There’s no doubt hockey is a tough, demanding sport. It may, however, not be as determined as you might think. The NHL has an employment event scheduled for Florida in February. In its efforts to be inclusive, it was excluding some categories of potential employees. The State of Florida calls that discrimination and the NHL caved before landing in the penalty box.
Just who’s in charge in the workplace? Any rational person would think it is the employer and his designated management team. Why don’t today’s workers get the concept? Has COVID brought a sense of entitlement to employees? It would seem so as employees are resisting or even ignoring calls to return to the workplace.
The Brevard Legislative Delegation Meeting is usually a dog and pony show where government representatives and others present their wish list for state funding and more to our elected officials. It’s usually not especially noteworthy as it’s just more of the same hands out for tax dollars for prospective projects or organizations. This year’s had a bit of an exception. Someone who should have known better, as he’s sat on one side of the dais or the other for nearly sixteen years, embarrassed himself and the rest of us with his mocking performance. While the meeting may normally be a ho-hum event, this elected official showed his lack of respect for the process, himself and the rest of us with the stunt he pulled.
Dave Bowman joins us at 8am with the latest edition of DAVE DOES HISTORY. In focus today is Ben Franklin. As Dave puts it…Before the middle of the 19th century, the most famous American in the world was Benjamin Franklin. He was - as most people know - a scientist, an inventor, a printer, a writer, a socialite, a diplomat, a fashion icon and a humorist.
Today we celebrate his birthday with some of the things that you might not know about the man who some call "the First American..."
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