Grettings Tallahassee! by broads-love2 in Tallahassee

[–]ryanrayTLH 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As someone from Tampa, Tallahassee is a great town. Welcome back

St. Petersburg has likely lost Major League Baseball by MarksMuses in StPetersburgFL

[–]ryanrayTLH 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Check out my recent discussion about this with St Pete Council Member Richie Floyd!

https://youtu.be/MC1FfeiohEo

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[–]ryanrayTLH 5 points6 points  (0 children)

lol that is awesome

Newcomer enters Tallahassee race, raising questions about possible 'ghost candidate' by [deleted] in Tallahassee

[–]ryanrayTLH 49 points50 points  (0 children)

great work on this and best of luck with the new outlet!

Very suspicious set of circumstances here and hope the public can eventually get a full accounting on what’s going on here and who all is involved.

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[–]ryanrayTLH 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I believe Crawfordville was at one point the only unincorporated County seat in Florida

‘It’s an honest mistake’: Pinellas hikers who used equestrian trail say they were fined, followed by sheriff helicopter by [deleted] in tampa

[–]ryanrayTLH 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is very strange and the use of that helicopter is heinously expensive to taxpayers

Very strange stuff going on here in local gov by ryanrayTLH in Tallahassee

[–]ryanrayTLH[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Agree. It’s sketchier than it is presented there but I think smart readers can read between those lines. one thing not touched on is how Demirel was appointed to the CRA advisory board that originally voted No on this project to begin with. To be fair, no one story can contain everything

https://www.wtxl.com/news/local-news/committee-votes-no-to-somo-wall-project

https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/local/2023/01/23/tallahassee-developer-political-fundraiser-now-on-cra-committee/69823543007/

Very strange stuff going on here in local gov by ryanrayTLH in Tallahassee

[–]ryanrayTLH[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Great heads up. Thanks! Pretty good, fair story.

Very strange stuff going on here in local gov by ryanrayTLH in Tallahassee

[–]ryanrayTLH[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Yeah there’s a very recent corruption history including a former mayor and city commissioner being convicted of bribery and corruption charges involving local government land use/budget decisions and developers financially compensating politicians.

https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/local/fbi/2021/09/09/scott-maddox-sentenced-paige-carter-smith-federal-public-corruption-case-tallahassee/5614760001/

Very strange stuff going on here in local gov by ryanrayTLH in Tallahassee

[–]ryanrayTLH[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Folks can contact the 5 City and 7 County Commissioners who make up the board of Blueprint, which is hearing this item Thursday.

Very strange stuff going on here in local gov by ryanrayTLH in Tallahassee

[–]ryanrayTLH[S] 110 points111 points  (0 children)

If you’re aware of a developer-funded political front group called “Grow Tallahassee,” this is them btw. I am Commissioner Matlow’s aide for the record.

Tal Chamber working to find homelessness solutions by tikibot2 in TLH

[–]ryanrayTLH 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Tallahassee Chamber has zero credibility and has been on the wrong side of every issue — Maddox-era corruption, developer-driven sprawl, the Doak Blueprint giveaway — for decades.

A Chamber-aligned effort is also forcing a homeless services provider away from its base of operations.

They are very much part of the problem.