Leon County School Board: The Questions We Wanted To Know
While 850CapitalTea does hold our own bias we feel it would be a disservice to our audience to not allow all candidates an opportunity to answer the same questions and have the attention of our viewers. It takes courage to run in an election and it takes greater courage to answer tough questions posed by […]
Firefighter Arbitration Case: The Witnesses
The Arbitration meeting took place on March 27, 2024 between The City of Tallahassee and our Tallahassee Firefighters (the Union). Throughout the five hour day, four witnesses that work for the city were brought to the stand to testify. We did not include the Union representative Joey Davis. CapitalTea received several requests asking about the […]
Once In A Career, Firefighters Battle Blaze
On Friday March 22, 2024 at 3:20 in the afternoon The Tallahassee Fire Department was dispatched to a structure fire. This Fire was not a typical structure fire for our area and is considered “a once in a career fire.” Many of the fires that our department respond to involve single family homes. According to […]
Town Hall With Bill Proctor On Firefighter Pay
Commissioner Bill Proctor started out the town hall meeting with an introduction as to why we were there. He explained his own role and how he felt a conviction to advocate for our brave men and women. Due to the Tallahassee firefighters responding to calls in the county and the county residents paying a fire […]
Current Offers Between The City and Firefighters
After a year of Negotiations between the City of Tallahassee and our Firefighters they will be going before an arbitrator at the end of this month (March 27, 2024). Many people are asking what the current offers are and how do they compare? The Arbitrator has been agreed upon by both parties and will take […]
Demystifying The Firefighter Facts For The Public
Our City government likes to claim things as fact to the public, and are “fearful we are venturing down a path of confusion”. We would like to demystify the City’s offer to the firefighters. We feel that it is important that we talk about some of the claims made by city executives and help you […]
What People Think About LCS Board Meetings Not On Social Media
Do you think Leon County School (LCS) Board should stream their meetings on social media to make it more accessible to the public? This is the question that we asked a couple weeks ago. Across many platforms and in many social media groups the answer was “yes” they should. Many individuals stated that they felt […]
This Is Our Year, Vote Jeremy Rogers for Leon County School Board
We are Tallahassee and our community is growing. It is time our leadership on the Leon County School Board recognizes our community’s changing needs. Jeremy Rogers not only recognizes our growth, he knows how to manage our best interests. If you have been following, you know we don’t just listen to a person’s words, we […]
Tallahassee Firefighters address Mayor Dailey
On February 22, 2024 our Tallahassee Firefighters met with the City to start their three year contract. The Firefighters and City still have not come to an agreement on the one year contract. Mayor Dailey recently stated in a NEBA meeting that they would not be able to proceed to negotiating the three year contract. […]
Three City Commissioners Abandoned Their Duties at Blueprint Meeting
A person in a leadership position will receive more judgement from people than if they weren’t in that position. This is because they are setting an example of what is acceptable and what they say and do has more influence than someone who is not in that position. Our City Commissioners have agreed lead us. […]
