New York Post: Mexico-U.S. Border Migrants Resettled in Big Bend Area

The New York Post is reporting that approximately 2,000 migrants captured at the Mexico-U.S. border have arrived in White Plains, New York. The Post also reported that flights stopped in Jacksonville, Florida and migrants were relocated to the Big Bend area over the weekend. Later Saturday, in Jacksonville, Fla., the Post saw a Boeing 737-700 […]

DOH Fines Leon County $3.57 Million Over Vaccine Mandate

DOH Fines Leon County $3.57 Million Over Vaccine Mandate

The Florida Department of Health (DOH) has issued a notice of violation to Leon County Government assessing fines totaling $3,570,000 for its violation of the law relating to the ban of vaccine passports. This fine has been assessed for 714 instances of violating Florida’s ban on vaccine passports. Leon County Government ultimate fired 14 employees. […]

Montford Middle School Teachers Encouraged Not to Share Conversations on Gender Issues with Parents

Montford Middle School Teachers Encouraged Not to Share Conversations on Gender Issues with Parents

Emails show that the club sponsor of the Gay Straight Alliance (GSA) club at Montford Middle School advised a teacher that they were not obligated to share information from students related to gender/sexuality issues with their parents. Stacy Thompson, the media specialist at Montford and GSA sponsor, was asked a question by a teacher after […]

Emails Show Outside Group Driving LGBTQ Policy at Montford Middle School

Emails Show Outside Group Driving LGBTQ Policy at Montford Middle School

Emails provided to Tallahassee Reports shows that Equality Florida – an advocacy group for LGBTQ issues – is influencing decisions by Montford Middle School officials related to a controversial campaign to identify classrooms as safe places for certain students. The emails show a debate among Montford school officials about a request to teachers by the […]

Leon County Commissioners: Vince Long is Almost Perfect

Leon County Commissioners: Vince Long is Almost Perfect

Leon County Commissioners gave Leon County Administrator Vince Long a near perfect score for his 2020-21 annual evaluation. Long’s average score of the commissioner ratings was 4.98 on a 5 point scale. Individual commissioners scores are provided below. Four commissioners gave Long a perfect score. The lowest score was 4.93 by Commissioner Kristin Dozier. Commissioner […]

DeSantis Administration Responds to Leon County’s “Reminder” Letters

DeSantis Administration Responds to Leon County’s “Reminder” Letters

The Florida Department of Health (FDOH) has responded to the reminder letters sent this week by Leon County Government informing employees that without proof of a COVID vaccination they would be terminated on October 4, 2021. In response to Leon County’s communication, the letter from FDOH Division Director David Woodlief to County Administrator Vince Long […]

Leon County Sends Reminders Letters to Employees Related to Vaccine Mandate

Leon County Sends Reminders Letters to Employees Related to Vaccine Mandate

Leon County government has started sending reminder letters to employees related to the vaccine mandate policy adopted over the summer. Based on information provided by Leon County Government, as of 11 a.m. today, 98% of the County’s 630 full-time employees have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Of those, only 15 employees still need to submit […]

August Home Sales Continue Growth, Days on Market Falls

August Home Sales Continue Growth, Days on Market Falls

Sales of existing single-family homes in Leon county were up 16.3% when compared to numbers sold in the same month one year ago. There were 307 single-family home resales in August 2020 and 357 resales in August 2021. Last month there were 394 existing single-family homes sold. The average sales price in August 2021 increased […]

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