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 […]

In the Arena:  Mayors Over Time

In the Arena:  Mayors Over Time

In 1822 the Congress created the territory of Florida.  In March 1824 the Territorial Council designated Tallahassee as Florida’s capital.  The same year the Native Americans living in Tallahassee were ordered to relocate to a reservation located in Central Florida. A year later Dr. Charles Haire was elected Intendant of the Town of Tallahassee.  The […]

In the Arena: Are Our Local Political Parties Meretricious?

In the Arena: Are Our Local Political Parties Meretricious?

The traditional definition of a political parties is it’s a “group of people, similar in philosophy, who attempt to implement that philosophy through the capture of public offices”.  This column questions whether either the local Republican and Democratic parties are able to capture local public offices. Most campaigns know there are certain resources a campaign […]