I have to agree with you on those points, rb – although I dislike the having to say it. I attended FSU back in the mid-70s and Tally was a nice small city then – had a few problems of course but was regarded by most all of my fellow students as a charming and unique city, and a good number of my friends chose to stay after graduation and make a life here. Moving back in 2006 was something I really looked forward to, but it’s been 12 years watching this city descend into a California or Detroit-like liberal corruption mess, with high crime and taxes and a rotten national reputation (Tally’s been featured on national news mostly for it’s infamous violent crime rate). I’d like to stay optimistic and hope the new COT commission can turn Tally around (or at some point, Gov. DeSantis makes it a priority to intervene and clean house). But if this commission and mayor resembles even a pale shade of the last ones, it’s time to take my tax money and go. Thus far I’m not encouraged by what I see, hope it changes and soon.

All true, Concerned. I’d like to point to my post about Secession in the “Dr. Erwin Jackson” article – at some point in 2005, most folks in the north and surrounding suburbs of Atlanta got fed up with being robbed to support a massive Atlanta Corruption Machine. The suburbs seceded from Atlanta and formed their own cities – taking all their money with them to be spent in their own newly-formed cities. We can do the same – it’s simply a matter of how fed up and robbed we “North of I-10” folks will stand before it happens.

Crazy the new normal because everyone is afraid to speak out…thanks to the Hanna “hit list” and the silence of the school board.

I hear you, but some of the initiatives that appear to solely benefit southside residents actually benefit the city in its entirety. Simply put, if the southside residents have better opportunities they MAY avoid crime and poverty. It’s certainly worth it to all citizens to give it a shot. Simply spending the tax revenue on the side of town from which it generates led to the crime and poverty problem to begin with. Forced affordable housing is a necessity. Not just here, but all over the country we see affordable housing dwindling. It’s easy to say “get a job” or “go to school and learn new skills”, but that is lip service and yields no results. It’s hard to watch your earned money get spent on others, but for the collective good and for our own children’s futures, we have to figure out how to bring the less fortunate up to at least a basic human decency level. You hate the moocher adults, and so do I, but if we don’t get a hold of the youth in poverty, what do you think will happen to them in a few short years??

Exactly!!!!

Are you saying these were paid to Dr Bryant?

If so, should there be a waiting time for a commissioner being able to take office from the time of their last payment from the city?

I would think it needs to be at least 6 months. This process lacks due diligence in my opinion.

Time for term limits and single member districts. Maybe theses seats don’t need to be non-partisan any longer either. The “non-partisan” seats have led to partisan voting for years. Tallahassee needs to start working on getting these things changed now!