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 […]
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. […]
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 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 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 […]
Tallahassee Reports has received information from parents and teachers about an email that was sent to Montford teachers requesting they display a “Safe Space Symbol” in their classrooms. TR has been told that the email was sent out by the GSA (Gay-Straight Alliance) club sponsor. After contacting school officials about the specifics related to a […]
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 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 […]
Jonathan Isaac, former FSU basketball star and NBA first round pick by the Orlando Magic, was recently asked about his reluctance to take the COVID vaccine. His response, provided below, has garnered over 7 million views on Twitter. Isaac spoke about the impact of immunity on his thought process and discussed how he reached his […]
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 […]