>> WELCOME TO THE FIFTH IN A SERIES OF POLITICAL CANDIDATE FORUMS IN ADVANCE OF THE AUGUST 23 IFRD PRIMARY ELECTION.

THIS FORUM, A COOPERATIVE PRODUCTION OF LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF TALLAHASSEE, TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT AND WFSU PUBLIC MEDIA.

OUR CANDIDATES TODAY ARE RUNNING FOR THE TALLAHASSEE CITY COMMISSION SEAT 4 RACE WHICH IS ALSO THE MAYORAL SEAT FOR THE CITY.

I'M TOM FLANIGAN FROM WFSU PUBLIC MEDIA, AND I'M JOINED BY WILLIAM HATFIELD FROM THE TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT AND DANIELLE IRWIN FROM THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF TALLAHASSEE, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE QUESTIONING CANDIDATES ON VARIOUS TOPICS TODAY.

SO LET'S TAKE A QUICK LOOK AROUND AT THE GROUND ALL RULES AND THEN MEET THE CANDIDATES THEMSELVES.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THE CANDIDATES FOR TALLAHASSEE MAYOR SITTING LEFT TO RIGHT IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER ARE INCUMBENT JOHN E. DAILEY, KRISTIN ELIZABETH DOZIER, MICHAEL IBRAHIM AND WHITFIELD LELAND III.

ON SOCIAL MEDIA PLEASE HIT SHARE BUTTON AND HELP YOUR FRIENDS SAY TODAY'S DISCUSSION AS WELL.

HERE'S HOW TODAY'S FORUMS ARE GOING TO WORK.

WE WILL ROTATE WHICH CANDIDATE GETS TO ANSWER FIRST.

WE HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS, SO WE'RE GOING TO ASK THE CANDIDATES TO KEEP YOUR ANSWERS TO ABOUT 60 SECONDS, SOMETIMES SHORTER FOR FOLLOW-UPS.

WE'LL TELL YOU WHAT THE TIME LENGTH IS ON EACH QUESTION.

WE WILL ALSO BE KEEPING TIME, AND YOU WILL KNOW WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP BECAUSE YOU WILL HEAR THI- [BACKGROUND SOUNDS] YOU DON'T HAVE TO COME TO A DEAD STOP RIGHT WILL THEN, BUT FINISH YOUR SENTENCE AND HEN WE'LL MOVE ON.

IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FORUM, WE-A LIGHTNING ROUND WHERE WE ASK YOU TO KEEP YOUR ANSWERS TO JUST ONE SENTENCE.

AT THE END OF THE FORUM ARE, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU 90 SECONDS DIRECTLY TO VOTERS AND SHARE YOUR WEB SITE OR ANY OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION.

>> IF YOU'RE WATCHING ONBOOK AND YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THE CANDIDATE -- ON FACEBOOK, TYPE THEM INTO THE COMMENTS, AND WE'LL GET TO AS MANY OF THEM AS WE CAN.

TIME IS VERY LIMITED, SO YOU CAN IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF YOUR QUESTION BEING ASKED IF YOU KEEP IT BRIEF AND POLITE.

MAKE IT A QUESTION APPLICABLE TO ALL THE CANDIDATES.

CANDIDATES, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?

ALL RIGHT.

LET'S JUMP IN WITH THE FIRST QUESTION.

>> LET US DO THAT.

WE'LL KIND OF START OFF WITH THE, I GUESS, THE 30,000-FOOT OVERVIEW QUESTION HERE, AND WE'LL START OFF BY GOING ON CAMERA HERE AS YOU CAN SEE FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, AND WE'LL START WITH MR. DAILY AND WORK OUR WAY COULD BE THE LIST.

WHAT IS THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE AFFECTING THE CITY OF TALLAHASSEE AND WHY?

YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.

>> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK THE TALLAHASSEE THEM CAN ACCURATE AND THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS AND WFSU FOR HOSTING US TODAY.

THANK YOU.

WE HAVE A LOT OF ISSUES THAT WE'RE FACING AS A COMMUNITY, ALL OF THEM THAT WE'RE WORKING HARD BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER, BUT I HAVE TO FOCUS ON ONE IN PARTICULAR RIGHT NOW, IT IS HOUSING.

HOUSING IS A CRITICAL ISSUE THAT WE FACE HERE IN TALLAHASSEE.

MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH AFFORDABLE HOUSING, LOW INCOME HOUSING AND VERY LOW INCOME HOUSING.

>> ALL RIGHT.

KRISTIN DOZIER, YOUR TURN.

>> THANK YOU, TOM.

I'M ALSO VERY GLAD TO BE HERE TODAY WITH ALL OF MY FELLOW CANDIDATES.

CAMPAIGNS KEEP US RUNNING, A LITTLE DISCLAIMER, MY FACE IS A LITTLE SWOLLEN, HAD A LITTLE ISSUE, SO I HOPE IT LOOKS ALL RIGHT ON THE CAMERA.

THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE FROM MY PERSPECTIVE IS JOBS AND WORK FORCE TRAINING.

WE NEED TO HAVE MORE JOBS AND DIVERSIFY OUR ECONOMY AND JOBS FOR PEOPLE WHO WITH ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF INCOME LEVELS.

AND THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT WAS IT'S THE HOW -- BECAUSE IT'S HOW PEOPLE CAN AFFORD TO PAY RENT, HOW THEY MAY ABOARD TO TO BUY A HOME, TO FEED THEIR FAMILIES, TO SUPPORT THEMSELVES AND REALLY BE A PART OF OUR CIVIL AND OUR COMMUNITY.

OUR CIVIL SOCIETY AND OUR COMMUNITY.

WE NEED TO POSITION ON JOBS, AND THIS IS A CRITICAL ISSUE IN THIS RACE BECAUSE OF THE DECISION WITH DOAK CAMPBELL STADIUM.

WE HAVE TO GET EVEN MORE CREATIVE, AND WE HAVE TO FIND NEW WAYS AND WORK WITH ALL OF OUR PARTNERS IN OUR COMMUNITY TO GET THE JOB DONE.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MICHAEL IBRAHIM, YOUR TURN, SIR.

>> I THANK YOU ALL FOR INVITING ME.

THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE, I THINK, THAT IS FACING TALLAHASSEE'S RESIDENTS IS ACTUALLY A THREE IN ONE ISSUES, AND IT IS HOUSING, HOMELESSNESS AND SAFETY OF OUR CITIZENS.

AND I THINK THEY'RE ALL RELATED, AND I THINK WORKING ON ONE ISSUE, WHICH IS MAINLY HOUSING, CAN HELP US ELIMINATE HOMELESSNESS SITUATION AND IMPROVE OUR SAFETY.

AND I HAVE HAVE A PLAN, AND I HOPE I CAN GET IT TO WORK WITH YOUR HELP.

THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND WE CONCLUDE THE OPENING QUESTION WITH MR. WHITFIELD LELAND III.

>> IF I HAD ONE THING, I'D SAY FIGHTING POVERTY.

I THINK THE ISSUES THAT WE FACE STEMS FROM ACTUALLY THE BASICS, POVERTY.

WE DON'T ADDRESS POVERTY, WE CAN CREATE JOBS, WE CAN CREATE HOMES, BUT IF PEOPLE ARE LIVING IN PROPERTY THAT CAN'T AFFORD -- THEY CAN'T AFFORD OR DON'T HAVE A FOUNDATION, NONE OF THAT'S GOING TO BE HELPFUL TO THE PEOPLE THAT'S IN THE AREA.

IS SO I THINK IF WE FOCUS ON POVERTY WHICH ALL OUR OTHER ISSUES STEM FROM AND REALLY, TRULY ADDRESS THIS, YOU ADDRESS HOME WILL-LESSNESS, YOU ADDRESS VIOLENCE, GUN VIOLENCE, YOU ADDRESS EVEN MAYBE THE HOUSING MARKET BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO REALLY AFFORD WHAT WE HAVE OUT THERE.

NOBODY CAN AFFORD IT.

EVERYBODY'S BEEN DISPLACED, AND THE NUMBERS ARE RISING DAILY.

THAT'S WHAT I WOULD DO.

>> ALL RIGHT.

I'M GLAD YOU ALL MENTIONED ALL THOSE THINGS BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING MORE ABOUT EVERY ONE OF THEM.

WE'RE GOING TO START WITH CRIME.

KRISTIN DOZIER, THIS QUESTION IS INSPIRED BY THE URBAN LEAGUE.

BY OUR COUNT, 12 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED, 48 INJURED AND 74 SERIOUS SHOOTINGS THIS YEAR IN THE CAPITAL CITY COUNTY.

JUST THIS WEEKEND A MAN WAS SHOT ON A SCOOTER IN A DRIVE-BY SHOOTING.

DON'T KNOW YET IF HE WAS THE INTENDED TARGET.

WHAT SPECIFIC INITIATIVES WILL YOU TAKE TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITIES SAFE FROM CRIME?

A MINUTE AND 30 SECONDS.

>> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT.

I UNDERSTAND WHY IT'S AT THE TOP OF THE ISSUES HERE.

LISTENING TO THE OTHER CANDIDATES' FORUMS OF THE LAST FEW WEEKS, I THINK IT'S NOTABLE THAT EVERY POR RUM YOU COME TO YOU CAN -- FORUM YOU COME TO YOU CAN SAY JUST LAST WEEKEND OR JUST LAST WEEK BECAUSE WE ARE SEEING SHOOTINGS ALMOST EVERY FEW DAYS HERE.

WE KNOW9 THAT THE MASS SHOOTINGS AND THE TRAGIC EVENTS IN OTHER COMMUNITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY GET A LOT OF ATTENTION, BUT IT IS THOSE DAY-TO-DAY INCIDENTS OF VIOLENCE THAT REALLY IMPACT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.

I AM PROUD TO HAVE SUPPORTED THE SHERIFF INITIATIVE FOR THE COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF MEN AND BOYS.

THE REASON I WANT TO START THERE IS WE NEED TO DO THINGS DIFFERENT.

WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THESE ISSUES FOR A LONG TIME.

THERE'S BEEN ONE PANEL AFTER ANOTHER, ONE PLAN AFTER ANOTHER, WE'RE NOT GETTING THE JOB DONE.

AND I THINK WHAT THAT REPORT REALLY SHOWED US AND HIGHLIGHTE, THE COMMISSION CAN HELP BRING SOME PLANS OR SOME ACTION STEPS TO I FRUITION -- IS LOOKING AT THOSE HOW TO PREVENT SOME YOUNG FOLKS FROM GETTING INTO CRIME AND THEN LEADING TO GUN VIOLENCE?

I'M GLAD THAT THE CITY AND THE SCHOOL BOARD ALSO SUPPORT THAT EFFORT AND TPD.

I THINK WE NEED TO DOUBLE DOWN AND REALLY ARE HAVE REGULAR UPDATES FROM THE MEETINGS AND TAKE ACTION AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

THE CITY COMMISSION HAS DECIDED TO SET ASIDE A MILLION DOLLARS FOR GUN VIOLENCE.

THAT'S GOOD, BUT WITH WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT FUNDING GOES TO NEW INITIATIVES, NOT JUST EXISTING.

>> ALL RIGHT.

MICHAEL IBRAHIM, SAME QUESTION.

>> I THINK LACK OF EDUCATION WHEN IT COME TO FIREARM IS A MAJOR PROBLEM OF SHOOTING.

A LOT OF YOUNGER FOLKS THINK A GUN IS A TOY, AND IT IS NOT.

IT ISES A TOOL.

IT IS A TOOL.

AND IT'S USED, HOPEFULLY, TO DEFEND YOURSELF AGAINST SOMEONE WHO IS TRYING TO HARM YOU OR HARM YOUR FAMILY.

IF WE DO NOT EDUCATE OUR CHILDREN ABOUT GUNS, WE EXPECT THEM TO LEARN ABOUT GUNS FROM VIDEO GAMES, AND THIS IS OUR BIGGEST PROBLEM.

WE HAVE TO EDUCATE OUR CHILDREN THAT GUNS ARE TOOLS, THEY'RE NOT TOYS, AND TO PULL A TRIGGER IS SOMETHING THAT IS VERY ABSOLUTE.

YOU CANNOT TAKE IT BACK.

IT'S NOT A VIDEO GAME, IT'S REAL LIFE.

AND I THINK TO SOLVE THE GUN PROBLEM WE HAVE TO EDUCATE OUR CHILDREN AT MAYBE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL HOW TO USE, HOW TO OPERATE A GUN AND WHAT IS IT TO MEAN THAT YOU HAVE FOR YOU OWN A GUN AND THAT IT'S NOT A TOY.

YOU CAN END UP ENDING SOMEONE'S LIFE VERY EASILY, AND YOU WILL DESTROY YOUR LIFE IN THE PROCESS.

AND THIS IS, YOU KNOW, A LOSE-LOSE SITUATION.

NO ONE WINS.

AND I THINK TO CURB THE GUN VIOLENCE, I THINK WE HAVE TO HAVE THE EDUCATION IN REGARD THE WHAT GUNS CAN COAND WHAT GUNS SHOULD BE USED FOR.

AS FAR AS THANK GOD WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANY MASS SHOOTING IN TALLAHASSEE, HANK GOD.

BUT WE CANNOT -- HANK GOD.

BUT WE CANNOT JUST WAIT FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.

WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING.

>> THANK YOU.

WHITFIELD LEE LELAND -- LELAND III.

>> YES.

I WANT TO -- FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK THE CITY FOR TAKING THE INITIATIVE TO SET ASIDE A MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS -- -- FOR GUN VIOLENCE.

BUT EVERYBODY REFERENCED TO SHARE -- [INAUDIBLE] BUT WE'RE NOT.

WE'RE LOOKING AT THE REPORT AS GUN VIOLENCE, GUN VIOLENCE.

BUT WHAT DOES IT DISTINGUISH FROM?

BLACK POVERTY.

UNTIL WE ADDRESS POVERTY, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAVE GUN VIOLATION.

SO, AND I, A COUPLE OF FORUMS BACK I ASKED A COUPLE OF PEOPLE WOULD THEY SUPPORT A $2 MILLION INITIATIVE TO STRICTLY JUST POVERTY FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

IF WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS -- IF WE'RE GOING TO PUT MONEY TO ADDRESS AN ISSUE, IF WE'RE GOING TO STOP THE GUN VIOLENCE, WE'VE GOT TO GET AT THE ROOT OF IT.

IF YOU WALK THROUGH THESE NEIGHBORHOODS, MATTER OF FACT, I WAS DRIVING, I TOOK PICTURES.

THERE'S NOTHING CREATIVE TO DO IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS.

YOU HAVE BASKETBALL COURTS THAT HAVE THE BACKBOARDS UP.

EVEN AT SOME OF OUR LITTLE PARKS THAT WE ARE IMPLEMENTED AS HOLDING PONDS, THERE'S NOTHING FOR THESE KIDS AND FAMILIES TO DO.

WE HAVE TO GET BACK TO BUILDING FAMILIES, AND THE ONLY WAY WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT IS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PUT INITIATIVES TO FIGHT POVERTY.

AND MY GOAL IS FOR US TO BUILD RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND TO GET THEM IN THE COMMUNITY AND AND OUT SO THAT THEY -- [INAUDIBLE] THE RESIDENT.

>> THANK YOU.

JOHN DALY.

>> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION -- JOHN DAILEY.

VIOLENT CRIME IS NOT AN ISSUE THAT WAS CREATED OVERNIGHT, NOR ARE WE GOING TO SOLVE IT OVERNIGHT, AND I'M PROUD TO HAVE THE ENDORSEMENT OF PPA BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE IN ME AS THE MAYOR WHO HAS THE PLAN AND THE RELATIONSHIPS TO WORK WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT TO MOVE US FORWARD.

WE NEED TO STRENGTHEN WHAT IS WORKING, AND WE NEED TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX.

OUR TEMPO PROGRAM IS SECOND TO NONE.

IT'S NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED FOR ITSES EXCELLENCE.

WE'VE GRADUATED OVER A THOUSAND AT-RISK YOUTH, HALF OF WHICH HAD SOME TYPE OF BRUSH WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT COMING IN, AND WE'VE HAD ZERO RECIDIVISM.

WE NEED TO STRENGTHENNEN, WE NEED TO BRING MORE PEOPLE TO THE TABLE AND RECRUIT MORE AT-RISK YOUTH TO PARTICIPATE BECAUSE OF THE SUCCESS THAT IT'S SHOWN.

BUT WE ALSO NEED TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX, AND I APPRECIATE MY COLLEAGUE'S KIND WORDS BECAUSE I WAS THE INDIVIDUAL THAT BROUGHT THE ISSUE TO THE TABLE AND MADE THE MOTION TO SET ASIDE A MILLION DOLLARS IN OUR BUDGET FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS SPECIFICALLY FOR GUN VIOLENCE DISRUPTION PROGRAMS HERE IN TALLAHASSEE.

WE HAVE TO THINK CREATIVE, WE HAVE TO THINK DIFFERENT.

BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND THAT THERE'S A MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE HERE IN TALLAHASSEE THAT GOES HAND IN HAND AS WELL.

THAT'S WHY I WAS SO PROUD TO ALSO BRING TO THE TABLE AND HAVE IT BE UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORTED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OUR TEEN PROGRAM WHICH IS OUR MENTAL HEALTH RESPONSE UNIT THROUGH ARE 911.

THROUGH THE PILOT ITSELF, THERE WAS EIGHT MONTHS LONG AND WE WERE ABLE TO HELP HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HERE IN TALLAHASSEE.

THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE KEEP THE TWO IN MIND WITH MENTAL HEALTH AND VIOLET CRIME.

>> THANK YOU.

SO I HEARD THE ONE MILLION TALKED ABOUT A LOT HERE, SO A QUICK FOLLOW-UP ON THAT, 30 SECONDS.

THE CITY, OF COURSE, IS POISED TO INVEST A MILLION ANNUALLY OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS TO STEM THE BLOODSHED FROM GUNFIRE.

IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S NOT A LOT OF STRINGS TO THIS MONEY AND THE OPTIONS AND POSSIBILITIES ARE WIDE OPEN.

HOW SPECIFICALLY SHOULD WE SPEND THAT MONEY TO GET THE MOST IMPACT?

AND THIS IS GOING TO BE 30-SECOND FOLLOW-UP.

WE'RE GOING TO START WITH YOU, MICHAEL OKAY RAH IBRAHIM.

>> SO THE MILLION DOLLARS, THIS IS A MILLION EVERY YEAR OR A MILLION FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS?

>> I BELIEVE IT'S A MILLION FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

>> THAT'S ABOUT 200,000 A YEAR -- >> NO, IT'S A MILLION EVERY YEAR FOR THE NEXT -- >> MILLION EVERY YEAR, OKAY.

SO DEFINITELY ON EDUCATION, EDUCATING THE YOUTH A GUNS ARE NOT TOYS, THEY ARE TOOLS, AND THEY COULD DO A LOT OF DAMAGE, AND THEY COULD ALSO PROTECT.

EDUCATION MATTERS.

EDUCATING THE YOUTH THAT IT'S NOT A VIDEO GAME, UNDERSTANDING THAT IF YOU HIT SOMEONE WITH A FIREARM, THERE IS CONSEQUENCES, AND IS YOU BASICALLY DESTROY YOUR LIFE -- >> THANK YOU.

WHITFIELD LELAND III.

>> COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS.

IT'S THAT SIMPLE.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING ON, THE COMMUNITY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE BADGE.

THEY DON'T THE BADGE.

UNTIL WE CAN GET -- UNTIL WE CAN SEE THEM AS PEOPLE FIRST, THEN WE'LL BUILD THE BETTER RELATIONSHIP WHEN THEY'RE IN THEIR UNIFORM.

BUT WE'VE GOT TO GET OUR COMMUNITY TO SEE OFFICERS AS PEOPLE BEFORE THE BADGE BECAUSE IN OUR COMMUNITY, TO BE HONEST, THE BADGE IS TAINTED WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT LAW ENFORCEMENT.

>> THANK YOU.

JOHN DAILEY.

>> I AM THE MAYOR THAT IS CONTINUE TO OUSLEY BRINGING PEOPLE TO THE -- CONTINUOUSLY BRINGING PEOPLE TO THE TABLE TO MOVE FORWARD.

THAT IS GOOD PUBLIC POLICY.

BUT IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE IN A BUDGETARY PLACE SO THAT WHEN WE HAVE THAT IDEA AND WE'RE READY TO EXECUTE IT, WE CAN FULLY FUND IT.

THE REASON WHY I SET ASIDE A MILLION A YEAR FOR FIVE YEARS IS TO MAKE SURE IT IS A SUSTAINABLE PROGRAM THAT WE CAN GO YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT, AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO WORK.

SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW OF IDENTIFYING EXACTLY WHAT PROGRAMS TO LAUNCH HERE IN TALLAHASSEE, AND WE HAVE THE FUNDING SET ASIDE SPECIFICALLY.

>> THANK YOU.

KRISTINEN DOZIER.

>> THANK YOU.

I DO THINK WE NEED TO GET THE BEST IMPACT.

THE TEMPO PROGRAM IS WORKING, BUT THEY HAVE OTHER FUNDING RESOURCES.

WE NEED TO USE THIS FUNDING FOR OTHER TYPES OF TRAINING PROGRAMS AND OTHER NEW IDEAS THAT MAY COME FROM THE COMMISSION ON STATUS OF MEN AND BOYS BUT ALSO OTHER SOURCES.

WE HAVE SEEN AN APPROACH FROM THE CITY FOR A LONG TIME THAT KIND OF DESCRIBES THE CITY KNOWS BEST.

THEY DON'T NECESSARILY PARTNER WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS OR PROGRAMS AS OFTEN AS WE SHOULD, AND I THINK A DISTINCTION MIGHT BE WITH THIS MILLION DOLLARS, COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS, OTHER HINGES LIKE THAT, BUT HOW DO WE GET TO THE DIRECT ACTION.

WE KEEP -- >> THANK YOU.

>> -- PLANNING AS A CITY, AND WE'RE NOT SEEING DIRECT ACTION.

>> THE -- HOW WOULD YOU RATE THE CURRENT EFFECTIVENESS OF TPD AT ADDRESSING THE ISSUE OF GUN VIOLENCE?

AND WHITFIELD LEE LELAND -- LELAND III, WE'RE GOING TO START WITH YOU ON THAT.

A 1-10 EVEN.

ON A SCALE OF 1-10, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO RATE TPD'S EFFECTIVENESSING IN ADDRESSING GUN VIOLENCE?

>> TO BE THE HONEST, I THINK THEY'RE DOING THE BEST THEY CAN.

I WOULD GIVE THEM AN 8, YOU KNOW?

NORMALLY WHEN SOMEONE HAS, YOU KNOW -- IS SHOT OR KILLED IN OUR COMMUNITY, I GET A PHONE CALL.

SOMETIMES I'M THERE.

I EVEN REFER BACK TO THE CHIEF.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY'RE DOING THE BEST THEY CAN.

I'VE EVEN SEEN SOME OFFICERS PULL OVER -- NOT JUST PULL OVER JUST TO WATCH TO SEE AT THE END OF THE DAY, LIKE, IT IS NOT THE POLICE FAULT.

WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT.

IT IS A COMMUNITY EFFORT, LIKE -- >> THANK YOU.

MAYOR DAILY.

SAME QUESTION, 30 SECONDS.

>> OH, I WOULD RANK THE POLICE DEPARTMENT VERY HIGH.

NO ORGANIZATION'S PERFECT, AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD, BUT WE'VE GOT A POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT CREATED A YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL, THAT CREATED CITIZENS' ADVISORY COUNCIL, THAT CREATED THE POLICE REFORM REVIEW BOARD TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR BEST PRACTICES ARE WORKING.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR POLICE OFFICERS THAT ARE OUT THERE ON BIKES WITH THE COMMUNITY POLICING PROGRAM, THEY ARE WORKING DAY IN AND DAY OUT TO KEEP US SAFE, AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

BUT LET'S ALSO REMEMBER THAT WE CANNOT DEPEND ON LAW ENFORCEMENT ALONE TO SOLVE VIABILITY CRIME.

>> THANK YOU.

>> IT'S ALL OF US TOGETHER.

>> KRISTIN DOZIER.

>> WELL, I CONCUR WITH MY COLLEAGUES.

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERYTHING, AND THEY'RE DOING QUITE A GOOD JOB WITH A HUGE CHALLENGE.

I THINK IMPROVING SOME COORDINATION AND RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IS GOOD, AND I KNOW THE CITY IS FOCUSED ON TPD, BUT WE ARE ONE CITY, ONE COUNTY, IF COORDINATION WILL HELP ALL OF US.

THE SECOND PART IS GIVING THEM RESOURCES TO HELP CONNECT WITH OTHER NONPROFITS AND OTHER COMMUNITY GROUPS.

THEY ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE, AND THEY CANNOT SOLVE EVERY ISSUE THAT LEADS TO GUN VIOLENCE.

>> THANK YOU.

>> SO WE NEED TO BUILD THOSE CONNECTIONS.

>> AND MICHAEL IBRAHIM, SAME QUESTION.

>> COPS ARE ARE WORKING VERY HARD HERE IN TALLAHASSEE.

TALLAHASSEE POLICE DEPARTMENT, I BELIEVE, IS UNDERFUNDED.

I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE CARE, TAKE MORE CARE OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS.

THEY ARE VERY VALUABLING RESOURCES, AND THE SACRIFICES THAT THEY DO EVERY DAY FOR US AS A COMMUNITY IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO APPLAUD EVERY DAY BECAUSE AS A BUSINESS OWNER, I WOULD NOT FEEL FAITH IF COPS ARE NOT AROUND TO MAKE SURE THINGS ARE SECURE.

9 OUT OF 10 FOR TPD.

>> THANK YOU.

LAST QUESTION ON CRIME.

JOHN DAILEY, YOU HAVE THIS ONE.

NOT FAR FROM HERE A PRETTY HORRIFIC SITUATION IS UNBOLDING.

OUR NEIGHBORING COUNTY IS GRAPPLING WITH WHAT THE DEA CALLS A PROBABLE MASS FENTANYL POISONING EVENT MANY WHICH A BAD BATCH OF DRUGS HAS KILLED 9 PEOPLE MANY JUST A FEW DAYS.

IS TALLAHASSEE PREPARED TO DEAL WITH SOMETHING LIKE THIS, AND IF NOT, WHAT WOULD YOU PROPOSE?

30 SECONDS.

>> SURE.

WELL, I'M NOT IN A POSITION TO GO INTO DETAIL ON THE AIR RIGHT NOW, BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT HAVE SHAFT'S DEPARTMENT, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, ALL OF OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND FEDERAL AGENCIES WORK HAND IN HAND ON THESE MULTITASK ISSUES, SPECIFICALLY DRUGS.

WHETHER IT'S THE DRUGS COMING ACROSS THE BORDER FROM GEORGIA AND ALABAMA, WHETHER ACROSS THE PANHANDLE, THEY WORK IN STRONG COOPERATION, AND THEY'RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO KEEP US SAFE.

>> THANK YOU.

KRISTIN DOZIER.

>> THANK YOU.

REALLY FEELING FOR OUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS IN GADSDEN COUNTY TODAY.

THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT EVENT, AND YOUR QUESTION IS REALLY TIMELY.

ARE WE PREPARED TO DEAL WITH IT.

I DO THINK OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS ARE PREPARED TO DEAL WITH THIS, BUT I HAVE A QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOT WE AS A COMMUNITY ARE PREPARED TO RESPOND.

THERE ARE OTHER SYSTEMS THAT -- ASSISTANCE THAT NEED TO BE AVAILABLE TO THOSE WHO ARE ADDICTED TO DRUGS OR PRONE TO THIS, AND WE NEED TO, AGAIN, COLLABORATE WITH OTHERS TO MAKE SURE -- >> THANK YOU.

>> -- THAT WE CAN RESPOND AND ADDRESS THIS BEFORE IT HAPPENS.

>> MICHAEL IBRAHIM, SAME QUESTION.

>> DRUGS IS VERY EVIL.

HAY DESTROY LIVES, THEY DESTROY FAMILIES, AND THEY ARE A ROAD OF NO RETURN.

AND FOR PEOPLE TO TAKE HEAVY DRUGS, IT'S NOT THE OFFICERS OR IT'S NOT THE COPS THAT THEY CAN TELL SOMEONE NOT TO TAKE DRUGS.

SOMEONE HAVE TO DECIDE, HEY, I WANT TO STOP TAKING DRUGS.

AND I THINK THE CITY ARE HAVE TO HAVE PROGRAMS THAT HELP PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN TAKING DRUGS PRIOR AND TO HELP PREVENT USE FROM TAKING DRUGS.

>> THANK YOU.

HIDFIELD LELAND III.

>> I THINK IT'S LIKE WE SEE COURSES OF DRUGS, IT WAS MDMA A COUPLE YEARS AGO, WE SEE THE DRUGS COMING IN THESE COMMUNITIES.

OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT ALWAYS BEEN THERE TO BE READY FOR THE SITUATION.

LIKE COMMISSIONER DOZIER SAID, MY ONLY CONCERN BECAUSE I SEE IT IN MY COMMUNITY EVERY DAY IS WE PREPARED TO DEAL WITH IT.

>> THANK YOU.

>> SO I HEARD AFFORDABLE HOUSING MENTIONED IN SOME OF THE OPENING REMARKS.

LET'S DIG A LITTLE DEEPER ON THAT.

KRISTIN DOZIER, WHAT IS THE FIRST SPECIFIC ACTION YOU WOULD PROPOSE TO ADDRESS THE NEED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING BEYOND WHAT IS ALREADY BEING DONE, AND YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.

>> THANK YOU.

THIS IS A VERY CRITICAL ISSUE, AND I'M PROUD OF THE WORK HAT CITY AND THE COUNTY HAVE DONE TOGETHER OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.

I WAS A LEADING VOICE IN CREATING THE LAND THAT ALLOWS US TO DEVELOP AFFORDABLE HOUSING THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

AND ONE OF THE SPECIFIC ACTIONS THAT I WOULD TAKE IS TO LOOK AT THE POLICIES WITHIN THE CITY OF OF TALLAHASSEE.

LIKE THE COUNTY, THEY DONATE PROPERTY TO HABITAT OR TO OTHERS, BUT WE'VE ALSO SEEN CITY-OWNED PROPERTY SOLD FOR STUDENT HOUSING COMPLEXES OR OTHER TYPES OF CONSTRUCTION.

WHEN THE CITY OWNS PROPERTY, THAT IS ONE TIME THAT WE MAY DICTATE WHAT WE WANT TO SEE ON THAT P.O.

-- PROPERTY.

I DON'T THINK WE'VE DONE A GOOD ENOUGH JOB IN REALLY GETTING CREATIVE ABOUT PLACING THAT PROPERTY EITHER IN THE LAND TRUST OR HAVING RFP FOR BUYERS WHO WILL BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

AND THERE'S A WIDE RANGE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING FROM PERMANENT SUPPORT FOR THOSE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS ALL THE WAY THROUGH JUST GENERAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR OUR WORK PORTION.

WE NEED TO TACKLE ALL OF THIS.

>> THANK YOU.

SAME QUESTION TO YOU, MICHAEL IBRAHIM.

>> WE NEED MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND I THINK THE WAY WE CAN GET THIS IS TO LOOK AT OTHER CITIES THAT HAD THE PROBLEM WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSES AND HOW THEY HAVE SOLVED IT.

SO LET'S SAY WE HAVE A DEVELOP ORER COMING IN AND THEY'RE PROPOSING TO BUILD MULTIMILLION DOLLAR COMMUNITY IN TALLAHASSEE.

WE HAVE TO CREATE A FUND IN WHICH THOSE DEVELOPERS WOULD PULL A PERCENTAGE OF PROPOSED AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THEY WILL USE IN ORDER TO BUILD AHA MULTIMILLION DOLLAR APARTMENT TO GO FORWARD AFFORDABLE HOUSES IN WHICH THE FUND CAN CREATE AND MAINTAIN AFFORDABLE HOUSES MANY WHICH IT WOULD HAVE LIMIT ON RENT, IT WILL HAVE A LOT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSES TO TAKE CARE OF THE FAMILIES THAT CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY $2,000 A MONTH MANY RENT.

IN RENT.

AND AND THAT FUND WILL BE MAINTAINED BY THE CITY, AND AND IT WILL -- IN ORDER FOR DEVELOPER TO COME INTO THE CITY TO DEVELOP, THEY HAVE TO PUT PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT FUNDS INTO THAT FUND FOR THAT TO BE USED TO BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> WHITFIELD LELAND III, WHAT SPECIFIC ACTIONS WOULD YOU PROPOSE TO ADDRESS AFFORDABLE HOUSING?

>> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO REALLY DEFINE WHAT WE AS A COMMUNITY CONSIDER AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BECAUSE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO SOME AIN'T AFFORDABLE TO OTHERS.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO CREATE INCENTIVE -- BUILDING INCENTIVES FOR BUILDERS ENCOURAGED TO BUILD HOMES FOR FAMILIES.

THAT'S A MORE MEANINGFUL CONTRIBUTION TO THE COMMUNITY.

APARTMENTS, HIGH-RISES, STUDENT HOUSING, I MEAN, THAT DOESN'T FIT THE RESIDENT CANS OF THIS COMMUNITY.

IF THE STUDENTS ARE ONLY HERE FOR FOUR YEARS.

SOME OF THEM LEAVE AND SOME OF THEM DON'T STAY.

BUT I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT BUILDING FOR FAMILIES AND NOT BUILDING UP AND MAKE A MORE -- MAKE IT MORE AFFORDABLE FOR PEOPLE TO OWN HOMES AND NOT JUST LIVE BY AFFORDABLE RENT.

>> THANK YOU.

WE'LL FINISH OFF THIS QUESTION WITH JOHN DAILEY.

>> I SIT AS A MEMBER OF THE CITY'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

I PAY ATTENTION TO THIS ISSUE DAY IN AND DAY OUT BECAUSE IT'S NEAR AND DEAR TO ME.

CITY OF TALLAHASSEE, IT IS ONE OF OUR TOP PRIORITIES, AND I'M PROUD TO TO SAY WE HAVE MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS IN THE PIPELINE RIGHT NOW THAN WE'VE HAD FOR THE PAST FOUR DECADES PUT TOGETHER.

BUT IT'S NOT ENOUGH.

WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO WORK, AND THAT'S WHY I STRONGLY SUPPORT IT IN THE INCLUSIONARY HOUSING ORDINANCE FOR THE CITY OF TALLAHASSEE, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE COUNTY JOINING US.

THAT IS WHY WE HAVE MADE STRIDES FOR LENIENCE CHANGES WHERE WE CAN CONVERT OLD APARTMENT COMPLEXES INTO STUDIO HOUSING.

THIS IS WHY WE HAVE INVESTED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS AND WHY THE BLUEPRINT VOTE IS SO IMPORTANT ON THE SOUTH SIDE.

WE INVEST IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.

WE INVEST IN PUBLIC UTILITIES.

WE INVEST IN THOSE THINGS THAT HELP SPUR GOOD, SOLID HOUSING FOR THE RESIDENTS OF TALLAHASSEE.

SO WE'VE GOT A GOOD START.

WE'RE MOVING FORWARD.

WE'RE GETTING CREATIVE WITH LAND USE, LAND TRUST, INCLUSIONARY HOUSING ORDINANCE, AND WE'RE PUTTING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO THE PROGRAMS.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> FOLKS, UNDER OUR CURRENT MAKEUP OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT HERE IN TALLAHASSEE, THE MAYOR HAS THE SAME POWERS SOCIAL HI AS ALL -- ESSENTIALLY AS ALL OTHER CITY COMMISSIONERS, BUT THE MAIN ROLE IS TO PERHAPS SERVE AS THE FACE OF TALLAHASSEE.

SO WHAT DO YOU THINK THE OUTSIDE PERCEPTION OFFAL HAS SEE IS RIGHT NOW?

MR. IBRAHIM, LET'S START WITH YOU.

>> WE CAN LOOK AT THE AMOUNT OF STUDENTS THAT COME IN TOWN AND LEAVE ARE AFTER GRADUATING, AND THAT WOULD TELL US WHAT THE OUTSIDE LOOK TOWARD OUR COMMUNITY IS.

MOST STUDENTS THAT COME TO FSU, THEY COME, SPEND FOUR YEARS AND LEAVE.

THEY COME TO FAMU, SPEND FOUR YEARS AND LEAVE.

AND THIS IS BECAUSE TALLAHASSEE DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF THINGS TO OFFER TO THE YOUNGER GENERATION.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO BUILD THIS TALLAHASSEE IS AN ACTUAL WATER PARK.

I THINK AS A CITY, AS A FLORIDIAN, AS A FLORIDA'S CAPITAL WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE BOESCH, AND IF THAT'S GEOGRAPHY --9 WITH THE BEACH.

WHY NOT HAVE A WATER PARK, AN INDOOR WATER BARK LIKE THE ONE IN GERMANY WHERE IT COULD BE A PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP TO BUILD IT, UNTIL BRING A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE TO THE CITY.

IT WILL ATTRACT MORE YOUNGER FOLK TO STAY IN THE CITY AND CREATE A LOT OF JOB OPPORTUNITIES IN THE CITY.

AND I THINK, I HOPE WHEN I GET ELECTED, THAT I CAN WORK WITH OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO BUILD THE WATER PARK IN TALLAHASSEE.

>> VERY GOOD, SIR.

MR. DAILY, YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT, SIR.

>> WELL, I CAN TELL YOU WHAT PEOPLE THINK OF TALLAHASSEE.

ONCE AGAIN WE WERE NAMED ONE OF THE TOP TEN CITIES IN THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES TO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY, NAMED ONE OF THE TOP TEN COLLEGE TOWNS IN THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES TO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY.

WE ARE THE NUMBER ONE PUBLIC UTILITY IN THE NATION.

LAST WEEK WE HAD THE DESIGNATION OF BEING NAMED ONE OF THE MOST EFFICIENT CITIES WITH OUR SERVICES AND BUDGET.

WE ARE MAKING GREAT STRIDES, AND WE'RE ENVIRONMENT ALLEYEDERS TO OUR PEERS AS WELL.

AND THAT IS WHY WE HAVE ONE OF THE STRONGEST, FASTEST GROWING ECONOMIES PER CAPITA IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, BECAUSE PEOPLE WANT TO INVEST IN TALLAHASSEE, THEY WANT TO LIVE IN TALLAHASSEE, AND THEY WANT TO BE HERE IN TALLAHASSEE TO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY.

I'M VERY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO EVEN IN SPITE OF THE CHALLENGES OF A 100-YEAR GLOBAL PANDEMIC.

HURRICANE SEASONS COME AND GO AND ALL THE OTHER CHALLENGES THAT WE FACED AS A COMMUNITY, WE ARE STILL NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE BEST.

>> THANK YOU, SIR.

MR. LELAND, YOUR THOUGHTS, PLEASE.

>> WELL, LET'S JUST BE HONEST, YOU KNOW, TALLAHASSEE, YOU KNOW, FOR THE RESIDENTS -- I DON'T KNOW BECAUSE, LIKE, I LOOK AT IT FROM THE INSIDE.

AND FROM THE INSIDE, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING ON AND ALL OUR LEADERS AND POLITICIANS AND NOW WE'RE SEEING ALL THESE INDICTMENTS COME OUT AND, YOU KNOW, CYCLES OF IN THE CURRENT CITY COMMISSION DON'T WANT TO MOVE ON ETHIC REVIEWS AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY BUILD TRANSPARENCY BACK INTO THE CITY'S TRUST, I MEAN, SO EVERYTHING THAT WE THE NUMBER ONE CITY, THIS, THAT, THAT LOOK GOOD AN CONCERN ON PAPER.

BUT WHEN YOU GET ON THE GROUND, IT LOOKS NOTHING LIKE THAT.

SO, I MEAN, THE MAIN JOB IS SUPPOSED TO BE TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS AND STRENGTHEN AND BRING EVERYBODY TOGETHER, NOT STIR CONFUSION.

>> THANK YOU, SIR.

WE CONCLUDE WITH MS. DOZIER.

>> THANK YOU.

THE CITY HAS ALWAYS BEEN GOOD AT APPLYING FOR AWARDS.

THE MAYOR CAN CITE ONE AFTER ANOTHER.

I DON'T THINK ANYONE'S FEELING IT.

THE PERCEPTION THAT I HEAR TIME AND AGAIN FROM OTHER LEADERS AROUND THE STATE, OTHER BUSINESSES AROUND THE STATE, THEY ARE BAFFLED.

WE LED THE WAY IN SETTING ASIDE A PORTION OF OUR SALES TAX REVENUE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND INSTEAD OF USING IT REALLY CREATIVELY, WE GIVE A MAJORITY OF IT AWAY TO DOAK CAMPBELL STADIUM FOR FOOTBALL.

EVERYBODY LOVES THEIR STADIUMS AROUND THE STATE, EVERYBODY LOVES FOOTBALL, BUT THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY BAFFLED THAT WE WOULD MAKE THAT CHOICE.

THEY SAY THAT WE ARE THE MOST DIFFICULT COMMUNITY IN THE STATE TO GET PERMITS AND TO BUILD SOMETHING.

IF YOU'VE BUILT IN OTHER PLACES, IT IS DIFFICULT HERE.

THERE IS A WAY TO HAVE EFFECTIVE, EFFICIENT PERMITTING BUT DO IT MORE EFFICIENTLY.

THE MAYOR'S ROLE IS TO BUILD CONSENSUS, IS TO BE A REEDER AND BRING PEOPLE -- LEADER AND BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER.

MAYOR DAILY HAS PROMISED THAT IN 2018, AND I DON'T THINK HE HAS DONE ENOUGH TO RESTORE TRUST IN THE COMMUNITY, AND PEOPLE ARE STILL QUESTIONING -- >> THANK YOU.

>> -- YES.

I'LL STOP THERE.

>> MAYOR DAILY, SHE INVOKING VOCKED YOUR -- INVOKED YOUR NAME.

>> AGAIN, WE'RE ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERS, WE'RE BUSINESS LEADERS, AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO BE VERY SUCCESSFUL WITH RECRUITMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

YOU NEED A MAYOR WHO'S GOING TO BE THE FACE OF TALLAHASSEE, THE VOICE OF TALLAHASSEE, WHO CAN BRING PEOPLE TO THE TABLE AND THAT WANT TO BE HERE.

AND I HAVE BEEN THAT MAYOR FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO BE THE MAYOR.

>> ALL RIGHT.

IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, WE ROUTINELY SEE 3-2 VOTES PARTICULARLY ON BIG ISSUES PERTAINING TO DEVELOPMENT AND ETHICS.

WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE POLITICAL DIVIDE BETWEEN WHAT IS OTHERWISE A PARTISAN-ALIGNTY COMMISSION?

-- ALIGNED CITY COMMISSION?

WE ARE STARTING WITH WHITFIELD LELAND III ON THIS.

>> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I DON'T THINK THAT THE CITY COMMISSION JOB AND THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION JOB IS TO DICTATE THE WAY THE CITY MOVE AND GROW.

I THINK THEY, IF WE LOOK AT SOME OF THESE 3-2 THE VOTES, THE 3-2 VOTES, THE CITY, COMMUNITY, EVERYBODY THERE WHEN I'M SITTING THIS, THE BIG DECISIONS THEY DIDN'T WANT THEM TO VOTE THAT WAY.

AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHEN YOU'RE NOT LISTENING TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE COMMUNITY, IT'S, T KIND OF HARD TO -- IT'S KIND OF HARD TO SAY THAT YOU SUPPORT COMMUNITY AND THAT YOU'RE DOING THE BEST THAT YOU CAN FOR THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT'S BEEN INITIATIVES THAT, YOU KNOW, THE -- HAVE BEEN -- [INAUDIBLE] SUPPORT IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY THAT THAT THEY HAVEN'T.

>> THANK YOU.

MAYOR DAILY, SAME QUESTION.

>> WELL, I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT VOTES, LOOK, YOU'RE GOING TO WIN SOME, YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE SOME IS.

LORD KNOWS I HAVE THROUGHOUT MY ENTIRE POLITICAL CAREER.

THAT'S HOW THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS WORKS.

GREAT THAT PEOPLE BRING THEIR STRONG FEELINGS AND PHILOSOPHIES TO THE TABLE.

I WILL SAY THERE ARE SOME PHILOSOPHICAL DIFFERENTS ON HOW WE MOVE -- DIFFERENCES ON HOW WE MOVE FORWARD AS A CITY ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO GROWTH.

SINCE 1990 WE HAVE ADDED 100,000 RESIDENTS TO TOAL HAS SIGH, YET THE URBAN SERVICES BOUNDARY HAS ONLY GROWN BY -- 3%.

WE'VE WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE CAN.

BUT IF WE DON'T HAVE A HARD CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW DO WE GROW SUSTAIN BY MOVING FORWARD FROM HERE, IT DOES WRING OUT THE FILL -- BRING OUT THE PHILOSOPHICAL DIFFERENCES.

>> THANK YOU.

KRISTIN DOZIER.

>> THANK YOU.

IN 12 YEARS I HAVE NEVER SEEN BLOCK VOTING THE WAY WE HAVE IN THE LAST FEW YEARS.

WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE MORE OFTEN THAN NOT ACCEPTING STAFF RECOMMENDATION, AND WE HAVE OTHERS WHO HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT IDEAS.

AND THERE IS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TENSION ON THE CITY COMMISSION.

I THINK WE CAN ALL SEE THAT, WE CAN ALL FEEL IT, AND IT'S HOLDING US BACK.

THE MAYOR'S ROLE IS TO BUILD CONSENSUS, TO KEEP THAT DIALOGUE OPEN EVEN WHEN WE DISAGREE.

THE REFERENCE TO GROWTH, WE HAVE GOTTEN INTO THIS BATTLE WHERE SOME PEOPLE PERCEIVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW WE GROW AS ANTI-GROWTH.

THAT'S JUST RIDICULOUS.

IF WE WANT TO GROW IN A VERY SMART WAY, WE NEED TO BE ASKING THE IMPACT, AND AND WE NEED TO BE TAKING ACTION.

>> THANK YOU.

MICHAEL IBRAHIM.

>> SO I THINK FOR POLITICAL GUIDE TO HAPPEN, THAT MEAN THAT THERE IS, THE LEADERSHIP IS NOT VERY STRONG.

FOR A BOAT TO HAVE MORE THAN ONE CAPTAIN THE, THE BOAT USUALLY DOESN'T GO ANYWHERE.

I THINK THE PROBLEM IS WE HAVE THAT THAT CAN DICTATE WHAT THE LEADERSHIP COULD DO.

OR EVERY TIME WE HAVE AD IDEA ON THE TABLE THAT WE HAVE THREE PEOPLE SAYING YES, WHO PEOPLE SAYING NO OR WE ALWAYS HAVE A, YOU KNOW, A STUB.

THAT'S BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A VERY STRONG LEADERSHIP WHERE PEOPLE WOULDALLY AROUND WHAT'S GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY.

>> THANK YOU.

MAYOR DAILY.

IT'S BEEN SAID THERE IS A CIVILITY PROBLEM IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS THAT JUST A BUZZWORD TO TARGET THOSE WHO WOULD QUESTION THE STATUS QUO, OR IS THERE AN ACTUAL ISSUE WITH THE DECORUM AMONG ELECTED OFFICIALS AND LEADERS?

45 SECONDS.

>> I RAN ON TRANSPARENCY AND CIVILITY K AND WE'VE CHANGED THE WAY WE'VE DONE BUSINESS IN CITY HALL.

COVID HAS HAD AN IMPACT ON POLITICS.

THE LAST PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION YEAR HAD AN IMPACT ON POLITICS.

IT DOES SEEM THINGS ARE A LITTLE NASTIER.

HECK, I CUT MY COLLEAGUE OFF AND HAD TO PUBLICLY APOLOGIZE.

WE'RE NOT PERFECT, I GET THAT.

BUT OVERALL, I DO THINK THERE'S A DIFFERENT APPROACH WHEN PEOPLE COME AND TESTIFY.

I START EVERY MEETING OFF REMINDING HEM OF OUR CIVILITY PLEDGE AND TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE SET THE RECORD AND SHOW WORLD HOW IT'S TO BE DONE.

AND I CONTINUE.

>> THANK YOU.

KRISTIN DOZIER.

>> I TAKE ISSUE WITH THAT.

I DON'T THINK WE HAVE SEEN ENOUGH CHANGE IN TRANSPARENCY AT CITY, AND CIVILITY HAS GOTTEN WORSE.

WE'VE HAD -- SEEN A LACK OF CIVILITY, BUT TO ME, IT'S NOT THE PUBLIC SPEAKERS.

YES, WE COULD SAY WE'VE BEEN THROUGH HARD TIMES, EVERYONE'S BEEN THROUGH HARD TIMES.

BUT THE PUBLIC SPEAKERS THAT I HEAR ARE REALLY SIMILAR TO THE LAST 12 YEARS.

THE DIFFERENCE IS WILLINGNESS TO LISTEN, THE WILLINGNESS TO FIND CON SEVEN US -- CONSENSUS, TO ADDRESS QUESTIONS EVEN WHEN THEY'RE DIFFICULT.

WHEN PEOPLE APPROACH CITY WITH CONCERNS, WITH SUGGESTIONS, THEY ARE OFTEN MET WITH THE STATEMENTS THAT EVERYTHING'S FINE, DON'T WORRY ABOUT THIS, AND THAT'S NOT THE RIGHT APPROACH.

>> THANK YOU.

MICHAEL IBRAHIM.

>> THE PROBLEM IS WHEN THE PUBLIC OFFICIALS BELIEVE THAT THEY KNOW BETTER THAN THE PUBLIC THAT THEY ARE HERE TO SERVE.

WE ARE HERE TO SERVE.

MAYOR IS HERE TO SERVE, AND SERVING COMES FROM LISTENING.

AND WE USUALLY DO NOT LISTEN TO THE PUBLIC, WE CANNOT SERVE WITH THE PUBLIC MEAN.

THIS IS A BIG PROBLEM WITH OUR LEADERSHIP.

THE LEADERSHIP DOESN'T LISTEN TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY, WHAT WOULD MAKE THE CITY A BETTER CITY.

AND UNDER ME I WILL LISTEN, I WILL HAVE AN OPEN DOOR POLICY.

YOU CANNOT LIVE WITHOUT LISTENING TO OTHERS, TO THE ADVICE THAT OTHERS CAN GIVE YOU.

AND THIS IS A PROBLEM, WE HAVE TO LISTEN TO OUR PEOPLE.

>> THANK YOU.

WHITFIELD LELAND III.

>> YES.

I THINK IT'S A BIG BE ISSUE EVEN IF, YOU KNOW, THE CIVILITY PLEDGE, IF YOU DON'T LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE, WHAT'S THE POINT OF THEM COMING TO A TALK TO YOU IF YOUR NOT GOING TO LISTEN TO THEM?

AND TRANSPARENCY'S AT ITS WORST.

HIKE, AT THE END OF THE DAY, TRUTH WILL GROW US.

IT'S THE LIES, THE SCAMS, THE SCHEMES THAT IS HOLDING US BACK.

AND WE NEED SOMEBODY THAT'S GOING TO BE KNOCKOUTAL IN ALL SITUATIONS AND AND PULL THIS COMMUNITY TOGETHER WHETHER THEY RICH, POOR, HOMELESS, SOUTH SIDE, NORTH SIDE CONCERN.

>> THANK YOU.

>> ALL RIGHTY.

WELL, LET'S GET INTO SOME ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT QUESTIONS, IF WE COULD HERE.

NUMEROUS NEIGHBORHOODS WITHIN TALLAHASSEE AND LEON COUNTY STRUGGLING WITH POVERTY.

WHAT ROLE SHOULD LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS AND DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES PLAY IN PROMOTING MORE EQUITABLE PROSPERITY, AND AND WHAT'S ONE SPECIFIC PLAN THAT EACH OF YOU WOULD IMPLEMENT TO MAKE MEANINGFUL POSITION IN THIS GENERATIONAL CHALLENGE?

YOU GET A MINUTE FOR THAT.

LET'S START WITH YOU, MS. DOZIER.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

S THIS IS A CRITICAL ISSUE, AND IT TIES TOGETHER AFFORDABLE HOUSING, POVERTY, A LOT OF THE THINGS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT TODAY.

IMPORTANTLY, WE HAD A PLAN TO DO THIS.

VOTERS APPROVED THE REFERENCE TUNNEL IN '14, WE SET ASIDE 12% OF OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUNDS TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

SOME PEOPLE SAID, OH, WE HAD PROGRAMS BEFORE, WE HAD INFRASTRUCTURE, THAT HELPS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

IT WASN'T GETTING THE JOB DONE, AND THAT'S WHY SO MANY OF US SUPPORTED THAT PLAN INCLUDING ALL OF TO OUR CHAMBERS.

THE DECISION TO GIVE AWAY $27 MILLION FOR IMPROVEMENTS AT DOAK HAS VASTLY DIMINISHED OUR ABILITY TO RECRUIT NEW BUSINESSES, TO SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES AND PARTICULARLY MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES.

I'M CURRENTLY CHAIR OF THE APALACHICOLA PLANNING COUNCIL.

WE HAVE A REVOLVING FUND.

WE'VE BROUGHT HOME 800,000 FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

THAT HAS SUPPORTED MANY MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES MT.

COMMUNITY.

THEY'RE GROWING JOBS, THEY'RE GROWING THEIR BUSINESSES RIGHT NOW, AND THESE ARE FOLKS WHO COULDN'T NECESSARILY QUALIFY FOR TRADITIONAL LOANS.

WE SHOULD COMORE OF THAT.

>> OKAY, THANK YOU.

MR. LELAND, YOUR TURN.

>> WELL, I THINK IF WE FOCUSED MORE ON LETTING THE CRA DO THE CRA JOB AS FAR AS -- THE CITY USE CRA FUNDING TO FUND NEIGHBORHOOD IF FIRST PLAN.

THOSE PLANS SHOULD BE FUNDED BY THE CITY, TO BE TOTALLY HONEST.

AND IF WE -- THESE AREAS ARE POVERTY STRIKE THEN BECAUSE THE PEOPLE IN THESE -- STRICKEN BECAUSE THE PEOPLE IN THESE COMMUNITIES GO TO THE CITY WITH BUSINESS PLANS, IDEAS AND CREATIVE IDEAS FOR THEIR COMMUNITY, AND THEY'RE MET WITH RESISTANCE BECAUSE IT DOESN'T MEET THEIR STANDARDS.

AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, IN THESE COMMUNITIES WE'VE GOT TO LET THE RESIDENTS OF THE COMMUNITY BUILD THEIR OWN COMMUNITY BECAUSE THAT'S HOW THEY'RE GOING TO SUSTAIN THEIR TO OWN ECONOMICAL GROWTH.

WE CAN'T PUT A HEN HOUSE AND TELL SOMEBODY THEY'RE DEALING WITH THE CHICKENS IF THEY AIN'T NEVER BEEN A FARMER.

SO WE GOT TO LET THEM BUILD THEIR COMMUNITY THE WAY THAT THEY SEE FIT, AND THE CITY DON'T DO THAT NOW.

>> THANK YOU, SIR.

MR. DAILY.

>> WE ARE INVESTING IN NEIGHBORS AND NEIGHBORHOODS.

ONE OF THE FIRST VOTE AS A MAYOR THAT I TOOK WAS TO APPROVE THE FUNDING FOR $6.5 MILLION FOR THE GREATER BOND NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.

THEN WE MOVED FORWARD AND WE APPROVED ANOTHER $6.2 MILLION FOR THE FRENCHTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD AND ASSOCIATION.

AND THEN WE WENT AHEAD AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF THE CITY PUT A LINE ITEM IN OUR BUDGET FOR THE GRIN HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.

-- GRIFFIN HEIGHTS.

I AM THE ONLY CANDIDATE WHO VOTED FOR THE GROCERY STORE IN GRIFFIN HEIGHTS, I AM THE ONLY CANDIDATE AHA VOTED IN FAVOR OF COVID RELIEF DOLLAR ARES FOR OUR BUSINESSES.

I AM THE ONLY CANDIDATE WHO VOTED FOR $2 THE 70 MILLION WORTH OF INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS ON SOUTH SIDE OF OF TALLAHASSEE.

THIS IS IMPROVING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.

THIS IS THE SIDEWALKS ON STUCKEY STREET, OUR STORM WATER SYSTEM THAT KEEPS OUR LAND CLEAN AND THE ENVIRONMENT SAFE.

AND I'M PROUD TO HAVE SUPPORTED ALL OF THESE EFFORTS.

AND I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN.

THE CITY IS MOVING FORWARD WITH INVESTING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND INVESTING IN OUR NEIGHBORS, AND I'M PROUD OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO.

>> THANK YOU, SIR.

MR. IBRAHIM.

>> I'M THE ONLY ONE WHO SPOKE ABOUT BUILDING A NEW PROJECT SO FAR.

I THINK BUILDING A PROJECT LIKE A WATER PARK WOULD BRING A LOT OF EMPLOYMENT, IT WILL BRING A LOT OF QUALITY OF LIFE TO THE RESIDENTS OF TALLAHASSEE, AND IT WILL BRING A LOT OF JOBS TO MAINTAIN THE WATER PARK.

ANOTHER THING IS WE AS A CITY HAVE TO MOVE FROM BEING JUST A COLLEGE TOWN TO AN ACTUAL MIDDLE-SIZED AMERICAN CITY.

>> -- TALLAHASSEE HAVE VERY FEW FACTORIES, IF ANY.

OUR INDUSTRY BASICALLY DEPENDS ON COLLEGE STUDENTS, AND WE HAVE TO DIVERSIFY.

WE CANNOT BE, LIKE, A COUNTRY THAT DEPENDS ON OIL EXPORT FOR ITS FUNDS.

THIS IS WHAT TALLAHASSEE AND AND WHAT FSU TO TALLAHASSEE IS.

FSU IS OUR OIL.

AND IF STUDENTS DO NOT COME INT, RESIDENTS STRUGGLE.

AND I THINK WE HAVE TO DIVERSIFY.

I THINK WE HAVE TO CREATE PROGRAMS THAT EACH THE YOUNGER GENERATION PLUMBING, CODING, THINGS THAT COULD BE USEFUL IF THE FUTURE.

>> OKAY, SIR.

WHILE WE'RE WITH YOU, MR. IBRAHIM, DO WE HAVE A GENTRIFICATION PROBLEM IN TALLAHASSEE AND IN 45 SECONDS IF YOU BELIEVE WE CO-- >> YES.

>> -- COULD YOU ANSWER ONE DAY YOU WOULD HELP TO FIX THAT MIGHT BE?

>> SO WE HAVE TO BE A MORE WALKABLE CITY, MORE BIKE-FRIENDLY CITY.

GOD BLESSED US WITH A LOT OF TREES, A LOT OF GREENERY, BUT WE'RE NOT USING IT TOWARD MAKING US MORE, YOU KNOW, A MORE WALKABLE CITY.

THERE IS A REASON WHY A LOT OF RESIDENTS IN TALLAHASSEE LIKE TO MOVE -- THAT'S BECAUSE OF HOW WALKABLE IT IS.

IT'S VERY WALKABLE.

YOU CAN BIKE, YOU CAN WALK, AND I THINK WE HAVE TO PROVIDE PLACES TO WHERE PEOPLE CAN BIKE SAFELY, YOU KNOW?

LIKE, WHILE I'M DRIVING AND AND I'M LOOKING AT THE BIKE LANE, IT'S -- I WOULD BE SCARED OF DRIVING THE BIKE IN SUCH A SMALL LANE WITH CARS COMING RIGHT BEHIND ME VERY FAST.

I THINK WE HAVE TO FOCUS ON THINGS THAT ARE HEALTHIER FOR OUR RESIDENTS, AND CARS ARE VERY IMPORTANT, BUT WE HAVE TO PROMOTORBIKE, WE HAVE TO PROMOT.

>> VERY GOOD.

MR. DAILY, PLEASE.

>> COULD YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION, PLEASE?

>> YES.

DO WE HAVE A GENTRIFICATION PROBLEM AND, IF SO, 45 SECONDS, WHAT WOULD YOU DO TO TURN THAT AROUND?

>> ONE OF THE FIRST ACTIONS THAT WE TALK ABOUT IN FRENCHTOWN ALONE WAS PUTTING A MOTHER MORATORIUM IN PLACE AGAINST THE STUDENT HOUSING COMPLEXES THAT WERE MAKING THEIR WAY INTO FRENCHTOWN AND MAKING SURE WE PRESERVED THE HERITAGE.

IT'S THE OLDEST CONTINUOUS AFRICAN-AMERICAN NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA.

WE'VE ALSO GOTTEN REALLY CREATIVE WITH OUR LAND USE POLICIES, SPECIFICALLY WITH INCLUSIONARY HOUSING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ALL OVER THE CITY OF TALLAHASSEE AND NOT CONCENTRATE IT ALL IN SPECIFIC AREAS.

YES, WE CONSTANTLY WORK AT NEW AND CREATIVE WAYS TO RETOOL OUR MASS TRANSIT SYSTEM, AND WE'RE LEADERS MANY THAT REALM AS WELL.

WE ARE THE ONLY COMMUNITY IN THE UNITED STATES THAT RUNS A 100% ELECTRIC BUS FLEET ON FLORIDA STATE'S CAMPUS, AND WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT AND THE RECHARGING STATIONS WE HAVE AS WELL.

>> OKAY.

WHITFIELD LELAND III.

YOUR THOUGHTS, SIR.

>> FIRST OF ALL, AT THE END OF THE DAY, HE JUST SAID WE SPENT $6.5 MILLION IN BOND, BUT THEY MADE THAT A 6.5 MILLION, THEY MADE THEM PAY FOR -- [INAUDIBLE] THE 6.2 MILLION THEY SPENT, THEY GAVE FRENCHTOWN, THE RESIDENTS ASKED THAT I BE ON THE REVIEWING COMMITTEE.

THE CITY TOLD THEM NOW.

SO THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY.

THE THINGS THAT THE RESIDENTS WANT, THE CITY DICTATES AND CONTROLS.

AND, YES, THERE'S A GENTRIFICATION PROBLEM, AND THE ONLY WAY WE'RE GOING TO STOP IT IS IF WE STOP KISS PLACING PEOPLE.

DISPLACING PEOPLE.

BACK A LONG TIME AGO 4TH AVENUE PARK, FRENCHTOWN, PRIME EXAMPLE.

AND HE SAID THEY PUT A MOTHER E TORE YUM SO STUDENT HOUSING CAN'T COME HERE.

STUDENT HOUSING CAN GO NOWHERE UNLESS THEY VOTE FOR THEM TO GO THERE.

>> OKAY, THANK YOU, SIR.

AND KRISTIN DOZIER.

>> THANK YOU.

I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF CREATIVE APPROACHES THAT WE COULD TAKE WITH OUR ZONING AND OUR LAND USE.

WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AT A RECENT COMP PLAN MEETING IN LOOKING AT CHANGES IN GRIFFIN HEIGHTS, IN FRENCHTOWN, IN OTHER PLACES TO PREVENT ADDITIONAL STUDENT HOUSING.

SO I THINK THE CITY HAS TAKEN A SMALL STEP.

WE COULD TO A LOT MORE.

I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED BY THE STATEMENTS ABOUT THE INCLUSIONARY HOUSING POLICY.

CITY AND COUNTY COMMISSION BOTH DIRECTED OUR STAFF TO REDO THAT POLICY.

WE EXPECT A NEW ONE TO COME BACK NEXT BRING BECAUSE THE COUNTY'S HAS NOT WORKED AT ALL, AND THE CITY'S, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, HAS ONLY BEEN USED BY ONE OR TWO ADOPTERS, AND IT HAS NOT WORKED.

SO WE ARE IN PROGRESS TO IMPROVE THAT POLICY, BUT IT'S NOT WORKING RIGHT NOW, AND WE CAN DO A LOT MORE.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> OKAY.

SO LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT BLUE PRINT.

WHITFIELD LELAND III, THIS IS COMING TO YOU FIRST.

1% OF THE BLUEPRINT -- 12 OF THE BLUEPRINT FUNDS ARE TO BE SPENT FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROMPTS HAVING A GENERAL PUBLIC PURPOSE OF IMPROVING LOCAL ECONOMIES.

WHAT WAS YOUR POSITION ON THE RECENT ALLOCATION OF 27 MILLION TO REMEMBER VASE DOAK CAMPBELL STADIUM FROM THE BLUEPRINT MONEY REQUIRED TO BE SPENT?

IF PLEASE EXPLAIN YOUR ANSWER.

YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.

>> WELL, I'M GOING TO BE HONEST, AND I SAID THIS IN THE MEETING.

I DON'T FEEL LIKE, I DON'T FEEL LIKE WE AS A CITY SHOULD HAVE SAID NO TO DOAK, BUT I FEEL LIKE THE MONEY SHOULD HAVE COME FROM ARE SOMEWHERE ELSE.

THAT POT OF MONEY IS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PEOPLE MT.

AREAS THAT IT'S THE SUPPOSED TO FUND, TO ME, IT'S GOING TO BUST SINCE THEY BROUGHT IT MANY THREE YEARS.

LIKE, IT REALLY HAVEN'T DONE WHAT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE DONE.

IF THAT'S FOR THE LACK OF OVERSIGHT OR THE LACK OF IDEAS OF PEOPLE AT TABLE.

BUT I WOULD HAVE VOTED NO.

AND WE WOULD HAVE FIGURED OUT ANOTHER WAY TO GET DOAK CAMPBELL SOME HELP -- [INAUDIBLE] >> THANK YOU.

JOHN DAILEY, SAME QUESTION TO YOU.

>> I SPORTED THE INVEST -- SUPPORTED THE INVESTMENT IN ALL THREE STADIUMS.

IN AN ARTICLE THAT WAS JUST PUBLISHED LAST WEEK IN THE TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT, IT NOTED THAT WE ARE ABOUT TO BREAK RECORDS OF TOURISM HERE MANY TALLAHASSEE AND THAT A 1 OUT OF EVERY 5 PEOPLE THAT COME TO TO TALLAHASSEE IS COLLEGIATE SPORTS-RELATED.

AND, IN FACT, COLLEGIATE FOOTBALL IS THE NUMBER ONE DRIVER OF A BILLION DOLLAR TOURISM INDUSTRY HERE.

THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT'S ABOUT $80 MILLION ANNUALLY, AND SO I THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD INVESTMENT.

WE'RE CREATING JOBS AND WE'RE SUSTAINING JOBS OF LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT ARE HERE THAT DO BENEFIT OFF OF GAME WEEKENDS WHEN PEOPLE COME TO TOWN.

AND SO WE ARE A COLLEGE TOWN, IT IS THE NUMBER ONE DRIVER OF OUR ECONOMY.

FINISH FOR THE TOURISM INDUSTRY.

AND SO I THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT INVESTMENT.

NOW, HAVING SAID THAT, THERE'S THIS DEBATE ABOUT WE'RE DRAINING THE BUDGET FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DOLLARS, AND, NUMBER ONE, THAT IS FALSE.

THERE IS OVER $12 MILLION STILL LEFT IN THAT FUND, ABOUT 3.5 MILLION THAT THAT THAT'S END ENCUMBERED.

BY THE CITY HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN RECRUITING WITHOUT THOSE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DOLLARS NEEDED.

>> THANK YOU.

KRISTIN DOZIER.

>> I THINK MOST PEOPLE KNOW THAT I VOTED AGAINST THIS FUNDING, AND I LED THE EFFORT -- AND I'M PROUD OF THAT -- TO RETAIN FUNDING AND KEEP OUR PROMISES TO THE PEOPLE OF TALLAHASSEE TO USE IT FOR JOB CREATION, TO SUPPORT THE LOCAL BUSINESSES, ENTREPRENEURS AND TO RECRUIT NEW BUSINESSES.

THE NUMBERS THAT WERE QUOTED, 80 MILLION ANNUAL IMPACT OF A FOOTBALL SEASON, THAT'S WHAT WE HAD IN 2019.

IF THE INVEST IFMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY, $27 MILLION, IS NOT GOING TO INCREASE THE RETURN A WE GET FROM A FOOTBALL SEASON FOR THE TOURISM DOLLARS.

THE COUNTY YEARS AGO PUT IN ABOUT 1.5 MILLION, IT'S A LITTLE MORE, TO A CROSS COUNTRY TRACK.

THAT ATTRACTS INCREDIBLE NUMBER OF PEOPLE TO OUR COMMUNITY.

THERE'S A LOT WE CAN DO ON TOURISM.

IT'S A GOOD ENGINE, BUT WE SHOULD NOT PUT ALL OF OUR EGGS IN ONE BASKET.

IMPORTANTLY, THE $27 MILLION AND 7 OF THAT, 6.5, WAS DEBT SERVICE.

WE HAD TO BORROW THIS MONEY.

YES, WE HAVE ABOUT $3 MILLION LEFT, BUT IF WE THINK ABOUT THAT IN COMPARISON TO THE 22 MILLION WE ALLOCATED IN THE FIRST TWO WHO YEARS, OVER,000 -- 3,000 JOBS, WE KNOW HOW MUCH WE LOST -- >> THANK YOU.

>> -- AND THIS WAS A BAD DECISION.

>> MICHAEL IBRAHIM, WE'LL FINISH IT OFF WITH YOU.

>> SO $1 MILLION IS A LOT OF MONEY.

IN MY LIFE I'VE SOLD MERCHANDISE WORTH MORE THAN $1 MILLION.

I REALIZE HOW HARD IT IS TO GET JUST $1 MILLION IN SALES LET ALONE $27 MILLION.

THE PROBLEM IS WE ARE INVESTING MANY FSU, WHICH IS GREAT.

FSU IS A GREAT UNIVERSITY, AND WE SHOULD MAINTAIN FSU.

BUT $27 MILLION INVESTED IN A STADIUM VERSUS INVESTED IN OTHER PLACES THAT WOULD HELP BENEFIT MORE RESIDENTS IN TALLAHASSEE WAS A BAD IDEA.

GOD FORBID WHAT HAPPENED IF ANOTHER PANDEMIC COME AROUND AND WE CANNOT HAVE FOOTBALL FOR TWO YEARS.

WE JUST WASTED $27 MILLION.

SO, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE DOUBLING DOWN ON JUST ONE INDUSTRY, ONE SECTOR WHICH IS FSU, WE ARE IGNORING EVERYTHING ELSE.

AND WHAT HAPPENS IF THAT SECTOR THE, GOD FORBID, GOES DOWN?

WE JUST WASTED $27 MILLION.

>> THANK YOU.

WHITFIELD LELAND III, WHAT WAS YOUR POSITION ON THE RECENT ALLOCATION OF 27 MILLION FOR DOAK CAMPBELL STADIUM IN -- STADIUMSOME.

>> WELL, I WOULDN'T HAVE, I WOULDN'T HAVE VOTE FOR 'EM LIKE I SAID EARLIER.

I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN THE MONEY FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE.

BECAUSE IT'S CLEAR THAT THE CITY, EVEN THE RESIDENT CANS, LIKE, THEY WERE OUT MANY NUMBER.

AND CITY COMMISSIONERS THAT VOTED FOR IT, THEY DIDN'T HEAR IT.

AND THEN YOU HAVE ONE RESCIND, BUT WHAT DIFFERENCE DID IT MAKE?

I WOULD HAVE NOTED NO IN THE BLUE PRINT, BUT I WOULD HAVE ENCOURAGED MY COLLEAGUES TO LET'S FIND THIS MONEY SOMEWHERE ELSE IN OUR BUDGET OR WHEREVER BECAUSE DOAK CAMPBELL, FLORIDA STATE, TCC, YOU KNOW, PANEL U, THEY ARE A VITAL PART OF THIS -- FAMU.

THEY ARE A VITAL PART OF THIS COMMUNITY.

I'VE BEEN HERE ALL MY LIFER SO, I MEAN, YEAH.

>> THANK YOU.

JOHN DAILEY AND KRISTIN DOZIER, BOTH OF YOU SERVED ON THE BLUEPRINT BOARD.

DO YOU HAVE ANY REGRETS ON HOW THIS ALL PLAYED OUT?

30 SECONDS AND WE'LL START WITH YOU, KRISTIN.

>> I THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY I DO HAVE REGRETS ABOUT IT PLAYING OUT.

WE FOUGHT HARD UNTIL THE VERY END.

SOME KEEP TRYING TO TO TALK ABOUT NOT SUPPORTING THE BUDGET AND THE SOUTH SIDE PROJECTS AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT.

THIS WAS SUCH A SIGNIFICANT ISSUE.

I THAT HAD SUPPORTED ALL OF THOSE PROJECTS THAT WERE IN THE BUDGET IN SEPTEMBER, BUT I TOOK THE EXTRAORDINARY STEP TO TO VOTE EXISTENCE THE BUDGET BECAUSE OF DOAK.

-- AGAINST THE BUDGET BECAUSE OF DOAK.

BECAUSE AT THAT TIME WE DID NOT HAVE ALL OF THE INFORMATION.

WE DID NOT HEAR FROM ALL THE PUBLIC -- >> THANK YOU.

>> -- AND WE HAD TO CONTINUE IT.

SO, YES, I REGRET THAT CHOICE.

>> THANK YOU.

WE'LL LET YOU HAVE THE FINAL WORD ON THIS ISSUE.

JOHN DAILEY, DO YOU HAVE ANY REGRETS HOW THIS PLAYED OUT?

>> I REGRET THAT IT'S BECOME POLITICAL FODDER DURING THE ELECTION SEASON.

WE TOOK FIVE VOTES ON THIS SEASON.

IT WASN'T A BIG DEAL UNTIL ABOUT THE THIRD AND THE FOURTH VOTE.

IT IS ELECTION SEASON AND I UNDERSTAND THAT.

BUT, LOOK, WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO BE UPSET OR DISAPPOINT OR HAPPY DEPENDING ON WHERE WE ARE IN CONCERN AND THIS IS DEMOCRATIC PROCESS.

A MAJORITY OF THE BOARD MOVED TO VOTE IT FORWARD, SO THOSE WHO WERE NOT IN SUPPORT OF IT ARE GOING TO BE DISAPPOINTED.

>> THANK YOU.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WE'RE CHANGING UP THE SPEED A LITTLE BIT HERE.

WE'RE DOING OUR LIGHTNING ROUND.

MOST OF THESE QUESTIONS ARE GOING TO BE A YES OR NO TYPE QUESTION.

LOOKING FOR A ANSWER TO THAT REGARD AND A SENTENCINGS OF EXPLAINER.

JUST A SENTENCE.

[LAUGHTER] YOU CAN ADD AN AND, ADD A BECAUSE, BUT DON'T MAKE IT A RUN-ON SENTENCE.

THERE'S TEACHERS WATCHING.

WE WILL BEGIN WITH YOU AT THE TOP OF THE ORDER, JOHN DAILEY.

HOW MANY CITY COMMISSION MEETINGS HAVE YOU ATTENDED AND HOW MANY HAVE YOU SPOKEN -- YOU KNOW WHAT IS?

I THINK I'M GOING TO SKIP YOU TWO TWO -- >> PAIR ENOUGH.

>> BECAUSE I'M A HEARED YOU SPEAK.

MICHAEL IBRAHIM, HOW MANY CITY COMMISSION MEETINGS HAVE YOU ATTENDED AND SPOKEN AT?

>> ZERO AND ZERO.

I AM ALWAYS BUSY ON ON MY BUSINESS.

IT'S THE VERY HARD BEING A BUSINESS OTHER THAN, SMALL BUSINESS OTHER THAN IN TALLAHASSEE.

>> OKAY.

THANK YOU.

WHITFIELD LELAND III.

>> MORE TIMES THAN I CAN REMEMBER.

>> ON WHAT TOPICS?

>> AFFORDABLE HOUSING, CRA, POLICING -- >> OKAY.

>> PRETTY MUCH -- >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

KRISTIN DOZIER, WHAT DOES THE WORD PROGRESS FOR TALLAHASSEE MEAN TO YOU?

>> PROGRESS MEANS MAKING A SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY, A SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY THAT BENEFITS EVERYONE NOT JUST ONE PART OF THE COMMUNITY, NOT JUST SOME TYPES OF BUSINESSES -- >> THANK YOU.

>> -- BUT REALLY MOVING US FORWARD.

>> MICHAEL IBRAHIM.

>> ELIMINATING HOMELESS,, HIGHER PAYING JOBS AND OPENING UP MORE SECTORS IN TALLAHASSEE.

>> THANK YOU.

WHITFIELD LELAND III.

>> COLLABORATION WITH OUR LOCAL PARTNERS, NONPROFITS AND THE RESIDENTS OF THIS COMMUNITY.

>> JOHN DAILEY.

>> JOBS AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL.

>> WHAT IS ONE PLEDGE YOU WOULD MAKE TO VOTERS RIGHT NOW THAT YOU WILL ACCOMPLISH IF ELECTED?

MICHAEL IBRAHIM.

>> I WILL BUILD THE WATER PARK IN TALLAHASSEE.

[LAUGHTER] >> THANK YOU.

WHITFIELD LELAND III.

>> WE WILL HAVE A REVIEW OF THE ETHICS POR RUM.

>> THANK YOU.

MAYOR DAILY.

>> I AM PUSHING HARD FOR A FULL CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION.

>> THANK YOU -- WITH THE GOAL OF?

>> A FULL CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION, HAVE IT SEATED AND OPERATES.

>> OKAY.

CHRISEN DOZIER.

>> WE NEED A FULL PERFORMANCE REVIEW OF THE CITY BUDGET AND THE DEPARTMENTS AND TO IMPROVE TRANSPARENCY AND RESPONSIVENESS TO THE COMMUNITY.

>> THANK YOU.

WHAT'S YOUR ADVICE TO THE CSC AS IT WEIGHS WHETHER TO INCREASE ITS MILLAGE RATE AND PROPERTY TAXES?

WHITFIELD LELAND III.

>> WELL, I ASKED NOT TO.

I ASKED THEM NOT TO DO IT.

I THINK WE'RE GOOD WHERE WE'RE AT.

>> A THANK YOU.

MAYOR DAILY.

>> A AS A STRONG SUPPORTER, FOLLOW YOUR HEART, DO YOUR HOMEWORK, LISTEN TO EVERYONE AND COLLABORATOR.

>> KRISTIN DOZIER.

>> I AM A STRONG SUPPORTER OF THE CSC, BUT WE ARE IN THE VERY FIRST, EARLY PHASES OF THIS, AND I THINK IT MAY BE PREMATURE TO RAISE ANY TAXES RIGHT NOW GIVEN THE ECONOMY -- >> THANK YOU.

>> -- AND WE NEED TO LEARN MORE.

>> MICHAEL IBRAHIM.

>> IT WOULD NOT BE RIGHT RAISING TAXES WHEN GAS IS ALMOST $5 A GALLON.

>> ALL RIGHT.

HAVE YOU RECEIVEDDED ANY BUNDLED CONTRIBUTIONS FROM CORPORATIONS OR RELATED INDIVIDUALS?

JOHN DAILY.

>> YES.

>> KRISTIN DOZIER.

>> NO.

>> MICHAEL EVEN IBRAHIM.

>> NO.

>> WHITFIELD LELAND III.

>> NO.

>> UNDER ANY LIMITS TO WHO YOU WILL ACCEPT CAMPAIGN LIMITS FROM?

KRISTIN DOZIER.

>> I'M SURE THERE ARE GROUPS THAT I WOULD NOT EXPECT -- OR ACCEPT CONTRIBUTIONS FROM.

THAT HAS NOT BEEN AN ISSUE, AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, WILLIAM, THAT THAT I ANSWERED YOUR LAST QUESTION.

YOU MEANT IN THE 2018 RACE, CELL PHONE CORRECT?

>> SURE.

>> OKAY.

>> [INAUDIBLE] >> IN 2010 THINGS WERE DIFFERENT N. 2014.

BUT IN THIS CYCLE, IN THIS CASE IN -- RACE IN 2018 FOR MAYOR, THE ANSWER IS NO.

>> OKAY, THANK YOU.

WHAT IS -- HAS EVERYONE ANSWERED THAT QUESTION?

I THINK SO.

WHAT IS THE -- OH.

NO, NEVER MIND.

LIMITS ON WHO WILL ACCEPT CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS, MICHAEL IBRAHIM.

>> DEFINITELY GROUPS THAT I DO NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THEM SUPPORTING ME, I WOULD NOT ACCEPT DONATION FROM THEM.

>> OKAY.

WHITFIELD LELAND III.

>> NO SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS, NO LOBBYISTS, NO CORRUPT PEOPLE.

[LAUGHTER] >> JOHN DAILEY.

>> I WOULD ACCEPT ALL LEGAL CONTRIBUTIONS IF FROM INDIVIDUALS AND ENTITIES THAT BELIEVE IN MY VISION AND HAVE SAME SHARED GOALS.

>> OKAY.

THANK YOU.

MICHAEL IBRAHIM, WHAT IS THE BIGGEST INVESTMENT THAT NEEDS TO BE MADE IN THE SOUTH SIDE?

>> BRINGING IN DIFFERENT SECTORS OF TECHNOLOGY, SO FSU AND FAMU BRING UP A LOT OF BRAIN POWER IN TALLAHASSEE.

>> OKAY, THANK YOU.

>> AND I BELIEVE IF WE CAN COPY WHAT SILICON VALLEY HAVE DONE -- >> OKAY, ALL RIGHT.

KEEPING THINGS MOVING -- >> [INAUDIBLE] >> WHITFIELD LELAND.

>> INFRASTRUCTURE.

>> INFRASTRUCTURE, OKAYFUL JOHN DAILEY.

>> INFRASTRUCTURE AND HOUSING.

>> KRISTIN DOZIER.

>> THE BLUEPRINT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, WHICH I DID SUPPORT, BUT IMPORTANTLY SIDEWALKS, STREET LIGHTING, OTHER IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOODS THEMSELVES.

>> OKAY.

WHITFIELD LELAND, ASIDE FROM FAMILY, WHO DO YOU VIEW AS YOUR LOCAL MENTOR IN LIFE AND IN PURSUING THIS IS THE SEAT?

NOTE THE ASIDE FROM FAMILY.

WHITFIELD LELAND.

>> A COUPLE PEOPLE -- KENNY BARBER, A COUPLE PEOPLE OUT THERE.

>> OKAY, THANK YOU.

JOHN DAILEY.

>> I HAVE MANY PEOPLE WHO I DEPEND UPON WHO I SEE AS MENTORS, MIKE SITTIC TRULY UNDERSTANDS MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT.

>> KRISTIN DOZIER.

>> I'VE HEARD YOU WITH ASK THIS QUESTION REPEATEDLY X THERE'S TOO MANY TO COUNT.

I LEARN FROM FROM EVERYONE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

MICHAEL IBRAHIM.

>> WHO IS A MENTOR.

I THINK -- CAN IT BE, YOU KNOW, A PREVIOUS PERSON OR CONCERN.

>> SURE.

>> I THINK MARTIN LUTHER KING, THAT'S A MENTOR FOR ME.

>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

THE CITY MANAGER SERVES AT THE PLEASURE OF THE CITY COMMISSION.

WHAT LETTER GRADE WOULD YOU GIVE TO REESE BODE THIS YEAR AND WHY?

JOHN DAILEY.

>> A.

>> KRISTIN DOZIER.

>> I'M GOING TO SAY A C+.

THE REASON WHY, I HAVE NOT SEEN ENOUGH CHANGE AT CITY HALL WITH RANK PARENT CITY, WITH RESPONSIVENESS TO THE COMMUNITY, AND WE CONTINUE TO SEE CONFLICTS ARISING INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY.

>> THANK YOU.

MICHAEL IBRAHIM.

>> D. >> EXPLANATION?

>> WE HAVE WITH TWO MAYORS THAT HAVE BEEN INDICTED.

>> OKAY.

WHITFIELD LELAND.

>> I'M GOING TO HAVE TO GIVE HIM A C, AND, YEAH, I'LL LEAVE IT LIKE THAT.

>> OKAY.

KRISTIN DOZIER, NAME ONE SPECIFIC THING THE CITY IS NOT SPENDING ENOUGH MONEY ON AND ONE THING THE CITY IS SPENDING TOO MUCH MONEY ON.

>> I'M GOING TO TAKE IT IN REVERSE.

THE TOO MUCH MONEY, I'M NOT SURE WE KNOW WHERE THERE'S TOO MUCH MONEY BEING SPENT.

WE NEED A GOOD ANALYSIS OF OUR PROCESS, OF THE EFFICIENCY BETWEEN DEPARTMENTS.

SOMETHING -- DO YOU WANT ME TO ANSWER THE SECOND PART?

>> SURE.

VERY QUICKLY.

>> NOT INVESTING ENOUGH MONEY IS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, IN THE SOUTH SIDE, IMPROVING THE INFRASTRUCTURE.

-OFF GOTTEN A GOOD -- THEY'VE GOTTEN A GOOD START, WE NEED TO DO MORE.

>> MICHAEL IBRAHIM.

>> WE'RE NOT SPENDING ENOUGH MONEY ON INFRASTRUCTURE, ON SALARIES FOR POLICE OFFICERS.

AND I THINK WE ARE SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY ON PROJECTS THAT RETAIN TO ONLY ONE INSTITUTION.

>> THANK YOU.

WHITFIELD LELAND.

>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE SPENDING TOO MUCH MONEY ON BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T SEE BUDGETS.

IT AIN'T BROKE DOWN LIKE THAT.

BUT WHAT WE'RE NOT SPENDING ENOUGH MONEY ON IS TRULY ADDRESSING POVERTY.

>> THANK YOU.

JOHN DAILEY.

>> I CAN HONESTLY SAY THAT WE COULD PROBABLY SPEND IF MORE MONEY ON JUST ABOUT EVERY ASPECT OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT, AND WE WORK REALLY HARD EVERY YEAR TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WE STREAMLINE OUR BUDGET PROCESS AND THAT WE'RE NOT OVERFUNDING PROJECTS.

ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE WERE JUST NAMED ONE OF THE MOST EFFICIENT CITIES BETWEEN OUR BUDGET AND SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE IN THE UNITED STATES.

>> THANK YOU.

WHAT IS -- LAST QUESTION OF THE LIGHTNING ROUND -- WHAT IS THE SINGLE BIGGEST THING YOU'VE CONE IN THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE THE CITY A BETTER PLACE TO TO LIVE?

THE SINGLE BIGGEST THING.

MICHAEL IBRAHIM.

>> I TRIED MY VERY BEST TO HAVE VERY AFFORDABLE TIRES FOR EVERYONE AHA NEED TO BUY TIRES.

>> THANK YOU.

WHIT FEEL LELAND III.

-- WHITFIELD -- >> SAY IT AGAIN?

>> THE SINGLE BIGGEST THING YOU'VE TO CONE IN THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE THE CITY A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE.

>> BEING AN ASSET TO THE COMMUNITY AND RESOURCE.

>> THANK YOU.

MAYOR JOHN DAILEY.

>> BEING THE JOBS MAYOR AND PASSING THE STRONGEST ETHICS REFORM PACKAGE IN THE 198-YEAR HISTORY OF THE CITY.

>> THANK YOU.

KRISTIN DOZIER.

>> COLLABORATING WITH EVERYONE AND, FINALLY, LEADING WAY TO RESTRUCTURE INNOVATION PARK WHICH WILL OPEN UP NEW JOBS AND NEW OPPORTUNITIES AND AND HAS BROUGHT HOME MORE THAN $12 MILLION INTO OUR COMMUNITY AND WILL CONTINUE TO COMPOUND THAT INVESTMENT AND CREATE NEW JOBS IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

>> THANK YOU.

YOU ALL MADE IT.

>> ALL RIGHT, YES!

GOOD JOB.

LET'S REVISIT A SOMEWHAT STICKY ISSUE THAT WE KIND OF TALKED A LITTLE BIT BEFORE, BUT WE CAN KRILL DOWN A LITTLE BIT DEEPER HERE.

PLEASE TALK ABOUT WHETHER THE CITY'S CURRENT ETHICS CODE IS ADEQUATE ESPECIALLY REGARDING SUCH THINGS AS LOBBYIST REGULATION AND ALSO WHETHER YOU SUPPORT THE INDEPENDENT ETHICS BOARD HAVING JURISDICTION OVER BOARD MEMBERS AND STAFF OF THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT ISSUE AGENCY KNOWN AS THE CRA BOARD ALONG WITH THE BLUEPRINT INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGENCY.

A LOT OF STUFF THERE, AND LET'S BOIL IT DOWN TO ONE MINUTE EACH.

MR. LELAND, IF WE COULD START WITH YOU, PLEASE, SIR.

>> OKAY.

I DO AGREE WITH OVERSIGHT.

I DO AGREE THAT WE NEED A STRONG REFORM IN ETHICS.

WHAT THE MAYOR SAID HE DID, THAT'S ONLY A SMALL PIECE OF IT IF YOU'RE STILL HAVING TRANSPARENT ISSUES AND YOU'RE STILL HAVING KISS TRUST WITH THE COMMUNITY.

SO I THINK THAT -- DISTRUST WITH THE COMMUNITY.

I THINK WE NEED TO SEPARATE THE TWO, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COME DOWN TO THE CRA.

I DON'T THINK THAT -- I THINK THEY NEED MORE OVERSIGHT OTHER THAN THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OR THE CITY ATTORNEY.

SO, YEAH, I DO THINK WE NEED TO MAKE IT WHETHER THEY OPERATE WITHIN THE GOVERNMENT, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, OPERATE WITHIN THE SUNSHINE AND HAVE AN OUTSIDE, LIKE, ETHICS BOARD BE GOVERN -- YES, I DO AGREE.

>> OKAY.

MR. IBRAHIM.

>> SO, YES, WE DO NEED TO HAVE MORE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE DECISION MAKING.

WE NEED PEOPLE TO DECIDE WHETHER TO SPEND $27 MILLION ON A PROJECT.

IF THOSE FIVE PEOPLE ARE COMMISSIONERS, I THINK WE SHOULD BRING MORE PEOPLE TO THE TABLE, HAVE DISCUSSIONS BECAUSE MONEY IS GOING TO BE HARDER TO COME BY, AND WE SHOULD BE VERY RESOURCEFUL WITH THE RESOURCES WE HAVE.

>> OKAY.

KRISTIN DOZIER.

>> WE TOOK SOME STEPS AND IMPROVED THE ETHICS CODE, AND IT IS PRETTY STRONG MANY BOTH THE CITY AND WE'VE ALSO DONE THAT AT COUNTY.

THAT IS GOOD.

BUT THE ETHICS BOARD AND THE CONVERSATIONS AT CITY COMMISSION HAS BEEN PLAGUED BIRDIES AGREEMENTS AND BY JUST A LOT OF CONFLICT FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS, AND WE NEED TO GET QOND THAT.

I THINK THERE WERE GOOD RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE BOARD AND FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY, AND THAT STOPPED BECAUSE THEY WERE TOLD WE WOULD BE OUT OF STEP WITH BLUEPRINT AND THE CRA.

WELL, THAT'S PRETTY EASY TO CHANGE.

GO CHANGE -- INTRODUCE A MOTION AND BLUEPRINT AND CHANGE THAT DEFINITION.

WE COULD TAKE THOSE STEPS.

IT JUST STOPS ON THAT CONFLICT, AND WE'RE NOT MOVING FORWARD.

THE LAST THING I'M GOING TO SAY IS THAT THIS IS MORE THAN JUST ETHICS RULES.

THAT'S GOOD TO KEEP US IN LINE LINE AND GOOD WHEN SOMEBODY GETS OUT OF LINE, BUT NEED TO LOOK AT THE TRANSPARENCY AND WHAT HAPPENS WITHIN CITY HALL TO PREVENT PEOPLE FROM TAKING THESE ACTIONS IN THE FIRST PLACE.

>> OKAY, THANK YOU.

JOHN DAILEY.

>> AS CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR FOUR YEARS AGO, I STOOD BEFORE THE PUBLIC MANY TALLAHASSEE AND CAMPAIGNED ON ETHNICS REFORM, AND I GIVED ON MY -- DELIVERED ON MY WORD.

ONE OF THE STRONGEST ETHICS REFORM PACKAGES MT.

STATE OF FLORIDA.

IN FACT, WE HAVE OTHER CITIES CALLING US ASKING US HOW WE DID IT K. AND JUST NOW THE STATE LEGISLATURE PASSED A BILL THAT MIRRORED WHAT WE PASSED WITH FULL FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE.

I'M VERY PROUD OF THAT.

NOW, ARE WE CONE?

ABSOLUTELY NOT.

IN FACT, AT THE JULY 13TH MEETING COMING UP WE HAVE A WHOLE OTHER ROUND OF ITEMS TO CONSIDER TO ADD INTO OUR ETHICS POLICY.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON BUILDING A STRONGER ETHICS BOIL BECAUSE YOU'RE NEVER DONE.

WE DECIDED ON SPECIFIC LANGUAGE SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IN THE CITY GOVERNMENT HAS PROCUREMENT RESPONSIBILITIES WOULD FALL UNDER IT DOESN'T MATTER IF I'M SERVING AS THE MAYOR OF TALLAHASSEE OR ON CRA OR ON BLUE PRINT.

YES, JURISDICTION SHOULD COVER MY ACTIONS.

UNFORTUNATELY, THE COUNTY DOES NOT WANT TO FALL UNDER THE CITY'S ETHICS BOARD, AND IT'S A JURISDICTIONAL EFFORT.

>> OKAY, A FOLLOW-UP IF WE COULD, AND AND THEN WE'LL REVERSE COURSE.

WE JUST HAD OUR SECOND FORMER MAYOR TO BE INDICTED FOR CORRUPTION CHARGESES.

DOES THIS SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THE CITY AT LARGE?

ARE WE LOOKING AT PATTERNS OF BEHAVIOR, A CULTURE PROBLEM AT CITY HALL?

JOHN DAILEY, WHAT DO YOU THINK?

>> WELL, IT'S REALLY TOUGH BEING THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF TALLAHASSEE FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS HAVING TO GUIDE THIS CITY THROUGH THESE FEDERAL CORRUPTION TRIALS.

I CAN FIRST SAY THERE IS NOTHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO PUT INTO AN ORDINANCE THAT'S GOING TO PREVENT THE BEHAVIOR OF WHAT WE HAVE WITNESSED.

I MEAN, THIS IS CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR, NOT JUST ETHICAL BEHAVIOR.

IS THIS A PATTERN?

I PROMISE YOU THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE STATE GOVERNMENT HAS TURNED OVER EVERY ROCK AT CITY HALL.

WE HAVE BEEN FULLY COMPLIANT WITH WORKING WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEED.

IF THERE ARE MORE INDICTMENTS TO COME, LET IT BE.

BUT I FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE WITH THE CORRECTION OF THE CITY AND HOW WE'RE MOVING FORWARD.

>> OKAY.

KRISTIN DOZIER.

>> I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYONE WITHIN THE CITY GUIDING US THROUGH ALL OF THE CHALLENGES WE'VE HAD IN RECENT YEARS.

I'VE HEARD A LOT OF, HEY, WE'VE HAD ETHICS REFORM, WE'VE DONE THIS, WE'VE CONE THAT, THOSE PEOPLE ARE IN JAIL AND DESERVEDLY SO.

WHAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON IS THAT SLIPPERY SLOPE THAT ALLOWS SOMEONE WHETHER THEY'RE LOOKING FOR PERSONAL GAIN, WHEN THAT'S OOH MONEY -- WHETHER THAT'S MONEY OR POWER THAT PREVENTS THEM FROM SLIDING DOWN AND TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE CITY CORPORATIONS -- OPERATIONS.

THE TRUST IN CITY GOVERNMENT WAS DECIMATED BEFORE 2018, AND IT HAS NOT IMPROVED IN THE LAST FEW YEARS.

AND IT'S NOT ONLY BECAUSE PEOPLE WONDER IF THERE'S STILL CORRUPTION GOING ON, BUT IT'S BECAUSE OF THE TONE THAT'S SET AND THE CONFLICTS.

THEY'RE NOT SEEING A LOT OF PROGRESS.

WE NEED TO DO MORE.

>> OKAY.

MICHAEL IBRAHIM.

>> YES.

SO IF WE HAVE TWO MAYORS AGAIN, PREVIOUS MAYORS ARRESTED, THAT MEAN WE HAVE BIG CORRUPTION PROBLEM, AND IT'S NOT BEING TAKEN CARE OF BECAUSE CORRUPTION BREEDS MORE CORRUPTION.

AND IF WE CONOT FIX THE PROBLEM, IT WILL KEEP EXPANDING JUST LIKE CANCER.

IF SOMEONE GET CANCER, THEY CAN GET IT FOR EXAMPLED AT STAGE I, BUT IF WE LET IT GO TO STAGE III OR IV, NOW CANCER THAT TAKING OVER THE BODY, AND IT'S VERY BAD.

SO THERE IS, I BELIEVE, A CULTURE OF CORRUPTION THAT HAVE TO BE TAKEN CARE OF.

I THINK HAVING TAFFES BRINGING IN OTHER FAMILY MEMBER TO WORK WITHIN THE SAME DEPARTMENT, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED.

BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN NOT KEEP DOING THE SAME THING AND THINK THAT SOMETHING WILL CHANGE.

THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN.

WE HAVE TO BRING MORE INNOVATIVE IDEA, WE HAVE TO SHOW THAT CORRUPTION DOES NOT END WELL FOR WHOEVER PROMOTE CORRUPTION OR WHOEVER BENEFIT FROM CORRUPTION.

>> OKAY.

AND MR. LELAND.

>> WELL, IT'S THE JOB OF THE MAYOR, THE COMMISSION, ANY ELECTED OFFICIAL IS TO BE A PUBLIC SERVANT.

AND IF, AND IF WHEN THAT PERSON -- FEMALE OR MALE -- START TO NOT SERVE THE PUBLIC AND STARTS SERVING SPECIAL INTERESTS, DEVELOPERS AND MONEY, THAT'S WHEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN ISSUE.

I THINK, I THINK IT JUST, I THINK -- ALL OF THEM BEING TOGETHER BECAUSE ALL OF THEM START -- THEY WAS IN THERE TOGETHER.

SO I DON'T THINK -- I AIN'T GONE THAT SAY JOHN DAILEY CORRUPT.

BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO YOU HANG OUT WITH.

BIRDS OF A FEATHER FLOCK TOGETHER, AND I THINK THERE'S MORE COMING OUT.

I DON'T THINK WE'RE DONE YET, AND THAT'S JUST MY OPINION.

BUT, YEAH, I THINK THE MAYOR -- I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT TO SAY ABOUT THAT, BUT IF WE CAN -- THE MAYOR'S SERBED AND NOT SERVE SPECIAL INTERESTS, WE WOULDN'T HAVE ALL THIS CORRUPTION.

>> OKAY.

THAT BRINGS US TO OUR LAST FOLLOW-UP AND THE TWO FOLKS I WILL MENTION WILL HAVE THE INITIAL OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND, BUT YOU TWO GENTLEMEN WHO ARE ALSO RUNNING, WE'D LIKE TO GET YOUR THOUGHTS AS WELL.

AND THIS IS A 30-IS SECOND RESPONSE ALTHOUGH WE COULD TALK FOR A LONG TIME ABOUT THIS.

IN PAST ELECTION ARE CYCLES, BOTH JOHN DAILEY AND KRISTIN DOZIER TOOK CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS FROM COMPANIES AFFILIATED WITH.

>> T. BURNETT.

HE WAS -- J.T.

BURNETT.

HE WAS CONVICTED LAST YEAR ALONG WITH SCOTT MADDOX.

JOHN DAILEY, YOUR CAMPAIGN MANAGER IS A FORMER CLOSE ASSOCIATION WITH SCOTT MADDOX AND, KRISTIN DOZIER, YOU BOUGHT A HOUSE FROM J.T.

BURNETT, SO ARE CONNECTIONS TO PEOPLE WHO ARE ENSNARED IN THE FBI PROBE A LEGITIMATE ISSUE IN THE CAMPAIGN?

MR. DAILY, I MENTIONED YOU PARIS, YOU GO FIRST.

>> SURE.

THE CAMPAIGN DONATION WAS ONE CHECK AND 10 YEARS AGO.

IT WASN'T BUNDLED CHECKS IN THE LAST ELECTIONS CYCLE FROM ALL OF HIS COMPANIES.

SO I THINK THAT'S A BIG DIFFERENCE RIGHT THERE AS WELL.

BUT, LOOK, MY CAMPAIGN MANAGER IS GREAT.

HE'S BASED OUT OF TAM THAT.

HE RUNS A -- TAMPA.

HE ARE RUNS A COMPANY, HAD MANY CLIENTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF FLORIDA.

HE RUNS A GREAT PROGRAM AND HE'S NEVER BEEN IN ANY TROUBLE OR HIS COMPANY, THEREFORE -- >> AND ARE THE CONNECTIONS TO PEOPLE ENSNARED IN THE FBI PROBE A LEGITIMATE ISSUE IN THIS CAMPAIGN?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> OKAY.

KRISTIN DOZIER.

>> THE DONATIONS AND LOTS OF DIFFERENT -- I'M SORRY.

I'LL BACK UP HERE.

J.T.

BURNETT AND OTHERS WERE WORKING ON A LOT OF DIFFERENT ISSUES THROUGH THE BLUEPRINT PROCESS, A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

NONE OF US KNEW WHAT WAS COMING COULD BE THE PIPE.

WE DIDN'T KNOW THERE WOULD BE SUBPOENAS AND THERE WOULD BE INDICTMENTS, AND HE'S IN JAIL AND DESERVEDLY SO, AS I SAID BEFORE.

I DO THINK THAT CONCERN AND YOU INVOKED IT, TOM -- THE HOUSE ISSUE, MAYOR HAS SAID THAT HE THINKS IT'S FAIR GAME.

I KNOW THAT HE INCLUDED IT MANY A POLL THAT HE PUT OUT THERE.

THAT IS SAME THING AS THE COE NATIONS.

IT WAS -- DONATIONSFULS IT WAS A PERFECTLY NORMAL, LEGITIMATE HOUSE PURCHASE -- >> TO THE CORE OF THE QUESTION -- >> YEAH.

>> -- IS IT FAIR GAME THAT CONNECTIONS TO PEOPLE ENSNARED IN THE FBI PROBE ARE A LEGITIMATE ISSUE IN THE CAMPAIGN?

>> THANK YOU.

YOU ALL PACKED A LOT INTO THAT ONE QUESTION.

IF THERE IS SOMETHING LEGITIMATE, IT WOULD BE FAIR GAME.

BUT I DON'T THINK THE DONATIONS OR THE HOUSE -- >> OKAY.

>> -- ARE LEGITIMATE.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THEY'VE BEEN LOOKED AT IN THE PAST.

>> MR. IBRAHIM.

>> WELL, I'M GLAD I'M NOT SITTING AT THAT TABLE.

[LAUGHTER] SO, YES.

SO IF IT WAS ME AND I RECEIVED DONATION FROM SOMEONE WHO MAYBE I DID NOT KNOW HE WAS CORRUPT, THAT DONATION WOULD BE DONATED TO A FUND IN THE CITY OF TALLAHASSEE BECAUSE I WOULD NOT ACCEPT MONEY FROM SOMEONE WHO DOES HARM TO OTHERS.

SO DAILY MENTIONED IT WAS JUST ONE CHECK BUT, I MEAN, IT COULD BE A SMALL CHECK OF A MILLION DOLLARS, WHO KNOWS?

SO WE GOT, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH WAS THAT ONE CHECK?

>> $250.

>> TAKE US HOME, MR. LELAND, PLEASE.

>> I DO THINK IT PLAYS A, IT PLAYS A ROLE ESPECIALLY IN THE BACK OF PEOPLE'S MINDS.

ABOUT WHO YOU'RE BEING CONNECTED TO.

AND HEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT -- THEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON, COMMISSIONER DOZIER AND THE PAYOR -- MAYOR HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR THE LAST 12 YEARS, OR YOU KNOW?

AND THIS JUST HAPPENED 4 YEARS AGO, SO THAT'S 8 YEARS OF UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S GOING ON.

SO, I MEAN, YEAH, IT PLAYS A ROLE, BUT I DON'T THINK, YOU KNOW, IT MAKES A REAL BIG DIFFERENCE AS FAR AS SHOTS THAT PEOPLE'S TAKING.

IF THERE'S SOME LEGITIMACY THERE, DEAL WITH IT.

JUST BECAUSE SHE BOUGHT A HOUSE, WHO CARESESOME.

>> THANK YOU, ALL RIGHT.

WE'RE GOING TO WRAP THIS UP WITH ONE MORE QUESTION BEFORE CLOSING REMARKS.

WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO THE SUPREME COURT RULING ON ROE V. WADE, AND IS THERE A FURTHER ROLE FOR THE CITY TO PLAY?

ONE SENTENCE.

>> VERY DISPINTEDDED.

IF -- DISAPPOINTED.

>> IS THERE A ROLE FOR THE CITY?

>> THE CITY BECAUSE NOT REGULATE ABORTION OR HEALTH CARE, BUT THE CITY HAS TAKEN A POSITION, AND I WAS VERY PROUD TO MAKE MY POSITION KNOWN IN FAVOR OF A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE.

>> THANK YOU.

KRISTIN DOZIER.

>> DEVASTATED.

I SPOKE AT THE RALLY THE DAY THE DECISION WAS HANDED DOWN.

MY MOTHER STOOD WITH ME, AND IT WAS AN EMOTIONAL DAY.

I THINK THE ROLE FOR THE CITY PARTICULARLY, BUT CITY/COUNTY, FOR ALL OF US IS TO PAY ATTENTION TO WOMEN'S HEALTH CARE AND REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS IN OUR COMMUNITY AS MUCH AS WE CAN.

>> THANK YOU.

MICHAEL IBRAHIM.

>> THEY SAY THAT MAN IS THE HEAD OF THE FAMILY, BUT WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE FORGET OR TO MENTION IS THE WOMAN IS THE NECK OF THE FAMILY.

WITHOUT THE NECK, THE HEAD CANNOT DO ANYTHING.

I BELIEVER THAT WITH ABORTION, YOU KNOW -- >> IS THERE A ROLE FOR THE CITY TO PLAY HERE?

>> THE CITY HAVE TO PROMOTE HEALTH, AND THE CITY HAVE TO PROMOTE HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND IF A WOMAN MUST HAVE ABORTION TO REMAIN HEALTHY, I THINK THE CITY HAS TO SUPPORT HER.

>> THANK YOU.

WHITFIELD LELAND III, FINISH US OFF HERE.

>> I WAS DISAPPOINTED BUT -- AND I DO THINK THAT IN SOME KIND OF WAY THE CITY SHOULD AT LEAST TRY TO PLAY SOME TYPE OF ROLE EVEN IF WE HAVE TO CREATE ONE.

>> THANK YOU.

>> ALL RIGHT.

YOU ALL MADE IT TO THE END.

IT'S CLOSING TIME, SO WE'RE RACING THE CLOCK.

YOU EACH HAVE 90 SECONDS TO CLOSE, SPEAK DIRECTLY TO VOTERS.

YOU CAN MENTION YOUR WEB SITE, IF YOU LIKE.

KRISTIN DOZIER, WE'RE GOING TO START WITH YOU AND WORK OUR WAY ACROSS THE BORDER.

GO -- THE ORDER.

>> THANK YOU.

REALLY ENJOYED TODAY, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'RE DOING TO INFORM OUR COMMUNITY.

I'M KRISTIN DOZIER, OBVIOUSLY, RUNNING FOR MAYOR.

THIS HAS BEEN A GOOD RACE SO FAR.

IT'S BEEN QUICK.

AFTER 12 YEARS OF HAVING THE GREAT HONOR OF SERVING THE PEOPLE OF LEON AND TALLAHASSEE ON THE COUNTY COMMISSION, I HAVE HAVE CONSISTENTLY WORKED HARD, LISTENED TO YOUR IDEAS, TO YOUR CONCERNS AND TRIED TO FIND CREATIVE SOLUTIONS TO A LOT OF THE CHALLENGES WE FACE.

I WOULD BRING THAT SAME SKILL AND TRACK RECORD INTO THE CITY HALL AS YOUR NEXT MAYOR OF TALLAHASSEE.

I KNOW THAT WE IS HAVE EXPERIENCED A LOT OF CHALLENGES IN RECENT YEARS.

WE ALL KNOW THAT.

I DON'T BELIEVE THAT ANY OF US THINK THAT WE HAVE RESOLVED ALL THOSE ISSUES.

WE CAN DO BETTER, WE MUST DO BETTER.

WE'VE GOT TO IMPROVE TRANSPARENCY, BUT WE'VE GOT TO REALLY COLLABORATE.

WE'VE GOT TO GET CREATIVE ON JOB CREATION, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY.

ALL OF THOSE THINGS I'VE WORK ON FOR CAREERS, AND I WILL AS YOUR NEXT MAYOR CONTINUE TO WORK ON THEM AT THE CITY.

AND I THINK WE CAN COA TREMENDOUS AMOUNT MORE IF WE HAVE REAL CHANGE AT CITY HALL THAT IMPROVES THE CULTURE, IMPROVES TRANSPARENCY AND AND ENDS THE TURF WARS THAT ARE HOLDING US BACK.

THE WEB SITE, DOZIER FOR MAYOR 2022 -- A LITTLE COMPLICATED, SOMEBODY BOUGHT THE OTHER ONE.

I DON'T PLAY THOSE GAMES.

WE'RE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, HOOKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT -- LOOKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

BUT ANY QUESTIONS, ANY SUGGESTIONS, I HOPE TO TALK WITH YOU AND I LOOK FORWARD TO A GREAT SUMMER OF CAMPAIGNING.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> MICHAEL EVEN RAH ARE HEMO.

>> SO I'M RUNNING BECAUSE OF A LOT OF MY CUSTOMERS WHO TOLD ME, HEY, MIKE, MAYBE YOU SHOULD RUN FOR MAYOR.

I REALIZE IT IS A DAVID VERSUS GOLIATH BATTLE, MAYBE TWO GOLIATHS, BUT WE ALL KNOW WHO WON WITH AT THE END.

I BELIEVE IN COOPERATION, I BELIEVE IN FREEDOM, AND I BELIEVE THAT THIS CITY WILL BE A GREAT AMERICAN CITY THAT DOES NOT ONLY DEPEND ON FSU AND FAMU, BUT ALSO HAVE OTHER SECTORS, HAVE A STRONG ECONOMY THAT WE CAN GO BACK IN THE 21ST CENTURY.

I BELIEVE WE CAN BE SILICON VALLEY OF THE EAST.

I BELIEVE WE CAN CREATE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES AND A LOT OF JOBS.

I AM WORKING ON MY WEB SITE.

IT'S TAKEN TIME TO BUILD IT.

IT SHOULD BE READY SOON, THANK YOU.

>> HANK.

WHITFIELD LELAND III.

>> MY NAME'S WHITFIELD LELAND, I'M A LIFETIME RESIDENT.

I GROWED UP HERE IN TALLAHASSEE MT.

FRENCHTOWN AREA.

I'VE BEEN HERE ALL MY LIFE.

I STARTED COMMUNITY ROUND ABLE ABOUT 7 YEARS AGO, GOT IT TO THE NONPROFIT WORLD GIVING TO THE COMMUNITY, SERVING THE COMMUNITY, AND I REALIZED OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE REALLY NOT TAKING CARE OF THE ROOT, THE HEART OF OUR COMMUNITIES.

WE BUILD ALL AROUND OUR COMMUNITIES, WE CONTINUE TO DISPLACE PEOPLE GIVING THEM FALSE HOPES OF BEING ABLE TO MOVE AND AFFORD THIS HOUSE AND THAT HOUSE AND THEN WHEN THEY MOVE ON THE VOUCHER, THEN THEY'RE HOMELESS SIX MONTHS LATER.

I BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO BRING TRANSPARENCY TO CITY HALL.

I BELIEVE THAT CITY HALL NEEDS NEW LEADERSHIP ARE.

I THINK WE NEED YOUNG, INNOVATIVE, AND I THINK WE NEED SOMEBODY THAT'S GOING TO BE WILLING TO TO SAY, HEY, I WAS WRONG.

HEY, WHAT CAN WE DO TO FIX THIS.

HEY, BRING EVERYBODY TO THE TABLE.

I THINK THAT IT'S A JOB FOR SOMEBODY THAT'S GOING TO NOT BE PERSONALLY DRIVEN BY THEIR IDEAS, BUT WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS.

AND I'M RUNNING FOR MAYOR BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE I COULD BRING THIS COMMUNITY TOGETHER, AND WE CAN GROW.

>> JOHN DAILEY, LAST WORD.

>> MY NAME'S JOHN DAILEY, AND FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO SERVE AS YOUR MAYOR.

I STOOD BEFORE YOU FOUR YEARS AS A CANDIDATE AND PROMISED THAT WE WERE GOING TO CLEAN UP CITY HALL AND PASS ETHICS REFORM AND WE DID.

I PROMISED WE WERE GOING TO WORK HARD ON THOSE QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES THAT MAKES TALLAHASSEE SO SPECIAL.

THAT'S WHY WE'RE ONE OF TOP CITIES IN THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES.

BUT WHAT NONE OF US COULD HAVE PICKERRED OUT FOUR YEARS IS DOING FIGURED OUT FOUR YEARS AGO IS WHAT WOULD HAPPEN.

I WAS A PANDEMIC MAYOR, AND I HELPED GET YOU THROUGH.

I HELPED THIS COMMUNITY GET THROUGH AND CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION.

WHEN WE HAD DOMESTIC TERRORIST THREATS ON THE STATE CAPITOL, I AM YOUR MAYOR WHO WORKED WITH ALL OF YOUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO KEEP US SAFE.

YOU HAVED HAD STEADY LEADERSHIP MT.

MAYOR'S OFFICE AND IN CITY HALL, AND I'M ASKING FOR YOUR VOTE FOR ANOTHER FOUR YEARS.

WE'VE GOT CHALLENGES AND WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON THEM.

BUT WE LIVE IN THE BESSIE, IN THE BEST COUNTRY, AND WE ARE GOING TO ATTACK THESE CHALLENGES AND IS MOVE FORWARD.

WE HAVE ONE OF THE STRONGEST GROWING ECONOMIES PER CAPITA IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO INVEST.

WE'RE GOING TO CREATE JOBS AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES SO THAT EVERYONE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GROW.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR VOTE.

>> AND THANK YOU, CANDIDATES, FOR JOINING US TODAY.

AND THANK YOU TO THE TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT, THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF TALLAHASSEE AND WFSU PUBLIC MEDIA.

FOR THE PROGRAM YOU CAN FIND A REPLAY OF OUR FORUM ON OUR YouTUBE PAGES, TALLAHASSEE.COM, ALSO WFS.ORG.

PLUS THE RECORDED BROADCAST WILL BE WEDNESDAY JULY 7TH AT 11 A.M. ON WFSU, 88.9 FM.

>> OUR NEXT POR RUM WILL BE TUESDAY, JULY 12TH, AT 1 P.M., AND IT WILL BE WITH THE TWO CANDIDATES FOR TALLAHASSEE CITY COMMISSION SEAT 3, DAVID BELLEMY AND JEREMY ARTHUR MAT LOWE.

>> YOU CAN LOOK FOR OUR SPECIAL ELECTIONS SESSION OF THE TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT WITH INTERVIEWS WITH ALL OF THE CANDIDATES ON SUNS, AUGUST 7TH.

HAVE A GREAT DAY, THANK YOU ALL FOR LISTENING.

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