Superintendent Hanna and Leon County School Board (LCSB) member Alva Striplin responded harshly to a parent’s critical assessment of Astoria Park Elementary School. The parent, who attended the February 26th LCSB meeting held at Gilchrist Elementary School, spoke during the “citizens to be heard” part of the agenda. She explained to the Board that her […]
Pam Hightower, a longtime educator, filed the necessary paperwork last Friday with the Supervisor of Elections to run for Superintendent of Leon County Schools. Hightower filed as a Democrat. The Tallahassee Democrat was the first media outlet to report her candidacy. Current Superintendent Rocky Hanna filed earlier this year with a no party affiliation designation. […]
At the conclusion of the City of Tallahassee budget workshop last week, Mayor John Dailey took to Twitter to tout the performance of the local economy and the low cost of living and doing business in Tallahassee. As part of the budget workshop, which focused on the FY20 First Quarter Update, city staff provided a […]
I recently participated in a panel discussion sponsored by the The Village Square titled, A Local Press: Healthy local journalism and our deepening national divide. I joined the former publisher of the Tallahassee Democrat Skip Foster, Miami Herald reporter Mary Ellen Klas, and former Miami Herald reporter Bob Sanchez. The discussion was moderated by Tallahassee […]
Since Killearn Golf Properties, LLC (KGP) assumed operational control of the Killearn Country Club on February 1st, members of the club have responded positively to the call for financial support. KGP is headed by Jimmy Graganella and Ron Tolliver. According to KGP, the group is nearing its goal of raising $3.5 million dollars, which will […]
UPDATE The former Chairman of Tallahassee’s Independent Ethics Board, Richard Herring, told TR that the it was the Board that decided not to live broadcast the meeting which featured the interviews of the Ethics Officer candidates late last year. Herring told TR he could not remember why the Board made the decision. The Ethics Officer […]
UPDATED City officials have told TR that the decision to move the Ethics Board operations out of City Hall had the blessing of former incoming Ethics Officer Keith Powell. However, it appears the Ethics Board members were not informed about the decision. Dennis Sutton, the City Auditor, told TR that the decision was prompted by […]
Sales of existing single-family homes in Leon county increased 15.4% when compared to numbers sold in the same month one year ago. There were 136 single-family home resales in January 2019 and 157 resales in January 2020. Last month there were 284 existing single-family homes sold. The average sales price in January 2020 increased 10.2% […]
According to government documents, the City of Tallahassee has been reimbursed for $13.1 million in claims through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Public Assistance (PA) program related to Hurricanes Hermine & Irma. The City requested approximately $18.3 million related to the two storms. Also, the City has requested $28.8 million in relief related to […]
Two former Leon County principals, Karwynn Paul and Marilyn Jackson-Rahming, are listed on the recently released State of Florida Education Practices Commission agenda scheduled for March 4, 2020 in Orlando. The hearing notice states that the assigned “Administrator Hearing Panel will take final agency action in matters dealing with the disciplining of administrators.” Paul, the […]