The Tallahassee Reports Daily Briefs: Tuesday, May 2

The Tallahassee Reports Daily Briefs: Tuesday, May 2

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LOCAL NEWS

Tallahassee Mayor John Dailey will appear on The Steve Stewart Show on RealTalk 93.3 today at 12:45 p.m. Submit questions in comments section.

Yesterday, the jury went into their second day of deliberations in the trial of former Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum and co-defendant Sharon Lettman-Hicks. Gillum is accused of lying to the FBI about gifts he received during a trip to New York with undercover agents. The jury deliberated for approximately four hours Friday afternoon before adjourning for the day.

TPD responded to a shooting from last Friday night around 10:30 p.m. near Lake Bradford Road and Lake Avenue. An injured man flagged down law enforcement and then he was transported to an area hospital and treated with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound.

FLORIDA NEWS

The Florida Senate passed a bill that requires Florida businesses with 25 or more employees to use the E-Verify platform to ensure their employees are no illegal aliens. f enacted into law, the bill would require a private employer with 25 or more employees to use the E-Verify system to authenticate the employment eligibility of workers beginning July 1. The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity said that businesses not complying with the E-Verify requirements will face a $1,000 penalty until the issue is resolved.

Yesterday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill that would require the Florida Supreme Court establish a statewide bond schedule and add the crimes of DUI manslaughter, fentanyl trafficking, written threats to kill and extortion to the list of crimes eligible for pretrial detention. The bill bans judges from setting lower bonds than mandated in statute.

SPORTS NEWS

Florida State women’s golf had three players named to the 2023 All-ACC Women’s Golf team in a vote by the league’s 12 head coaches. Charlotte Heath, Lottie Woad, and Amelia Williamson earned the conference honors.  The selection of three Seminoles to the All-ACC team marks just the third time in school history that three or more players have earned All-ACC honors in the same season.

Florida State beach volleyball is the No. 4 seed at the NCAA Beach Volleyball Championships at Gulf Shores Public Beach in Gulf Shores, Ala. this week. The Noles’ first match will take place on Friday May 5 at 12:00 p.m. ET against No. 13 Florida International and will be live on ESPNU and streamed live on ESPN+.

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7 Responses to "The Tallahassee Reports Daily Briefs: Tuesday, May 2"

  1. Congratulations David! Thank you for stepping up to the plate, and the sacrifices this honorable endeavor will require.

  2. I dont like punishing employers for the failures of the federal govt to stop illegals. How about PAYING employers to do the govts job instead of punishing them for it doing it for them?

  3. Is TR the official PR hack for Mayor DAILEY?

    Tallahassee where everyone looks the other way at elected officials’ corruption. Not only do they look the other way they promote them. There are a lot of co-conspirators, The Usual Suspects, WCTV, the Greater Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce, the state attorney, Republican Party of Florida co-chair Evan Power and the rest of you know who you are. The bundled contributions contributors and recipients feeds the grift. We get wasted tax dollars, dangerous projects, environmental destruction, high crime rate, misuse of nonprofits, misogyny, etc…

    David,
    Where have we heard that before?

    NE Moderate,
    We need to send a thank you letter to former Leon County Republican Executive Committee Chair, Evan Power, for his successful campaign of getting John Dailey elected. He has an abysmal record for getting Republicans elected, but he sure has a great record of getting Democrats elected.

  4. Dailey q: Any comments on the Velda Dairy re-alignment and “earthwork” the city is doing there?

  5. I would like to announce that as of 4:15 Yesterday (Monday, May 1, 2023) I registered to run for Leon County Commissioner, At Large, Group 1.

    The biggest issue I want to work on is still the Crime Rate. It is past time that we redirect the Funds from all the failing Programs and build a new bigger Jail and start locking up the Criminals and get ready for what is coming.

  6. Dailey questions: Is it true you’d like to run for governor? Do you think the CSC tax increase is working well? Why did your comms director post a photo on social media with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in Miami Beach?

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