On June 10, 2024, the Children’s Service Council of Leon County (CSC) held a finance and budget meeting to review the millage rate for the 2024-2025 Fiscal Year. For FY 2023-24, the Council approved a total budget of $9,633,960 with a millage rate of 0.3477. The final vote on the 2024-25 millage rate will take […]
Sponsored by FOODIES TAKEOUT & DELIVERY DOWNLOAD FOODIES APP Select a Restaurant and Place an Order LOCAL NEWS At the June 11th Leon County Commission meeting, county staff provided a final report on the Targeted Emergency Assistance Microgrant (TEAM) Leon Program established by the Board to provide immediate assistance to individuals and businesses impacted by […]
At the June 11th Leon County Commission meeting, county staff provided a final report on the Targeted Emergency Assistance Microgrant (TEAM) Leon Program established by the Board to provide immediate assistance to individuals and businesses impacted by the May 10, 2024 tornadoes event as a bridge to eventual federal aid. County staff also provided more […]
At the June 11th Leon County Commission meeting, the Tallahassee-Leon County Office of Economic Vitality (OEV) provided a local economic update via the May 2024 Quarterly Economic Dashboard Report The update noted the Tallahassee International Airport experienced a surge in passenger volume, with the highest Q1 traffic in 14 years. In addition, the update described […]
Sponsored by FOODIES TAKEOUT & DELIVERY DOWNLOAD FOODIES APP Select a Restaurant and Place an Order LOCAL NEWS Stewart: The City Should Adopt a Travel Policy for Elected Officials – In my view, the city should adopt a travel policy that requires disclosure of proposed travel, who is paying for the travel, the associated expenses, […]
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — A long political career has taught former state Rep. James Bush not to wait when it comes to filing candidate qualifying paperwork. One time, Bush recalled, he was disqualified after a notary public didn’t properly sign his paperwork. Another time, in 2002, Bush was among […]
During my research related to the current controversy over City Commissioner Jack Porter’s failure to disclose information about her travel, I discovered that – unlike the current city policy – a number of other local governments require specific travel expenses for elected officials be approved by their colleagues. In some locations, the expenses related to […]
On Friday, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) issued a public notification (see below) related to a sewage spill reported by the City of Tallahassee. The report stated that on Thursday June 6, 2024, “while performing a routine inspection, City crews discovered a break in a 6? PVC force main near Pump Station 97 […]
This does not happen every political cycle. On June 7, Tallahassee City Commissioner Jeremy Matlow announced he was creating a new political committee to support the campaigns of current City Commissioner Jack Porter and Dot Inman-Johnson, a challenger to current City Commissioner Curtis Richardson. In a social media post, Matlow wrote, in “response to the […]
By Dara Kam, The News Service of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis — who’s come out swinging against a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow recreational marijuana — on Friday delivered a victory to potential pot competitors by vetoing a measure that would have severely restricted the sales and production of euphoria-inducing hemp-based products. Lawmakers passed […]