Comments on: Stewart’s Blog: Until Citizens Demand More from Local Government, They Will Get Less https://tallahasseereports.com/2019/01/13/stewarts-blog-until-citizens-demand-more-from-local-government-they-will-get-less/ Online News Wed, 16 Jan 2019 02:32:54 +0000 hourly 1 By: Sarah https://tallahasseereports.com/2019/01/13/stewarts-blog-until-citizens-demand-more-from-local-government-they-will-get-less/#comment-151336 Wed, 16 Jan 2019 02:32:54 +0000 http://tallahasseereports.com/?p=207522#comment-151336 Our local media will never be aggressive (with the exception of Tallahassee Reports). They are all too afraid to be black balled by the City. And they depend on the City to give them news. Don’t forget, when Andy Adcock tried to dig and get answers, the City quietly shut off the news to him and WCTV. Interviews with city officials became harder to schedule and press releases for lost in the fax machine and email. It took them firing him for the City to “forgive” WCTV. The citizens of Tally never hear the true stories, they just get the City Spin.

]]> By: MT https://tallahasseereports.com/2019/01/13/stewarts-blog-until-citizens-demand-more-from-local-government-they-will-get-less/#comment-151302 Tue, 15 Jan 2019 22:21:50 +0000 http://tallahasseereports.com/?p=207522#comment-151302 This could be the start of an enumerated citizens contract with the City of Tallahassee. If it were, I wonder which elected officials would agree to sign it?

]]> By: JJ https://tallahasseereports.com/2019/01/13/stewarts-blog-until-citizens-demand-more-from-local-government-they-will-get-less/#comment-151185 Tue, 15 Jan 2019 03:32:32 +0000 http://tallahasseereports.com/?p=207522#comment-151185 In reply to What ETHICS issues?.

If enough citizens knew this we could vote to amend the charter and abolish this office and quit wasting money on it. While we are at it we could get rid of the mayor position and put it back like it was in the good ol’ days.

]]> By: Kiddo https://tallahasseereports.com/2019/01/13/stewarts-blog-until-citizens-demand-more-from-local-government-they-will-get-less/#comment-151116 Mon, 14 Jan 2019 19:55:43 +0000 http://tallahasseereports.com/?p=207522#comment-151116 Make it a two way street. Sitting on the ethics committee disqualifies the participant from select local offices (mayor, commissioner, city manager, city attorney, etc.) Holding any of those offices disqualifies the employee from serving on the ethics commission.

]]> By: Domino https://tallahasseereports.com/2019/01/13/stewarts-blog-until-citizens-demand-more-from-local-government-they-will-get-less/#comment-151097 Mon, 14 Jan 2019 15:23:33 +0000 http://tallahasseereports.com/?p=207522#comment-151097 Steve has mastered the court of public opinion, the only tool available for positive change.

The outcome of the Governor’s race is but one example.

Thank you sir!

]]> By: James https://tallahasseereports.com/2019/01/13/stewarts-blog-until-citizens-demand-more-from-local-government-they-will-get-less/#comment-151078 Mon, 14 Jan 2019 11:50:33 +0000 http://tallahasseereports.com/?p=207522#comment-151078 As long as liberals are in control there will NEVER be any change.

]]> By: News Maven https://tallahasseereports.com/2019/01/13/stewarts-blog-until-citizens-demand-more-from-local-government-they-will-get-less/#comment-151036 Mon, 14 Jan 2019 03:13:13 +0000 http://tallahasseereports.com/?p=207522#comment-151036 BULLETIN: Hedge fund reported to make $12/share bid to buy Gannett
https://www.wsj.com/articles/hedge-fund-backed-media-group-prepares-bid-for-gannett-11547427720

]]> By: News Maven https://tallahasseereports.com/2019/01/13/stewarts-blog-until-citizens-demand-more-from-local-government-they-will-get-less/#comment-151034 Mon, 14 Jan 2019 03:01:47 +0000 http://tallahasseereports.com/?p=207522#comment-151034 It needs to be renamed the Dependent Ethics Board.

]]> By: What ETHICS issues? https://tallahasseereports.com/2019/01/13/stewarts-blog-until-citizens-demand-more-from-local-government-they-will-get-less/#comment-151028 Mon, 14 Jan 2019 02:32:45 +0000 http://tallahasseereports.com/?p=207522#comment-151028 You will find that the Ethics Office initially received a large number of requests for assistsance but Meadows-Keefe dismissed them continually and people recognized the Ethics office as just another city scam. Publish every request received ever received by the Ethics Department. Publish every call and every email received; you will be amazed. Come on FBI.

]]> By: JJ https://tallahasseereports.com/2019/01/13/stewarts-blog-until-citizens-demand-more-from-local-government-they-will-get-less/#comment-151008 Sun, 13 Jan 2019 23:19:55 +0000 http://tallahasseereports.com/?p=207522#comment-151008 Why would giving the ethics office more authority and power to levy fines make a difference? In watching the ethics meetings and looking at their agenda they don’t get many calls anyway and when they do that lady just sends it to City staff to investigate like the football tickets. I guess it could be argued she did not have the power to investigate or levy finds against Fernandez but did she or the board every speak up when City staff determined the football tickets came in under the reporting threshold? If so I never heard about it. We need to abolish this office and have all of the ethics complaints go straight to the Florida Ethics Commission. We are wasting out tax money on the ethics office.

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