Comments on: City Commission Removes Taylor Biro from Police Review Board

By: The Watcher

The Watcher — Sun, 08 Jan 2023 07:04:08 +0000

Call me astonished at the double standard. In 2022 we cannot allow input from an “abolitionist activist”. In 2020 the false accusations of an abolitionist activist were used by the city to cancel their most experienced street supervisor after the city engaged in it’s own act of political activism.

By: WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot

WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot — Thu, 08 Dec 2022 23:01:58 +0000

I don’t understand why the city commission created the review board in the first place, except of course, for purely political reasons, pandering to the black vote. They created an illogical environment, expecting a group with no law enforcement experience to evaluate law enforcement actions.

By: TheSpider

TheSpider — Thu, 08 Dec 2022 18:18:54 +0000

Best move ever done by the City Commission. IMHO. I hope they keep it up.

By: CharlieMac

CharlieMac — Thu, 08 Dec 2022 16:38:29 +0000

So the big deal is the removal of a biased individual from a board with no actual legal authority or legal standing according to state law and was created by politically motivated individuals to review decisions and actions by dedicated trained professional individuals who proceed toward dangerous situations and may or may not have used excessive force in a particular situation using their training and procedural policies and or have added new procedural policies or training in practice?
At least this is what I understand from reading this news release, comments and city of Tallahassee Ordinance No. 20-O-31.
Wow, what an interesting time to be alive! Eighty one years ago the news was that we were at war. Today this is what has our attention!

By: Edward Lyle

Edward Lyle — Thu, 08 Dec 2022 16:07:59 +0000

@ Snidely… I completely understand your union take on this. But I would also suggest that some Democrats who still possess a modicum of rational thought (yes, I believe there are a few still around) have recognized the reality that the foolish and destructive blw/antifa/defund/abolish movement has and continues to backfire in a huge way. I’m inclined to believe that a desire to separate themselves (politically) from that mess may have also played a substantive part in their decision-making process.

By: Edward Lyle

Edward Lyle — Thu, 08 Dec 2022 14:56:34 +0000

I always find it best to “flip the script” when reviewing matters like this. I read it posted by someone else… but what would be happening if a CPRB member publicly denounced and called for the abolishment of blm, or antifa, or any other anarchist or Marxist organization? What is their cup had a sticker on it that displayed the words “F— George Floyd”?

When one brazenly and publicly wears ones emotions, disdain, and hatred on ones sleave, shirt, or even coffee cup… one should not be surprised when one is challenged or questioned about it. Biro’s activist nature and her lust for her 15-minutes was her own doing. And it also exposed others of her ilk on the Commission and the CPRB to like scrutiny.

By: NE Moderate

NE Moderate — Thu, 08 Dec 2022 14:54:54 +0000

Mr. Wallace,

Except that’s not what the sticker said. The vulgarity was a dishonest red herring promoted to railroad this volunteer board member who has worked closely with policing agencies across the state.

As a Republican I can say I am ashamed this is how Curtis, Dianne and John chose to waste their capital. Porter and Matlow fought this ridiculous precedent-exploding charade with dignity and truth.

By: William_Wallace

William_Wallace — Thu, 08 Dec 2022 14:48:05 +0000

Removing Biro was the only option the city commission had. Imagine if a school board member had a sticker that said “F*** teachers”, they would last about 2 seconds on the board. Glad Daily got the win over mandate queen Dozier, she would have kept Biro for sure.

By: Nicholas Weed

Nicholas Weed — Thu, 08 Dec 2022 14:16:22 +0000

The commenters who stoop to name calling cancel out their own comments. In addition it highlights the ignorance of their failure to realize and advocate that there needs to be a nationwide search for a new city manager.

City Manager Mr Goad is a good man, is a smart man, is a kind man, and as far as I know did an excellent job in his previous position.

Unfortunately his rise to city manager was out of political expediency to include him in the chess game of his cohorts that was a move to benefit their political aspirations and not the citizens that they’re supposed to be serving.

Matlow and Porter are light years ahead of the rest of the commission in realizing this. It is also the most important piece that would unlock the gridlock that currently is stifling Tallahassee.

Our current city manager is so tied to making decisions based on political reasons it stifles and suffocates progress and breeds complacency.

Rather than wasting oxygen on name calling they should be advocating for “the three” to show some leadership rather than planning their next re-election campaigns.

“Scott Maddox’s City Manager” should be the issue on the top of the list.

By: NE Moderate

NE Moderate — Thu, 08 Dec 2022 13:57:01 +0000

There was nothing like hatred or even disdain coming from Biro.

Williams-Cox sloppily executed her marching orders from the police union and you could tell John, Curtis and Richard Murphy already regretted doing it.

The chief makes $180k and wouldn’t even answer questions. A true Reese Goad (who makes $200+k from the taxpayers) political circus, in the tradition longtime PBA partisan Scott Maddox who installed Goad and bragged about it to FBI agents.