Identify Causes of Poor Performance Before Blaming Racism
Racial inequality is all the rage in Alachua County because it's the latest excuse for government to increase spending with no accountability. Last month's town...
Gainesville City Commission Has an Insatiable Spending Addiction
The Gainesville City Commission is quick to raise GRU rates and propose double-digit increases in property taxes and fire assessment fees on hard-working Gainesville families...
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Racial Justice Town Hall Part 2: Alachua County
Jennifer Cabrera reports on the county's responses at the Racial Justice Town Hall meeting: the county did not disclose how much money it is spending...
Racial Justice Town Hall Part 1: Overview and City of Gainesville
On Wednesday, April 24, the Alachua County Chapter of the NAACP and the United Church of Gainesville (Racial Justice Task Force) hosted a town hall...
Gainesville City Commission, Facing Deficits, Looks for Ways to Collect More Money from Citizens
Under cover of a meeting titled “Ironwood Golf Course,” the Gainesville City Commission met last week to discuss their options for extracting more money from...
County Commission Fails Monroe Lee and his Animals
John Washington's editorial about Monroe Lee's struggle with Alachua County Animal Services...
Pot, Not the Myth of Mass Incarceration, Ruins Lives
Len Cabrera's editorial dismantles the myth of mass incarceration...
City Responds to Reichert House Audit by Smearing Auditor
Today's Gainesville Sun has an interesting article about problems found during an audit of Reichert House, an after-school program for at-risk youth that is headed...
City Commission’s Disdain for Citizen Comments Shows Disregard for Truth
Nathan Skop's editorial responding to The Gainesville Sun’s March 27 editorial on civil discourse...
Gainesville City Commission Adds New GRU Debt
The March 21 Gainesville City Commission meeting attracted a number of people who were opposed to their main agenda item - issuing Series C bonds...