Next week Republican voters will go to the polls to choose between four candidates in the primary special election for Florida House District 7. Voters are tasked with choosing between candidates that are all running as conservatives. The candidates include Mike Watkins, Lynda Bell, Jason Shoaf and Virginia Fuller. The media buzz and campaign donations […]
The Leon County School Board is set to vote this Monday on a $100,000 settlement with former superintendent Jackie Pons. The legal dispute is related to a Board policy that Pons believes required LCS to hire him as a principal after he lost his re-election bid in 2016 to Rocky Hanna. Board Policy 1430 states […]
It is official, as of March 29, 2019 former Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum is now the Chairman of the “Forward Florida” Political Action Committee (PAC). Gillum lists his address as 240 North Magnolia Drive in Tallahassee. PAC’s can accept contributions or make expenditures to advocate the election or defeat of a candidate or issue. Politico […]
A number of Tallahassee government, business, and community leaders headed to Greenville, S.C. this week on a fact finding tour that is scheduled to last until Wednesday. One of the reported purposes of the trip is to determine if there are any economic development ideas being implemented in Greenville that can be replicated here in […]
In a motion filed this past Friday, the Florida Commission on Ethics is seeking a protective order pertaining to the testimony of undercover FBI agent Mike Miller in the Andrew Gillum case. The motion is seeking to protect the “identity and security” of the FBI undercover agent whom may be a witness in the case […]
The Committee of Ninety-Nine of Tallahassee/Leon County held its 38th annual Law Enforcement Officer of the Year Banquet the past Thursday evening, March 28, 2019 at the Ballroom of the Holiday Inn East Capital in Tallahassee. The organization was started in 1981 by local Tallahassee business leaders from all areas of business and commerce and […]
After a kick-off meeting by Blueprint officials and another meeting with the Killearn Homeowners Association (KHA), it is clear that the debate over the Northeast Gateway will hinge on the findings of a traffic analysis. Killearn Estates Concerns: Ahead of the kick-off meeting, the KHA Board voted to oppose Phase I of the project which connects […]
Things change. And sometimes they don’t. For the last 60 years the patrons of the Capitol Plaza shopping center have seen businesses come and go. However, Suburban Salon has remained. The Capitol Plaza, currently home to a number of thriving businesses, was developed by Louis Gibbs and home to Setzer’s Supermarket and W. T. Grant […]
Based on data requested by Tallahassee Reports, Godby High School has the highest number of home school students in Leon County with 231. Godby is followed by Leon High School with 220 and Rickards High School with 196. These numbers are based on students that enrolled in the public school system and at a later […]
City staff is recommending that the Tallahassee City Commission award a technology contract to a company that was one of the highest bidders of the five companies that provided proposals. The company, HighStreet IT Solutions, who submitted a price of $2.74 million with their proposal, edged out the second place company, HTC Global Services on […]