City Rates Pavement Condition of Tallahassee Streets

City Rates Pavement Condition of Tallahassee Streets

Tallahassee Reports has obtained information from the City of Tallahassee which shows the pavement condition of Tallahassee streets. The City of Tallahassee recently retained a consultant to complete a detailed assessment of the condition of all streets and to develop a Pavement Management Master Plan. The street segments were rated in one of seven categories. […]

City Makes Decision To Bid On Northwood Mall Property

City Makes Decision To Bid On Northwood Mall Property

In the waning minutes of last week’s city commission meeting, elected officials voted unanimously to approve a measure to allow the City of Tallahassee to bid on the purchase of the Northwood Mall. The issue was not listed on the meeting agenda, but was brought up by Mayor John Dailey near the end of the […]

Work Place Vaping Ban Headed to DeSantis

Work Place Vaping Ban Headed to DeSantis

More than five months after Florida voters approved a ban on workplace vaping, the issue is on the way to Gov. Ron DeSantis. The House on Thursday gave unanimous approval to a bill (SB 7012) that would carry out the voter-approved constitutional amendment. The Senate unanimously passed the bill last month. The constitutional amendment, placed […]

City Moves Ahead Without Airport Governance Study

City Moves Ahead Without Airport Governance Study

After a workshop last week related to airport governance, the City of Tallahassee decided not to move forward with a governance feasibility study which was estimated to cost $150,000. The issue of airport governance, which has been part of the economic development discussion for years, reached a higher since of urgency when the Greater Tallahassee […]

Democratic Leader’s Vote Sparks Furor

Democratic Leader’s Vote Sparks Furor

By Dara Kam, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Senate’s top Democrat struggled Wednesday to quell a bipartisan firestorm over her opposition to a measure designed to snuff out anti-Semitism at schools and colleges. Speaking to reporters, Senate Minority Leader Audrey Gibson stopped short of apologizing but insisted that she is not […]

After Frenchtown Workshop, CRA Director Terminated

After Frenchtown Workshop, CRA Director Terminated

Roxanne Manning, the executive director of the Tallahassee Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA), was terminated by City Manager Reese Goad today. The termination follows a CRA workshop on Monday night in Frenchtown where speakers were highly critical of CRA management. For example, a member of the Frenchtown/Southside Citizen’s Advisory Committee -which advises the CRA – told […]

NYT: Democrat Twitter is More Left than “Real Life”

NYT: Democrat Twitter is More Left than “Real Life”

While the Democrat party narrative on social media and in the main stream media continue to be dominated by far left positions on everything from immigration to abortion, the New York Times reports on data from the Hidden Tribes Project that shows a different perspective. Journalists Nate Cohn and Kevin Quealy of the NYT write […]

City Seeks to Expand Public Meeting Notification Process

City Seeks to Expand Public Meeting Notification Process

At its retreat on January 16, 2019, the City Commission directed staff to implement a process which would expand the number of people notified of actions taken by the Development Review Committee and the Board of Adjustment and Appeals. The Development Review Committee deals with land use regulations and the Board of Adjustment and Appeals […]

Abortion Parental Consent Backed in Senate

Abortion Parental Consent Backed in Senate

By Tom Urban, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — After rallying and testimony from numerous activists on both sides of the issue, a Senate panel Monday approved a proposal that would require minors to receive parental consent before having abortions. The Senate Health Policy Committee voted 5-4 to support the bill (SB 1774), sponsored […]

City Commissioner Matlow Proposes CRA Reforms

City Commissioner Matlow Proposes CRA Reforms

Citing “a lot of discussion of restoring the image of the CRA (Community Redevelopment Agency)”, City Commissioner Jeremy Matlow has issued a memo proposing changes to how the Tallahassee CRA conducts business. One of these changes include having the CRA Executive Director report directly to the CRA Board instead of the city manager. The CRA, […]