Possible conflict of interest?

I need more information to back your claims.

I have a 2000+ sq. ft. home, all under air, all electric appliances including well pump. My A/C is set at 79 during the day, 78 at night. Someone is always home and all meals are home cooked (not microwaved)
My FPL budget plan bill is ~$85/ month year round.

But for $750M, or $75M per corridor the city would do one corridor every few years. Prioritize and take them one by one> it may take 30 years to get there but it will be well worth it. If Hurricane Michael destroys much of the infrastructure, and tree cover, a nice federal or state grant to rebuild and bury would be sensible.

WRONG…..another non thinking comment without any research. Ther is no longer any corporation in America that is ethical when it comes to their bottom line. FPL rapes its customers does $300/ month sound cheap to you? single family home A/C set at 85 degrees on hottest days otherwise off. all lights off and three people living in house.

Your sooo kind to care for black people. We jus love y’all folks for your protectin us from ourselves. You poor undererpresented holders of power in in every faction of government and corporations around the world. Bless your heart. By the way a true black elite in this country doesnt exist. They are usually white men with black skin

I openly challenge your assertions regarding the City of Tallahassee, community owned, A+ bond rated utility. It absolutely *IS* a TAXING *REPLACEMENT* mechanism for the City. It keeps City property tax payer rates low, THANK GOD!

“It hides wasteful programs, hires, and practices…” What are they? Who are they? And exactly how are they hidden when every dollar, every hiring and every policy & practice is open to be found, scrutinized and criticized FOR THE ASKING?! I adamently suggest it is a direct result of our failed free press who no longer thinks ferreting out truth or corruption is profitable. (Thank a former elected sheriff and a car dealership owner or two for that one)

“… funneling twenty five million (give or take) to the general fund each year.” YES! THANK GOD FOR IT! LET’S HAVE MORE OF IT! AND THIS IS A REPUBLICAN SAYING THIS!

I want to challenge the notion that all government is bad and / or corrupt. It’s not. It’s is the people who suggest a successful government means there is an entitlement to funds commiserate to *corporate* or *private sector* success.

The two greatest challenges to Leon County / City of Tallahassee tax base are history and geography. Bill Montford is responsible for enlightening me to this. Consider this. Approximately 30% of ALL the land in Leon County supports 100% of the County’s need. Leon County and Florida’s Capital City, Tallahassee is unique from every other County or City in the State. We are one of a kind! Being one of a kind means unique, “non-conventional” solution are required. (necessity is the mother of invention, and mama is taking good care of it’s own!) What do I mean? Here goes…

Of all the land in Leon County, so much of it is untaxable by customary millage. Try seeing this visually as I describe it. Right off the top, remove about a 1/3rd of the land mass to Federal National forest and State forest land. Now, subtract all Federal, State and local government properties, office complexes, schools, colleges & universities, etc., etc. Ready to remove about another 20%? So…some quick math… 33% + 20% = 53% right there.

Now… There is another element to Leon County that makes us even more unique. That’s our Plantations (Phipps, Welaunee, Chemonie, Red Hills, Moore, Turner, etc.) and agricultural preservation districts (Tall Timbers, Southwood, St. Joe, etc.). These massive parcels of acreage are not, and cannot be taxed the same way other residential properties are assessed. All of this accounts for 20+%. Some supportive taxes are collected, but not at the scale most residents pay.

Why is this important and how does this relate to Tallahassee’s municipality owned utility? The answer is simple. It’s actually conservative and dare I say, Republican?! The founding fathers understood, in order to take care of your people / family and not tax them to death, you leverage the resources you have and you sell something. In Tallahassee’s case, that’s electricity. And the City of Tallahassee does it very, VERY well.

Why is this important to those who live outside the City? Those who live outside the City limits depend on the urban core and infrastructure for *survival*. Case in point. Sewage contamination in Killearn Lakes. Blown industrial sewer lines across Capital Circle in 3 different places. Care to guess what would happen to commerce if Cap. Circle had to be shut down?

Why is it important to City and County residents? Because our population shifts so significantly. Football games, college terms, legislative sessions, hurricanes, etc. Literally millions of people depend on infrastructure and services and don’t pay taxes for it (except maybe gasoline tax and possibly some bed tax). Everybody who lives here, works here, plays here, goes to school here, visits here, commutes, or passes through pretty much flips a light switch. That means all the schools, all the students, all the government offices, all the hotels via their guests, AL of the lobbyist’s and legislators… Pay their light bill.

Preston, you talk like the Tallahassee City Utility is this demon bastard spawn. I rebut by saying utility service is the swan laying nothing but 24kt eggs. The hunter in the woods is Florida Power and Light. They have paid Rick Scott millions to bring them into the woods.

The Dems have got to get some better bots. They all sound the same these days. Guess the programmers got lazy.