On Wednesday, the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) will recommend that elected officials authorize the CRA Director to amend a development agreement with Big Bend Cares, Inc. (BBC) to allow BBC to purchase four Wallis Street properties – currently owned by the CRA – for a sale price of $510,000. The price was based on a professional property […]
The Northwest Florida Water Management District (NFWMD) has filed a lawsuit against companies affiliated with the Canopy development. Canopy is a mixed use development including single family housing, multi-family housing and commercial use. According to the lawsuit, NFWMD states that this “is an action seeking temporary and permanent injunctive relief and monetary penalties arising from […]
The decision by the City of Tallahassee to begin adding more police officers in mid-2014 after ignoring request for years, has finally begun to show consistent dividends in the fight against crime. At the next city commission meeting, Police Michael DeLeo will report that mid-year crime rates in 2018 are down when compared to 2017. […]
After an electric rate study, the city of Tallahassee professional staff is recommending a 2.5% increase in base electric rates. However, due to a decrease in the price of fuel, the total electric bill for residential customers will see a decrease. Base rates are the portion of the electric bill that covers the expenses required […]
When Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum turns his attention to his mayoral duties at the September 12th Tallahassee City Commission, he will be faced with a vote to extend a contract that will financial benefit one of his Costa Rica travel companions- Sean Pittman Interestingly, the item listed on the city agenda, which addresses the […]
In the closing weeks of the August 28th primary, Mayoral candidate Dustin Daniels sent out a mailer to prospective voters that advocated for free community college tuition for Tallahassee residents. One side of the mailer, shown below, states “Make community college truly about community…MAKE IT FREE! A second side highlights free community college for Tallahassee […]
Two of the three races for seats on the Leon County School Board are headed to a runoff. Incumbent school board member Joy Bowen was able to avoid a run-off in the District 5 race with 53.2% of vote. Bowen received 3,867 votes while Bowen’s only challenger, Marcus Nicolas, tallied 3,401 votes. District 4 incumbent […]
People close to the federal investigation have indicated that Mayor Andrew Gillum’s brother, Marcus Gillum, was paid by undercover federal agents who were posing as developers. The payments were made to Marcus Gillum in their role as developers seeking business with the city of Tallahassee. The payments were said to be in the thousands of […]
The race for Leon County Commission District 3 is headed for a recount. The unofficial results, listed below, show that Rick Minor finished with 8,234 votes or 50.43% of the total vote. Emily Fritz finished second with 5,443 votes or 33.3%. Emily Fritz posted on her campaign Facebook that because the margin was “less than half […]
All three races for seats on the Tallahassee City Commission are headed to a runoff. In the race for mayor, Leon County Commissioner John Dailey (17,357) and former Chief of Staff for Mayor Andrew Gillum Dustin Daniels (11,088) received the most votes. Former state legislator Michelle Rehwinkel Vasilinda finished third (9,127). A total of 43,690 […]