Cox announces improved Connect2Compete program
Cox announced improvements to its Connect2Compete service at the ribbon-cutting for its Innovation Lab at the Boys and Girls Club. ...
County Commission decides to start over on Camp McConnell property
Rejecting a proposal from a local group, the Alachua County Commission voted yesterday to restart the process of deciding what to do with Camp McConnell....
City approves City Manager contract
Today the city approved a contract with Lee Feldman, the new City Manager. ...
City commission postpones search for City Auditor
Today the city commission voted to change executive search firms, postponing the search for a new City Auditor. ...
City commission passes rate and tax increases
Thirty-five citizens spoke at the September 26 city commission meeting, almost all of them begging the commission to consider cutting their budget....
Commissioner Johnson should vote against the tax/rate increases
Gainesville City Commissioner Gail Johnson ran on promises to make life better for those on the east side of Gainesville. If affordable housing is truly...
Are GRU rates lower than 4 years ago?
During the Gainesville City Commission’s special budget meeting on September 12, Mayor Lauren Poe said “[the GRU bill is] lower than we were four years...
City commission moves forward with 5 city manager candidates
The Gainesville City Commission has selected 5 candidates for in-person interviews, which will begin on September 25. ...
Citizens accuse city commission of lying and being ‘profoundly disrespectful’
As the City Commission meeting on September 12 moved on to an ordinance that raised 19 different classifications of city fees, several citizens stood up...
Citizens beg the city commission to vote against raising GRU rates
The September 12 City Commission meeting was packed with citizens who begged the commission to vote against raising GRU rates, but the commissioners argued that...