After interviewing three city manager candidates, City Commissioner Scott Maddox, who is the focus of a federal corruption investigation, made a motion to hire current interim city manager Reese Goad and the permanent city manager. City Commissioner Curtis Richardson seconded the motion. Mayor Andrew Gillum also supported Goad. The final vote was 4-1. The final […]
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Florida tourism is on pace to set an annual record, with an estimated 65.5 million people traveling to the state during the first half of the year, according to numbers released Wednesday. The tourism-marketing agency Visit Florida estimated that tourism during the first six months […]
An investigation by the Florida Commission on Human Relations into the termination of Stephen Shelton by the School Board of Leon County concluded that the School Board’s “stated legitimate, nondiscriminatory reasons for its employment decision are pretextual. Therefore, the charge of unlawful age discrimination is found to meritorious.” Pretextual generally refers to a reason for […]
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — With the general election less than two months away, Republican gubernatorial candidate Ron DeSantis resigned Monday from Congress to concentrate on his campaign against Democrat Andrew Gillum. In a letter to U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan, DeSantis said the move is to “protect the taxpayers” […]
By Lloyd Dunkelberger, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Florida universities continued their academic climb in the latest U.S. News & World Report annual college rankings, placing five schools in the country’s top 100 public universities for the first time. The 2019 rankings, which were released Monday, included: — The University of Florida moved […]
By Dara Kam, The News Service of Florida ST. PETERSBURG — Clad in her trademark “uniform” of combat boots and cut-off shorts at Star Booty in downtown St. Petersburg, cosmetologist Cassandra Bradshaw boasts that she not only voted for Andrew Gillum but recruited more than two dozen pals to cast ballots for the surprise victor […]
In the closing weeks of the August 28th primary, Mayoral candidate Dustin Daniels sent out a mailer to prospective voters that advocated for free community college tuition for Tallahassee residents. One side of the mailer, shown below, states “Make community college truly about community…MAKE IT FREE! A second side highlights free community college for Tallahassee […]
The Tallahassee Economic Index (TEI), an economic growth indicator, released numbers ending June 2018. Following a 4.21 point fall in May, the Index regained 1.06 points from 38.52 to 39.52 in June. The three-month and the six-month average remain negative. See chart below. “The June numbers are in, and the Index has moved up, slightly. […]
Approximately three hours after gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum released documents that he claims supports his assertion that he paid his own way on his controversial trips to New York and Costa Rica, his “former friend” is saying something different. According to veteran reporter Gary Fineout, Adam Corey’s attorney, Chris Kise, is stating that Gillum did […]
Two of the three races for seats on the Leon County School Board are headed to a runoff. Incumbent school board member Joy Bowen was able to avoid a run-off in the District 5 race with 53.2% of vote. Bowen received 3,867 votes while Bowen’s only challenger, Marcus Nicolas, tallied 3,401 votes. District 4 incumbent […]