The Village Square Begins “Living Locally” Season

The Village Square Begins “Living Locally” Season

The Village Square held their first event of the new dinner season on Tuesday October 1st at St. Johns Episcopal Church. The theme for the season is “The Year of Living Locally”. Tuesday’s event titled, Local Patriotism: The Goliath of national dysfunction vs. The David of local community, featured a discussion with author Stephen Kiernan […]

Grand Jury Expands JT Burnette Indictment to Include Mckibbon Hotel Group Vote

Grand Jury Expands JT Burnette Indictment to Include Mckibbon Hotel Group Vote

Today a federal grand jury returned a nine-count superseding indictment against John Thomas Burnette, 42, of Tallahassee, Florida. Burnette was originally indicted in May, 2019. The superseding indictment relates to a controversial vote by the Tallahassee City Commission on a potential hotel development in 2014 involving the Mckibbon Hotel Group. Several facts laid out in […]

Jeff Hendry Files for Leon County Commission

Jeff Hendry Files for Leon County Commission

Jeff Hendry, the Executive Director of the John Scott Dailey Florida Institute of Government, has filed to run for the Leon County Commission in 2020. Hendry is running for the County’s At Large Group 1 seat which is currently held by Mary Ann Lindley, who announced she will not seek another term. The Leon County […]

Graham’s Partisan Tweets Get Her Removed from Rebuild 850

Graham’s Partisan Tweets Get Her Removed from Rebuild 850

Former US Congresswoman Gwen Graham was asked to step down as the co-chair of Rebuild 850 due to her personal attacks lodged against Governor Ron DeSantis on Twitter. Rebuild 850 is a nonpartisan group focused on helping with the rebuilding effort after Hurricane Michael. Graham tweeted the news yesterday: “Yesterday, a friend called to tell […]

City Votes to Put City-Owned Property Up For Sale, Seeking $8 Million

City Votes to Put City-Owned Property Up For Sale, Seeking $8 Million

At the most recent city commission meeting, the Tallahassee City Commission voted to approve the release of an RFP for the sale and redevelopment of two City-owned properties located downtown. The vote was 4-1. Commissioner Matlow voted against the recommendation. The two properties are designated as the Chevron Block (2.4 acres) and Johns Block (2.7 […]

City Increases Funding to Outside Agencies

City Increases Funding to Outside Agencies

Each year the City of Tallahassee provides grants to local agencies that address priorities in the community. The City has $1,139,102 budgeted for 27 outside agencies in FY20, an increase over FY19’s $1,017,202. See full list below. The Community Human Services Partnership (CHSP) is a joint City/County funded process that awards approximately $2 million in […]

City Ethics Ordinance Workshop Scheduled in October

City Ethics Ordinance Workshop Scheduled in October

The City of Tallahassee has scheduled a workshop to discuss the ethics ordinance proposed by the Independent Ethics Board. The workshop is scheduled for October 28, 2019, 9:00 a.m. at City Hall. The proposed ordinance was finalized by the Ethics Board back in April, 2019. At times, supporters of the ordinance, including members of the […]

City Solid Waste Rates to Increase for Residential and Commercial Users

City Solid Waste Rates to Increase for Residential and Commercial Users

After the completion of rate study, City of Tallahassee solid waste rates for residential and commercial users are set to increase. The rate changes recommended in the study will result in an increase to the standard monthly residential garbage charge of $1.54 per month, from $18.37 to $19.91. Typical commercial customers who require eight cubic-yard […]

City One Step Closer to Approving $899 Million Budget

City One Step Closer to Approving $899 Million Budget

At the September 11th Tallahassee City Commission, elected officials held the first of two statutorily required public hearings on the City’s FY 2020 budget. Commissioners voted to adopt the proposed millage rates, operating and capital budgets, for the City and Downtown Improvement Authority. The $161.4 million general fund budget – which is partially funded by […]

Change to Fallschase Agreement Could Bring Chipotle to Buck Lake Area

Change to Fallschase Agreement Could Bring Chipotle to Buck Lake Area

On Tuesday the Leon County Commission will consider moving forward with staff’s recommendation to amend the Fallschase Development Agreement. The amendment will remove a requirement to construct a national drug store in the Fallschase Village Center at the corner of Lagniappe Way and Mahan Drive (See site map below). The change is being requested by […]

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