Dr. Chris Mulrooney, the Chairman and one of the three partners behind the Villas at Killearn Lakes, told a gathering of approximately 100 people that the project is the result of a journey that began forty years ago when he was fifteen years old. Faced with the limited options available to an aging great-aunt, Mulrooney […]
The city commission voted 3-2 to against the International Association of Fire Fighters’ (IAFF) request for a $1.3 million change to their recently negotiated contract with the City of Tallahassee. At its April 11, 2018 meeting, the City Commission directed staff to provide additional information regarding the recently approved IAFF agreement and the fiscal impact […]
ORLANDO — In their first joint appearance of the campaign, the two leading Republican candidates for governor Saturday night outlined a series of conservative stances on abortion, gun rights and education. There were few differences between Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam and U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis, who each took questions in separate half-hour sessions before the […]
In light of gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum’s recent criticism of fellow candidate Gwen Graham’s vote in support of the Keystone Pipeline, the Tampa Bay Times published a story addressing Gillum’s support for the construction of a coal plant in 2005. What the TBT article did no talk about was Gillum’s more recent support of a controversial […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Our April 16, 2018, a political committee titled “Our Kids First” was opened with the Leon County Supervisor of Elections. The committee was opened by local attorney Jon Moyle who was one of several citizens who spoke before the Leon County Commission in March in favor of the creation of a Children’s Services Council. A […]
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 […]
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 […]