Somebody once said, “Every family is dysfunctional,but none of them know it.” That quote is doubly true for most political bodies. The current case in point is the Tallahassee City Commission. Simmering concerns over the long-hinted, never-official retirement of City Manager Anita Favors Thompson bubbled up at a meeting Wednesday, then boiled over in a series […]
Was email exchange in the Sunshine? – Tallahassee Democrat
Did an exchange of email between Mayor Andrew Gillum and city commissioners Friday constitute a violation of the state’s open meetings statutes? Barbara Petersen, president of the First Amendment Foundation, said a response that Gillum wrote could be “problematic” and a reason why such emails are discouraged. But Tallahassee City Attorney Lewis Shelley said Gillum’s […]
City commission gets rid of ‘kill switch’ – Tallahassee Democrat
Tallahassee city commissioners on Wednesday unanimously agreed to get rid of an audio microphone kill switch to silence public speakers. Commissioner Nancy Miller raised the issue and said the kill switch gives the impression commissioners are trying to stifle public comment. Instead, Miller said, the commission has gone out of its way to encourage public […]
