Comments on: Tallahassee–Leon County Consolidation: Public Attitudes and Prior Efforts https://tallahasseereports.com/2025/12/09/tallahassee-leon-county-consolidation-public-attitudes-and-prior-efforts/ Online News Fri, 12 Dec 2025 15:11:37 +0000 hourly 1 By: Resident Since 1990 https://tallahasseereports.com/2025/12/09/tallahassee-leon-county-consolidation-public-attitudes-and-prior-efforts/#comment-431680 Fri, 12 Dec 2025 15:11:37 +0000 http://tallahasseereports.com/?p=242073#comment-431680 I honestly do not know if consolidation of governments is a good thing.

My question is WHY have two forms of government?

The reality is that more and more people are fleeing the city to move to the county…Why? (BTW, I live in the city limits).
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The city of Tallahassee is rapidly becoming a “minority majority” city, which typically votes Democratic.
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The County is experiencing rapid expansion, NOT because of race, but because of politics, and Republicans are fleeing the City to the suburbs.
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City Commissioners mostly fall in line and vote for Democratic constituents.
County Commissioners vote for their mostly Republican constituents.

Nothing new here. Politicians usually listen to the folks who elected them.
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I am in favor of consolidation so we can blend the groups and have a more equitable form of government for everyone.

I’m not a Pollyanna, and I’m not a Socialist, but I think that if we consolidate, both sides will complain that it is unfair…and that may mean we are on the right track.

]]> By: A Skeptic https://tallahasseereports.com/2025/12/09/tallahassee-leon-county-consolidation-public-attitudes-and-prior-efforts/#comment-431428 Wed, 10 Dec 2025 15:13:28 +0000 http://tallahasseereports.com/?p=242073#comment-431428 I maintain that any consolidation effort must start with the county government absorbing the city run departments, not the other way around. There has historically been too many issues with the city’s handling of many things (like a $160M police station) and ludicrous pay for upper tier government employees.

The details would still need to be worked out, but any plan that starts with the city running the entire county is a non-starter in my book.

]]> By: August West https://tallahasseereports.com/2025/12/09/tallahassee-leon-county-consolidation-public-attitudes-and-prior-efforts/#comment-431299 Tue, 09 Dec 2025 15:34:11 +0000 http://tallahasseereports.com/?p=242073#comment-431299 The county doesn’t want any part of a city government that deprives its constituents of districts and commissioners that serve themselves instead of their constituents.

All the city commissioners could live in the same apartment complex in Tallahassee. I can’t call “my” city commissioner when I have a problem… the city sucks, its commissioners are against me having someone to call that represents me, why would anyone in the county want to be part of that?

]]> By: David T. Hawkins https://tallahasseereports.com/2025/12/09/tallahassee-leon-county-consolidation-public-attitudes-and-prior-efforts/#comment-431295 Tue, 09 Dec 2025 15:00:04 +0000 http://tallahasseereports.com/?p=242073#comment-431295 Consolidation is a BAD idea. We also need to STOP letting the City take over County Land, they are doing it one Lot at a time. I used to own a Mobile Home off Dome Level Road in a Trailer Park, I had Talquin Electric. When I sold it and turned the power off, the new owner was told that he had to sign up at the City to get the Power turned on since that Mobile Home is now considered in the City Limits. I am 5 Miles from Capital Circle out Apalachee Parkway and love being in the County.

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