Guest AuthorMarch 15, 2019
6min476
"The amendment is being sold as energy freedom, and who wouldn’t like more freedom to choose? I say beware."
Tag: City of Tallahassee
Guest AuthorMarch 15, 2019
Danny McAuliffeJanuary 18, 2019
5min453
Erwin Jackson to appeal decision
Danny McAuliffeJanuary 17, 2019
3min943
Former Tallahassee Mayor will be 'resident fellow' after historic run
Danny McAuliffeDecember 31, 2018
8min424
Tallahassee is primed to install an interim City Commissioner before ringing in the new year. The City Commission will hold a special meeting at 4 p.m. Monday to consider and select one of nine finalists to replace Scott Maddox. Gov. Rick Scott suspended Maddox earlier this month after Maddox and former Downtown Improvement Authority Executive Director […]
Danny McAuliffeOctober 1, 2018
4min306
Republican gubernatorial candidate Ron DeSantis hasn’t been shy in attacking his Democratic opponent about the ongoing FBI investigation in Tallahassee. The latest strike? The DeSantis campaign is calling on Andrew Gillum to return more than $75,000 in campaign donations from those who’ve been subpoenaed in the course of the more-than-three-year-long investigation into Tallahassee’s city government. […]
Drew WilsonApril 22, 2018
3min284
The capital city will host a free, family friendly event Sunday to celebrate Earth Day. In fitting fashion, Greening Tallahassee: An Earth Day Celebration will take place at the Thomas P. Smith Water Reclamation Facility. Tours through the facility, water quality lab and nearby Tallahassee Solar Farm will be provided. Typically, the locations aren’t open […]
Michael MolineApril 5, 2018
4min331
Are Scott Maddox’s financial supporters mad that he spent $125,000 in political donations on legal fees arising from the federal investigation into Tallahassee’s City Hall? Not especially, judging from conversations with some of those supporters. “I don’t blame him for using it for that. It doesn’t bother me,” said Kevin Collins, a Tallahassee real estate […]
Drew WilsonApril 2, 2018
4min521
Tallahassee City Commissioner Scott Maddox’s 2020 state Senate campaign showed its first signs of life in months: It helped him pay for lawyers. Maddox is one of the central figures in an FBI investigation into City Hall that’s been going on since 2015, and recent movement points toward the bureau laying out the case for […]
Staff ReportsOctober 13, 2017
2min226
Gov. Rick Scott ordered the U.S. and state flags at half-staff for the late James Ford, Tallahassee’s first African-American mayor. Flags will be lowered at the Tallahassee City Hall and at the Capitol in Tallahassee, from sunrise to sunset on Monday. Ford died Wednesday. He was 91. Ford became Tallahassee’s first black mayor in 1972, serving […]
Staff ReportsOctober 5, 2017
1min238
The city of Tallahassee’s utility system has “made significant progress” on electric transmission line upgrades as Tropical Storm Nate heads toward the Panhandle, the city said Thursday. “At this time, daytime lane closures are no longer anticipated,” a press release said. “Crews will work overnight to complete the upgrades, which will enhance electric reliability.” Yesterday, the […]