The recent handling of electric power restoration after Hurricane Hermine put the City of Tallahassee electric utility in headlines throughout the state of Florida. And while the post hurricane analysis is not yet completed, one thing seems abundantly clear: the communications bureaucracy did not perform as well as it should have after the storm moved […]
Ion Sancho, the current Leon County Supervisor of Elections, has not been shy in telling voters that Mark Earley, a long-time Supervisor of Elections employee, is the most qualified candidate to replace him when he retires later this year. But it appears he may have gone too far. On September 2, 2016, the Leon County […]
On Wednesday the Tallahassee City Commission will hold a public hearing to approve a recommendation for allocation of a Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) award. The FY16 combined allocation of the grant for the City of Tallahassee and Leon County is $147,440. The federal JAG program requires the governing body of each eligible jurisdiction to provide an […]
Sales of existing single-family homes increased in August when compared to sales in August one year ago. There were 284 single-family home resales in August. That is a 10.9% increase over the 256 homes sold in August, 2016. The latest numbers contributed to an increase in the annual rate of resales which came in at […]
The post-Hurricane Hermine public relations battle has begun! The Florida Municipal Electric Association (FMEA) released, through a public relations firm, a report on September 21st entitled “Data Points to Tallahassee Power Restoration Efforts Being on Par or Better Than Previous Major Storms.” The report has been tweeted about and cited by news organizations, including the […]
Dr. Erwin Jackson, through his attorney C.B. Upton, has sent certified letters to Skip Foster, the publisher of the Tallahassee Democrat, and David Mullins, the General Manager of WFSU demanding the retraction of false statements. Dr. Jackson claims false statements were made by City Commissioner Scott Maddox and subsequently printed and published by the Tallahassee […]
Approximately five years ago, the City of Tallahassee established a Market District Action Plan for the business area in northeast Tallahassee. The plan was part of the City’s placemaking efforts designed to enhance the identities of locations around town where people like to gather. The City has spent millions of dollars enhancing commerce districts like […]
Documents requested by TR through a formal records request concerning the operations of sewer lift stations during a storm has been labeled confidential by City officials. During Hurricane Hermine power outages led to more than 1.6 million gallons of sewage spilling in Tallahassee. Based on media reports, the outage left all of the city’s 102 pump stations powerless. This resulted […]
The race for Leon County Sheriff is shaping up to be one of the most interesting local races on the November ballot. The race offers the voters a choice between a Republican, a Democrat, an incumbent Democrat running as an NPA and a Democrat running as an NPA. Over the last three days, campaign tactics […]
The State of Florida employment report for August shows that Leon County lost 701 jobs. This loss followed a gain of 308 jobs (revised) in July. Even with the August decline, the unemployment rate dropped from the 5.0% reported in July to 4.7% in August. This drop is due to a decrease in the Leon […]