LOCAL NEWS
The City of Tallahassee has agreed to sell the Capitol City Country Club golf course to the club for about $1.2 million.
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TALLAHASSEE WEATHER
The original offer was $1.15 million and the City sold for $1.255 million.
So, the country club offered them 1.5 million for the property and the city comes back with a counteroffer of 1.2 million... something stinks in Denmark, or I woke up in bizzarro world this morning.
The people running this city are not on our side.