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Jim RosicaNovember 7, 2016

A sunglasses-wearing Vice President Joe Biden wanted a Tallahassee crowd on Monday to “imagine” a world with Donald Trump as president. It wasn’t pretty. “We don’t have to make anything up; we just have to say what they want to push,” Biden said during a midday get-out-the-vote rally at Florida A&M University. Several times, he […]

Scott PowersOctober 20, 2016

What a party bus this will be. A Democratic Party bus, filled with mayors from Florida including Orlando’s Buddy Dyer, Miami Beach’s Phillip Levine, Tampa’s Bob Buckhorn, and St. Petersburg’s Rick Kriseman, has begun a cross-state tour to campaign for Hillary Clinton. Hillary for America announced Thursday that those four and 19 other mayors and former mayors […]

Staff ReportsOctober 18, 2016

It’s no secret Andrew Gillum is considered a rising star in the Democratic Party, but his leap to the national political stage could have come sooner than many expected. A newly released document from the hacked email file of Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta shows Gillum, Tallahassee’s mayor, was among a large number of people […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 10, 2016

It’s good to have friends in high places, and if you’re Florida attorney Christopher Chestnut, you likely need them these days. The Florida Bar wants Chestnut suspended and disbarred. Chestnut has already been the subject of nine different bar disciplinary issues, as WJXT reports, including a May complaint charging “egregious conduct involving … lack of competence, candor, […]

Jim RosicaSeptember 8, 2016

Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum Thursday said he “trusts” that state Sen. Jack Latvala isn’t unduly politicizing the city’s hurricane recovery efforts. Gillum spoke with reporters after a meeting with Leon County Commission Chairman Bill Proctor on the progress of local recovery after Hurricane Hermine. On Tuesday, Latvala said he was considering calling for legislative action next session […]

Joe HendersonSeptember 6, 2016

While city officials play those favored political parlor games of finger-pointing and pass-the-blame, thousands of residents remain without power. That’s all we ought to care about now. There are reports of price gouging. Large trees are down all over the city. People are steaming as they wonder about the competence of the power they have […]

Jim RosicaSeptember 6, 2016

In their clearest explanation yet, Tallahassee city officials said Tuesday they did not “reject” offers of help from outside utilities in the wake of Hurricane Hermine, but rather just didn’t say “yes” to everyone right away. That was because too many workers, rather than being a boon, would have presented a coordination and safety nightmare, […]

Jim RosicaSeptember 6, 2016

Social media continues to swirl about what Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum knew and when he knew it regarding offers of help from outside utilities to get Tallahassee’s juice flowing again. City and outside electric repair crews are still working throughout the capital after Hurricane Hermine. The state reported 17,099 customers in Leon County, including those served by other […]

Gary FineoutSeptember 6, 2016

The big question in Tallahassee is whether you have power, and whether you think local officials are to blame for the grinding pace of restoring electricity following Hurricane Hermine. The rising anger is playing out on social media and in the political sphere, with state and local leaders trading accusations about the slow pace of […]

Jim RosicaSeptember 5, 2016

Democratic Mayor Andrew Gillum of Tallahassee and Republican Gov. Rick Scott on Monday had a testy faceoff over the speed of repair to the city’s electric system that was battered by Hurricane Hermine. On Sunday, Scott said in a press release that “the City of Tallahassee and Leon County have declined further ‘cut-and-toss’ assistance from […]

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Joe Biden connects with campus crowd in Tallahassee

Buddy Dyer, Phillip Levine, Bob Buckhorn, others on Mayors for Hillary bus tour

Leaked email shows Andrew Gillum among those considered for VP

Andrew Gillum: ‘Best friends’ with troubled attorney Chris Chestnut

Andrew Gillum ‘hopes’ Jack Latvala’s storm concerns are legit

Joe Henderson: Hurricane Hermine leaves Category 5 mess in unprepared Tallahassee

Tallahassee officials say they did not ‘reject’ offers of help with power restoration; they just didn’t say “yes”

Tale of the tape: What and when did Andrew Gillum know about outside help with power restoration

Power struggle? Tallahassee, state at odds in storm recovery

Andrew Gillum confronts Rick Scott over Hermine response criticism