In the Arena: Veritas

In the Arena: Veritas

For thousands of years people have struggled in their effort to determine what is true, what is truth. The ancient Romans more than two millennium ago had a Goddess Veritas. She was the Goddess of Truth and the daughter of the God Chronos – the God of Time. This seemed a natural progress. Over time […]

The Tallahassee Democrat Gives a Lot of Positive Ink to Dustin Daniels

The Tallahassee Democrat Gives a Lot of Positive Ink to Dustin Daniels

A quick search shows that since January 23rd, 2018, Tallahassee Democrat reporter Jeffrey Schweers has authored five stories about Dustin Daniels’ pursuit of public office. In addition, Schweers authored the “Costa Rica Coincidence”, a story that many viewed as a negative portrayal of a family trip by one of Daniels’ opponent’s. Daniels is the former […]

Blueprint Committee Accelerates Bannerman Road Construction, Other Projects

Blueprint Committee Accelerates Bannerman Road Construction, Other Projects

The Blueprint Intergovernmental Agency Board of Directors (IA Board) met today to address funding and project delivery for the first five years of the Blueprint 2020 program. The end result was the approval of a schedule (Option C) that will begin the construction to improve Bannerman Road up to Tekesta Road beginning in the year 2023. […]

Rob Renzi – Big Bend Cares CEO – Criticizes United Way Process, Grant Cuts

Rob Renzi – Big Bend Cares CEO – Criticizes United Way Process, Grant Cuts

Rob Renzi, the CEO of Big Bend Cares and Care Point, believes that the United Way “has lost their way.” Renzi, who is a Leadership Giving Donor to United Way, in comments submitted to Tallahassee Reports, said he believes “the stand-alone United Way process of funding community programs is riddled with flaws, questionable practices, unjustified […]

Local Media Publishes Erroneous Facts About Children’s Services Council Days Before Pivotal Vote

Local Media Publishes Erroneous Facts About Children’s Services Council Days Before Pivotal Vote

Days before a vote by the Leon County Commission on the Children’s Services Council (CSC), the Tallahassee Democrat reported there were eight CSC’s in the state of Florida and that Leon County could become the ninth. However, this is incorrect. To date, nine Florida counties have created CSC’s that invest property tax dollars in the […]

City Staff Recommends Contractor with Family Ties to Commissioner Nancy Miller for $1.1 Million Project

City Staff Recommends Contractor with Family Ties to Commissioner Nancy Miller for $1.1 Million Project

On February 28, 2018 city staff was directed by city commissioners to reconsider a $1.1 million project award due to a protest by DPB & Associates – a contractor with family ties to City Commissioner Nancy Miller and with city management staff. Now, four months later, city staff is recommending that the city commission award […]

Florida Gubernatorial Candidate DeSantis Focuses on State Supreme Court

Florida Gubernatorial Candidate DeSantis Focuses on State Supreme Court

In a recent interview on WFLA’s Morning Show with Preston Scott (100.7 FM), Florida gubernatorial candidate Ron DeSantis discussed his campaign for governor. DeSantis, who was first elected in the US House in 2012, is a former Navy lawyer that graduated from Yale University with a B.A. in History and from Harvard Law School. DeSantis told Scott that […]

Mayoral Candidate Dustin Daniels: Gillum 2.0?

Mayoral Candidate Dustin Daniels: Gillum 2.0?

Does Dustin Daniel’s non-response to an interview request mean Daniels, if elected as Tallahassee’s new mayor, will continue at least one policy of his former boss, Mayor Andrew Gillum — Gillum’s contentious, combative attitude toward Tallahassee Reports? Hopefully not. Tallahassee Reports reached out to Daniels to include him in the paper’s ongoing political profiles of […]