Page 39 - John Dailey News Today

Mayor Dailey and our current City Commission have not done enough to clean up city hall, reduce costs, and improve city services.

The amounts of funds raised in the local election cycle are unprecedented -- almost two million dollars for the Tallahassee City Commission and Leon County Commission races alone. Accusations of dark money are flying.

Election Day Tuesday could decide who wins several local races outright, but it probably won’t see the end of some of the Tallahassee and Leon County candidates’ bitter legal challenges.

The anonymous texts and legal threats are just the latest examples of a campaign marked by scorched-earth rhetoric in TV ads, mailers and social media posts.

The amounts of money raised in the local election cycle are unprecedented -- almost two million dollars for the Tallahassee City Commission and Leon County Commission races alone. Accusations of dark money are flying.

The interjection of hundreds of thousands of dollars from out of state and county interests is a new revelation to those who control the usual local network of political donors.

Do they have noise-canceling headphones for elections yet?

More than $160,000 was spent by local candidates during the last week of July in races ranging from county judge to school board.

The operator of the “Saving Our City” political committee who sent the mailers is downplaying allegations made by Tallahassee Mayor John Dailey last week.

Many candidates agreed that climate change is the area's most pressing issue.