Category Leon County
Show your wounds – a story of courage
Throughout most of 2022, the Florida Squeeze kept focusing on Tallahassee. Something was happening, you could feel it in the air, and it’s since been described as Tallahassee’s Progressive summer. A time when the sudden tragic death of a county commissioner created a snap election and a controversial vote on FSU funding led to hotly […]
Commissioner Brian Welch attacks the homeless of Tallahassee, Florida
Dear reader, Here in Florida we live in a time of crippling inflation and increased homelessness, Where the cost of living is skyrocketing and many American households are struggling to survive. As our good editor in chief at the Florida Squeeze wrote the other day, the state Democratic party has an identity issue. It is […]
Guest Column: Where does Tallahassee go from here?
Mike Goldstein The midterm elections are over and now we as a community get to wake up to a group of new and returning elected officials and see what progress will come of it. A lot of words were said leading up to the election and even more promises were made. Here’s a break down […]
Express Lane: FPL & Tallahassee Special Interests Double Down on John Dailey and Nick Maddox
With so much at stake in Tallahassee’s Mayoral race, we predicted months ago that controversial monopoly utility behemoth Florida Power & Light would intervene hard on behalf of Mayor John Dailey, who’s fighting for his political life after a second-place primary finish against Leon County Commissioner Kristin Dozier. And here it comes. Days after announcing […]
Express Lane: Voter Suppression — It’s Happening; John Dailey’s “October Surprise” Redux; Josh Johnson Surging in Key Leon Matchup
As Democratic activists since the 1990’s , we have always feared a major inside push to dis-enfranchise voters — particularly Black voters — beyond the usual nefarious games that are played in state legislation making it more difficult for everyone to vote. What we’re seeing today in Florida across the state, as voters are voting, […]
TFS Express Lane, September 19: Tallahassee Mayor’s Debate, CFO Patronis Obama tweet, Nikki Fried bringing the heat and a “Dear Leader” Birthday for Florida GOPers
At the first Tallahassee Mayor’s debate of the 2022 general election, John Dailey was every bit the red-faced menace more and more of Tallahassee knows him to be. Practically spitting as he heaved personal invective at his opponent, County Commissioner Kristin Dozier — who came in first place in August, shattering Dailey’s perceived inevitability — […]
Guest Column — Donna Pearl Cotterell: 24 Years is Enough
When Leon County District 1 was created through landmark civil rights litigation, no one expected one man to represent it for seven consecutive terms. Especially not one who doesn’t live here, and has become a vote for the big establishment special interests. Longtime incumbent Bill Proctor has overseen a tripling of the poverty rate to […]
Grow Tallahassee: An Extreme Right-Wing Takeover Looms in Florida’s Capital
The Florida Squeeze has been extensively covering this year’s Tallahassee local elections, where a people-powered movement for reform is being met by a backlash from hard right developer and special interest forces taking their intervention in elections to unprecedented heights. But with an extreme hate group playing aggressively in several campaigns, the stakes are now […]
Tallahassee in transition
There is something wonderful about not knowing what’s ahead until you’re there. More than any other species on this planet, humans are in a unique position as we only tend to see one portion of our lives at a time. It’s anyone’s guess how things can and will unfold. We usually have no perspective of […]
Will Crowley is a breath of fresh air
It’s Sunday morning in Tallahassee, and the entire populace of the community is being pulled in a variety of different directions. Families on their way to church or the city’s endless parks. Brunch is being served at midtown, the pool on top of the Double Tree hotel located downtown is growing crowded, and the streets […]
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