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Bridie Murphy (ne Martin), Ballinacross, Granard, Longford, N39 N8K8

The death occurred, peacefully at the Midland Regional Hospital Mullingar, on Tuesday, March 21, 2023 ofBridie Murphy (ne Martin), Ballinacross, Granard, Longford, N39 N8K8.Predeceased by her husband Mick. Sadly missed by her sons Johnny, Micky and David, daughters Peggy, Eileen and Regina, son-in-law, daughters-in-law, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, brothers, sisters, relatives, friends and neighbours. May She Rest In Peace.Reposing at her residence (N39N8K8) on Wednesday, March 22 from 3pm to 9pm. Removal on Thursday morning, March 23 to St Marys Church, Granard for funeral mass at 11am followed by interment in Granardkill New Cemetery. House private at all other times, please.

Dan Clyne, Ballymahon, LongfordThe death occurred, peacefully in the care of Thomond Lodge, on Tuesday, March 21, 2023 ofDan Clyne, Ballymahon, Longford.Predeceased by his sister, Kathleen, and brother Sean. Sadly missed by his brother Pat, relatives, neighbours and friends. Rest in peace.Reposing in Our Lady's Manor Nursing Home, Edgeworthstown on Wednesday, March 22 from 5pm followed by removal in St Matthew's Church, Ballymahon, at 7pm. Funeral Mass on Thursday, March 23 at 11am. Burial in Shrule Cemetery.Family flowers only, please. Donations, if preferred, to Thomond Lodge Comfort Care Fund c/o Nally's Undertakers or any family member. House private.

Tommy Reilly, Fairgreen, Arva, Cavan / Moyne, Longford

The death occurred, in the loving care of the nurses and staff at Lough Erril nursing home Mohill, Co Leitrim, Eircode N41 XE39, on Sunday, March 19, 2023 of Tommy Reilly RIP, Fairgreen, Arva, Co Cavan and formerly Moyne, Co Longford. Predeceased by his parents, brothers Kevin, Noel and Packie and sister Betty. Sadly missed by his brothers and sister, nieces and nephews, relations and his many friends.Reposing Wednesday evening, March 22 from 6pm until 8pm at Lough Erril Oratory starting with prayers. Funeral cortege arriving at the Sacred Heart church, Arva via Carrigallen arriving Thursday, March 23 at 11am for funeral mass followed by interment at Coronea cemetery.

Francis (Francie) O'Neill, Gortletteragh, Leitrim

The death occurred, peacefully at Sligo University Hospital, on Wednesday, March 22, 2023 ofFrancis (Francie) O'Neill Jnr, Gortletteragh, Leitrim. Predeceased by his mother; Bridget (Bea) and his sister; Olivia (Harte). Francie will be sadly missed and remembered by his loving family, wife; Carmel, daughters; Kate and Laura, son; Peter, father; Francis Snr, sisters; Teresa, Josephine (OBrdaigh), Geraldine (Mulligan), Lorraine (Dorrigan) and Evelyn, parents-in-law; Val and Carmel Fitzpatrick, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nieces, nephews, extended family, his large circle of friends and neighbours. May Francie Rest in Peace.Francie will repose at his residence on Friday, March 24 from 3pm to 5pm (Eircode N41 TV70) with removal to arrive at St Patricks Church, Mohill for 7pm. Funeral mass on Saturday, March 25 at 12 noon followed by private cremation. Francies Funeral Mass will be live streamed onwww.churchtv.ie/mohill House strictly private outside of reposing times please. The family appreciate your support and understanding at this very sad and difficult time.

Alice Ganly (ne Coffey), Littletown, The Pigeons., Athlone, Westmeath, N37 XY90The death occurred, in her 96th year in Mullingar Regional Hospital, on Wednesday, March 22, 2023 ofAlice Ganly (ne Coffey), Littletown, The Pigeons., Athlone, Westmeath, N37 XY90 and formerly Creggan, Glasson, Co Westmeath. Predeceased by her loving husband Pat, her sister Mollie and her parents Edward and Mary. Forever remembered by her sons Paddy, Eamonn and Paul, her daughters Mary, Margaret and Alice, daughters-in-law, sons-in-law, grandchildren, niece, nephew, relatives and friends. Rest in Peace.Reposing at her residence (N37 XY90) this Thursday evening, March 23 from 4pm until 8pm. House private on Friday morning please. Funeral Mass on Friday, March 24 at 12 noon in St Mary's Church, Tang followed by burial in Temple-a-Valley Cemetery. Family flowers only please. Donations in lieu to The Alzheimer society of Ireland. The funeral mass will be live streamed on the Tang Parish Facebook page.

Michael McKeon, Fenaghbeg, Fenagh, Co Leitrim

The death occurred, peacefully at The North West Hospice, Sligo, on Wednesday March 22, 2023, of Michael McKeon, Fenaghbeg, Fenagh, Co Leitrim. Recently predeceased by his beloved wife Bridie, his parents Patrick & Mary, his brother Fr Jimmy, sisters Mae & Josie and also his granddaughter Ellen. He will be sadly missed by his daughters Deirdre, Orla & Nollaig, his grandchildren Colm & Carla (who are both abroad), Conor, Roisin, Tom, Aoibhinn, Sen & Caillin, sons-in-law Tommy, Aidan & Seamus, brother-in-law Joe, nieces, nephews, extended family, neighbours & friends. Rest in Peace.Reposing in Smiths Funeral Home, High Street, Ballinamore, (N41 TD62) on Thursday evening, March 23 from 6pm until 8pm. Removal from his home on Friday morning, March 24 arriving at St Marys Church, Foxfield for Funeral Mass at 12 noon. Burial afterwards in Fenagh Abbey Cemetery. House private, please. Family flowers only. Donations, if desired, to The North West Hospice c/o Smith's Funeral Directors, Ballinamore.

John Tom Cunningham, Killeveha, Cloone, Co Leitrim

The death occurred, peacefully at University Hospital Galway, on Tuesday, March 21, 2023 of John Tom Cunningham of Killeveha, Cloone, Co Leitrim. Predeceased by his parents Edward and Ellen and his brother Eddie. John Tom will be sadly missed and remembered by his loving wife Kathleen, brother James (Mary), sisters Patricia (Des), Jane, Rose Ann, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nieces, nephews, extended family, neighbours and friends. May John Tom Rest in Peace.John Tom will lie in repose at his residence at Killeveha, Cloone (Eircode N41 P084) on Thursday, March 23 from 4pm to 8pm. Remains will arrive to St Marys Church, Cloone for funeral mass on Friday at 12 noon followed by burial to the adjoining cemetery. House private outside of reposing times please. John Toms Funeral Mass will be live streamed onwww.churchtv.ie/clooneThe family appreciate your support and understanding at this difficult time.

Mary Agnes (Aggie) McBrien (ne Murray), Riverstown, Cloone, Leitrim / Ballinamore, Leitrim

The death occurred, peacefully at Sligo University Hospital surrounded by her loving family, on Saturday, March 18, 2023 of Mary Agnes (Aggie) McBrien (ne Murray) of Riverstown, Cloone, Co Leitrim and formerly of Killaweew, Ballinamore, Co Leitrim.Predeceased by her parents Ned and Katy Murray and her brother Michael. Deeply regretted and sadly missed by her sons Sean (New York), Patrick (Kingscourt, Co Cavan) and Aidan (Cloone), daughter-in-law Diane, grandchildren Martin, Shannon, Tara and Sean, brother-in-law Pat (New York) and sister Kathleen (London), nieces, nephews, sisters-in-law, extended family, neighbours and friends. May her Gentle Soul Rest in Peace.Remains reposing at the residence of her son Aidan at Riverstown, Cloone (Eircode N41 KC81) on Wednesday, March 22 from 3pm 7pm. Funeral Mass on Thursday, March 23 at 12 noon in St Mary's Church Cloone followed by burial to the adjoining cemetery. Agnes funeral mass will live streamed on the following link https://churchtv.ie/cloone.htmlThe family acknowledges the dedicated staff of the Emergency Services and Team of Air Ambulance as well as the staff of Sligo University Hospital.

James McCormack, Livingston, Scotland and Kenagh, Longford / Dublin

The death occurred, peacefully after a short illness, surrounded by his loving family, on Thursday, March 9, 2023 ofJames McCormack, Livingston, Scotland and Kenagh, Longford / Dublin.Predeceased by his father Tommy and nephew Thomas. Sadly missed by his loving wife Imelda, his son James, his daughter Natasha. His mother Patsy, brothers Toms, Aidan, Enda, Niall, and his sister Deirdre, his brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nephews, nieces, great nephews, great nieces, his aunt and uncles and a wide circle of friends. May he Rest in Peace.Funeral Mass at 9.30am on Saturday, March 25 in Saint Andrews Church Craighill, Livingston, EH54 5BJ followed by burial in Adambrae Cemetery, Adambrae Road, Livingston, EH54 9RD. Family Flowers only please. You can make a donation to the Young Onset Dementia Red Brick Caf Livingston.

John (Sean) Ghee, London and formerly of Lisduff, Longford Town, Longford

The death occurred on Wednesday, January 18, 2023 of John (Sean) Ghee, London and formerly of Lisduff, Longford town. Predeceased by his parents Tom and Bridie, sisters Patricia and Catherine and brother Michael. John will be sadly missed and remembered with love by his family, sisters Bridie Flaherty (Bettystown) and Hannah Donohue (Athboy), brothers Tommy (Tullamore) and Joe (Longford), sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law, nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. May he rest in peace.Johns Funeral Mass and cremation will take place in London on Friday, March 24.

Desmond Lynch, Woodbrook House, Darrary, Carrick-on-Shannon, Roscommon

The death occurred, peacefully surrounded by his loving family, on Sunday, February 12, 2023 of Desmond Lynch, Woodbrook House, Bristol, England and formerly Woodbrook House, Darrary, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Roscommon. Predeceased by his wife Kathleen, brothers Larry and Jim, sister Bridie. Deeply regretted and sadly missed by his loving daughters Una and Threasa, sons-in-law Steve and Colin, adored grandchildren Scarlett, Isabella, Alexandra, Esme, Miles, brothers Pat (Galway), Tony (Cork), Austin (Dublin), Eamon (Galway), Benny (Bristol), sisters Mary (Newtownforbes), Ann (Jersey) Bernadette (Bristol), sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law, nephews, nieces, cousins, extended family, neighbours, and many friends in England and Ireland. Rest in Peace.Desmonds funeral Mass will take place at The Cathedral Church of Saints Peter and Paul, Pembroke Road, Clifton, Bristol, on Wednesday, March 22 at 11am. Desmonds funeral cortege will arrive at St Michaels Church, Cootehall on Thursday evening, March 23 at 7pm.Funeral Mass at 11am on Friday, March 24 followed by Cremation in Lakelands Crematorium, Cavan at 3pm. Funeral Mass will be streamed live on the following link DesmondsFuneral Mass No flowers, please.

Stephen Robert Gaffney, Whitehall, Castlepollard, Co Westmeath

The death occurred, peacefully, aged 74 years, on Sunday, March 5, 2023 of Stephen Robert Gaffney, formerly of Whitehall, Castlepollard, Co Westmeath and latterly of Luton, Bedfordshire UK.Predeceased by his loving parents Thomas and Mary Gaffney, brothers John, Tommy and Harry, sisters Christina, Nora, Nancy and Margaret. Beloved father of Chloe and Simon, father in law to Dean and Ella, loving grandfather to Poppy and Frankie. Deeply mourned by his brothers Danny, Barney and Michael, and sisters Theresa and Bridget, nieces, nephews and a wide circle of friends. He will be greatly missed by all his family and friends.Funeral service shall take place on Wednesday, April 5 at 11.30am at Langstone Vale Crematorium. Family flowers only please. Donations if desired to St. David's Hospice, Newport, Wales.

Noreen (Nora) Josephine Atkinson (Landy NE Wallace) England and late of New Kiltoom, Castlepollard, Co Westmeath / Louisburgh, Mayo

The death occurred, peacefully, on Friday, January 13, 2023 of Noreen (Nora) Josephine Atkinson (Landy ne Wallace), Ruislip, Middlesex, England and formerly of New Kiltoom, Castlepollard, Co Westmeath and Louisburgh, Co Mayo. Beloved wife of Brian and the late Eamonn and dear mother of Paul and Louise. Noreen will be very sadly missed by her husband and family, son-in-law Gary, daughter-in-law Jackie, her cherished grandchildren Natasha, Heather, Aidan, Pearse and Christy, her brothers Anthony, Stephen and Tommy, sister Mary, nephews, nieces, cousins, relatives and friends. May Noreen rest in peace.Funeral Mass will take place on Monday, February 13, 2023, at 1pm at Our Lady of the Visitation Church, Greenford, Middlesex, England, followed by cremation at Breakspear Crematorium, Ruislip. The Mass can be viewed at Our Lady of the VisitationA Memorial Mass will take place on Saturday, April 15, 2023, at 12 noon in the Church of St John the Baptist, Whitehall, Castlepollard, Co Westmeath followed by interment of ashes in the adjoining cemetery. In preference to flowers, Brian, Paul and Louise would appreciate donations toAlzheimer's Research UK (JustGiving)

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The teams below were selected by coaches from the conference, not NJ.com. These teams are independent from NJ.coms All-State and All-Group teams. Again, these teams are selected by coaches from the conference.

1st Team

Jadin Collins, Rutgers Prep, Sr.

Cameron Piggee, Rutgers Prep, Sr.

John Kelly, Rutgers Prep, Jr.

Mario Castro-Sanchez, Gill St. Bernards, Sr.

Nick Losada, Gill St. Bernards, Sr.

Cam Snowden, Franklin, Sr.

Cam Brown, Franklin, Jr.

2nd Team

Elisha Brown, Franklin, Jr.

Jordan Atkins, Rutgers Prep, Sr.

Franklin Jones , Rutgers Prep, Sr.

Jake Novielli, Franklin, Sr.

Matthew Schwartz, Hunterdon Central, Jr.

Honorable Mention

Andy Hearn, Gill St. Bernards, Sr.

Tyler Brickley, Hunterdon Central, Sr.

Jonathan Nsenkyire, Rutgers Prep, Sr.

Myles Parker, Rutgers Prep, So.

Johnny Magner, Bridgewater-Raritan, Jr.

Weston Shirk, Hunterdon Central, So.

1st Team

Frank Denvir, Delaware Valley, Jr.

Justin Kolpan, Delaware Valley, Sr.

Tyler Kesowitz, Manville, Jr.

Peter Discafani, Belvidere, Sr.

Colin Laverty, Bernards, Jr.

Aaron Zalescik, South Hunterdon, Jr.

Steve Purcell, Manville, Sr.

2nd Team

Jack Reardon, Delaware Valley, Jr.

Eric Klemmer, Delaware Valley, So.

Edryn Morales, Manville, Jr.

Gabriel Morales, Bernards , Jr.

Thomas Warms, South Hunterdon, Sr.

Honorable Mention

Shane Young, Delaware Valley, Sr.

Mason Chamberlain , Belvidere, So.

Logan Klementowicz, Manville, Sr.

Will Frank, Bernards, Jr.

Tanner McCaffrey, South Hunterdon, Sr.

1st Team

Sean Givens, Immaculata, Sr.

Davis Adams, Immaculata, Sr.

Jayden Green, Hillsborough, Jr.

Ben Spitzer, Hillsborough, Sr.

Nikola Borovicanin, Ridge, Sr.

Kevin Castronovo, Ridge, Sr.

Matthew Scerbo Jr, Phillipsburg, So.

2nd Team

Josh Williams, Immaculata, Sr.

Zion Harrison, Hillsborough, Jr.

Andrew Martin, Phillipsburg, Jr.

Aleck Graf, Watchung Hills, Sr.

Ethan Lin, Montgomery, Fr.

Honorable Mention

Jerrel Alston, Immaculata, Jr.

Phil Unangst, Hillsborough, Jr.

Troy Barrett, Ridge, Sr.

John Kelly, Watchung Hills, Jr.

Luke Smith, Montgomery, Sr.

Ameer Herran, Phillipsburg, Jr.

1st Team

Jordan Summers , Bound Brook, Sr.

Jackson Morrison, Bound Brook, So.

Tommy Flaherty, Warren Hills, Sr.

Trey Maultsby, Pingry, Jr.

Connor Duggan, Voorhees, Sr.

James DelSantro, North Hunterdon, Jr.

Gavin Craig, Somerville, Sr.

2nd Team

Donnie Gregory, Pingry, Fr.

Jordan Robinson, Bound Brook, Sr.

Aidan Pierro, Voorhees, Sr.

Brady Scheier, Somerville, So.

Tommy Mazurkiewcz, North Hunterdon, Sr.

Honorable Mention

Justin Wistuba, Voorhees, Jr.

Quinn Carran, Somerville, Jr.

Josh Woodford, Pingry, Jr.

Jeremiah Williams, Bound Brook, Jr.

Ryan Gillhooly, North Hunterdon, Sr.

TJ Kachala, Warren Hills, Jr.

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San Diego County will honor the educators, parents, community members, board members and support staff who make a difference in the lives of students at the annual Honoring Our Own Awards.

The awards will recognize the 2023 San Diego County School Boards Association award recipients andtheAssociation of California School Administrators Region 18administrators of the year. Honoring Our Own is a collaboration between the two organizations.

The in-person event will be from 5 to 9 p.m. May 27 at the San Diego Sheraton Resort and Marina. Visit the Honoring Our Own webpage to register or learn about donating.

Congratulations to this years honorees!

Cipriano Vargas, Vista Unified School District

Jenifer Eggert, Julian Union School District

Chris Toomey, San Diego County Office of Education

Dr. Kyle Ruggles, Vista Unified School District

Guadalupe Estrada, Sweetwater Union High School District

La Colonia Community Foundation

Stacey Adame, Escondido Union High School District

Marilyn Adrianzen, San Ysidro School District

Ami Shackelford, Vista Unified School District

Mia Funk, Escondido Union High School District

Joy Ceasar, El Centro Elementary School District

Jenna Sather, Sweetwater Union High School District

Stefanie Siqueiros Cruz, Heber Elementary School District

Antonio Munguia, Brawley Union High School District

Jennifer Goldston, Solana Beach School District

Robert Flaherty, Oceanside Unified School District

Derek Murchison, San Diego Unified School District

Laura Crow, Poway Unified School District

Colin Young, Poway Unified School District

Rick Grove, Carlsbad Unified School District

James Jimenez, Poway Unified School District

Barbara Rohrer, Dehesa School District

Nina Hermosillo, Sweetwater Union High School District

Richard Nash, Poway Unified School District

Meghan Voeltner, San Diego Unified School District

Jena McWaters, San Diego Unified School District

Vernon Moore, Sweetwater Union High School District

Luis Ibarra, Escondido Union School District

Eduardo Perez, Calexico Unified School District

Kimberly Moore, San Diego Unified School District

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Colin Flaherty wrote prolifically in the old Evening Tribune and San Diego Union, the SD Business Journal, San Diego Magazine, L.A. Times, and in the early 90s, even the San Diego Reader.

Three years ago in these pages, I eulogized Mr. San Diego: civic leader George Mitrovich, the man who famously knew everyone. Now Im back to pay tribute to his fellow flack and Kensingtonian, Colin Flaherty, who died last January in his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware, and who was an unmissable fixture of the San Diego scene for over 25 years. There was at least one obvious reason for that: he was big. Colin admitted to being 65, but I often suspected he was an inch or two taller. But size aside, he bestrode the local PR and journalism world like a colossus.

In the Copley papers, he wrote a weekly column that appeared under the byline of his father-in-law, ex-congressman Lionel Van Deerlin. He ghosted for others as well, and wrote prolifically under his own name: in the old Evening Tribune and San Diego Union, the SD Business Journal, San Diego Magazine, L.A. Times, and in the early 90s, even the San Diego Reader. (He turned up in the Wall Street Journal and dozen other venues, but were sticking with local color for now.) Every year, it seemed, Colin would walk away with one prize or another at the San Diego Press Club Awards.

His PR clients included a raft of politicians, and such enterprises as Qualcomm, Fidelity Investments, and Barratt American homes. Friends included editor/columnist Tom Blair; sometime-mayor and broadcast personality Roger Hedgecock (for whom Colin occasionally substituted on-air); and famous malpractice attorney Dan Broderick (at least until Dans ex-wife Betty shot both him and Wife #2 in 1989).

On a level of slighter acquaintance, maybe I could mention Karen Wilkening, 1991s Rolodex Madam, who sticks in memory because I first met her and Colin at some mutual friends backyard party. (No, they werent dating; Karen was a surprise guest though Colin was delighted.) But one person who was not Colins friend was George Mitrovich. As I was friends with both, I could never figure out what the deal was. Maybe they were too much alike: a couple of movers and shakers who both happened to have a history with Joe Biden. (George hosted Biden as a speaker at his City Club some twenty times; the teenaged Colin arranged meet-and-greets for the future President when he was just a 29-year-old Senate candidate back in Wilmington.) But whatever the reason, Colins splenetic outbursts against George were always hilarious. That no-talent sycophant did not deserve such a graceful remembrance, Colin wrote me after I sent him the Mitrovich article. Preening, pompous, all-around pretender...

The road wanderer

Colin wasnt a pretender, at least not when it came to ideas. He followed the truth as he saw it, even when it took him far afield of his former worldview. He was a wanderer, in both the physical and philosophical sense. I say wanderer, not traveler: there were two peculiarities about Colin that I spotted way back in 1991, and the first was that he seldom, if ever, drove a car. (Going car-free happens to be the preference of many writers, or so I was once told by Mr. Never-Had-a-License Ray Bradbury, a lifelong resident of Los Angeles.) Colin rode motorcycles, so it wasnt a question of not having a license. In fact, it may not have been much of a choice at all. Years after I knew him, I stumbled across this little column from the 1985 Evening Tribune, in which Colin proudly announces that he hasnt got a car, proclaiming I take the bus. Then he drops the punchline in the biographical note at the bottom: Flaherty is a political consultant who lives in Hillcrest. His wife is getting their car in a divorce settlement. He intends to buy another, but not until he can afford to get a nice one.

The other thing I noticed about Colin is that he didnt drink alcoholic beverages, of any kind even 3.2 beer, if they still make that. He had a cover story to explain it: many years ago in Colorado, he had gotten ticketed for a DUI. That was one of the first things he told me about himself. I had a mental image of him going through Colorado Springs on a big Triumph cycle, but Im pretty sure you dont want to be blotto on a motorcycle. Maybe it was a car? Maybe the story was just a white lie, something you tell your hosts when the drinks table arrives. At any rate, sober and carless are also good excuses to go hitchhiking. Then when someone gives you a lift, you can say you dont drink, and tell the tragic story of why. And hitchhiking, which is sort of the apotheosis of wandering literally getting taken for a ride was something Colin was good at.

Colin Flaherty Illustration by Meg Burns

For a long time Colins main commercial client was a busy and prosperous home builder in Riverside and San Diego Counties. At one point, Colin moved to a big new house in a little place called Winchester, and set about perfecting his golf game. This was a useful skill when his client took him on trips to England and then Scotland, where they played the links at St. Andrews. (Im no aficionado I hit a few buckets with him once many years ago but from what Im told, he was an excellent golfer and could have turned pro if hed focused as much on the game when he was young as he did in middle age.) When the client went into bankruptcy protection during the economic cratering of 15 years ago (the company has since emerged, safe and sound, I hear), Colin lit out for the territory. He went on a hitchhiking trip, venturing almost at random and writing of his adventures along the way. Eventually he packaged it as Redwood to Deadwood: A 53-Year-Old Dude Hitchhikes Across America (2011).

This was not his first long-distance hitchhiking adventure. At, 17 he thumbed it to South Florida to join the crowds protesting the GOP convention. He memorialized this tale, and many other tasty autobiographical nuggets, in Redwood to Deadwood. Ill condense the story here, but try not to chop it up too much:

The first big hitchhiking trip I ever took was the 1500 miles down to Miami Beach for the Republican National Convention in 1972. I was one of those people convinced that Republicans in general and Nixon in particular were the source of all evil in the history of the planet if not the universe. So down I went, and ended up spending two days in jail with Allen Ginsberg for my troubles. I was in a bookstore recently when a college student came and sat next to me. She was carrying a volume of great American poets, and there was good old Allen glaring at me from the cover

I was going to try and impress her that Mr. Ginsberg and I were old cellmates, and how between meals of Dade County baloney sandwiches and Kool Aid he led me and the other miscreants in chanting OOOMMMMMMM.

Or was it OMMMMMMMMMM. Whatever.

But I decided to forgo this excursion into the literary life with this eager academe. Nothing worse than trying to impress a coed with meeting a famous poet in jail and have her either not believe you, or worse, not care.

Come to think of it, there are millions of things worse.

After two days, the Dade County authorities dropped charges and let us all go. Soon after, I called my folks and they asked me how I was doing Anything happen to you?

I just got out of jail.

I think my dad laughed. Though he did not really think it was that funny when a month later a picture of me getting arrested ended up as the cover picture for Hunter Thompsons story in Rolling Stone magazine on the Republican National Convention.

Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail: Seventeen-year-old Colin Flaherty getting booked in Miami Beach, August 1972. From the September 28, 1972 issue of Rolling Stone. Photo credit: Mark Diamond.

Flaherty Family Collection

Actually it was a near-full-page photo, and the reporter was one Tim Findley. However, Hunter S. Thompson did reproduce a small version of the picture in his book Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail 72. And Thompson is who Colin wanted to write about here apparently, he was not a fan. He continues:

Thirty-seven years later, I wrote an article for Aspen.com (where Hunter lived) about his life and death. It was not an appreciation. I was actually going to convert the first few sentences of that Aspen.com article into a poem for the finals of theSteamboat [Springs] Poetry Slam.

Hunter Thompson is dead.

He killed himself 40 years ago when he figured out it was a lot easier being a circus clown with a typewriter, a bottle of bourbon and a fistful of drugs instead of being a writer.

It just took a while.

Redwood to Deadwood is very much a collage of autobiographical vignettes like that, told against a background of real-time travels on the road, circa 2009. So in bits and pieces you learn that he grew up in Delaware, went to Salesianum (a private Catholic boys day school in Wilmington), had a bit of college at University of Delaware, dropped out, joined a carnival, worked as a cook in Key West, toured Mexico on a motorcycle...and finally hitchhiked from Wilmington to San Diego...where he promptly won a Regents Scholarship to UCSD. After which he married the daughter of Congressman Van Deerlin, had two kids, got divorced, wrote lots of newspaper columns, news stories, press releases and political flackery...and this is pretty much where we came in.

In 1991, Colin wrote an inside feature story for the Reader that resulted in the freeing of a young black man, Kelvin Wiley, sentenced to four years in Soledad Prison for beating his white girlfriend, Toni Di Giovanni. In reality, the woman had staged her beating and persuaded her young son to lie to the police.

The grey areas around Black and White

It might be surprising to hear that the guy who used to work for Biden and who hated Nixon enough to do jail time went so sour on a guy like Thompson. But as I said, Colin followed his lights. Case in point: in 1991, he wrote an inside feature story for the Reader that resulted in the freeing of a young black man, Kelvin Wiley, sentenced to four years in Soledad Prison for beating his white girlfriend, Toni Di Giovanni. In reality, the woman had staged her beating and persuaded her young son to lie to the police. This is stillpointed to as a landmark case of exoneration, as well as a sterling example of investigative legwork.

Colins story begins with quotations from a couple who took a trip with Kelvin and Toni, and recalled her doing meth and calling him a stupid n----r, after which he broke up with her. Two weeks later, she accused him of beating her savagely and attempting to strangle her with his belt. What followed, writes Colin, was a strange series of inept investigations, contradictory and recanted testimony, and evidence not admitted that...might at least have placed Tonis story of the attack in considerable doubt. He begins by interviewing neighbors, who heard and saw nothing from the normally loud condo, then notes that nobody from law enforcement ever did the same. He notes that she had told a similar and false story about a previous boyfriend, but that the judge would not allow this to be presented in court. He interviews Kelvins neighbors, who recall seeing his car parked at home on the day of the alleged assault. He tallies up changes in Tonis story notably, she said she was beaten with a box wrench, but when no corresponding wounds were found, she changed the weapon to a belt. He talks to jurors, he investigates testimony, and he combs documents for gems like this from the judge: [Di Giovanni] possesses certain mermaid qualities where she can lure various men up to be thrashed on the rocks right in front of her, and she helps do the thrashing. When the Union-Tribune wrote up the exoneration years later, they noted Colins reporting.

All of which makes it remarkable that years later, Colin wrote two books about what he described as a media conspiracy to conceal black-on-white hate crimes. Beginning in 2012, there was White Girl Bleed a Lot, subtitled The Return of Racial Violence to America and How the Media Ignore It. Two years later, he came out with Dont Make the Black Kids Angry: The hoax of black victimization and those who enable it [sic]. Incendiary stuff, to be sure. But canny Colin made sure to adorn the book covers with glowing endorsements from such esteemed black conservatives as Allen West and Thomas Sowell. After all, the story here was not the existence of black crime (the focus was often on young flash mobs), but rather, the news medias determination to minimize coverage of it. Reviewing the first one in National Review, Sowell wrote: Reading Colin Flahertys book made painfully clear to me that the magnitude of this problem is even greater than I had discovered from my own research. He documents both the race riots and the media and political evasions in dozens of cities across America. Veteran talk-radio hosts Barry Farber and Neal Boortz also praised the books as brave and brilliant.

Colin Flaherty, who died last January in his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware, was an unmissable fixture of the San Diego scene for over 25 years.

Photograph by John Griggs

Friends included editor/columnist Tom Blair; sometime-mayor and broadcast personality Roger Hedgecock; and famous malpractice attorney Dan Broderick.

Photograph by John Griggs

Colin sold the books mainly through Amazon, and they rocketed to the top of whichever category Amazon was placing them in. Once when he was in New York for a Newsmax segment in 2015, I had lunch with him and saw him compulsively checking his iPhone every few minutes to see how sales were going. Sold another ten copies! Another fifteen copies! But the wheels came off around 2016, when Colin got caught up in the cancel-culture frenzy that accompanied that years presidential campaign. Many conservative authors and imprints were suddenly banned by Amazon, and soon enough, Colin had to look for other venues. YouTube pulled his channel, a major source of income. He moved on to Bitchute and other video and podcast platforms, selling more books in new editions.

Colin was not part of any racialist organization or any other eldritch movement. He generally shunned such outfits (he called one group that approached him creepy). He flew solo all his life, a successful freelancer and entrepreneur. But you could see the Left attempting to tar him with that creepy brush, at least by 2015. Trying to put a dark spin on the burgeoning enthusiasm for Donald Trumps presidential bid, The New Yorkers Evan Osnos called Colin a white nationalist who had written a self-published book. (Hows that for a sneer? By that point, Colin had actually produced three or four.) But Colin had spent years in the politico-journo trenches, and wasnt going to cry in his alcohol-free beer just because a Leftie hack slapped a label on him. There in Wilmington, he kept working: as an occasional radio host (WDEL), as a podcaster, and as guest commentator on the cable news channel Newsmax. He even tried his hand at writing spy thrillers, winning first prize for a chapter in the Washington Posts Summer Spy Serial contest, July 2011. A sample:

Even if the mysterious stranger was legit and there was no chance of that there was just no way they were going to tap Al-Zawahiri on the shoulder and ask him to come along nicely. Alex continued:

Listen Mister Whatever Your Name Is, I do not know how you got the idea we are some kind of super spies. But if you are so intent on catching this terrorist, I suggest you call him on the phone, tell him he just won a 52-inch flat-screen TV, and he can collect it at the American embassy. When he shows up, it should be easy enough for you to win your $25 million sweepstakes. That works all the time on TV. Which I think you watch too much of. Now if you will excuse us, my wife and I would like to get back to our dinner.

Alex got up to leave the room. The visitor did not move...

The laughable lottery lien

When Colin died, I knew hed been ill for a couple of years (cancer). After he passed, I suddenly became curious about a long-ago matter that had entangled the two of us. About 25 years back I was living in Seattle and occasionally doing freelance design and web work for Colin and his PR clients. (His big corporate fish at that time was Qualcomm.) Once, he FedExed me a paycheck with a few hundred dollars extra. Colin suggested that my friend and I use some of this bonus to contribute to a political campaign he was managing in the desert hamlet of Perris, California. So my assistant and I each wrote out a personal check to Riverside County Business & Property Owners Coalition, mailed them off, and never thought about it again.

At least not till 2003...when someone from Sacramento tracked me down (Id moved 3000 miles away) and rang me up. Somebody named Dennis Pellon, from something called the Fair Political Practices Commission. Basically, I was being interrogated about a suspicious 1997 contribution to that Riverside County campaign fund. FPPC was trying to frame it as money laundering. I angrily stonewalled, pointing out that my income from Colin had far exceeded whatever trifling amount I may have given, and that if I chose to contribute to a political campaign, that was entirely my business. (At the time, I remembered my donation as de minimis, maybe $50. But I recently found diary notes that tell me my friend and I each wrote a personal check for $250. Oopsie! Enough to get me on FPPCs radar, anyhow.)

Book signing for White Girl Bleed a Lot, subtitled The Return of Racial Violence to America and How the Media Ignore It.

Flaherty Family Collection

Puzzled, I phoned and e-mailed Colin. Just ignore it, he said. Years later, I discovered the FPPC had fined Colin $76,000 for a wide variety of alleged infractions, some of them utterly absurd. Supposedly, he had broken campaign finance rules thirty-eight times, with a $2000 fine for each. One of these purportedly illegal donations was $4000 for a birthday cake and balloons for Governor Pete Wilson.

Did Colin ever pay that whopping fine? No he did not. Nor did the FPPC boondogglers ever make any serious effort to collect it. I know this because after Colin died, I contacted the FPPC and asked about the status of the case. They sent me a copy of a recent letter (October 29, 2021), in which they limply threaten to have the Franchise Tax Board garnish that $76,000 if Colin ever wins the California Lottery! Bwah-hah-hah! Colin loved black humor, and would have enjoyed this immensely.

Just ignore it, Colin had told me. He knew FPPC wouldnt make any serious effort to collect their fine because that would trigger a legal response, and then the claim might well be vacated by the court. It wasnt a legal judgment, it was a demand by a public ethics quango that claimed to be non-partisan. Like everyone in Sacramento, I guess. The FPPC didnt care for Colins political work, and also frowned on Pete Wilsons birthday cake and balloons.

The biographical note at the bottom of a 1985 Evening Tribune column: Flaherty is a political consultant who lives in Hillcrest. His wife is getting their car in a divorce settlement. He intends to buy another, but not until he can afford to get a nice one.

Flaherty Family Collection

The money laundering allegations described what were evidently routine campaign procedures in local politics at least in that time and place. Rather than make it look as though candidates or initiatives are being funded mostly by one well-heeled interest (say, a big developer), you gift money to others and suggest that they donate of their own volition. A little sneaky, you think? Thats politics, and both sides were doing it. Small-town micro-campaigns are seldom grass-roots in origin. In early 2005, I recall, Colin was managing a campaign to shoot down a no-growth initiative (Proposition X) in Santee. The three biggest contributors in favor of the proposition lived in La Jolla, Tucson, and Jackson Hole or so Colin assured me.

A nun in Lebanon

Colin grew up Catholic, but he seems to have given all that up in late adolescence. Still, he did ask for a Catholic funeral, or memorial service, in the little city of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, where his mothers family had lived. Lebanon is about 25 miles west of Reading, and historically largely German. What the town is known for, so far as I can tell, is a couple of foodstuffs: theres a pre-Lenten pastry called a Fastnacht (because you eat it the day before Ash Wednesday), and Lebanon bologna which is not a vile pink luncheon meat, but a dry beef sausage rather like a giant salami, a delicacy theyve been making there since the 1700s. I give you all this so youll realize what an out-the-way place it was for most of the 60-odd people who showed up some from as far away as Temecula for the memorial service and the reception.

The FPPC sent me a copy of a recent letter (October 29, 2021), in which they limply threaten to have the Franchise Tax Board garnish that $76,000 if Colin ever wins the California Lottery! Bwah-hah-hah! Colin loved black humor, and would have enjoyed this immensely.

Flaherty Family Collection

Colin wanted the service in Lebanon so that his favorite cousin, a Franciscan nun named Sister Margaret Bender, could sing at it. For her part, Sister Margaret, an enthusiastic musico, looked forward to fulfilling Colins last wish. And so Colins far-flung family, friends, and fans descended upon the tidy Gothic stone church in the middle of town. Along with the regulars attending Saturday evening mass, we pretty much filled up the place. But the service didnt quite go according to plan. Sister Margaret was not able to sing at her nephews memorial service because there was no music! The priest explained, apologetically, that he didnt think many people would show up, so he hadnt bothered engaging the organist or other music-makers. (Cue up a sad trombone.) I think the likelier reason is that the pastor simply forgot about making the arrangements until he emerged from sacristy and noticed the big crowd and the Franciscan nun. Fortunately, he didnt waste much time on sermonizing, and as there were no hymns or music, things proceeded very quickly: in and out in 25 minutes flat.

After that disappointment, many of us were in need of a drink. So we gathered back at the hotel, where we had a fine reception that lasted well into the night. And after a couple of hours, Colins cousin finally did get to sing sans accompaniment. A happy ending, and a good time was had by all.

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Colin Flaherty gets sent off with a song | San Diego Reader

This Was A Man RIP Colin (Crime is the New Black Entitlement) Flaherty, Sept. 21, 1955 Jan. 11, 2022

By Peter Brimelow | 11 January 2022

V DARE The evil that men do lives after them. Unless they are part of, or useful to, the Woke Ruling Class in which case all is forgiven.

That introductory line is fitting for several reasons.Colin Flahertywas an afficionado of Shakespeare, from whom thelineis stolen. And he loved topoint outthe hypocrisy of the far-Left media, which beatified their martyrs likeSt. George of FloydandSt. Michael of Brown while excommunicatingThomas Jeffersonand evenAbraham Lincoln. And him, and countless others.

Finally, its fitting because in the coming year we should expect to see a deluge of celebration and schadenfreude from the Main Stream Media, gleefully noting the passing of anotherold white guywithout anyself-awarenessor even a hint that theyre just validating the ironic observations of bothMark AntonyandMr. Flaherty.

Colin Flaherty, an award-winning journalist and best-selling author whose career spanned over four decades, died on Tuesday at home, surrounded by friends and family. The cause wascancer, a family member said.

In 1992, Colin Flaherty was the darling of the liberal press, for exposing the truth. At some point in the next decade or two, he would be vilified for the same thing.[]

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