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Florence SnyderNovember 17, 2015

Death happens to the best of us, and also to the worst. We saw that again last week in Paris, and in Beirut, where hundreds of people going about the business of daily living had the bad fortune to cross paths with fanatics armed with weapons of war and hearts full of hate. The Grim […]

Florence SnyderJune 23, 2015

“We take that very seriously” is quite possibly the biggest of the big lies they tell in Tallahassee. There’s a ribbon and a 5K walk and a proclamation for everything, but precious little cash on the barrel head for families collapsing under the weight of caring for a loved one whose needs exceed the family’s […]

Florence SnyderJune 18, 2015

“We take that very seriously,” is quite possibly the biggest of the big lies they tell in Tallahassee. There’s a ribbon and a 5K walk and a proclamation for everything, but precious little cash on the barrel head for families collapsing under the weight of caring for a loved one whose needs exceed the family’s […]

Florence SnyderJune 13, 2015

If only the Legislature could get it up as fast as a car made by Elon Musk. “Holy s$#@, where’s my heart monitor?!” said Tallahassee Magazine Editor Rosanne Dunkelberger, a full ten minutes after our test drive ended. In the driver’s seat was Orlando-based Tesla representative Kevin Leyva. His mother can be very proud of […]

Florence SnyderMay 4, 2015

Rep. Matt Gaetz, a Fort Walton Beach Republican, isn’t the only Tallahassee twerp to publicly disrespect his elders and betters, but he’s the first in memory to be called to account in the court of public opinion. Gaetz, 31, got his law license all of seven years ago and doesn’t have much to show in […]

Florence SnyderMay 4, 2015

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Ft. Walton Beach, isn’t the only Tallahassee twerp to publicly disrespect his elders and betters, but he’s the first in memory to be called to account in the court of public opinion. Gaetz, 31, got his law license all of seven years ago and doesn’t have much to show in the way […]

Florence SnyderApril 13, 2015

A Tallahassee theater on a holiday weekend is a lonely place, especially if the film is ‘The Hunting Ground,’ a documentary examination of sexual assault on college campuses. Frat boys and football players raping young women and young men is not a popular topic in a town where the money-making machinery revolves around Greeks and […]

Florence SnyderApril 6, 2015

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A Tallahassee theater on a holiday weekend is a lonely place, especially if the film is The Hunting Ground, a documentary examination of sexual assault on college campuses. Frat boys and football players raping young women and young men is not a popular topic in a town where the money-making machinery revolves around Greeks and […]

Florence SnyderApril 5, 2015

Skip Foster, the new publisher at the Tallahassee Democrat, was greeted as a liberator in his maiden speech to the Capital Tiger Bay Club. The gray-haired eminences who make up the Club’s membership know the difference between a good newspaper and a Chamber of Commerce rag. They’re embarrassed that the Times – New York and […]

Florence SnyderMarch 31, 2015

A half century after an unsolved murder, who did the crime is less important that what the crime did to those left behind. The October 22, 1966 murders of Robert and Helen Sims and their 12 year old daughter Joy changed Tallahassee, overnight, from a place where everyone trusted everyone to a place where the […]

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Crowds gather to see Atlantis at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. (Gabrielle Russon)

Florence Snyder: He’s waiting, we just don’t when or where

Florence Snyder: Postcard from Alzheimer’s

Florence Snyder: Postcard from Alzheimer’s

Florence Snyder: Postcard from a Tesla P85D

Florence Snyder: Impossible to miss racist content in Matt Gaetz tweet

Florence Snyder: Impossible to miss racist content in Matt Gaetz tweet

Florence Snyder: 'The Hunting Ground' exposes campus sexual assault

Florence Snyder: A postcard from the movies

Florence Snyder: New Tallahassee Democrat editor has much to prove

Florence Snyder: The murders that changed Tallahassee forever