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Reitz Union opens for early voting By Jessica Curbelo Alligator Staff Writer

The ﬁght to get early voting on Florida campuses lasted longer than Megan Newsome’s undergraduate career. The 22-yearold astrophysics researcher said she’ll be at the Reitz Union to cast her ballot during early voting this election. Anyone registered to vote in Alachua County can vote in Room G-50, next to the hotel entrance, starting at 9 a.m.

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today. “A lot of students didn’t know why we were ﬁghting for so long,” Newsome said. “All the work was worthwhile.” Newsome and other members of UF Vote Everywhere, a group aimed to increase voter turnout, spent four years reaching out to politicians like the Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner and State Rep. Chuck Clemons for support. They were met with rejection every time, Newsome said. Newsome and Jaime Roy, another Vote Everywhere ambassador, ﬁled the lawsuit in May with the Florida League of Women Voters and the Andrew Goodman Foundation, which funds Vote Everywhere.

A judge’s injunction in July allowed for on-campus early voting locations for the 2018 midterm elections, Newsome said. “You don’t have voting rights without voting access,” she said. TJ Pyche, the Alachua County Supervisor of Elections spokesperson, said the polling station costs a total of $35,416 to run. The on-campus location is an opportunity for people to vote in between work and classes, Pyche said. “The goal is to make sure that everyone who is eligible to vote does vote,” he said. @jesscurbelo jcurbelo@alligator.org

Gainesville shows its Pride during annual festival

Ballot guide:

Here are the candidates running for oﬃce statewide and locally: Florida Governor: Ron DeSantis Andrew Gillum United States Senator Rick Scott Bill Nelson U.S. Representative District 3 Yvonne Hayes Hinson Ted Yoho State Senate District 8 Kayser Enneking Keith Perry State Representative District 10 Chuck Brannan Ronald Williams II State Representative District 21 Chuck Clemons Jason Lee Haeseler County Commission District 2 Marihelen Haddock Wheeler Scott Costello School Board District 1 Gunnar Paulson April Barefoot Tisher County Judge Craig DeThomasis Meshon Rawls

In addition to candidates, there are 12 state constitutional amendments and two referendums for Alachua County on the ballot:

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Seven-year-old Elizabeth Poe, daughter of Gainesville Mayor Lauren Poe, sits on a parade ﬂoat Saturday afternoon during the the Gainesville Pride Parade. “Pride gets bigger and better and more celebratory every year,” Lauren Poe said.

ABOUT 5,000 PEOPLE CAME TO THE FESTIVAL. By Lindsey Breneman Alligator Staff Writer

Clea DuBrawl rolled down University Avenue alongside a pack of about 20 roller derby skaters gripping pride ﬂags Saturday afternoon.

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DuBrawl, 29, who goes by Ashley Flattery outside of the roller rink, came to the annual Gainesville Pride Festival and Parade with the Gainesville Roller Rebels. The group tore through the street on their skates while holding a banner that read “GRR’s got Pride.” Hundreds of people donning rainbow attire marched downtown at noon during the parade, which was hosted by the Pride Community Center of North Central Flori-

The winner of the Florida-Georgia game has usually gone on to the SEC Championship. This year may mean a little more, pg. 17

da. About 5,000 people attended the festival throughout the day, said Terry Fleming, the center’s co-president. The Gainesville Roller Rebels participate in the festival every year because many of the team members are in the LGBTQ+ community, Flattery said. “Pride’s about having a really cool community like our roller derby team,” she said.

The Alligator will have a new general manager He’ll be the third to hold the position in 71 years, pg. 10

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Amendment 1: Increased Homestead Property Tax Exemption Amendment 2: Limitations on Property Tax Assessments Amendment 3: Voter Control on Gambling in Florida Amendment 4: Voting Restoration Amendment Amendment 5: Supermajority Vote Required to Impose, Authorize or Raise State Taxes or Fees Amendment 6: Rights of Crime Victims; Judges Amendment 7: First Responder and Military Member Survivor Benefits; Public Colleges and Universities Amendment 9: Prohibits Offshore Oil and Gas Drilling; Prohibits Vaping in Enclosed Indoor Workplaces Amendment 10: State and Local Government Structure and Operation Amendment 11: Property Rights; Removal of Obsolete Provision; Criminal Statutes Amendment 12: Lobbying and Abuse of Office by Public Officers Amendment 13: Ends Dog Racing

County Referendums: Children’s Trust of Alachua County - Authority to Levy OneHalf Mill Ad Valorem Taxes Half-Cent Sales Surtax to Improve School Facilities Municipal Referendums: Creation of the Gainesville Regional Utilities Authority City of Gainesville Charter Amendment City Commission Elections and Terms of Oﬃce Visit page 10 for more information

Tom Petty gets a park

On the late rock star’s birthday celebration, the city held the ofﬁcial naming ceremony, pg. 4

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Local Events / News in Brief WHAT’S HAPPENING? My Fulbright in 7 Minutes The UF Fulbright Program will host “My Fulbright in 7 Minutes” from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the UF International Center in the Hub. Guests can learn about Fulbright grants and network with U.S. and international Fulbright participants. These seven-minute presentations are concise and fast-paced. They are titled: “From Legend to Science: Geomicrobiology of the Fountain of Youth” by Adrian Barry Sosa, “Regenerative Medicine – From Tail-regenerating Lizards to Organ-regenerating Humans?” by Ruxandra Sava and “Heat Stress and Fertility: The Answer from Cows” by Ali Husnain. Light refreshments will be served. To RSVP, email UFFulbrightRSVP@gmail.com. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact mcardec@ufic. ufl.edu. GatorNights - Friday Night Frights GatorNights will have a haunted house and a costume contest this Friday. There will also be a tarot card station, Halloween games and ice cream. A spooky scavenger hunt will take place around the Reitz Union. “Hereditary” will be shown at 8 p.m. and 10:45 p.m. in the Reitz Union Auditorium, where popcorn and soda will be offered. GatorNights is always Friday and always free for UF students with their Gator 1 Card from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. in the Reitz Union. Guests must be current students to participate and can bring one guest. Bicycle Ride to support Breast Cancer Research, Oct. 28 The Pink Pumpkin Pedal-Off is a charity bicycle ride to raise funds to support local research on treatment-resistant breast cancers. Ride distances are 10, 22, 40 or 62.5 miles. All rides begin and end at the Cancer and Genetics Research Center at UF. Register at pinkpumpkinpedaloff.org. Girls Who Code Girls Who Code Gainesville

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New 3D mural unveiled on wall outside of Florida Theatre IT COST ABOUT $10,000 TO PAY FOR THE MATERIALS AND TO FLY THE ARTIST OUT. By Ke’on Christian Alligator Contributing Writer

It took almost 200 spray paint cans and over 50 gallons of paint for Insane 51, an artist from Greece, to complete a 3D mural in just four days. The mural is the latest addition that GNV Urban Art’s creator Iryna Kanishcheva arranged for. It cost about $10,000 for the materials and for flying the artist in from Greece. The mural was revealed to more than 50 people at the wall behind the Florida Theatre on West University Avenue on Sunday afternoon. Local artists performed while others waited to talk to the 26-year-old mural artist. The first 35 guests received a free pair of 3D glasses to view the mural, said Kanishcheva, the 32-year-old founder and curator of 352walls, the first urban art project in North Florida. Insane 51 said the latest Gainesville wall art was inspired by personal relationships, a recurring theme in his art. For the last few years, the artist

said he’s been exclusively working with double exposure since he bought some 3D glasses and started working with the effect on his computer. He said he believes the 3D effect has a bigger impact on viewers because it’s new to the human eye. He said he also works with spray paint, which makes this process easier. “When I started showing them that I use 3D glasses to look at the mural and you have two different pictures in one, then everyone was amazed because they haven’t seen this on a wall before,” he said. “When people use the 3D glasses, they are experiencing something exciting.” When selecting an artist for the project, Kanishcheva and Bill Bryson, the new owner for the Florida Theatre, were looking for someone who could work with the rough surface of the theatre’s wall, Kanishcheva said. “Most of the artists, they can’t work with this kind of surface,” Kanishcheva said. Alexandria Nong, 24, said she’s really into art. When Nong saw the mural with her 3D glasses, she smiled and gazed at it in awe. “I think it’s really amazing,” Nong said. “You would have to be here, live in-person to be able to see it and capture the entire beauty of it.”

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The 3D art mural at the wall behind the Florida Theatre on West University Avenue was revealed Sunday afternoon. It cost about $10,000 to pay for the materials and artist’s travel from Greece.

University Avenue was closed. PRIDE, from pg. 1

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Lead singer and guitarist Jason Hedges and members of Heavy Petty rock out at the Tom Petty Birthday Bash at Depot Park on Saturday night. The Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Tribute Band welcomed guests on stage.

Gainesville Police closed University Avenue from the intersection of Southwest Seventh Street to Southeast First Street until the parade ended at about 1 p.m. The sidewalk was lined with cheering spectators while more people spilled out of University Club across the street. The Pride Community Center hosts the event with the help of the City of Gainesville Department of Cultural Affairs, Fleming said. The center, which offers HIV testing programs and transgender youth support groups, led the parade. Groups including the Gainesville chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America and the Alachua County Faith Leadership Alliance also marched. The Wells Fargo stagecoach was pulled by four horses as the parade’s ﬁnale. “Pride is about community. That’s the most important thing,” Fleming said. “It’s about coming together in unity and happiness and then having pride.” The Sisterhood of Perpetual Indulgence made its Gainesville debut this year. Concealing their identities with white face makeup and nun-inspired outﬁts, the members of

the group provided outreach to the LGBTQ+ community at the start of the AIDs epidemic, said Sister Dominique Mascara Top. “Pride is the ultimate expression of who you are as a person,” said Sister Patience Fussy Bottom. “It’s the period of time when you can be unabashedly yourself and be fearless, even if you can’t in your everyday life.” Vendors and groups set up tents on Bo Diddley Plaza to sell books, local honey, coffee and spiritual card readings until the festival ended at 9 p.m. Musical performances were scattered throughout the afternoon, including the Tallahassee band Boys Who Cry, and a drag show later that night on stage. Jasmine Chi, a 20-year-old UF economics and African American studies junior, attended Pride for her second time this year. She strode through the festival holding hands with her girlfriend, Skylar McIlvanie, a 20-year-old UF neuroscience and women’s studies junior. The couple came to the festival with McIlvenie’s parents and their dog, Jett. “Pride just means being comfortable in my own space, and being in an environment that’s inclusive like this,” Chi said. @thatlbren lbreneman@alligator.org

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More than 300 fans come out to celebrate rocker Tom Petty’s birthday TOM PETTY’S DAUGHTER AND YOUNGER BROTHER ALSO MADE SPEECHES. By Kat Antunes Alligator Contributing Writer

With a tissue clamped in hand and tears ready to fall, Kathy Smith said she was overcome with emotions to be surrounded by a community of Tom Petty fans. “It’s just been so great to be around people who just understand because it’s been really hard since last October,” she said. Smith, a 53-year-old school principal from Morris, New York, made a pilgrimage to Gainesville to be in the city for the dedication of Tom Petty Park, at 400 NE 16th Ave. Smith has listened to Tom Petty’s music since the 1970s. “I had to be able to experience where he lived, where he grew up and mostly just to feel this love from everybody,” she said. Smith and more than 300 people were at the dedication ceremony at the park formerly known as Northeast Park in honor of Tom Petty’s 68th birthday. The park was a frequent hangout spot for Petty and his younger brother, Bruce Petty. “It was a place for us to escape and be kids and have fun,” Bruce Petty said. Before the red park sign with Tom Petty’s name and a photo was revealed, Mayor Lauren Poe, Bruce Petty and Tom Petty’s

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Tom Petty’s brother and daughter, Bruce and Adria Petty stand behind the podium at the dedication of Tom Petty Park on Oct. 20, 2018. Both gave statements and thanked the community before the unveiling of the new sign. daughter, Adria Petty, gave speeches. In deciding how to memorialize the late Gainesville-raised rockstar, Poe said the city considered other options like a statue,

but Poe said his legacy meant more than a statue and felt the park was the perfect fit. “This is where he spent his childhood,” Poe said. “This is where he was

with his friends and where he escaped and just soaked in the experience that was Gainesville back in the ‘70s.” Adria Petty said fans and residents in the city have been welcoming to her. Fans across the world have made the difficult process of his death much easier. “Gainesville is an extraordinary place, where if you listen to my dad’s music here, it has a different meaning,” she said. Fans came from across the country, many of them members of Tom Petty Nation, a Facebook group founded by Keith Eveland. The 54-year-old superfan from Panama City said the group now has more than 33,000 members since he started it five years ago. “It’s really touching to see how many people connect with it,” he said. “I feel like when I created it, that Tom sprinkled a little magic dust on it.” Cindy Lou Safar, 60, a member of the Facebook group, drove eight hours from Gretna, Louisiana, with her husband and 40 pounds of plastic bead necklaces that she handed out to fans. She wanted to bring something special after she read in the group that others would be giving away handmade pins and jewelry. She became a fan of Tom Petty’s music when she began listening to him after she graduated high school in 1976. “It just grabbed a hold of my heart,” she said.

Commissioners plan to power city on 100 percent renewable energy POWER WOULD COME FROM THINGS LIKE SOLAR ENERGY AND BIOMASS By Dana Cassidy Alligator Staff Writer

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WE’RE GOING TO NEED A BIGGER BOAT Ten-year-old chocolate Labrador Retriever, Katan, lurks in the water during the annual K9 Splash Bash held at H. Spurgeon Cherry “Westside” Pool on Saturday. Katan’s dog father, Gainesville resident Mario Guerrero, has brought him to enjoy the event for the past three years.

Over the next 27 years, Gainesville will be running on a new kind of power. At Thursday’s City Commission meeting a resolution was unanimously passed to ensure Gainesville will be running 100 percent on renewable energy and resources by 2045, said City Commissioner Adrian Hayes-Santos. “Climate change is happening, and we need to start taking action now to ensure our environment is safe for future generations,” Hayes-Santos said. Three percent of Florida’s utility resource energy comes from renewable resources. Gainesville’s is already higher at 27 percent, Hayes-Santos said. By 2045, Gainesville should be at 100 percent. The resolution is nonbinding and isn’t the first of its kind. At least 84 other cities and two states — California and Hawaii — have also committed to becoming 100 percent renewable. Renewable power for Gainesville comes from solar power and the bio-

mass plant, Hayes-Santos said. Changes such as having electric or hybrid buses and cars, purchasing local electricity rather than depending on foreign oil and focusing on solar energy will be implemented over time, he said. The year 2045 was chosen because it’s realistic, Hayes-Santos said. “We thought that 2045 was not just an aspirational goal, but one we could achieve,” Hayes-Santos said. Local groups such as the Suwannee - St. Johns Group Sierra Club, a group that promotes protecting natural resources, have advocated for this resolution to pass throughout the year, said Roberta Gastmeyer, the executive committee member of the organization. It is important to make sure all the residents within the city are involved with this new energy transition, Gastmeyer said. “We hope that all the residents in Gainesville share in the benefits of this new energy economy,” Gastmeyer said. @danacassidy_ dcassidy@alligator.org

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Senators Bill Nelson, Cory Booker visit UF THEY MET WITH MORE THAN 60 STUDENTS FROM THE UF COLLEGE DEMOCRATS By Gillian Sweeney Alligator Staff Writer

Bennett Ragan defied his Republican parents when he registered as a Democrat in August 2015. Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Florida) was one politician who inspired Ragan’s decision to join the party, the 20-year-old UF political science junior said. Ragan first heard Nelson speak about five years ago when the senator came to his hometown of West Palm Beach. On Friday evening in Weil Hall, Ragan was excited to hear from Nelson again. “I feel so lucky to have interacted with one of our senators,” Ragan said. “It means a lot to me personally that he cares enough

to talk to young voters.” Sen. Cory Booker (D-New Jersey) also joined Nelson at UF, said UF College Democrats President Kristen Jackson, a 20-yearold UF civil engineering junior. The senators met more than 60 students from UF College Democrats during the student group’s weekly phone bank, where volunteers called registered voters throughout Florida to remind them to vote and to talk about Democratic candidates. “That’s like one-fiftieth of the most important people in the country in one room,” Jackson said. “There’s only a handful of people who are more important than the individuals in front of us right now.” Nelson is no stranger to UF, he said. The current U.S. senator was the freshman class president when he was an undergraduate at UF before he transferred to Yale University. Nelson told volunteers that the people

who win elections make decisions that affect everyone. “Elections have consequences,” Nelson said. Nelson answered student questions on policy issues, such as immigration, migrant workers’ rights and women’s rights in the wake of the Kavanaugh-Ford hearings. Booker came in about 20 minutes after Nelson answered their questions. “What’s going on in our country is more indicative of the people who aren’t partici-

pating than those who are,” Booker said to the crowd. It is frustrating to Booker that more young people don’t turn up at the polls to vote because the country could be transformed in an election if they did, he said. “Your whole job is to wake up the conscience of your community, to pull people out to vote,” Booker said. @gilliangsweeney gsweeney@alligator.org

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New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker and Sen. Bill Nelson meet with UF College Democrats at Weil Hall on Friday afternoon. Sen. Booker took selfies and posted an Instagram story of the meeting with students yelling “Go Gators.”

New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker joins Sen. Bill Nelson at a UF College Democrats meeting last Friday at Weil Hall. Students asked the senators questions about policies and their thoughts on current issues in the Senate.

Hundreds celebrate Civic Media Center’s 25th anniversary and hear from journalist Amy Goodman GOODMAN DID NOT CHARGE A SPEAKER’S FEE. By Kat Antunes Alligator Contributing Writer

Amy Goodman, a well-known broadcast journalist, made an audience of 250 people crack up when she made a joke about a parallel between the leader of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and President Donald Trump in an orange jumpsuit. “Can you imagine, the 45th president of the United States, strip searched and in an orange jumpsuit? I mean, it would match,” Goodman said. Goodman, the host and executive producer of the news program “Democracy Now!” was the

guest speaker at the Civic Media Center’s 25th anniversary celebration. Guests paid $25 to enter the independent nonprofit media organization’s event that was held at the Working Food Community Center, at 219 NW 10th Ave. The money made from the entry would go to back to the media center, said Isabel Miceli, a 22-year-old UF women’s studies senior. “I’m ecstatic at the response and the increased visibility of and support for the CMC,” Miceli said. Goodman did not charge a speaker’s fee; she just asked that her flight and housing be covered, said Kaithleen Hernandez, 23, one the coordinators of the center’s anniversary celebration.

About 15 people also paid $100 for a meet and greet opportunity with Goodman before the event, Hernandez said. The money went toward WGOT-LP, which broadcasts on 100.1 FM out of the Civic Media Center. Hernandez, who has worked with the center for a year, said it takes $5,000 a month to keep it running. Sometimes she doesn’t even get paid on time, she said. “It’s a labor of love,” she said. Goodman spoke for over an hour, taking the audience through a tour of major American headlines and how corporate involvement in the media has influenced how stories from the last 50 years were told — such as Emmett Till’s lynching and the recent death of Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal

Khashoggi. She also made a case for independent media outlets and grassroots organizations. “I just feel it’s absolutely critical to go to where the silence is — to bring out the voices of people who are not usually heard,” Goodman said after the event. “That’s why we have to build independent media. That’s why CMC and WGOT are so important.” Woody Blue, 66, was humbled that Amy Goodman would come to speak in Gainesville. “Amy Goodman is my ‘shero’, so of course I’m here because I want to see Amy Goodman, come hell or high water,” Blue said. Teresa Zokovitch, one of the co-owners of Vine Sourdough

Bakery and a sponsor of the event, said she appreciates the message of the center and has been involved with it since the 1990s. “Things are kind of dark and bleak, and I just have to stick near things that will help bring hope and inspire,” Zokovitch, 49, said. The Civic Media Center is successful because of the community and volunteers, said Joe Courter, the co-founder of the center and publisher of the Gainesville Iguana. “One of the biggest things in my life is working with the Civic Media Center,” Courter, 67, said. “It’s incredibly rewarding to get a night like this.”

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The Alligator’s endorsements for U.S., state and local candidates

n honor of the beginning of early voting today, The Alligator is releasing its endorsements for elected office. The candidates were chosen based on their clean and honorable track records of representing Florida, its districts and its counties. Florida Governor Andrew Gillum’s perspective growing up in borderline poverty puts him at an advantage in understanding how to care for Florida’s most vulnerable. He favors expanding Medicaid, raising the corporate tax rate, increasing education spending and legalizing recreational marijuana. He is more appropriate for the position than his opponent Ron DeSantis, who has a troubled history with race issues, voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act, opposes sensible gun control and who would likely help divert money away from public schools and allocate it to charter schools. U.S. Senate Bill Nelson has served honorably as a U.S. senator from Florida for the last 18 years. Nelson has consistently defended Florida’s environment, helping to negotiate legislation that bans offshore oil drilling that would tarnish Florida’s coast and then holding the line in defense of that legislation. He voted in favor of the ACA and for the stimulus package that reduced the effects of the economic collapse. Florida Gov. Rick Scott, in contrast, has been a poor steward of Florida’s coastline with his inaction on harmful algal blooms and has a lengthy list of troubles with personal enrichment from his time as governor. U.S. House of Representatives District 3 Yvonne Hayes Hinson’s support for teacher salary increases and for helping students living with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals protection show that she will do Florida justice in the House. Incumbent Ted Yoho, in contrast, has an A rating from the National Rifle Association. While he has more experience in this office, Hinson would offer more inclusivity in the district if elected. She was endorsed by the African American Accountability Alliance of Alachua County. State Senate District 8 Dr. Kayser Enneking’s perspective from treating needy patients contrasts her opponent, Keith Perry’s, whose platform on health can be taken from his suggestion that “we should be investing in medical schools to ... create the best doctors possible.” This ignores the health care struggles that Florida residents face. State Representative District 10 Ronald Williams’ fledgling plan to reform the way Florida handles juvenile criminal justice will benefit District 10. We endorse Williams over Chuck Brannan, who prioritizes conservative fiscal policy and preservation of Florida’s lakes. State Representative District 21 Jason Haeseler’s positions on health care and education make him better suited for the position than Chuck Clemons. Haeseler supports expanding Medicare accessibility to all Florida residents. Haeseler, while a supporter of the Second Amendment, also supports more reasonable gun control laws. Alachua County Commission District 2 Scott Costello’s involvement with philanthropy and focus on paying teachers a more competitive wage earn him our endorsement over Marihelen Wheeler, who is not as politically adept. Alachua County School Board District 3 Incumbent Gunnar Paulson’s track record of raising teacher salaries earns him our endorsement over April Barefoot Tisher. County Judge Craig DeThomasis will serve as a well-qualified county judge, having extensive experience as both a practitioner and teacher of the law. We endorse him over Meshon Rawls, although both UF Levin College of Law graduates would be great for the position. The Alligator will publish an editorial discussing our endorsements of Florida constitutional amendments in Wednesday’s issue. Meryl Kornfield EDITOR

Romy Ellenbogen MANAGING EDITOR

Paige Fry MANAGING EDITOR

Stephan Chamberlin OPINIONS EDITOR

Column

A worldview based on conﬂict fails the observer

Illing’s problem, which happens to be the more here are certain topics in my life that I am general problem of our culture, is that he proposes inexplicably more attracted to than others, solutions to the wrong problem: us-versus-them topics that shine in my mind like street narratives. Many today see this as the biggest leak lamps in the dark, that I flutter around, in our national pipeline. I have a different view. transfixed. One of those topics is culture, Us-versus-them narratives are impossible to specifically of the 21st century American kind. avoid; every single worldview smuggles that point I am obsessed with understanding the waters its plot. Every worldview favors those who America swims in, their depths, currents, temScott Stinson into believe in it and consequently disfavors those who peratures, sources and destinations. opinions@alligator.org don’t. It is a natural side effect of believing that the You cannot be a student of our contemporary culture without being fluent in the language of fragmenta- truth is embodied in a particular system of belief. Yet many people today view this as oppressively exclusive tion. It is a cliche to write “our nation is divided” nowadays; it is also a cliche to lament this. Everyone, it seems, wants and would rather side with inclusivity. These people think to follow “E Pluribus Unum” and has solutions to achieve that you can have a worldview free of metaphysical bias that it. But our solutions are becoming futile and desperate, like does not split people into believers and non-believers. But look closer — does this view not still tell the same story? someone stuck underwater who keeps trying to breathe. There are those who champion inclusivity and those who The media outlet Vox, for example, published an essay last week titled “How Meditation and Psychedelics Could Fix do not. There are those who think the way to accept and Tribalism,” in which author Sean Illing argued that science love people is to not care about what they believe and those attests to the positive influence of obliterating the self and who think the exact opposite. The belief that inclusivity is expanding one’s consciousness (i.e., meditation and its crazy the highest good is just that — a belief — and is subject to the same laws that any other belief is, namely disagreement. uncle, psychedelics.) Illing argues that viewing individuality as illusory could As it turns out, in the heart of the belief that purports to end eliminate us-versus-them mentalities that entrench us along all tribalism, there is an “us” and a “them.” When we see us-versus-them narratives as the chief culideological battle lines. How could we wage war against “the other side” if there is no such thing as sides, perspective or prit for our divided nation, we misunderstand the nature even individual cognition, but only the All behind it all? In of belief. Any worthwhile worldview will be aware of the this view, Republicans and Democrats actually belong to a complexity of people — that something ineffably keeps us Oneness that encompasses all things, which is the true real- from rising to true unity either at work, the dinner table, the neighborhood or the nation. ity, truer than our possession of particular selves. Here then is my thesis (a little late in the game, I know): Meditation and psychedelics, Illing contends, are equally fruitful ways of tapping into this cosmic force — the more we Rather than looking for the cosmopolitan worldview, we should look for the worldview that teaches us to respect and tap into it, the less we see life as tribal warfare. Meditation aside, Illing’s desire to legitimize the use of upholds the dignity of our enemies. We should look for the psychedelics is a troubling one; he admits as much and states worldview that gives us resources to love (in action, thought that he does not want everyone to start dropping acid. We and word) those people who will inevitably disagree with us, as a culture are solution-deficient. This is how I interpreted for disagreement is a fact of life as these past few years have Illing’s essay. Vox published the essay because it found Ill- painfully revealed. Scott Stinson is a UF English senior. His column appears ing’s ideas to be worth contemplating. I think his ideas are a on Mondays. gateway to more ludicrous ones.

The views expressed here are not necessarily those of the Alligator. The Alligator encourages comments from readers. Letters to the editor should not exceed 150 words (about one letter-sized page). They must be typed, double-spaced and must include the author’s name, classiﬁcation and phone number. Names will be withheld if the writer shows just cause. We reserve the right to edit for length, grammar, style and libel. Send letters to opinions@alligator.org, bring them to 2700 SW 13th St., or send them to P.O. Box 14257, Gainesville, FL 32604-2257. Columns of about 450 words about original topics and editorial cartoons are also welcome. Questions? Call 352-376-4458.

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Letters to the Editor Making class optional on Election Day would make it easier for students to take the time out of their day to travel to their voting locations and not have to worry about missing class. If attendance isn’t optional on Election Day, hundreds of young people at our university will not be able to participate in an election that will greatly affect the future. As a bipartisan coalition of six civic engagement student organizations, we strongly agree with the above argument provided by UF student Aggie Argeros. Only 24.1 percent of eli-

gible students at UF voted in the 2014 midterm elections. UF students face many structural and personal roadblocks to voting. “I would be able to dismiss any anxieties about missing an attendance grade,” Isabella Trejo said. “(I) am looking forward to voting, but with mandatory attendance grades, I very well may not be able to.” Students have expressed that they have classes all day and work at night. One said he or she plans to travel back home to Pinellas County to vote. Several students said they fear

their grades will suffer in classes with mandatory attendance requirements. The current UF President’s report on strategic planning aspires to provide “an outstanding and accessible education that prepares students for work, citizenship and life.” Further, UF’s Strategic Plan for 2015-2020 states that the “University of Florida’s Division of Student Affairs is committed to instilling civic values and a pride in civic engagement in our student body.” Our coalition hopes to guide UF to accomplish its plan in part by pursuing legisla-

tion in Student Government this week calling for UF instructors to make class attendance optional on Election Day. We hope that instructors will listen. Signed, Democracy Matters Young Americans for Freedom UF College Democrats Gators for Underrepresented Voters Gators Vote Everywhere Gators for No Labels

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Do not delay: make a plan to vote in the upcoming election

e are ruining everything. At least that’s what we’re often told. There’s a popular perception that young people like us are lazy, entitled and disengaged. The list goes

on. We think that perception is wrong. This November, we want you to help us prove it. There’s an easy way for you to do that: voting. Vote on Election Day. Early vote or vote by mail. The choice is yours — as long as you choose to vote. Voting is your way of making your voice heard, of expressing your opinion. It’s the basic way we participate in our system of democracy. Voting is a right, a privilege and a civic duty — something we all hopefully remember from social studies. It’s also the best way to address the issues that are important to us. All that we care about is that you vote not the party or political leaning of the person for whom you are voting. We think that our system works a lot better when all of us are participating and engaging with the process, regardless of where you

voting. sit on the political spectrum. EnAnd here’s the thing about gage with one another. Have difvoting: It’s easy. Like, really easy. ficult conversations. Don’t make You can update your registration the mistake of shouting past one and request a vote-by-mail balanother and remember that it’s lot online at VoteAlachua.com or possible to disagree with somethe website of the Supervisor of one civilly. Elections for the county in which The Alachua County SuperviJulia Schack, you are registered, have that balsor of Elections Office, and ofShea O'Malley lot sent right to your front door, fices like it, exist to help voters, including students, ensure their and Jacob Kovach spend some time filling it out opinions@alligator.org and put it back in the mailbox. A voice can be heard through elecstamp may or may not be needtions. Since the start of the semester, we’ve been ed, depending on which county you’re voting working to spread awareness of voter regis- in, but it’s not needed in Alachua County. These are some important dates and piectration and the importance of casting a ballot. We don’t know if you’ve heard, but this es of information you need to know in order election is kind of a big deal. Voting in this to make sure your voice is heard in this elecyear’s midterm elections is kind of like buy- tion: Early voting in Alachua County will ing Apple stock in 1980: It’s not something you want to miss out on. We are entering last from Oct. 22 to Nov. 3. Any Alachua adulthood and becoming of voting age at an County voter can vote at any early voting site. interesting time in our nation’s history, when There are six of them, but the one that is of there are many opportunities to get involved most interest to students is in the Reitz Union in the democratic process. The foundational Room G-50. Early voting locations are open piece of that involvement, however, is simply from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. every day this week.

EARLY VOTING begins today! October 22- November 3 From 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. at the Reitz Union It is critical that your voice be heard! For recommendations on Candidates, State Ballot Initiatives, County and City Referenda visit Alachuadems.org or FB Alachua County Democrats

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All vote-by-mail requests must be received by 5 p.m. Oct. 31 statewide. It’s recommended, however, that you request your ballot at least a week before that, because all ballots must be in the Supervisor of Elections ofﬁce (regardless of the county) by 7 p.m. on Election Day. Election Day is Nov. 6. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., and you must vote in the polling place you are assigned to. Photo and signature ID are required to vote. If you don’t provide an ID, you’ll be required to cast a provisional ballot. More information on accepted forms of ID — there’s a long list — can be found at VoteAlachua.com. Don’t miss your chance to make your voice heard. Don’t be part of the proof that young people are lazy. Let’s show everyone that young people care. Julia Schack, Shea O’Malley and Jacob Kovach are outreach communications interns for the Alachua County Supervisor of Elections.

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Halloweener Derby fundraises for Cancer Foundation

Aaron Ritter / Alligator Staff

Piper, a 5-year-old teacup Chihuahua, stands tall Sunday afternoon after winning the best-dressed award during the annual Halloweener Derby at Westside Park. All proceeds from the event went toward the Climb for Cancer Foundation.

About 50 dogs attended the derby. By Nicole Bowen Alligator Contributing Writer

Wearing his Spider-Man costume, Pete, an 8-year-old Miniature Schnauzer, was ready to compete for best costume Sunday afternoon. Pete, who went by Peter Barker, made his fourth appearance at the fourth-annual Halloweener Derby at Westside Park, hosted by the Climb for Cancer Foundation. About 50 dogs participated in the derby, said Dianne Farb, the co-founder of Climb for Cancer Foundation, an organization that

raises money to fund programs for cancer patients and their families. The event cost about $500 to host and raised about $4,000 for the foundation, Farb said. Pete and his owner, 60-year-old Susan Harre, come to the derby every year. “We enjoy being around other wiener dogs,” Harre said. “It’s a fun event for them and myself.” The event was free to humans, while dogs were charged a registration fee. Dachshunds and Chihuahuas competed in races, while all breeds participated in the costume contest

Aaron Ritter / Alligator Staff

Seven-year-old Abigail Leonard holds her 3-year-old dog, Ginger, on Sunday during the annual Halloweener Derby. The Leonard family adopted Ginger after she was displaced by Hurricane Irma.

and dog walk trail, Farb said. This was Crystal Mills’ third time bringing her dog Dash, a small Daschshund, to the race. “Dash was No. 2 last year in the race, so we are hoping to leave winners this time around,” the 33-year-old said. “But we love supporting this cause and event, regardless.” Dash faced a formidable contender in Sophie, a 6-year-old Dachshund, who dressed as a hotdog. Sophie has never participated in the race before, said her owner, 24-year-old Caroline Quanbeck.

“To be honest, it sounded fun,” she said. “And it was the perfect opportunity to dress her up as a hotdog, which I have been dying to do.” Gina Romeo, 21, and Adam Ray, 22, both UF graduates who live in Tallahassee, drove down to Gainesville because their dog Bowie won the Dachshund race two years in a row. Bowie kept his winning streak this year. Although the couple takes him on daily walks, Romeo doesn’t consider that training, she said. “Honestly, he runs to me because he has separation anxiety,” she said.

‘Stop the Bleed’ emergency first-responder training comes to UF STUDENTS LEARNED HOW TO TIE TOURNIQUETS, PACK WOUNDS. By Angela DiMichele Alligator Staff Writer

Danielle Gaeta packed gauze into an orange foam swimming pool noodle wrapped in duct tape Saturday morning. The 19-year-old UF biomedical engineering sophomore was one of about 30 students who pretended the pool noodles were wounded limbs and learned how to tie tourniquets during a Stop the Bleed course at the Communicore Building. The national campaign, created after the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary shooting, aims to teach people

how to control bleeding in emergency situations, said Brett Weiss, a UF finance senior. The 22-year-old shadowed emergency doctors at the Jackson Health System’s Ryder Trauma Center in Miami and reached out to the Stop the Bleed campaign to bring the course to Gainesville. Students received a certification signed off by UF Health at the end of the two-hour lecture and training course. The process is similar to getting a CPR certification, Weiss said. “It’s normally taught to teachers. It’s taught to police officers,” Weiss said. “But we’re now just seeing that introduction of this being taught to students, and that’s really what’s important.” UF Health Shands Hospital sur-

geons, nurses, trauma coordinators and U.S. Army recruiters instructed students at the event. Attendees learned how to stop blood from the arm, leg, neck, torso and abdomen during emergencies like home injuries, mass shootings, bombings or car accidents. Donna York, a registered nurse and trauma program manager, lectured the group on the “ABCs of Bleeding,” which stands for alert, bleeding and compress. First, be alert and call 911, York said. Then, remove clothing to find the source of the bleeding. Compress the wound with a cloth or a tourniquet to stop the bleeding until help arrives. York told students about how to make a homemade tourniquet out

of clothing and to use to lipstick to write the time the tourniquet was tied onto the limb. “If there’s been an active shooter, the police will not let people in until they have secured the scene,” she said. “And in the meantime, if you’ve been shot, you’re lying there bleeding. Drip, drip, drip.” Gaeta remembers being 10 years old when her great-grandmother fell out of bed and hit her head on the ground. Blood started to pool around her, and she didn’t know

how what to do. Her cousin was able to stop the bleeding, she said. Gaeta said she feels more confident about being able to respond in an emergency after leaving the course with a certification. “To me, it’s a civic duty that we should all know how to take care of each other just in case anything happens,” she said

The ABCs of Bleeding:

@angdimi adimichele@alligator.org

Alert: Call 911 when you know you’re safe Bleeding: Remove clothing to find the wound Compress: Tie a tourniquet or press a cloth against the wound to stop the bleeding

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Passing the torch: The Alligator to have a new general manager THIS WILL BE THE THIRD GENERAL MANAGER IN 71 YEARS. By Alyssa Ramos Alligator Staff Writer

In Shaun O’Connor’s line of work, he’s used to hearing “no.” This time he heard “yes.” O’Connor, the assistant general manager and advertising director of The Alligator, will assume the role of general manager on Jan. 1 after Patricia Carey, who currently holds the role, announced her retirement in August. He will be the third general manager in 71 years. O’Connor has worked with The Alligator since 2009 as an advertising representative. “It was not a stepping stone, it was an

O’Connor

end goal,” O’Connor said. As general manager, O’Connor said he will continue supervising the advertising department as its director but will also establish relationships with the editorial department and address any external

issues. Shortly after he graduated from UF with a bachelor’s in advertising in 2010, he rose up the ranks to advertising director the same year and then assistant general manager in 2012. As a student, a role at The Alligator was appealing from the very beginning, he said. “I think our value is the fact that we are a student-run paper in essence and the stories are 100 percent from a student perspective,”

Woman charged with DUI manslaughter year after crash By Paige Fry Alligator Staff Writer

A Morriston woman has been charged with DUI manslaughter a year after a man died in a head-on crash on Southeast Hawthorne Road. Cassandra Lee Carlson, 40, was arrested Saturday, according to a sworn complaint. Cory Scott Richardson, 23, of Interlachen, was pronounced dead at the scene after the crash just outside of Hawthorne at about 1 a.m. Sept. 24, 2017, the complaint said. His car was found upside down. An autopsy report later determined that he had not been drinking. A Budweiser bottle was found in Carlson’s car, the complaint said. She was taken to the hospital, and officials

said she had bloodshot eyes and smelled of alcohol. She later told authorities that she didn’t remember the crash, the complaint said. She remembered leaving work from a solar farm in Hawthorne to go home between 4:30 and 5 p.m. before pulling over on the side of the road to drink three beers. She told authorities she fell asleep in her car, woke up and kept driving home. A blood test revealed that she was over the legal driving limit. She is in the Alachua County Jail in lieu of a $500,000 bond, according to court records. The parents of Richardson, Nancy and Mark Richardson, filed a suit against Carlson for damages, records state. @paigexfry pfry@alligator.org

O’Connor said. Although Carey, who said she remembered the days when The Alligator used hot type, a form of printing, said she’s sad to leave after 36 years, she is excited for O’Connor to propel the publication forward with a digital platform. “He is a hard worker, and he understands what The Alligator is — he’s 100 percent for the students, and he’s 100 percent for independent thinking and independent writing,” Carey said. O’Connor intends to capitalize on ideas that have already been implemented. He said he wants to continue developing new streams of revenue while maintaining a print product. As long as he’s involved, he said he will not abandon print. Last year, O’Connor said advertising sales in the newspaper increased by 6 percent.

“It’s a vital source of revenue for us, and we want to fight to maintain that, but we’re going to expand what we’ve done,” O’Connor said. His ideas include selling The Alligator’s digital product through social media management for small businesses and incorporating new revenue streams by monetizing The Alligator’s website, app and newsletter. Carey said she’s been preparing O’Connor for the job since he was the assistant general manager. “I can walk away and go ‘thank God,’ there’s someone there who’s gonna give it his best shot and he’s gonna make it work,” she said. @LysKRamos aramos@alligator.org

Florida Bat Festival shows off baby bats, alligators, spiders ABOUT 50 BATS FROM AROUND THE WORLD WERE ON DISPLAY. By Taylor Roth Alligator Contributing Writer

Princesses, witches and superheroes grabbed their parents’ hands and rushed to see Frick and Frack. The pair of Australian bat pups peeked from behind their shiny black wings at the families gathered around their cage Saturday afternoon at the 14th annual Florida Bat Festival at the Lubee Bat Conservancy. About 50 bats, — 13 species in total — flew around their cages, nibbled on snacks and tucked themselves into their wings, said Brian Pope, the conservancy director. “Now we have native bats, and people are going to see how different they are from the ones they would find in their backyard,” Pope said.

For the first time, the festival expanded its beer garden for parents and hosted kids’ costume contests throughout the daylong event, Pope said. Alligators, snakes, turtles and spiders were on display in cages for families to learn about. People were allowed to take pictures but could not pet any of the animals, including the bats, Pope said. The festival raises money to fund the conservancy’s research and bat rescues, Pope said. Bats are rescued from their native environments that are destroyed by deforestation or pollution. Lauren Paul, a 21-year-old UF political science junior, went to the festival to get in the fall spirit. “I did not know a lot about bats before coming here, but now I feel like I’ve learned a lot,” Paul said. “Now it’s apparent why it’s important to protect where they come from.”

Aaron Ritter / Alligator Staff

Joel Torres, 5, and Garalysse Grady, 8, take a ride Saturday evening at the Alachua County Fair. The fair, at 3100 NE. 39th Ave., will run until Saturday.

Emma Hennessey, a 19-year-old UF business sophomore, rides the “Rock and Roll” ride with 19-year-old Demarco Reaves Saturday evening at the Alachua County Fair.

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MIDTERM 2018

candidate proﬁles inside

early voting election guide WHEN TO VOTE EARLY VOTING from: Oct. 22 to: Nov. 3

1. Supervisor of Elections Ofﬁce 515 N Main St.

TO 9 a.m.

WHERE TO VOTE

6 p.m.

2. Legacy Park Multipurpose Center 15400 Peggy Road

3. Melrose United Methodist Church 5807 Hampton St. (Not shown on map)

ON ELECTION DAY Nov. 6 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

4. Reitz Union 655 Reitz Union Drive

5. Millhopper Branch Library 3145 NW 43rd St.

7 a.m.

7 p.m.

6. Tower Road Branch Library 3020 SW 75th St.

House of Representatives: Congressional District 3 Yvonne Hayes Hinson Democrat By Dana Cassidy Alligator Staff Writer

As a Gainesville native with two degrees from UF, Yvonne Hayes Hinson is passionate about being a leader within an area she knows and loves. Caring for others is a priority for Hayes Hinson. She was an educator for children with special needs for more than 30 years, including as a principal at a magnet school for the arts in Miami. She received bachelor’s and master’s degrees in special education from UF in 1971 and 1972. Hayes Hinson retired from the MiamiDade public school system and started Childstart Learning Solutions LLC, which provides services and support to underperforming schools. When she decided to run for U.S. House of Representatives District 3, which covers Gainesville, Palatka, part of Ocala and select Jacksonville suburbs in Florida, she said she did it to further serve her community in a new way. “It had nothing to do with politics,” Hayes Hinson said. “It had to do with taking care of the people.” Throughout her childhood, teachers and adults encouraged her to continue taking charge, she said. “From day one, I knew I was a leader,” Hayes Hinson said. “Not because I was

trained to be one, but it was because it was in me.” Having a voice in Washington that will impact the local area is an important goal in bringing the heart and soul of the community to government, she said. As an African American woman, Hayes Hinson doesn’t believe her race and gender cause her to focus on helping certain demographics but rather to focus on everyone, she said. “This is about all people,” Hayes Hinson said. “Not African American, not white — it’s about all people.” Hayes Hinson has held positions in the Alachua County Democratic Executive Committee, the Gainesville Housing Authority Board and the Alachua County branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. She was also a Gainesville city commissioner from 2012 to 2015, she said. Bringing well-paying jobs with livable wages, education reform, affordable child care, health care improvement, environmental concerns and criminal justice reforms are priorities for Hayes Hinson. Hayes Hinson’s strong will and personality stand out, said her campaign manager Miles Davis. “People come in for the candidate,” Davis said. “But people stay for the connections they’ve made with you.” Davis is conﬁdent Hayes Hinson will win, he said. “I know that she will go to Washington, and she will be an outstanding congresswoman,” Davis said. @danacassidy_ dcassidy@alligator.org

Ted Yoho Republican By Amanda Rosa Alligator Staff Writer

Before U.S. Rep. Ted Yoho became a congressman, he was a veterinarian rushing to a woman’s farm to treat her horse. Sandy Werner, 76, of Alachua, heard rumors about Yoho’s political aspirations. She quizzed him on politics while he stitched her horse’s leg in the fall of 2011. By the time Chance’s Czar was patched up, Yoho passed Werner’s test, she said. She offered him $1,000 — the first contribution of his political career — on her ranch that day. “We were sorry to lose one of the finest horse vets around to the government, but we figured we needed him in Washington,” Werner said. Yoho has represented District 3 since 2013. The 63-year-old Republican is running for re-election against Democrat Yvonne Hayes Hinson. Yoho dove into Florida politics after about 30 years of practicing as a veterinarian. He graduated from the UF College of Veterinary Medicine in 1983. Yoho decided to pursue politics after the Affordable Care Act was passed in 2010, he said. His goal is to reform health care to lower costs. “I think everybody should have access to health care that’s affordable, but I don’t believe the government should provide that,” he said.

Yoho looks at issues from a district and national point of view, he said. When he focuses on his district, the local economy is a priority. If re-elected, he plans to strengthen immigration laws, revamp foreign policy and implement cybersecurity legislation. As someone who cherishes the Constitution, Yoho said he was tired of career politicians spending years in office and accomplishing little. When asked who inspires him, Yoho keeps his list short: his dad, Jesus Christ, the Founding Fathers and his wife, Carolyn. In 2016, Yoho endorsed then-presidential candidate Donald Trump. In August, the president returned the favor on Twitter. Yoho was also endorsed by the National Rifle Association, which gave him an A rating for supporting pro-gun legislation. “People will show up at the polls to defend their constitutional rights,” he said. Yoho received $995,064 in monetary donations and goods and services offered, according to campaign finances. State Rep. Chuck Clemons said Yoho hasn’t lost touch with the people back home in Florida, unlike most politicians. Clemons said he saw Yoho’s generosity the weekend after Hurricane Michael hit the Panhandle. The two representatives drove 20 hours to Gulf County, which is outside of Yoho’s district, with a team of 30 people and four trailer trucks of supplies. Yoho won’t appear on Gulf County ballots but jumped on the chance to help, Clemons said. “There isn’t a partisan way to help a fellow human being,” he said. “I think our country needs more of that.” @AmandaNicRosa arosa@alligator.org

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Florida State Senator: District 8 Dr. Kayser Enneking Democrat By Gillian Sweeney Alligator Staff Writer

Dr. Kayser Enneking’s childhood home was open to travelers. Doctors from across the globe would pass through her front door, she said. Her father, Dr. Bill Enneking, would invite them in while they were in Gainesville to share their ideas at places like the UF College of Medicine. “The kind of medicine that he did at that time, there really weren’t that many people who did it,” Enneking said. “He established Gainesville as an international center for excellence.” Enneking became an anesthesiologist in part because of inspiration from her father, she said. Today, the 59-year-old works at UF Health Shands Hospital and was inspired to run for District 8 — which runs through all of Alachua and Putnam counties and part of Marion County — in the Florida Senate to advocate for patient care, she said. “I’ve been taking care of people in this district for a long time,” Enneking said. As of the most recent reporting period, Enneking collected $730,414 in monetary and nonmonetary donations, according to campaign finance records. One of the most exciting times in her career came when politicians changed the American health care system and began to

treat patients receiving health care because of the Affordable Care Act, she said. “It was great to take care of patients who hadn’t ever had any medical care during their adult lifetime because they just couldn’t afford it,” Enneking said. Enneking worried when politicians discussed repealing the act without having a plan to replace it, she said. “I was very disappointed to see politicians use health care as a political weapon,” Enneking said. Enneking said she told her husband that if Donald Trump became president, she would have to run for elected office. “I realized that until you were willing to get into the political arena, I couldn’t do more to advocate,” Enneking said. She chose the state Senate position because there isn’t a physician in the Florida Senate, she said. Physicians like Enneking have seen what quality, affordable health care looks like in action and know what programs that support patients should look like, she said. Via Enneking, 63, said her sister Kayser is a natural problem solver who wants to make a difference in the lives of those around her. That is why she has been successful in the medical field but also why she would succeed as a state senator, her sister said. “You are duty bound to help other people as you go through your life as much as you can,” her sister said. “This is just the perfect opportunity for her to make a big difference.” @gilliangsweeney gsweeney@alligator.org

Keith Perry Republican By Jessica Curbelo Alligator Staff Writer

State Sen. Keith Perry didn’t consider himself the politician type. About eight years ago, when a former senator told Perry to consider running for office, his first response was “absolutely not.” “Absolutely not” turned into eight years in office and a campaign to re-elect himself to a second term as a Florida senator. The 59-year-old Republican is hoping another term will give him time to fix large cuts that knocked Florida from No. 10 to No. 48 in state-funded arts. “Our No. 1 priority is to take the next workforce and make them the most creative, talented group of people that we can have,” Perry said. Perry plans to revise the entire educational model, he said. He wants children to be exposed to different forms of education to create a holistic approach at an early age, Perry said. “The mind thinks differently when playing music, dancing, building,” he said. “It’s about teaching people to think in different ways.” Perry’s platform also aims to reduce the costs of health care and housing instead of focusing on if the government or public taxpayers pay for it. “Shifting the burden to somebody else short-term doesn’t even ask the question of

why health care and housing are so expensive,” he said. Perry supports the Gainesville Regional Utilities referendum, which would change the board that governs GRU from city commissioners to appointees. He disagrees with theopposition who believe the change would jeopardize accountability, he said. “It’s not even about politics,” Perry said. “It’s about expertise.” High utility costs have driven local businesses to shut down, and the referendum would appoint qualified people to hopefully lower costs, Perry said. Perry received $1,197,307 in monetary and nonmonetary donations, according to campaign finance records. When he founded Perry Roofing Contractors 42 years ago, many businesses were owned by individuals. Nowadays, businesses are mainly owned by corporations, he said. Perry wants to increase opportunities to open businesses. Kayla Lott, Perry’s campaign manager, said she always toyed with the idea of owning her own business and admires Perry’s goals. “He’s creating an environment for young people to be creative and make something to be proud of,” she said. Since she started working for him in 2014, Lott has known Perry to be down-to-earth and hardworking. Lott, who previously worked in New York politics, said it was refreshing to know an honest politician who doesn’t talk down to others. “If you feel like you’re bothering your elected officials, you need a new one,” Lott said. “Senator Perry’s door is always open.” @jesscurbelo jcurbelo@alligator.org

Florida House of Representatives: District 10 Ronald Williams II Democrat By Jessica Curbelo Alligator Staff Writer

Education wasn’t always Ronald W. Williams II’s priority. It wasn’t until he locked eyes with his future wife at a Marine Corps headquarters that his world changed. Tara Williams was the most gorgeous and brilliant woman he’d ever met, he said. After retiring from the Marines, Williams’ wife encouraged him to go to college to become a social worker. Before Williams decided to run for Florida House of Representatives District 10, the 48-year-old Democrat took his mom to lunch at a Zaxby’s in Alachua to get her blessing. The next evening, he spoke with his father, who has served as a Columbia County Commissioner since Williams was in elementary school. He never thought he would run for office like his father, Williams said. “I’ve always been a person who loves people and who wants to help people,” he said. Williams’ campaign is developed around education, employment, social services and infrastructure, he said. Williams founded Greater Heights Academy, a K-12 private school and day care center to help children who don’t thrive in public schools, he said. He advocates for accessible education by opening the school to anyone regardless of income. Schools should consider placing more

minorities in leadership positions to address racial inequity, he said. “If we’re not diversified, we tend to cater to one thing or to one race or to one thought,” he said. “Hire the woman, hire the African American, and they can pass on their thoughts and beliefs and help make the school more well-rounded.” Williams became a social worker to give people a sense of hope instead of weariness, he said. Mental health counseling and child care are only a couple of the social services he plans to implement for communities. “We’re not cars, we’re not something mechanical,” he said. “Sometimes we do need help.” Williams is working on a new proposal for the juvenile justice system, he said. Although the plan is still in its early stages, he wants to create a program to mentor young people in the system. He hopes to get the proposal started in the next five years, Williams said. “It’s the Department of Corrections,” he said. “We want to correct people so they won’t come back. It’s supposed to be an educational system in itself.” Williams received $4,462 in monetary and nonmonetary donations, according to campaign finance records. Tara Williams believes some issues will never change, but if anyone can do it, it’s her husband. On the day they met, she locked eyes with a hard-working and self-motivated man, she said. “If something unfair is happening, he’s going to step in,” Tara Williams said. “He’s an advocator.” @jesscurbelo jcurbelo@alligator.org

Chuck Brannan Republican By Dana Cassidy Alligator Staff Writer

Eleven years ago, Chuck Brannan lost his wife of 18 years in a traffic crash. She was his college sweetheart whom he met at UF. The incident left Brannan to raise his deaf, then 12-year-old son, Chase, as a single parent. Now, his son is pursuing his master’s degree in the UF College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, and Brannan is a Republican candidate for Florida House of Representatives District 10, which includes the northwest corner of Alachua County. Brannan always knew he wanted to run for the legislature, but the timing was never perfect until he retired from being Chief Investigator at the Baker County Sheriff’s Office and a seat opened up. “The stars were kinda lined up, and this was my chance,” Brannan said. Throughout his life, Brannan has worked in many fields. Growing up on a poultry farm in Baker County, spending a year working full-time for the Florida Farm Bureau, obtaining a degree in criminal justice from UF, working for U.S. Marshall Services for three years and spending nearly 17 years on the board of trustees at Florida Gateway College — it was only

natural for him to run for office, he said. Throughout his involvement, especially within law enforcement, Brannan learned to understand and empathize with others better, he said. “You see people at their best, see people at their worst,” Brannan said. “It gives you a compassion to people, and I believe compassion is an important quality for leadership.” When he’s not involved with politics, he enjoys raising his commercial and show cattle. His main priorities if elected would be continuing a cost-effective agenda, prioritizing staying in budget, promoting small businesses, preserving the natural beauty of Florida’s lakes, springs, oceans and beaches, advocating for businesses and providing a voice for farmers. As of the last reporting period, Brannan collected $96,161.23 in monetary and nonmonetary donations. Honesty, perseverance and transparency are three words that could be used to describe Brannan, said his son, Chase. His favorite memory with his dad is when they attended a Florida State University versus UF football game. The experience of the game created a closer bond between the two and sparked his love for UF, Chase said. “He’s all about public service, and that’s what I think encompasses it all,” Chase said. @danacassidy_ dcassidy@alligator.org

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Florida House of Representatives: District 21 Jason Haeseler Democrat By Alyssa Ramos Alligator Staff Writer

Jason Haeseler believes that no family should have to worry about taking their children to the doctor. After his first daughter was born with a congenital heart disease that switched her two great arteries, one of Haeseler’s main goals became expanding Medicaid. At the hospital, he met people without health insurance who struggled to pay expensive hospital bills for their children. “People shouldn’t have to live like this, especially family with children,” Haeseler said. A father of two daughters, his platform focuses on making a better life for his girls. If elected, Haeseler wants to focus on health care, public education and infrastructure — this encompasses wastewater management, transportation and telecommunications, he said. Haeseler is running for Florida House of Representatives District 21, which includes Gilchrist and Dixie counties and a part of Alachua County. He became involved in politics because he always felt civically engaged as an engineer. As of the most recent reporting period, Haeseler collected $66,387 in monetary and nonmonetary donations, according to campaign finance records. “I’m here to serve my neighbor, and I

think of all the people in District 21 as my neighbor,” Haeseler said. Haeseler, who served in the Army as a combat engineer from 1993 to 2000, moved to Jacksonville where he got an associate in arts degree at Florida State College at Jacksonville in 2002. He then transferred to UF, where he graduated in 2006 with a bachelor’s in civil engineering. As Haeseler’s first boss, Kathy Caldwell recognized Haeseler’s ability to evaluate alternative solutions and his willingness to hear new ideas during a situation. If a colleague had an idea, he would go through the logistics to come to a concrete plan, Caldwell said. “He will do the right thing even if it’s not the easiest thing,” said Caldwell, a retired president of the American Society of Civil Engineers. As a former member of the society’s public policy committee from 2011 to 2013, Haeseler participated in citizen lobbying for infrastructure in Washington and Tallahassee eight years in a row. He has done the same as a member of the Florida Engineering Society since 2011. “He has a grasp of the issue. He gets it,” said Gainesville City Commissioner Harvey Ward. “He gets the concerns of working families because he’s part of one.” Haeseler attributed his service in the Army as a major influence that developed his leadership skills. He said that it was there he saw selfless leadership at work. “We all have universal sets of wants and desires, and our government is to make sure that the most good is done for the most people,” Haeseler said. @LysKRamos aramos@alligator.org

Chuck Clemons Republican By Angela DiMichele Alligator Staff Writer

Life on the farm wasn’t easy for a young Chuck Clemons. Even though he was the youngest of six children, Clemons helped his father tend to the chickens seven days a week on the farm he grew up on in High Springs, he said. A strong work ethic and education were two values Clemons’ dad taught him during those days on the farm, he said. “He instilled in all of us something that you can never take away from you — and that’s your education,” Clemons said. The 61-year-old Republican incumbent is running to represent the 21st District in the Florida House of Representatives. The fourth-generation Floridian believes he should be re-elected because he knows the families and the issues they face within his community. He has represented the 21st District, which includes Dixie and Gilchrist counties and western Alachua County, since 2016. “My family moved to this area in 1823, so the relationships that I have are sometimes generational,” Clemons said. “I know them. I’m one of them.” Growing up, Clemons learned how to swim at Poe Springs and hung out at the Santa Fe River. He said his farming roots and childhood will guide him as he tries to grow

the state’s agricultural industry while maintaining Florida’s water resources. His platform focuses on increasing technical training and mental health resources in schools, creating jobs and promoting sustainable environmental and agricultural practices. Pumping gas at a Florida Welcome Center Saturdays and Sundays and printing the Farmer & Rancher newspapers five days a week put Clemons through school. He graduated from the UF College of Journalism and Communications in 1979. His wife of 17 years, Jane Clemons, said he did not attend a single UF football game until after he graduated because he worked all day on Saturdays. He went on to work for the Florida Farm Bureau in financial counseling for 27 years. President George W. Bush appointed Clemons as the head of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development office. Clemons received $265,953 in monetary and nonmonetary donations, according to campaign finance records. John Woeste, the former UF Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences dean of extension, has known Clemons for 34 years. Woeste was the faculty adviser in the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity when Clemons was president, he said. Woeste has seen Clemons’ career grow over time but said one thing about him is consistent: his passion for education. “I’ve seen him grow and mature,” Woeste said. “He appreciated his education. I think he has retained a strong conviction about the importance of education.” @angdimi adimichele@alligator.org

County Commission: District 2 Marihelen Wheeler Democrat By Gillian Sweeney Alligator Staff Writer

Marihelen Wheeler has been campaigning for office since 2011 but has lost every time. She ran in 2012 and 2016 for the Florida House of Representatives, Wheeler, 67, said. She also tried to run for a seat in the U.S. Congress in 2014 to no avail. “I was just going to worry about connecting the different groups that I had met while working in the district,” she said. But she said things changed when she learned that the Alachua County Commission would still be made up of men unless she decided to run. Now Wheeler is working on her fourth campaign for public office, running to represent District 2, which includes northwestern Gainesville, Alachua, High Springs and northern Newberry. As of the most recent reporting period, Wheeler collected $53,173 in monetary and nonmonetary donations, according to campaign finance records. As a former teacher of 22 years at Westwood Middle School in Gainesville, Wheeler said she wants the opportunity to improve the lives of her past students. The first students she taught are in their 30s. “They’ve got families of their own, but the ones who are still here are struggling,” she said. Wheeler began teaching special education at the school but eventually switched jobs

and taught art for 17 years, she said. She also taught art therapy to students with behavioral challenges. “The young people that I’ve taught, I say to them ‘You’ve left my classroom, but you haven’t left my heart,’” Wheeler said. Wheeler wants to ensure that Alachua County has the necessary resources to support them, she said. If she wins, she plans to fight for higher wages and make affordable housing available to the people who need it. “Society doesn’t help them much,” Wheeler said. “Particularly in a university town, our local kids get pushed to the fringe.” Besides education and the lives of young people, Wheeler said she’s also passionate about the conservation of the county’s natural water resources. It is necessary to protect springs in the county because the agricultural industry in northern Florida is continuously growing, Wheeler said. “The freshwater we have on this planet now is all we’re ever going to have,” Wheeler said. “If we squander that, then there is no more.” Although Wheeler is now retired, she stays in touch with fellow teachers like Madelyn Vallery, 75. The friends met while teaching at Westwood Middle School in the mid1990s, Vallery said. When Wheeler told Vallery about her decision to run for the County Commission, Vallery thought it would be a perfect fit for her friend because of Wheeler’s wit and intelligence, Vallery said. “She will never lose focus nor become conceited about who she serves and represents,” Vallery said. “That’s simply who she is.” @gilliangsweeney gsweeney@alligator.org

Scott Costello Nonpartisan By McKenna Beery Alligator Staff Writer

Scott Costello was tired of reading bad news about Gainesville. The 45-year-old saw that bad news outnumbered the good in local publications 15 years ago, he said. He founded Advantage Publishing in 2003 to spread positivity with publications like HOME: Living in Greater Gainesville, Business in Greater Gainesville and Guide to Greater Gainesville. “We wanted to showcase the best in our community,” Costello said. “The people and the businesses, and provide awareness to the nonprofits that needed attention.” The nonparty affiliate plans to use his business experience as he runs for office for the first time against Gregory Caudill and Marihelen Wheeler for the Alachua County Commission District 2 seat. Costello grew up in Palm Harbor, Florida, before moving to Gainesville in 1990 to study history at UF. He has spent the last 20 years serving for more than 15 charities, organizations and government committees, he said. “We the People,” resonates in Costello’s mind when he thinks about bringing civility back to the dais. As county commissioner, he would consider everyone, not just those who voted for him, he said. “We need a voice for all residents of the county as opposed to just special interest

groups,” he said. If elected, Costello said he would focus on infrastructure, growing local businesses and paying county workers like teachers and officers a competitive wage. Advantage Publishing taught Costello how to create jobs and build relationships with people from all corners of Alachua County, he said. Residents have more in common with each other than most people think, but partisan politics overshadow community voices. “I can see myself as that bridge builder and bring people together with a common vision,” he said. He began seriously considering politics after moderating a State Senate debate between Republican Keith Perry and Democrat Rod Smith two years ago. A debate about fracking escalated into an attack on each other’s character, Costello said. Costello cut their argument short and redirected them back to the issues. He said the next day, Smith and Perry tried to convince him to run for office and said they would support him regardless of the party he chose. “That was a real moment of recognition for me,” he said. Costello said he is proud to have a balanced campaign with endorsements from 18 Republicans, 16 Democrats and a libertarian. Costello received $49,401 in monetary and nonmonetary donations, according to campaign finances. James Eiland, Costello’s campaign manager, said character drew him to Costello’s campaign more than anything else. He has never met anyone who cares so much about hearing everyone’s viewpoint, he said. “Equity is not just a buzzword to Scott,” Eiland said. @mckennabeery mbeery@alligator.org

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Alachua County School Board: District 3 Gunnar Paulson No Party Affiliation By Angela DiMichele Alligator Staff Writer

Gunnar Paulson sat in a plane flying over Gainesville and looked down on a sea of 35,000 people. They were lined up from Ben Hill Griffin Stadium to Gainesville Municipal Airport on a November night in 1984 — the night the Gators had just won their first-ever Southeastern Conference Championship. Paulson, the then-UF football assistant coach, said he realized at this moment the impact he’s had on the young student athletes in his life. Paulson was 8 years old when his father died of cancer. He said he knew he wanted to be a father figure for young men after growing up without one. After 28 years of coaching and teaching across Florida, the 71-year-old incumbent is running for re-election to the Alachua County School Board District 3 seat. “Right now, public education is under attack,” Paulson said. “I’m running again because I think I have the experience and knowledge to help save it.” During the primary election, both Paulson and his opponent April Barefoot Tisher received less than 51 percent of the vote, so they will both be on the midterm election ballot.

Paulson said he can help save public education because he is the only candidate who has been in the shoes of public school teachers before. He plans on closing achievement gaps in local public schools, implementing competitive salaries for teachers and increasing arts funding. Paulson said he is a caring and visionary candidate. Before he was on the school board, he said there wasn’t a vision for the future of local schools. Since his election to the school board in 2010, Paulson said he has helped raise teacher and employee salaries by about $5,000, increased the number of vocational courses offered and raised overall graduation rates by 16 percent in Alachua County. Paulson received a total of $33,805 in monetary and nonmonetary donations, according to campaign finance records. Melissa Dougherty, 45, Paulson’s youngest daughter, said it is no surprise both she and her older sister Amy Bennett are public school teachers. Dougherty, a Title I teacher specialist in Alachua, said Paulson never misses Sunday school classes and is nicknamed the “Walking Almanac.” The strategic skills of a football coach are on full display in Paulson’s platform, Dougherty said. She believes her father has the drive to win. “(Coaches) want to do the best they possibly can do, and they want to get that out of their players,” she said. “He wants the best and wants to be as great as possible for the school district.” @angdimi adimichele@alligator.org

April Barefoot Tisher No Party Affiliation By Bailey LeFever Alligator Staff Writer

April Barefoot Tisher wants to close the equity gap in Alachua County Public Schools. The 41-year-old mom of four is running for the Alachua County School Board District 3 seat, which covers northwest Gainesville, to advocate for the needs of area parents. As of the most recent reporting period, Tisher collected $9,604 in monetary and nonmonetary donations, according to campaign finance records. Tisher first realized how different a student’s experience can be in public schools after a lockdown at Rawlings Elementary School. Tisher was volunteering at the school to provide child-care while Rawlings parents held a Parent-Teacher Organization meeting. She remembered smiling and laughing with children while making Christmas cookies, her infant daughter strapped to her chest in a baby wrap. Suddenly, the meeting was halted by a shooting at an apartment complex across the street. She huddled in a closet surrounded by children until it was safe. She was struck by the silence from the children. “I don’t remember anything like this happening at my children’s schools,” Tisher said. Tisher wants to advocate for the Half-Cent Sales Tax, which is up for a vote in November,

and would improve the safety of schools by upgrading their facilities, she said. The money would ensure students receive comparable experiences and also improve things such as the outdated air conditioning in classrooms. Tisher said she also wants to advocate for programs after school that help keep students interested. She said she understands these programs are expensive and require a time commitment from parents. She wants to create activity buses to take kids home afterward. She also wants to inform parents of available scholarships. Her belief in public education stems from her childhood in Wilmington, North Carolina, she said. Tisher attended public school all the way through college, graduating from the University of North Carolina Wilmington in 1999. If elected, Tisher would be the only board member with children currently enrolled in Alachua County Public Schools, she said. “I think when you put that kind of perspective in front of other people it’s hard to ignore,” she said. Tisher has long served her friends and family, offering constant guidance and support. This will make her an invaluable addition to the board, said Jenny Bedner, 37, a coworker of Tisher’s from Keller Williams Realty. Bedner has worked with Tisher on her campaign over the past year and has known Tisher since their daughters were in kindergarten. “I consider her somewhat of a mom mentor to me,” Bedner said. “Starting in preschool, she has been there for me with advice and guidance on different things in school and elementary school because she has kids in every grade.” @blefever10 blefever@alligator.org

County Judge Meshon Rawls Nonpartisan By Christina Morales Alligator Staff Writer

Meshon Rawls grew up watching injustices and the community riot around her in Miami. Rawls, 47, got her first taste of law when she took a criminal justice class at Miami Carol City High School when she was about 16. Nearly 30 years after participating in her high school’s mock trial event, Rawls is running to be an Alachua County judge to preside on civil and criminal cases. Rawls collected $65,066 of monetary and nonmonetary donations, according to campaign finance records. In 1993, Rawls graduated UF with a bachelor degree in criminal justice, and in 1998 she graduated from the Levin College of Law, she said. Rawls worked at the public defender’s office in the Eighth Judicial Circuit as an assistant public defender for seven years, she said. In the juvenile division, Rawls wanted to do more to prevent children from entering the criminal justice system. In 2006, she became the director of Gator TeamChild at the Levin College of Law, a full-service law firm for children that addresses both their legal and social needs. She teaches law students

how to practice and represent children through the program. “When I just think about the work that I do, I guess I don’t think about what it means for me,” she said. “I just think our children having a voice and someone speaking up on their behalf is my job.” In Gator TeamChild, Rawls advocated for a child who was placed in a group home where he was happy but didn’t have the mental health services he needed. Instead of switching him, Rawls found services he could be transported to and the child thrived, said Tiffany Castellanos, 41, a former Gator TeamChild social worker. “No other adult in his life listened to what he wanted, and nobody thought he knew what was best,” Castellanos said. “Even we had our doubts, but we remembered what our responsibility was and that was to represent his wishes.” It is natural for Rawls to help the community, said her husband Ron Rawls, 52. She serves in organizations such as the Pace Center for Girls and Project Turnaround. “She deals with the common person on the daily basis, and that’s going to help when she becomes a judge because she’s not so distant from the everyday struggle of everyday people,” he said. Rawls respects humanity and knows the law, he said. “Meshon has a compassion and concern for people to see their humanity and see they were treated fairly and given respect in the process.” @Christina_M18 cmorales@alligator.org

Craig DeThomasis Nonpartisan By Alyssa Ramos Alligator Staff Writer

Craig DeThomasis’ job can be life or death — one day his client’s life could be on the line and another he could be presiding over an adoption. The 60-year-old criminal defense attorney has practiced for 35 years in the Eighth Judicial Circuit. Now, he’s running for Alachua County judge because of his desire to ensure justice in a higher capacity. As of the most recent reporting period, DeThomasis collected $79,995 in monetary and nonmonetary donations, according to campaign finance records. “I found an ability and a passion for that kind of work,” DeThomasis said. “It’s because of my bar card that I can make lifechanging experiences for everyone, and it doesn’t get better than that.” When he wasn’t playing with his garage band in the ‘70s, he was collecting newspaper clips of historical moments like Robert F. Kennedy’s assassination and the Vietnam War. DeThomasis said he views the world with the goal of providing for others. DeThomasis said his business model was built on the qualities of being a successful judge: respect, thorough research and an exact knowledge of the law. “Helping those people resolve their con-

flicts, it’s just a part of my commitment to the community,” DeThomasis said. Originally from Long Island, New York, DeThomasis moved to Gainesville at 17 with a Foot Locker box full of classic rock mixtapes in hand and, 42 years later, never left. As an undergraduate at UF, DeThomasis had a job lined up in Manhattan with a lucrative corporate law firm, but he turned it down for a job at the public defender’s office because of his passion to practice trial law. Today, he still practices criminal defense at the law firm DeThomasis & Buchanan with his managing partner, Michael Buchanan, with whom he’s worked since 1982. “He’s the kind of guy who doesn’t need training,” Buchanan said. “He’s a natural.” DeThomasis, who also teaches at the Levin College of Law as adjunct lecturer of trial practice law, has held up his bar card, his license to practice law, in front of his students and told them it comes great responsibility when people’s lives are at stake. If elected as Alachua County judge, DeThomasis said his extensive background in trial law and county court will prepare him for the role. He said he will hold lawyers to the highest standards. “(A) person who serves in that role should be absolutely, without any doubt be committed to the rule of law,” DeThomasis said. “To me, it’s the utmost respect in the profession.” @LysKRamos aramos@alligator.org

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FOOTBALL

Florida-Georgia games have usually decided the SEC East. This year, it may decide the playoff. By Morgan McMullen Sports Writer

Laura Rutledge and Tim Tebow announced SEC Nation was heading to Jacksonville to be on-site for the Gators’ matchup against Georgia. Rutledge, a UF graduate, made clear that the name of the rivalry has never been set in stone in a video posted to Twitter. “SEC Nation, we’ve never missed a Florida-Georgia (game),” she said alongside Tebow before catching herself, “or Georgia-Florida (game).” Tebow, naturally, caught the verbal tick in time to give his input. “Florida-Georgia,” he mouthed before the video cuts off. There has always been a small discrepancy in naming the game this Saturday in Jacksonville. What isn’t up for debate is that the game formerly known as The World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party will likely be the deciding factor in the race for the SEC East title and the right to play Alabama in the SEC Championship Game. There has been at least one ranked team featured in this matchup the last four seasons. Historically, the winner has usually represented the East against the West several weeks later. Since the inception of the SEC Championship Game in 1992, this matchup

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Quarterback Feleipe Franks (13) said the Gators are still working on fundamentals in practice. "You can't get complacent," he said.

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SOCCER

Gators drop match to Missouri with SEC tournament looming By River Wells Sports Writer

It’s been the same old song and dance for the Florida Gators soccer team. Florida lost its fourth conference match of the season 2-0 against the Missouri Tigers at Audrey J. Walton Soccer Stadium in Columbia, Missouri, on Sunday. It’s the team’s eleventh match this season without a goal, and even though it looks as if UF will just barely slide into the SEC Tournament, it’ll be desperate to end the season with a win to gain a sliver of momentum heading into the

postseason, should they make their way into the SEC Tournament. Although Florida (5-9-3, 3-4-2 SEC) would go on to lead the shot count overall, Missouri held court in the first period 6-4. The Tigers’ first goal came quickly when Missouri’s Sarah Luebbert knocked in a goal set up by teammate Bella Alessi in the 10th minute. The Gators only took two shots in the first half after the Tiger goal, both of them saved by Missouri goalkeeper Kelsey Dossey. UF tried its best to come out on the attack once the second half started, with recently

ESPN's College Gameday will be live from TIAA Bank Field in Jacksonville ahead of the Florida-Georgia game. It will be the first time both Gameday and SEC Nation share a host site.

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UF-UGA lightyears ahead of last season's matchup gest challenge of the season It was this week a year awaiting them. ago when this Florida proWith nothing but pride gram was unraveling at evand the slight shot at a bowl ery seam. game to fight for, Florida Then-coach Jim McEllet last year’s game against wain had created questions Georgia get out of hand just surrounding his team that Alanis Thames as quickly as the events in he had no answers for. Al@alanisthames the week prior had. legations of death threats But one year later, the were being thrown left and Gators are a completely different team right. The Gators were at their lowest than the one that suffered a 42-7 defeat point as they took a two-game losing in Jacksonville. streak into a bye week with their bigSEE COLUMN, PAGE 19

Gators climb in latest AP rankings Florida is now No. 9 in the Associated Press Top-25 Poll, its highest ranking since rising to No. 8 before a home loss to FSU in 2015.

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VOLLEYBALL

Gators snap 14-match win streak, lose in five sets to Mizzou By Mari Faiello Sports Writer

Right-side attacker Holly Carlton quickly transitioned back behind her setter and the 10-foot line after coming down from a block on the right-side pin. She brought her arms slightly forward as she balanced most of her weight on her back foot and started her approach. A set from redshirt senior setter Allie Monserez arched high in the air simultaneously as Carlton took her first step toward the net. She met the ball mid-air as it started its descent, brought her left arm back into position behind her head and snapped it forward like a rubber band. The ball found the court as quickly as Carlton landed, giving Florida a 14-13 lead in the fifth set. Her team was fired up in the middle of the court, exploding in excitement. But it wasn’t enough. Neither the energy from her kill nor the energy from the crowd could put No. 11 Florida (18-4, 9-1 SEC) quite over the hump, as it lost against Missouri 3-2 in the O’Connell Center on Sunday afternoon. “Credit to them,” coach Mary Wise said after the match. “They made great plays.” With the loss, Florida’s 14-game win streak ended as the Gators also logged their first conference defeat of the season to the Tigers (18-4, 8-2 SEC). Florida’s defense, however, continued to thrive as the team took control of the net, much like in their matchup Friday against Ole Miss.

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Attacker Holly Carlton recorded nine kills and a service ace on 26 attacks in Florida’s five-set loss to Missouri on Sunday afternoon. The loss snaps a 14-match winning streak stretching back to Sept. 7.

TENNIS

Oliver Crawford wins singles title, Gators dominate in Georgia By Kyle Wood Sports Writer

Oliver Crawford dominated the USA F28 Futures from start to finish. The sophomore lost just one set in five matches en route to a two-set victory in the final over Great Britain’s Andrew Watson to claim the Harlingen 25k singles title. Crawford earned a wildcard entry into the singles main draw and defeated two international opponents as well as three from America in his title run. In Athens, Georgia, seven other members of the Florida men’s tennis team are looking to replicate Crawford’s success at

the ITA All-American Regional Championships. The first day of competition on Saturday saw five of six UF competitors in the singles main draw advance for the Gators. Duarte Vale, Lukas Greif, Andy Andrade and Johannes Ingildsen all cruised to fairly easy wins. McClain Kessler advanced with a win over Antoine Sanchez (Stetson), who retired early due to an injury. The Gators had three competitors advance to the main draw singles quarterfinals with wins on Sunday. Vale swept Alex Phillips (Georgia) 6-2, 6-2, Andrade won after an early exit by Andrew Li (Georgia Tech) as a result of an injury 6-2, 1-0 and

Ingildsen won a three set match over Richard Thongoana (Florida State) 7-5, 3-6, 6-3. The singles quarterfinals will be held today at 10 a.m. with Ingildsen set to play Juan Pablo Grassi Mazzuchi (UCF), while Vale will match up with Adria Soriano Barrera (Miami) and Andrade will see Jan Zielinski (Georgia). All three of UF’s doubles teams advanced to the quarterfinals after sweeping through the competition in the second and third rounds and will play in the Elite Eight at 4:30 p.m. today. McClain and Kessler face off with Felipe Escobar and Mateo Ruiz (FGCU), Andrade and Greif play Sebastian Arcila and Alex Knaff (Florida

State) and Ingildsen and Berdusco will see Alvaro Fernandez Horta and Mehdi Laalej (FAU). The women’s tennis team also got out to a hot start in the ITA All-American Southeastern Regionals in Atlanta this past weekend. The duos of Ida Jarlskog and Tsveta Dimitrova and McCartney Kessler and Victoria Emma moved on to the semifinals in the doubles main draw. Jarlskog and Dimitrova beat Arianne De Winter and Paula Boixader (Georgia Southern) 8-4 in the Round of 16 and moved on to play Lucia

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GOLF

Women fall late, men begin near top in respective tourneys By Brendan Farrell Sports Writer

Women’s golf falters, falls to fourth-place finish at Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invite The Gators knew that heading into Sunday’s final round they would be in a duel with fourth-place Baylor. They were a stroke ahead of the Bears with insurmountable margins between Florida and second-place Kent State and Baylor and fifth-place SMU. Both teams didn’t have their

best round on Sunday, but Baylor’s even round was six strokes ahead of Florida’s. The Gators wound up in fourth place, 26 strokes behind champion and host Texas. Redshirt sophomore Elin Esborn (+1), junior Marta Perez (+2) and freshman Clara Manzalini (+4) gave the Gators three players in the top 15 for the tournament. Esborn led the team after all three days of the tournament. Her best round was a one-under-par 71 on Saturday. She followed that

up with a 73 on Sunday, finishing in a tie for seventh individually. Perez wasn’t far behind, closing out the weekend in a tie for 10th. Her final round was off to a rough start after carding three bogeys on the first eight holes. She recovered, though, and scored three birdies and only one bogey over the final 10 holes for a 73. Manzalini continued her solid debut fall season with a tie for 14th place after carding a 72, her best of the tournament. Her first eight holes were a mixed bag with three bogeys and two bird-

ies. She settled down over her last 10 with two birdies and only one bogey. The Gators were held back by underwhelming weekends from junior Sierra Brooks (+10) and sophomore Lauren Waidner (+16). Brooks had been off all weekend, but her 77 on Sunday was her worst of the weekend and put her in a tie for 30th. Waidner’s 81 on Saturday was the worst on the team. She finished in a tie for 48th. The Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invite was the Gators’ final fall

tournament. They did not finish a tournament worse than fourth this fall. “Not our best week of the way we envisioned finishing the fall but in all honesty, probably a blessing in disguise,” coach Emily Glaser said in a release. “Overall this fall, we have a lot to be proud of and I think we know this team is capable. The discipline that we show in the offseason will be the turning point for us.”

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Florida outshot Missouri 14 -11 but only put four shots on goal SOCCER, from pg 17 returned forward Deanne Rose taking a shot 21 seconds into the half, but it was simply no use. Once the Tigers’ Skye Kingsley put in their second goal on a tap-in during the 66th minute, it appeared to entirely suck the life from the Gators. “The second goal was truly a back-breaker for us,” coach Becky Burleigh said in a release. “I thought we started the second half really strong. Came out with some good opportunities and pressure on them.” Florida ended up in the loss column despite Missouri’s (6-9-2, 3-5-1 SEC) relatively sloppy play on the field, with the Tigers drawing nine fouls and two offsides calls to Florida’s five and zero, respectively. The Gators also led the shot count across the entire match, but they weren’t nearly as efficient, outshooting Missouri 14-11 but only putting four shots on goal to the Tigers’ seven. Although it appears Florida will make the postseason SEC tournament—the Gators currently sit eighth in the SEC and the top ten teams get a bid—UF will have to put in a strong performance in its last match of the season against the Arkansas Razorbacks if it aims to hold momentum in its first match of the tournament. That match will be on Senior Day, though, and Burleigh stressed after the match what it’ll mean to the team. “Now it’s all about the next one up,” Burleigh said. “Arkansas will be a tough match at home, but it is our senior day. That is something that is important to our entire team.” @riverhwells rwells@alligator.org

COLUMN, from pg 17 No one would have dared mention the phrase “playoff contention” for the Gators ahead of last year’s Florida-Georgia matchup. Yet here the Gators are, ranked No. 9 the very next season — just two spots below No. 7 Georgia — with the same record as the Bulldogs. And it’s not beyond my belief that the winner of this game might go to the College Football Playoff. Not many people thought the Gators would carry a 6-1 record into the bye ahead of their annual trip to Jacksonville. I’d pegged them at the beginning of the season to be 5-2 by now with losses to Mississippi State and LSU because it

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Sophomore forward Deanne Rose put up three shots against the Tigers on Sunday afternoon with one on goal. The Gators were held scoreless for the 11th time this season ahead of the team's Senior Day game against Arkansas.

seemed that the full rebuild of a team that went 4-7 last year would take time. As Scott Frost’s 1-6 Nebraska Cornhuskers and Chip Kelly’s 2-5 UCLA Bruins have shown this season, success doesn’t come easy for first-year coaches these days. That hasn’t appeared to be the case for Dan Mullen’s Gators, however, even though they were a team that looked absolutely lost before his arrival. Mullen has preached continuously this season that his team still has a lot of growing to do. And it does. Florida still has a ways to go in finding its identity. But the Gators will enter the World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party already with bowl eligibility, and they’ve

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had two weeks to prepare for a game that they’ve likely been thinking about since last year’s clock hit zero with them sitting at the wrong end of the 35-point thrashing. We’ve sat and pondered all season as to whether the Gators are as good as we all think they are. And that question will be answered on Oct. 27 in one of the most prominent rivalries in college football. Florida-Georgia has always been about the rivalry, the atmosphere. But this year, it could be about a story coming full circle. Alanis Thames is a football writer for The Alligator. Follow her on Twitter @alanisthames and contact her at athames@alligator.org.

Florida-Georgia has decided the winner of the SEC East 14 times FOOTBALL, from pg 17 has decided the East’s representative 14 times. On three occasions (2002, 03 and 05) Georgia has earned the right to play in Atlanta despite losing to Florida. History aside, the winner this Saturday will also have an inside track to a long-shot playoff berth. Both teams have favorable schedules through the remainder of the regular season. Georgia has the only ranked opponent remaining on its schedule out of the two sides, and Florida’s only traveling will be to Tallahassee for its rivalry game against FSU. UF quarterback Feleipe Franks, however, doesn’t see this matchup through the lens of history or the future of the SEC race. “I don’t think you look at them because it’s a big game,” he said. “I think you just look at it because it’s the next opponent.” One of the themes coach Dan Mullen has worked with this season has been to fight against complacency. Franks said the fight to get better during the bye week was something he was looking forward to. “These guys on our team, they have drive,” he said. “They have motivation to go out there every day, and they’re not satisfied with 6-1.” That hunger, Franks said, has driven him and his teammates to approach every game from a renewed perspective. “They’ve been putting the work in all offseason to come in and have the season that we’re having right now. You have to keep on going. You can’t get complacent.” @MorganMcMuffin mmcmullen@alligator.org

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Three UF women advance through irst round in Georgia

Gators drop 14-match win streak in ive-set loss to Missouri

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The Gators outblocked Missouri 23 to 9, both teams logging one solo block and four block errors a piece. Much of Florida’s troubles came from a lack of consistency when it came to putting out an efficient offense. Hitters were early to their sets, or sets weren’t on time for the hitters. Either way, the Gators looked like they were struggling with unforced errors. “I think sometimes we overthink it,” Kramer said. “We have to go to things that are working, and we made some not smart IQ errors tonight.” Much of the first set was a challenge for Florida solely because of unforced errors, which helped the Tigers keep a strong lead until the teams were tied at 19-all. Then, a kill from freshman outside hitter Thayer Hall put Florida ahead by one. The glory was short-lived, however, as Missouri closed out the first set 25-23, capitalizing on back-to-back kills, a Florida ball handling error and a Florida service error. The Gators came back strong in the second set, depending mostly on extended service runs. Monserez recorded a sixpoint service run, which put Florida up 14-7. Hall followed suit with a four-point service run of her own, which gave the Gators a 10-point lead (18-8), the largest lead of the entire match for either team. Florida went on to take the set 25-16. The biggest deficit for the Gators squad came in between the second and third sets. Missouri took advantage of eight combined Florida attack errors and some offensive inconsistencies, taking the set 25-17. Florida rebounded in the fourth, holding the Tigers to just 13 points on the set and forcing the match to go to a fifth. The odds appeared to be in Florida’s favor as the team switched sides halfway through the fifth set, up 9-4 against the Tigers, but the Gators couldn’t hang on. A timeout from Missouri pushed things over the edge as the Tigers battled back to take a 12-11 lead over the Gators. A kill from Missouri’s Kylie Deberg, who led both rosters with 21 kills, helped secure the five-set win for the Tigers. “A loss like this doesn’t help us in the long run,” Kramer said, “but I think we’re going to grow from this.”

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Marzal Martinez and Ana Madcur (Miami) whom they also beat (8-3). The trio of Kessler, Emma and Jarlskog advanced through the first round of the singles main draw easily, never losing a set. Kessler beat out Julia Mikulski (FSU) 3-0 after she retired early. Emma swept Rafaela Gomez (UNF) 6-4, 6-4 and Jarlskog swept Natalia Serrano (UCF) 6-1, 6-1. The main draw singles semifinal featured three Gators and saw Emma match up against Jarlskog while Kessler played Marta Gonzalez (Georgia). Kessler beat Gonzalez 6-3, 6-1 to set up a Florida final against Jarlskog, who beat Emma 6-2, 4-6, 6-0. The two will match up today for the singles title. A time for this match has not yet been made available. @Kkylewood kwood@alligator.org

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Sophomore Oliver Crawford won the singles portion of the USA F28 Futures tournament in Harlingen, Texas.

Florida men tied for ifth after Day 1 in fall inale GOLF, from pg 18 Men’s golf opens ﬁnal fall tournament at Tavistock Collegiate Invitational Sunday also saw the men’s golf team trek down to Orlando to begin its own ﬁnal tournament of its fall schedule at the Tavistock Collegiate Invitational. This tournament is one that the Gators have done very well at in pre-

vious years. They won it in 2016 and placed second last year. Though the Gators carded a 2-under as a team — not good enough for first or second — it did place them in a tie for fifth. They are one stroke behind fourth-place Texas Tech and two back of a tie for second, but leader Vanderbilt is 10 strokes ahead. Sophomore Chris Nido’s torrid start sparked a 4-under day for him, and he sits in a tie for fifth place individually. He had three birdies on the

front nine, and while he only had one more birdie on the back nine, he did not score a single bogey. Sophomore John Axelsen and freshman Aden Ye had even rounds to place them in a tie for 27th. Freshman Eugene Hong (+2) ended Sunday in a tie for 45th and senior Gordon Neale (+4) is in a tie for 54th. @Bfarrell727 bfarrell1@alligator.org

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