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LOCAL NEWS
In a letter dated August 21, Leon County Commissioner Christian Caban informed his colleagues on the Blueprint Intergovernmental Agency (IA) that he will propose revisions to the Airport Gateway project at their next meeting.
For the August 14-20 week, TPD reported 80 crime incidents. This included 35 violent crime incidents which is 64.3% more than the average number of violent crime incidents reported on a weekly basis in 2022, which was 21.3.
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A woman was shot an taken to an area hospital yesterday morning. The shooting occurred around 6:30 a.m. near the intersection of Old Bainbridge Road and Fourth Avenue. No arrests have yet been made and the status of the victim has not been announced.
Tomorrow, the Tallahassee City Commission will consider approving several proposed amendments to the Citizens Police Review Board (CPRB) Policies and Procedures. These changes come after several controversies with the CPRB which resulted in the removal of CPRB members and resignations.
FLORIDA NEWS
According to a new report, presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy’s presidential run now has a goal of sabotaging Ron DeSantis’ presidential run. “Judging by what Ramaswamy reportedly told some conservative allies when he first announced his intention to run, knocking out Trump’s most competitive opponent might have been some motivation,” according to a recent report.
During Friday’s estimating conference, state economists are predicting a $2.77 billion increase in Florida’s general revenue projections for the next two fiscal years. Sales tax gains for general revenue are expected to reach $907.6 million in FY 2023-24 and $615.1 million in FY 2024-25, with all six sales tax categories poised for growth.
A new poll out of Iowa shows Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is still trailing former President Donald Trump, but holds in second place for Hawkeye voters at 19 percent. Trump is at 42 percent, according to NBC news and the Des Moines Register.
SPORTS NEWS
Tallahassee’s Parker Bell went from being told he couldn’t qualify at the end of his freshman season at Florid to earning a spot in the 2023 U.S. Amateur semifinals. Get the details.
Florida State football defensive lineman Jared Verse was named a first-team preseason All American by the Associated Press. He had 48 tackles and nine sacks last year.
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@ Old Voter, you do realize that come the Election in November 2024, DeSantis is no longer our Governor right? He can learn a lot from Trump. Trump might not have a friendly personality but he was a great President.
It’s in the news today that Ramaswamy accepted a scholarship from Paul Soros (George’s brother) in 2011. He said he needed the money to attend Yale Law School. However, that same year, 2011, he had a reported income of over 2 million dollars and an income of over 1 million the 3 previous years.
Please do not propose or support the selection of Governor DeSantas as a running mate for Trump. Serving with Trump would just drag an honorable man down. Besides, we need him here.
So we can assume from the areas of town she was shot in.. and the lack of any information about her at all.. that the victim was African American. I don’t know why you don’t think these things aren’t important. But they are.
DeSantis is too embedded in the system to fit as the Trump VP. Let’s keep DeSantis at home for the next couple of years.
I’d like to see Tim Scott as the VP. Actually, 3 or 4 of the current candidates could do well as the VP.
I still say that DeSantis is not mean enough to be President yet. He really should consider sitting down with Trump and find away to be his pick for VP. Learn all he can from Trump and then run for President in 2028.