• The Jags second victory was blacked out from local broadcast, but alert fans still got to see the team’s game–winning drive on CBS. The network switched over from Tennessee’s thrashing of Miami in time to see Fred Taylor’s last-minute dash to the end zone. For more, see page 5.
• The I. M. Sulzbacher Center for the Homeless has named Sherry Burns president and chief executive officer. Burns, former vice president and general manager of Ch. 4, will start in mid-December.
• Seems things have become a little personal over a plan to build residential housing in LaVilla. Urban League president Richard Danford and City Council member Reggie Fullwood have butted heads in the past over the project, but things really got ugly after a recent Finance Committee meeting. Fullwood and Danford engaged in a heat shouting match outside of City Hall following the meeting, which resulted in Danford filing a police complaint for verbal assault against Fullwood.
• Attorneys and members of the judiciary are reminded to RSVP by this afternoon for Wednesday’s Meet & Greet with selected students from the Florida Coastal School of Law. The social will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at The University Club. RSVP: 680-7758.
• Not only is the new Main Library proceeding on schedule, it looks like the project is going to come in about $1 million under budget.
• Lt. Col. Oliver North’s scheduled Nov. 18 address to the Florida Forum has been postponed until Jan.12. North has been reassigned to Iraq by Fox News Channel to continue his duties as war correspondent and to compile material for his “War Stories” television series.
• In its effort to untangle downtown parking, the Downtown Development Authority will form a blue ribbon committee with representatives from the DDA, Downtown Vision,Inc. Administration and Finance, Public Parking, the JTA and the mayor’s office to fine tune its restructuring recommendations before they are presented for the mayor’s approval.
• Generally speaking, used car dealers don’t have the best reputation with consumers. But M&L Motors on Beach Boulevard has earned some praise from an Indiana man, who sent us a letter detailing his dealings with the company. Several months after purchasing a car, the man received two checks, totaling $600 for “overpayment” on the deal. He was unaware he was owed any money and saluted the company’s integrity for making sure he received the payment.