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LOCAL NEWS
The Leon County Commission approved, earlier this week, a measure to add pedestrian safety measures to Dempsey Mayo Road. Three crosswalks will be raised and repainted for visibility. Residents have recently noted that increased traffic has made the road less safe.
In an online spat, Leon County Commissioner Brian Welch posted an image of new road signs being placed across Leon County discouraging local drivers from giving money to panhandlers in the roadways. In response, City Commissioner Jeremy Matlow criticized the signs saying “I don’t think we need the government telling us what we can and can not do with our own money,” while also saying that “there is a refusal to address the actual need in our community.”
FLORIDA NEWS
Farmers Insurance announced yesterday it is pulling out of Florida ending home, auto and other policies. Approximately 100,000 Florida customers will lose their insurance coverage. Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis said he would hold Farmers accountable if they pulled out of the state.
In turn, the state-backed Citizens Property Insurance Corp. added more than 5,500 new policies last week, with another 400,000 expected by the end of the year. Citizens has grown so much that lawmakers have been worrying about stabilizing the insurance market.
The consulting firm Venture Smarter recently rated Florida as the No. 1 small business state in the Union. The firm noted that domestic migration and tourism are creating “substantial amounts of foot traffic.”
SPORTS NEWS
Florida State athletics announced the nine new members to be inducted into the FSU Athletics Hall of Fame in the fall. The Inductees include: trand and field star Ricardo Chambers, baseball’s Pedro Grifol, football’s Rodney Hudson, softball’s Leslie Malerich, soccer’s Tiffany McCarty, baseball’s Eduardo Perez, soccer’s Kelly Rowland, Dr. Frances Cannon, and former head women’s basketball coach Sue Semrau.
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Hey Commissar Welch:
How much did the taxpayers fork out for the signs?
Idea: while the sign makers are cranking them out, why don’t you ask them to make a dozen more that say:
“If you don’t like your tax rate, stop voting for Marxicrats!”
And place the first 6 of them around SouthWood.
You can thank me later.
Haven’t heard anything about new luxury “public safety campus” police HQ price tag in a while. After they raise our taxes, look for them to ask for twice the original approved cost, probably $80-100 million. Never enough taxpayer $ for the police union bosses
I am glad to see the new road signs discouraging panhandlers in the roadways. It’s a very dangerous practice. As the sign says, it is a safety issue for both the drivers and the panhandlers. The other day, I saw a man standing between the median and the yellow line on the road. There was just enough space for his feet without him actually standing in the lane. What could go wrong?
Matlow says, “there is a refusal to address the actual need in our community.” Elaborate with specific examples and specific proposals, please.
Stop feeding the BUMS and they will go away. This report illustrates how Matlow hasn’t a clue or a desire to address ridding the city of those smelly bums. Those signs should have been set up years ago.
“Citizens has grown so much that lawmakers have been worrying about stabilizing the insurance market.”
We had our homeowner’s policy cancelled this past spring when the insurer left the Florida market. A new policy with with a different company was about 4 times the cost of the previous policy. Citizens’ price was about 50% higher. That’s a no-brainer.
Matlow needs to stick with making mediocre pizzas.
Jeremy, It’s not what you do with your money. Just don’t give it away in traffic.
“Dempsey Mayo Road Residents have recently noted that increased traffic has made the road less safe”. ……………. The sad part is, you can only Blame the Commissioners for making Dempsey Mayo Road less safe with all the added traffic. They ARE the ones that approved the Canopy Subdivision going in between two Canopy Roads that can never be widen so the Drivers seek other was out of the area and Dempsey Mayo Road is closest.