Ex-Mayor Alvin Brown Tees Up Challenge to Lawson

Ex-Mayor Alvin Brown Tees Up Challenge to Lawson

Former Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown qualified Wednesday in his bid to unseat U.S. Rep. Al Lawson in a North Florida congressional race. Brown, 56, a Democrat who served from 2011 to 2015 as Jacksonville’s first African-American mayor, has already been campaigning aggressively against Lawson, a Tallahassee Democrat, for the Congressional District 5 seat. Brown slammed […]

Appeals Court Rejects Election Challenge Over Residency

Appeals Court Rejects Election Challenge Over Residency

A state appeals court Wednesday rejected a lawsuit aimed at ousting a Miami city commissioner who was accused of failing to meet a residency requirement. A three-judge panel of the 3rd District Court of Appeal upheld a circuit judge’s ruling in favor of Commissioner Joe Carollo. The lawsuit was filed after Alfonso “Alfie” Leon lost […]

Gillum Collects $230,000 from “Black Power” Group

Gillum Collects $230,000 from “Black Power” Group

The Tampa Bay Times (TBT) is reporting that Mayor Andrew Gillum’s gubernatorial campaign PAC, Forward Florida, has received $231,000 from a PAC dedicated to electing black leaders. And the PAC is not bashful about publicizing its mission. See image from their website below.   Also, the group brags about hosting a “Black Campaign School” that […]

Citizens Critical of Communication, Infrastructure at Summerbrooke Development Workshop

Citizens Critical of Communication, Infrastructure at Summerbrooke Development Workshop

City of Tallahassee officials showed up to the clubhouse at the Summerbrooke golf course with a plan to discuss the Tallahassee-Leon County Comprehensive plan moving forward. The citizens that showed up had another plan. The approximately 30 concerned citizens that showed up wanted to discuss the development that was recently approved by the Leon County […]

City to Hold North-Side Meeting on Development Plan Elements

City to Hold North-Side Meeting on Development Plan Elements

The City of Tallahassee is hosting a meeting tonight at The Golf Club at Summerbrooke to hear input from citizens about the Land Use Element of the Tallahassee-Leon County Comprehensive Plan. The Comprehensive Plan provides the blueprint for growth and development within Leon County. The Comprehensive Plan is a dynamic document that can be amended on […]

BP Settlement Money Starts Flowing to Panhandle

BP Settlement Money Starts Flowing to Panhandle

TALLAHASSEE — BP settlement money is headed to new water and sewer lines for an industrial park, technical-education programs in two counties and expansion of the Port of Panama City. The Triumph Gulf Coast board of directors, set up by the Legislature to oversee settlement money from the Deepwater Horizon disaster, agreed Friday to dish […]

City Requires Average Price of $186,224 for Canopy Development Affordable Housing

City Requires Average Price of $186,224 for Canopy Development Affordable Housing

The Tallahassee City Commission voted last week to provide $575,000 in funding for affordable housing units in the Canopy development. Canopy is a new 500-acre mixed-use traditional neighborhood development. The $575,000 will come from the Affordable Housing Trust Fund and will be used to purchase and sell affordable units to eligible buyers on a revolving […]

City Manager Reese Goad Leaked Ticket Report to Skip Foster, Ignores Other Media Outlets

City Manager Reese Goad Leaked Ticket Report to Skip Foster, Ignores Other Media Outlets

Tallahassee Reports has determined that Tallahassee City Manager Reese Goad leaked the city’s report of the football skybox ticket investigation to Tallahassee Democrat publisher, Skip Foster, before the city’s ethics officer was aware that the report was completed. In addition, Goad chose to provide the report to Foster and no other local media outlets. The […]