder will be required to comply with all Equal Employment Opportunity Rules and Regula ons. The CNYRTA hereby no fi es all Bidders that it will affi rma vely insure that in regard to any contract entered into pursuant to this adver sement, disadvantaged business enterprises will be aff orded full opportunity to submit bids to this invita on and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of sex, race, color, or na onal origin in considera on for an award.

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CENTRAL NEW YORK REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITYCNY Centro, Inc., will receive sealed bids for the sale of various re red service ve-hicles. Various company vehicles and equipment have been removed from service and are available for inspec on at the Centro of Syracuse garage at 200 Cortland Ave, Syracuse, NY 13205 from 9:00 am to 2:00 PM weekdays, Friday, June 29, 2012 through Friday, July 20, 2012. Please contact Larry Stackhouse or Jim Mahan at 442-3300 extensions 3322 & 3418 to arrange an appointment. Bid documents and Instruc on to Bidders will be on fi le in the Purchasing Department of CNY Centro, Inc., 200 Cortland Ave., Syracuse, NY 13205, where copies may be obtained by writ-ten request from Geoff Hoff via fax at 315-442-3301 or by mail at 200 Cortland Av-enue, P.O. Box 820, Syracuse, NY 13205-0820 or via email at ghoff @centro.org. Bids will be received at CNY Centro, Inc. offi ces un l 2:00 pm on Friday, July 20, 2012. Bids received a er this me and date will be returned, unopened. CNY Centro, Inc. reserves the right to reject any and all bids and waive any informality in the bidding.

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10 :: WWW.CNYVISION.COM - WEEK OF JULY 12 - 18, 2012The views expressed on our opinion pages are those of the author and do not

necessarily represent the position or viewpoint of MRMG or CNY Vision

Baye Muhammad One of a New Genera on of African-American Leaders in Syracuse

On July 1, one of the morning t e l e v i s i o n shows had Baye Muhammad as one of its guests. The interviewer was Laura Hands. She is a familiar face with local viewers and the closest to being a living legend in the history

of local television. Many, including this writer, have become used to her style of interviewing and repor ng local and na onal news. She has earned a reputa on over the years for being good at what she does, if not outstanding.

They discussed upcoming events planned to take place over the summer within metropolitan Syracuse. He outlined the upcoming programs and ac vi es of the Parks and Recrea on Department with the poise of a PR professional as well as the authority of a bureaucrat, a feat that is not easy to accomplish. He did it with fi nesse. There was no doubt about the fact that he knew what he was talking about. I was impressed to say the least.

To be interviewed by Laura Hands is one way of insuring the most impact for anyone seeking to promote and publicize any event in the Syracuse metropolitan area, and that was basically the reason why I decided to check out what Baye Muhammad had to say.

Another reason is, Baye Muhammad appears to me to symbolize the new genera on of leaders from the Syracuse African-American community whose role in government or non-governmental organiza ons have the poten al to impact the African-American community. This new genera on of leaders, which is slowly but surely emerging, espouses a diff erent approach to poli cs, one that combines the conciliatory with the confronta onal, as the occasion demands.

Muhammad is someone I consider to be a colleague; we had served together on the editorial board of this newspaper, prior to his being appointed to his current posi on.

Baye Muhammad is the commissioner of the city of Syracuse Parks and Recrea on. He was appointed by Mayor Stephanie Miner. And so far, he has succeeded in providing the kind of leadership that has produced results.

As far as I and many others in the African-American community are concerned, the eleva on of Baye Muhammad to the commissionership was one mayoral appointment that was right in every way. He has the qualifi ca ons and the experience, and his management style and approach appear to be not only innova ve, but eff ec ve. And in an age when poli cal correctness is a major concern in such ma ers, his selec on for the posi on was again, right on the

money in terms of its ramifi ca ons for Syracuse’s African-American community.For one, it means the African-American community was not excluded from sharing in the slate of mayoral appointments that came in the wake of the elec on that brought Mayor Miner into power.

How or when it happened is irrelevant. He got it and that’s what ma ers. And for the African-American community, it represents progress; if nothing else, at least Baye Muhammad has a big me city job.

That he qualifi es for the job is beyond ques on.

He is known in the African-American community for his involvement in community ini a ves aimed at crea ng opportuni es for people seeking to go into business or pursue higher educa on and be er themselves.

I was introduced to Baye Muhammad several years ago by none other than my good friend Mike Atkins. At the me, Atkins was in the process of fi nishing a major project; he was in the fi nal stages of conver ng a building on South Salina into a community-based business center. Baye Muhammad was assis ng him in the project and it soon became clear to me that Muhammad was a key player in the management and opera on of the center.

It was also a clear indica on that Atkins had absolute confi dence in Muhammad’s

ability to manage and provide leadership and, if necessary, step up and take control. In other words, he recognized poten al in the young man. The rest is history, as they say.

And Mike Atkins, the former city councilor many love to hate has every reason to be proud of the role he played. For whatever reason, many seem to be more inclined to disparaging Mike Atkins than “give him his props” perhaps because he tries to help everyone who comes to him, which is not possible.

Baye Muhammad’s current posi on as an appointed commissioner may end with the exit of the mayor or when changes occur in the administra on.

Regardless of what happens in the future, Baye Muhammad is doing what seems to me a good job at managing the aff airs of the parks and recrea on department and that is good enough for now.

Along with others like him, all seeking to bring change, Baye Muhammad and the new genera on of African-American leaders have the poten al to make a huge impact in our community.

KOFI QUAYE

--------------------------Kofi Quaye has been a Syracuse resident for more than 30 years. He is a writer, author and publisher. Over the years, he has been involved with the publication of several African American focused newspapers in Syracuse.

Refl ec ng on the Results of our Rhetoric(TriceEdneyWire.com) - “Talk is cheap!” “Talkin’ loud and sayin’ nothin’!” Black folks do a lot of talking, rappin’, e s p o u s i n g , pon fi ca ng, and p h i l o s o p h i z i n ’. No ma er the subject, we seem to know all about it and are more than willing to

get engaged on the topic at hand. God gave us only one mouth, but He gave us two eyes, two nostrils, two ears, and two hands; we should get the hint that talking should not be the dominant of the fi ve senses.

Talking is what we do a er using our other four senses. So why is rhetoric so high on our agenda? Why do we hold in such high esteem a speech, for instance, that brings with it no ac on? Why are we so enthralled with leaders who only talk, albeit very well, but have never established an en ty, built a business, or started an ini a ve related to their rhetoric? Why do we even call these folks “leaders” in the fi rst place? Shouldn’t we at least measure them by the results of their rhetoric?

I am so sick of hearing folks who only whine about our problems and never li a fi nger to provide solu ons.

Loquaciousness is very overrated among Black folks. You can hear it on talk radio, callers and some mes even hosts who have li le if any informa on on the topic, talking on and on as though they know everything there is to know about it. Even sadder is the fact that they give out erroneous informa on that others take and run with, thereby, perpetua ng the ignorance of a certain issue among our people. Their favorite thing is to say what others “need” to do or what “we as a people” need to do, all without off ering one thing they are willing to do or have done.

I am also red of seeing Black folks on television (legi mate news journalists not included) who only “talk” about the issues, usually telling us what we already know, and never having done one thing to contribute to our economic upli . You ask them for a few dollars to help with a cause or to invest in a Black owned business and you can’t fi nd them with a search warrant. Why are we so enamored with these folks? Is it because it requires no work on our behalf other than to simply sit and listen to what they have to say?

Poli cs is the best example of this phenomenon among Black people. Ain’t nothing like an arousing, emo onal, down-home speech to get us wound up. But if all we get is wound up, and the speaker walks away with thousands of dollars for his or her rhetorical gymnas cs, wowing the audience with

big words and provoca ve quotes, what good is it? As LeBron James suggested last year a er losing the fi nals, most of us will wake up tomorrow with the same problems and the same life we had yesterday, namely, rising prices, infl a on, foreclosures, unemployment, college loan defaults, and trying to pay for a fi ll-up in order to get to work or operate our small businesses. He said, we will “have to get back to the real world at some point.” We must demand more from our “leaders” and not let them off the hook so easily.

Another thing we do is call “Town Hall Mee ngs.” Nothing wrong with that, but it sure would be nice if we owned a Town Hall or two in which to hold our mee ngs. And let’s not forget about the charlatan preachers and their prosperity gospel that always ends up providing for them but seldom if ever “trickles down” to those whose dollars enriched them in the fi rst place. Why are we so weak? Why are we so vulnerable to mere rhetoric? Are we so lazy that we simply refuse to research or study to see if what someone says is true? It’s one thing to risk your money; it’s another thing to risk your soul.

The point here is that Black people cannot aff ord to be drawn into the euphoria of rhetorical nonsense or rhetorical excellence. We must not fall prey to those who only talk a good game but never get into the game. Before you believe, follow, or praise anyone simply because

you heard them speak eloquently or share some informa on, fi nd out what they have done and/or what they are doing. See if they are using their other four senses to ini ate, build, or facilitate something of substance rather than just talking about it or telling you what you should do.

Beware of blovia ng rhetoricians and sen ment-grabbing, self-absorbed, self-proclaimed know-it-alls. We must have authen c leadership among Black people, not sideline coaches and Monday morning quarterbacks. With all of the rhetoric coming from and to Black folks, we should be much further ahead in this country, that is, if rhetoric alone accomplishes that end. Sadly, it does not and never will. Words without ac on are just words. Informa on is only power to those who act upon it. Blackonomics – Ac on required!

-------------James E. Clingman, an adjunct professor at the University of Cincinna 's African American Studies department, is former editor of the Cincinna Herald newspaper and founder of the Greater Cincinna African American Chamber of Commerce. He hosts the cable television program, ''Blackonomics,'' and has wri en several books, including his latest, Black Empowerment with an A tude - You got a problem with that? To book Clingman for a speaking engagement or purchase his books, call 513 489 4132 or go to his Website, www.blackonomics.com.

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JAMES CLINGMAN


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Did This Father Go Too Far in Punishing His Son?The details are admi edly sketchy on what happened here, but this boy decided to share his domes c dispute with cyberspace. We are not sure if he is seeking sympathy or just happened to snap the photo. The story goes something like this: The teenager

gets out of control and begins to argue with his mother. He then refers to his mother as a b*tch, which leads to his father stepping in to defend his mother. We don’t know who won the fi ght, but this is what his face looks like a er the fi ght is over. Assuming that he is the cause of the injuries in this image, did this dad go too far with the boy?

As the image has been circula ng throughout the blogosphere, everyone has been giving their two cents on the ma er.

Did the dad go overboard? My answer is “probably yes,” unless there is some piece of the story that hasn’t been shared. I can’t imagine your son saying anything that would jus fy a bea ng of this magnitude. Even kicking him out of the house or calling the police might be a be er op on than simply bea ng him to a pulp and risking jail me yourself.

Anyone who was raised in the old school knows that this sort of thing happens regularly in our community, and there was a me when the idea of being able to call the authori es on your parents was simply out of the ques on. While some might think it’s a sad day that a child can call the police on his parents, there are

some parents who need to learn how to slow their roll. Bea ng the hell out of your child and being proud of it is no way to parent, I hope we can agree on that. There are far more intelligent and loving ways to get your child to respect you, instead of threatening to kill them for every li le indiscre on as they simply creep and do all their dirt behind your back.

At the same me, I am admi edly skep cal of all the new age (read “white”) psychologists who try to tell us that black parents are backward for believing that some kids need to be spanked. Every me I go to the grocery store and see a li le blonde-headed three year old throwing boxes of cereal at his mother’s head, I am reminded of why the old school can some mes be preferable to the undisciplined behemoths that I’ve seen on college campuses. I can name at least 500 kids I’ve taught over the years whose

parents never taught them discipline and therefore gave them a license to become menaces to society.

We love our kids, and there may be room for various forms of physical discipline. But bea ngs like the one in this image have to stop.

Feel free to help me understand why I might be wrong.

---------Dr. Boyce Watkins is a Professor at Syracuse University and founder of the Your Black World Coali on.

DR. BOYCE WATKINS

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