
Tallahassee City Commission Seat 5
Season 2022 Episode 8 | 1h 13m 10sVideo has Closed Captions
WFSU, League of Women Voters of Tallahassee, & Tallahassee Democrat talk with candidates
Candidates in the Tallahassee City Commission Seat 5 race--Shelby Jade Green, Adner Marcelin, Dianne Williams-Cox-- are asked questions by partnering organizations WFSU's Tom Flanigan, The Tallahassee Democrat's William Hatfield, & the League of Women Voters of Tallahassee's Danielle Irwin. (Recorded 7/14/2022)
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Tallahassee City Commission Seat 5
Season 2022 Episode 8 | 1h 13m 10sVideo has Closed Captions
Candidates in the Tallahassee City Commission Seat 5 race--Shelby Jade Green, Adner Marcelin, Dianne Williams-Cox-- are asked questions by partnering organizations WFSU's Tom Flanigan, The Tallahassee Democrat's William Hatfield, & the League of Women Voters of Tallahassee's Danielle Irwin. (Recorded 7/14/2022)
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship♪ >> WELCOME TO THE SIXTH IN SERIES OF POLITICAL CANDID FORUMS IN ADVANCE OF THE AUGUST 23RD PRIMARY ELECTI THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS TALLAHASSEE, TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT, AND WFSU PUBLIC .
OUR CANDIDATES ARE RUNNING TALLAHASSEE CITY COMMISSIOT 5.
I'M TOM FLANIGAN FROM WFSU PUBLIC MEDIA JOINED BY WIL HATFIELD FROM THE TALLAHAS DEMOCRAT AND DANIELLE IRWIM THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS TALLAHASSEE.
WE WILL BE QUESTIONING THE CANDIDATE ON VARIOUS TOPIC LET'S TAKE A QUICK LOOK AT GROUND RULES AND MEET THOS CANDIDATES.
>> CANDIDATE FOR CITY COMMN SEAT 5 SITTING LEFT TO RIGE SHELBY SHADE GREEN AND ADN MARCELIN.
WE ARE JOINED VIRTUALLY BY DIANNE WILLIAMS-COX.
COMMISSIONER, CAN YOU TELL WHY YOU ARE HEREBY ZOOM TO?
>> THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO COME BEFORE.
I'M AT A CONFERENCE IN ORL FLORIDA.
TO HEAR THE VICE PRESIDENT SPEAK.
>> WHAT IS THE CONFERENCE.
>> I AM ON THE GRID AND SO SHE.
>> THANK YOU.
FOR THOSE WATCHING ON SOCI MEDIA PLEASE HELP ALL YOUR FRIENDS SEE TODAY'S DISCUS.
HERE IS HOW THE FORUMS WIL WORK.
WE WILL ROTATE WHICH CANDI ANSWER FIRST.
WE HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONSE WILL ASK THE CANDIDATES TO ANSWERS TO 60 SECONDS, SHO FOR FOLLOW-UPS.
WE WILL KEEP TIME AND DING BILL WHEN THIS IS UP, THIS WHAT IT WILL SOUND LIKE.
[BELLRINGING. ]
>> DON'T HAVE TO COME TO A BUT FINISH YOUR SENTENCE A MOVE ON.
AND TRY TO TELL YOU HOW LO RESPOND FROM EACH QUESTION.
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FORUM WILL HAVE A LIGHTNING ROUNN WE ASK YOU TO KEEP YOUR AN TO JUST ONE SECOND.
AT THE END, YOU CAN CAKE -E THE CASE DIRECTLY TO VOTER SHARE AND THE OTHER IMPORT RELATIONS.
>> IF YOU ARE WATCHING ON FACEBOOK, AND HAVE A QUEST FOR CANDIDATES TYPE THEM I COMMENTS AND WE WILL GET T MANY OF THEM AS WE CAN.
THE WFSU FACEBOOK IS LIVE TIME IS LIMITED SO YOU CAN IMPROVE CHANCES OF YOUR QUN BEING ASKED IF YOU KEEP IT BRIEF, POLITE AND MAKE IT APPLICABLE TO ALL CANDIDAT.
THE YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE BEGIN?
>> LET'S JUMP IN WITH THE QUESTION.
>> WE WILL DO THAT.
OUR FIRST QUESTION, SHELBYE GREEN, ADNER MARCELIN AND E WILLIAMS-COX IN THAT ORDER.
ONE -- WHAT IS THE NUMBER ISSUE IN YOUR OPINION AFFE THE CITY OF TALLAHASSEE?
>> I WANT TO SAY ONCE AGAI THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUN.
I AM HAPPY TO SHARE MY VIS FOR TALLAHASSEE AND PART OT IS MAKING TALLAHASSEE MORE CONNECTED AND SUSTAINABLE ESPECIALLY AS WE SEE THE CE IS CHANGING, WE HAVE TO ST INVESTING MORE TO OUR PUBL INFRASTRUCTURE SO THE BIGG ISSUE I SEE IN TALLAHASSEE LACK OF RESPONSIVE AND ADA PUBLIC TRANSPORT TATIAN.
I PAID $5 TO FILL MY GAS T IF WE HAD MORE RELIABLE, RESPONSIVE, EFFICIENT PUBL TRANSPORTATION THAT COULD E THE COST OF LIVING FOR OUR RESIDENTS, PROVE OUR SUSTAINABILITY AND PROVIDE CONNECTION THROUGH THE CIT.
THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE IN TALLAHASSEE IS PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
>> THANK YOU.
ADNER MARCELIN, SAME QUEST.
>> MY NAME IS ADNER MARCEL.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU GETTING THESE CRITICAL ANS TO OUR COMMUNITY.
THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE IN TH COMMUNITY IS POVERTY AND T NEED FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPM.
I HAVE SPOKEN TO MANY RESI WHO SHARE SIMILAR SORTS OF BEING ABLE TO AFFORD RENT, RISING PRICES IN FOOD AND AND BEING ABLE TO MAKE END MEET, WE COULD ONLY DO THA RESIDENTS IF WE HAVE A MAR THAT CAN GIVE SUSTAINABLE SHOPS THAT PAY LIVABLE WAG RESPECTABLE WAGE FOR INDIVIDUALS.
THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE THAT INTO MANY ISSUES IS POVERT ECONOMICS AND OUR ECONOMIC STRUCTURE HERE IN THE CITY BE IMPROVED AND WILL ASSISY RESIDENTS, SOLVING THE ISSF WE CAN GET MORE COMPETITIV JOBS.
[BELLRINGING] >> I AGREE WITH ADNER MARC.
OUR NUMBER ONE ISSUE, OUT POVERTY STEMS THE OTHER IS WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH.
I AM NOT SITTING HERE THIN ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO BUT WE HAVE BEEN DOING.
WE HAVE BEEN MAKING AN IMPN CARBON, IT IS PART OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
WE CREATED OPPORTUNITIES TP ERADICATE AND REDUCE POVER.
BY PROVIDING JOBS, JOB CRE MECHANISMS, AFFORDABLE HOU PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FO TRAINING JOB FAIRS, AND TOG PEOPLE OUT OF THE SITUATIO THAT ARE CAUSING THEM TO D THINGS THEY DON'T WISH TO THAT WOULD OTHERWISE DO OT POSITIVE THINGS.
POVERTY IS THE NUMBER ONE AND WE ARE WORKING ON THAT.
THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THE NEXT QUESTION IS INSPIY ONE FROM THE URBAN LEAGUE.
BY OUR COUNT ON TALLAHASSE, 13 HAVE BEEN KILLED AND 48 INJURED IN 75 SERIOUS SHOO OF THIS YE IN TH CAPITAL CY AND COUNTY.
JUST THIS WEEKEND, A FORME MARINE WAS GUNNED DOWN AS ENTERED HIS DOOR AT AN APAT COMPLEX.
WHAT SPECIFIC INITIATIVES YOU TAKE TO MAKE OUR COMMUS SAFE FROM CRIME?
ADNER MARCELIN, YOU ARE FIN THIS QUESTION.
ONE MINUTE 30.
>> I HAVE SPENT AND DEDICAY CAREER FOR THE LAST 13 YEA FIGHTING THE SOCIAL JUSTIC ISSUES ANDHEN WE DEAL WITH CENSUS GUN VIOLENCE YOU HA START WITH THE ROOT.
POVERTY AND ECONOMICS PLAY HUGE PART BUT WHEN WE LOOK EXPULSIONS AND NOT HAVING FOLLOW-UP PLANS WITH OUR STUDENTS THAT ARE BEING AFD BY THOSE OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM HAVE A PLAN AND A TRADE BE IT IS MY BELIEF WHEN OTHER INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE COMMI SENSELESS CRIMES HAVE OTHE AVENUES AND PATHS TO MAKE PRODUCTIVE LIFE THEY STRAY FROM CRIME.
WE HAVE THE ECONOMIC ACTIV OUT THERE AND BE POSITIVE ENFORCEMENT OUT THERE TO K INDIVIDUALS AWAY FROM CRIM.
THAT INCLUDES PREVENTION.
WHEN WE SEE LAW ENFORCEMEN RESPONSE TO THESE ISSUES I AT THE TAIL OF IT AND I WO IF WE INVEST IN PREVENTION PROGRAMS AT THE CITY LEVEL STUDENTS AND RESIDENTS ARE INVESTED IN, WE CAN LEARN AND ADDRESS THESE ISSUES.
WHAT I DISAGREE WITH IS WE INVESTMENT SUCH AS $1 MILL FOR FIVE YEARS IN A PLAN A DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT W GOING TO DO WITH IT YET.
IT IS SITTING IN A POOL AN WE SEE WITH OTHER FUNDS -- [BELLRINGING] >> THAT IS THE ANSWER.
>> DIANNE WILLIAMS-COX, SA QUESTION.
>> PLEASE REPEAT THE QUEST.
>> BY OUR COUNT THERE HAVE 13 PEOPLE KILLED, 48 INJUR5 SERIOUS SHOOTINGS THIS YEA.
WHAT SPECIFIC INITIATIVES YOU TAKE TO MAKE OUR COMMU SAFE FROM CRIME.
>> WE HAVE SET ASIDE AND COMMITTED TO ONE MILLION DS PER YEAR FOR THE NEXT FIVES AND WE DON'T HAVE A SET PL BECAUSE THE THINGS THE COMY IS WILLING TO DO, WE COULD SOMETHING OFF THE SHELVES T WORKS FOR TALLAHASSEE.
I DON'T BELIEVE WE SHOULD WITH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM TO SURE WE DO SOME THINGS ON FRONT END TO KEEP CHILDREN GETTING INTO A LIFE OF CRID DO SOME THINGS TO MAKE SUR ADULTS COMMITTING THESE CR ARE ALSO NOT DOING THESE T. ALSO PARKS AND RECREATION PROGRAM IN THOSE COMMUNITI WHERE WE MAKE SURE CHILDREE ALTERNATIVE THINGS TO DO AK TOGETHER, FOR THE CONFLICT RESOLUTION TO PREVENT FOLKM GETTING DONE TO RESOLVE TH ISSUES AND ADULTS WHO LOCKR GUNS UP INSIDE SO THEY CAN STOLEN TO USING COMMISSION CRIME AND DOING THINGS LIK TEMPLE PROGRAM TAKING YOUN CHILDREN WHO HAD A BRUSH W THE LAW AND PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES TO RECONNECT POSITIVE MANNER AND I SEE EXPANDING OUR PROGRAM TO H YOUNG PEOPLE LEARN MONEY F HONEST LIVING.
THOSE ARE THE THINGS PEOPL WORKING HARD TO DO.
>> SHELBY SHADE GREEN, SAM QUESTION.
>> WITH OF THOSE STATISTIC SEE THE INCIDENTS RELATED CRIME AND GUN VIOLENCE INCREASING SO WHERE T CITY COMMISSION SHOULD START FIS REQUESTING THOSE STATISTIC EVERY MEANING, WHERE IS TH COMING FROM, WHERE'S THE C BEING COMMITTED AND THE NE STEP, JUST BACKUP, DURING PANDEMIC A LOT OF PEOPLE W STRUGGLING BUT PEOPLE WHO SPECIFICALLY STRUGGLING WI POVERTY, CRIME IS LINKED T POVERTY.
IF WE WANT TO REDUCE GUN VIOLENCE WE HAVE TO SOLVE POVERTY AS WELL.
WHEN THE CITY COMMISSION H CHANCE T DO THAT, $46 MILL IN RESCUE FUNDS THEY DIDN' THAT TOWARDS THE COMMUNITY TERMS OF HELPING PEOPLE PA THEIR EVENT DEBT OR MORTGA DEBT, THE CITY COMMISSION O UNDERSTAND, START TRACKING INFORMATION AND REALIZING CURRENT EXISTING OPPORTUNI TO REDUCE POVERTY, ALLEVIA POVERTY AND TAKE THE NEXT HALF $1 MILLION TO SPREAD EVERY YEAR THE NEXT 5 YEAR WHAT ARE MICRO PROGRAMS WE PUT IN PLACE, AND TO AVOID INFRASTRUCTURE THAT SERVES COMMUNITY SO PEOPLE CAN HA OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THAN G THROUGH CRIME.
TO WRAP UP, THE CITY NEEDS TRACK CRIME PUBLICLY, PROV OPPORTUNITY CURRENTLY AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
>> I HEARD A COUPLE OF YOU MENTIONED MILLION DOLLARS THE CITY IS POISED TO INVE MILLION THE NEXT 5 YEARS, STEM THE BLOODSHED FROM GU.
DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A LOT OF STRINGS IN THIS MONEY AND T CAN BE SPENT.
HOW SHOULD WE USE THAT MON GET THE MOST IMPACT?
COMMISSIONER?
>> WE COME TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY, AND MANY OF US IDEAS, THEY INVEST PREVENT MEASURES AS EARLY AS POSSII REMEMBER THERE WAS A PROGR WAS INTERESTED IN HOW IT W DOING, WHAT ARE THE OTHER SERVICES, THE BOYS AND GIR [BILL RANKING] >> SHELBY SHADE GREEN, SAM QUESTION.
>> WE NEED TO APOLOGIZE TO FAMILIES THAT ARE LOSING CHILDREN TO GUN VIOLENCE.
E MONEY SHOULD PAY FUNERAL COSTS FOR FAMILIES ABUSING CHILDREN AND IDENTIFYING CT WAYS TO INVEST THE MONEY I REDUCING POVERTY AND REDUC GUN VIOLENCE.
>> ADNER MARCELIN.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE QUEST.
WE HEARD COUNTLESS STORIES FAMILIES IMPACTED BY GUN VIOLENCE AND THE COMMISSIO NEED TO ACTUALLY SHOW UP.
WE NEED TO MAKE AMPLE TIME CREATE CONSTRUCTIVE PLANS BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT YOU S AS COMMISSIONER FOR TO COM WITH THOUGHTFUL SOLUTIONS.
WHEN WE HAVE AN ISSUE LIKEE IN THE COMMUNITY WE NEED TE PLANS THAT WILL DEVELOP -- IMPLEMENT THEM.
>> ANOTHER 30-SECOND FOLLO WE HEARD FROM NUMEROUS SPE THAT WE SHOULD TAKE MONEY LAW ENFORCEMENT BUDGET AND SOCIAL SERVICES.
IS THAT A CONCEPT YOU SUPP?
>> I SUPPORT TAKING A FULLT OF THE POLICE BUDGET AND IDENTIFYING DEFICIENCIES A INVESTING IN LOCAL PARTNER AND COMMUNITY THAT KNOW TH PROBLEMS AND CLOSER TO THE SOURCE.
>> ADNER MARCELIN.
>> I SUPPORT TAKING FUNDIN PUTTING IT INTO WHAT I CAL PREVENTION.
WE CAN KEEP THE BUDGET WIT THE DEPARTMENT BUT STATIST AFTER STATISTIC SHOW PUMPI MORE MONEY INTO THE DEPART IS NOT REDUCG CRIME IN THE COMMUNITY AND NOT MAKING A IMPACT ON THE VIOLENCE.
I SUPPORT BEING PREVENTATI GETTING OFFICERS OUT, GETTO KNOW OUR NEIGHBORS, TO KNO PROBLEMS IN THE COMMUNITY COMING UP WITH PLANS THAT ADDRESS IT WITHOUT MAKING COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBORS FE [BILL RANKING] >> SAME QUESTION DIANNE WILLIAMS-COX.
>> IN THE POLICE BUDGET, INSTITUTED, YOU HEARD IN O BUDGET PUTTING TOGETHER TW TEAMS FOR MENTAL HEALTH SO THE INSTANCE OF A PHONE CAF A POLICE OFFICER IS NOT NE BUT MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELO NEEDED THAT IS WHAT WE ARE DOING.
WE HAVE OFFICERS IN OUR COMMUNITIES SERVING ALREAD.
>> ALL RIGHT.
LAST 30-2ND ANSWER, ONE LA QUESTION ON CRIME.
ON 01-10 SCALE HOW WOULD Y RATE THE CURRENT EFFECTIVE OF TPD IN ADDRESSING THE I OF GUN VIOLENCE?
ADNER MARCELIN.
>> I COULD NOT GIVE THEM A RATING AT THIS TIME.
THE WAY THE DEPARTMENT IS UP, OVER CONTROLLING AND MICROMANAGING FROM CITY HA THE POLICE DEPARTMENT I DO THINK THE POLICE CHIEF HAS AUTONOMY TO RUN THE DEPART AND I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO THEM A RATING.
I THINK IT IS RUN BY THE MICROMANAGING GOING ON AT HALL.
WE NEED TO HIRE CHEAP WE T GIVEN AUTONOMY TO RUN THE DEPARTMENT AND ALLOW HIM T THE DEPARTMENT SO -- [BILL RANKING] >> DIANNE WILLIAMS-COX.
>> BECAUSE OF THE POLICIES DOING WHAT IS BEST FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THEY MAKE TH MISTAKE, THEY HAVE BEEN CA TO MAKE RESTITUTION OR FIX NEEDS TO BE FIXED, POLICE W BOARD, AND AND GIVE THEM - DOING THE BEST THEY CAN TO IT IN PLACE.
>> SHELBY GREEN.
>> THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S STATUS THAT AS UNSATISFACT.
I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE POLIC DEPARTMENT PROVIDING REPRESENTATIVES TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS G THEIR MEETINGS AND TALKING RESIDENTS AND PUTTING ON C PREVENTION EVENTS THE COMM IS UNSATISFIED WITH HOW TH POLICE TREAT PEOPLE AND TH POLICE DEPARTMENT, LEADING THE DIRECTION WE ARE REFOR TO TREAT PEOPLE AND HOW TO REDUCE CRIME AND REDUCE RECIDIVISM ETC.
.
I THINK THE POLICE DEPARTMS UNSATISFACTORY.
>> AFFORDABLE HOUSING, TO ADDRESS THE NEED FOR AFFOR HOUSING YONDER WHAT IS BEI DONE.
DIANE -- DIANNE WILLIAMS-C ONE MINUTE FOR YOUR ANSWER.
>> DOING MORE THAN WE HAVE THE PAST 50 YEARS, RE-CREA ORDINANCES THAT ALLOW DEVELOPERS, TO TAKE APARTM AND OFFICE COMPLEXES D CONT THEM INTO MULTI FAMILY HOU WORKING TO MAKE SURE FOLKS OPPORTUNITY TO GET A DOWN PAYMENT.
WE HAVE 1900 AFFORDABLE HO UNITS IN THE PIPELINE, MORN WE HAD IN THE PAST 50 YEAR WE ARE NOT DONE YET.
THANK YOU.
>> SHELBY SHADE GREEN, SAM QUESTION TO YOU.
>> THE RATE WE ARE MOVING O SLOW.
WE ARE IN A HOUSING BUBBLE.
MY HUSBAND AND I HAD TO GE OF THE HOUSING MARKET BECAE COULDN'T AFFORD TO COMPETE.
THE CITY NEEDS TO BE INVES INTO HELPING YOUNG FAMILIE COLLEGE STUDENTS, PEOPLE A THE BOARD TO AFFORD TO LIV.
THE FIRST-PLACE CITY COMMI STARTS IS HAVING THE RENTA PROPERTY INVENTORY, SOMEON PAYING $9.50, THE LANDLORD RAISING RENTS TO $1400, TH A 50% INCREASE IN RENT BUT PERFORM THE HOUSING MARKET HAVE TO INVENTORY IS PUT I POLICY THAT DISCOURAGES LANDLORDS FROM INCREASING WHILE IN A HOUSING BUBBLE.
>> THANK YOU.
ADNER MARCELIN.
>> WE HAVE ALL HEARD THE STORIES, WE HEARD THE STOR THE MOTHER OF SIX CHILDREN STRUGGLING TO MAKE ENDS ME.
WE HEARD THE STORIES OF INDIVIDUALS WHO COULD NOT D RENT, DEALT WITH A LOT OF S WITH FAMILIES STRUGGLING D TODAY TO PAY A MORTGAGE.
WE HAVE THE NUMBER ONE, STE PROCESS OF THE CITY NOT DO NO-BID CONTRACTS, GIVING L TO WEALTHY DEVELOPERS AND SPECIAL INTERESTS AND PUT POLICIES IN PLACE THAT PRO OUR HOMEOWNERS, WE WANT TO SUPPORT PROPERTY DEVELOPED COMMUNITIES BUT WHEN WE SE THINGS LIKE THE LOW --ZILL CLEARING OUT THE MORTGAGE , IT IMPACTS AFFORDABLE HOUS.
WE NEED TO PUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING THEY ARE AND MAKE IT'S MORE THAN JUST A CHAR AVAILABLE HOUSING IN THE M. [BELLRINGING] >> TO COMPETE WITH PRIVATE INVESTORS.
>> THE NEXT QUESTION WILL REQUIRE ON MINUTE RESPONSE MAXIMUM AND A 30-2ND FOLLO FOR TWO OF OUR CANDIDATES.
SHELBY SHADE GREEN, DESCRIE CENTRAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AND THE OTHER CANDIDATES.
>> I HAVE A TRACK RECORD I SERVING THE PUBLIC AND COMMUNITY.
BEFORE RUNNING I HAD TO RE I WAS PREVIOUSLY A SOIL SUPERVISOR AND IN THAT ROL DEVELOPED A PROGRAM IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FSU CE OF EDUCATION BECAUSE A RES WANTED TO DO A WATER QUALI TESTING, WE RESPONDED TO H NEEDS AND LISTENED.
I DEVELOPED AN AIR QUALITY PROGRAM TO MONITOR AND COMMUNICATE THAT INFORMATI OUR TRACK RECORD OF LISTENO OUR CONSTITUENTS AND PROVI AFFORDABLE, EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE RESULTS AND DURIE PANDEMIC, I WENT OUT DOOR-TO-DOOR CANVASSING, LG PEOPLE KNOW THE UTILITY MORATORIUM WAS ENDING, THE FAILED TO DO, DID NOT RELE PUBLIC PRESS RELEASE OR A E AND LET PEOPLE KNOW INFORM THEY COULD USE TO PROVIDE C RELIEF FUNDS AND PREVENT UY THAT.
I HAVE A TRACK RECORD OF SG THE PUBLIC AND HAVE A BACKD IN ENGINEERING.
[BELLRINGING >> ADNER MARCELIN.
>> I WOULD SAY WHAT SEPARAE FROM MY OPPONENT IS I HAVE ABILITY TO LISTEN AND MAKE CHANGE AND NOT COMPROMISE F WHEN IT COMES TO DOING THET THING.
I THINK IT IS A VERY BASIC COMPLEX IDEA, WHAT IS WRON WHAT IS RIGHT AND THE THINT SEPARATES ME IS MY PLEDGE E RESIDENTS OF TALLAHASSEE T THE RIGHT THING, NOT BE INFLUENCED BY SPECIAL INTE AND NOT BE INFLUENCED BY M AND POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION.
THAT HAS MUDDLED THE WAY TE SERVE OUR COMMUNITY AND WE SEEN THROUGH THE INDICTMENE HAVE SEEN THROUGH THE MIST AND LACK OF TRUST BY CITIZF CITY HALL, WE WANT A CITY WE CAN TRUST AND I BELIEVE THAT AND WE CAN GET THERE BELIEVE I WILL DO EVERYTHI MY POWER TO SERVE THE PEOPD THAT IS WHAT I'M INTERESTE.
[BELLRINGING] >> TO 17.
>> WHAT SEPARATES ME FROM OPPONENT IS I HAVE A RECOR RUN ON.
ANYONE WHO WANTS TO KNOW W HAVE DONE CAN GO AND RESEA THE RECORD OF ITEMS I SUPP, THINGS I HAVE DONE NOT ONLA COMMISSIONER BUT THINGS I PRIOR TO BECOMING A COMMISSIONER.
I WORKED 30 PLUS YEARS IN COMMUNITY TRYING TO GALVAN BEING A VOICE OF THOSE NOT THE ROOM BUT SINCE BEING A COMMISSIONER, MAKING SURE IS BEING SPENT IN COMMUNIT D PLACES IT HAS NEVER BEEN SPENT BEFORE MAKING SURE W RIGHTING THE WRONGS THAT M HAVE TAKEN PLACE, SHINING LIGHT ON PLACES WE KNOW WE ASSISTANCE AND HAVE TO UPL OTHER PEOPLE AND OUR COMMU SO I KNOW MY RECORD WILL RT WHAT I HAVE DONE AND THAT SEPARATES ME FROM MY OPPON.
>> FOR A FOLLOW-UP, WE WIL REVERSE ORDER, DIANNE WILLIAMS-COX, IF YOU COULD ABOUT YOUR CURRENT DAY JOB HOW YOU BALANCE THE TIME TS NECESSARY TO FULFILL OUR REQUIREMENTS OF TALLAHASSE MEETING WITH CONSTITUENTS, GETTING UP TO SPEED ON THE ISSUES TALKING WITH STAFF,R OFFICIALS ATTENDING OFFICI MEETINGS AND UNOFFICIAL GATHERINGS THAT ARE PART A PARCEL OF THE RESPONSIBILI WELL.
HOW DO YOU DO THAT?
>> WHEN I RAN FOR OFFICE, INTENTIONS OF DOING WORK B ORDER TO DO THIS WORK IT REQUIRED MY FULL ATTENTION.
I AM A FULL-TIME CITY COMMISSIONER, ALL THE THINU JUST LISTED AND SO MUCH MO INCLUDING THINGS THAT ARE UNDER AUTHORIZATION OR PUR BECAUSE I MADE CONNECTIONS SURE WHERE THEY NEED TO GO PUT MY CAREER ASIDE, 30 PL YEAR CAREER.
[BELLRINGING] >> I WORK AS A RESEARCHER STUDYING ENERGY AND UTILIT POLICY TO ENCOURAGE DECARBONIZATION.
IT IS TROUBLING BECAUSE THS SO MUCH INFORMATION TO KEE WITH AND THE CITY COMMISSI DOES NOT PUBLISH MEETING MS REGULARLY OR IN A RESPONSI TIMELY MANNER.
I USE TECHNOLOGY TO KEEP UH RESEARCH AND RELY ON THE CAMPAIGN TEAM TO KEEP UP W ALL THE TASKS WE HAVE TO D THIS RACE.
>> WHAT IS YOUR CURRENT DA IF YOU WILL?
AND HOW WOULD YOU BALANCE WITH THE DEMANDS OF TALLAH CITY COMMISSIONER?
>> I SERVE AS -- IN A NONP CREDIT UNION THAT IS MISSI ORIENTED FOR DEVELOPMENT.
THAT INDIVIDUAL BANKS AND T UNIONS WILL NOT NEED TO.
.
I TAKE IT AS AN AUDITOR SE POSITION BECAUSE YOU HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO HELP.
MANY RESIDENTS OF TALLAHAS WHO ARE STRUGGLING AND NOT GETTING RESOURCES THEY NEE THE CITY FOR ECONOMIC MEAN BECOME SELF SUSTAINABLE.
WHAT THAT IS, I RECOGNIZE COMMISSION HAS A LOT OF MES AND I PLEDGE MYSELF TO DO WHATEVER IS NECESSARY INCL LEADING THE JOB TO COMPLETS TASK THAT IS NECESSARY.
THANK YOU.
>> OUR NEXT QUESTION COMESS FROM FACEBOOK, THANK YOU.
WHAT CAN BE DONE AT THE CI LEVEL TO PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT?
WE WILL START WITH DIANNE WILLIAMS-COX.
>> THANK YOU, FACEBOOK WAT FOR THAT QUESTION.
WHAT WE ARE DOING, WE HAVE PROFESSIONALS ON STAFF WHO DOING THOSE THINGS AND THO REPORTS DEAL WITH ENVIRONM ISSUES, WE HAVE A NEW DIRE WHO IS ALSO AN ATTORNEY WH COMES TO US TO PROVIDE INFORMATION.
THEY ARE DOING RESEARCH, GATHERING DATA.
YOU HEARD ME ASKING SHOW M DATA AND WE USE THAT TO MA INFORMED DECISIONS.
AS CITY COMMISSIONER WE SE POLICY BUT WE RELY ON INFORMATION WE RECEIVE TO THOSE POLICIES WORK FOR OU COMMUNITY INCLUDING ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY POLICIES.
>> SHELBY GREEN.
>> THE CITY OF TALLAHASSEEN A FORTUNATE POSITION, WE T PEOPLE, WE CAN DEAL CARBON THE UTILITY SYSTEM, REDUCE RELIANCE ON NATURAL GAS AN REDUCE THE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GOING INTO THE ENVIRONMENT.
AND BUILT ANYMORE SOLAR FA SINCE 2016, THEY INCREASE CAPACITY AND RELIANCE AND RELIABILITY OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, THE STRENGTHEN AND ENFORCE CUR ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS, N ALLOWING PEOPLE TO CIRCUMV THEM TO CUT DOWN TREES OR INFLUENCE SOIL EROSION ANDR NEGATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION AND IMPACTS.
>> THANK YOU.
ADNER MARCELIN.
>> I THINK WE HAVE TO WORK HARDER TO IMPROVE THE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN TO HAV AT 100% BY 2050 AND MAKE TN ASPIRATIONAL GOAL AND MOVE TOWARDS MAKING THAT HAPPEN QUICKLY FOR THE INDIVIDUALT ARE HERE.
WHEN I LOOK FOR EXAMPLE, T CITY WANTS TO GET AWAY FRO USAGE BUT WE ARE INCENTIVI WITH UTILITYROGRAMS MORE RESIDENTS FOR NEW HOMES PU GAS LINES IN THEIR HOUSES ARE THE PRACTICES THAT WILE US MORE TIME TO GET TO THE RENEWABLE ENERGY GOAL.
WE HAVE TO STOP WASTEFUL SPENDING SUCH AS MAKING RO OUT IN LONG DIVISION AND D THINGS THAT WOULD REDUCE EMISSIONS AND REDUCE IMPAC NOT RELY ON STAFF TO DO EVERYTHING.
>> WE GO ON TO NEIGHBORHOO ISSUES.
FIRST ANSWER WILL BE ONE M IN LENGTH AND WE HAVE SEVE FOLLOW-UPS WE ARE EXPLORIN WELL.
NUMEROUS NEIGHBORHOODS IN COUNTY STRUGGLING WITH POV FOLKS REFERENCED THAT.
WHAT ROLE SHOULD LOCAL ECO DEVELOPED EFFORTS AND DEVE INTO INCENTIVES WAY IN PROG MORE EQUITABLE PROSPERITY ONE SPECIFIC PLAN THAT YOUD IMPLEMENT TO MAKE MEANINGF PROGRESS IN THIS GENERATIO CHALLENGE.
>> A LOT OF OUR NEIGHBORHO ESPECIALLY ON THE WEST, SO SIDE OF TOWN ARE STRUGGLINH POVERTY AND AS WE MENTIONE BEFORE IF WE WANT PEOPLE TE OUT OF POVERTY OR AT LEAST ALLEVIATE THE HARDSHIPS OF POVERTY, THE FIRST STEP IS MAKE LIVING MORE AFFORDABL THEM.
THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS T CITY COMMISSION CAN DO IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE COUNT ALLEVIATE THE HARDSHIPS OF POVERTY.
ONE OF THE FIRST PLACES I START IS INCREASING ACCESS THE MARKET.
RIGHT NOW IT IS DIFFICULT ENTREPRENEURS AND LOCAL BUSINESSES TO ENTER THE MA TO GET PERMITTING FOR BUSIS AND INCREASE CLIENTELE.
THE FIRST THING CITY COMMI CAN DO IS VERY BASIC BUT H LOCAL BUSINESS INVENTORY AW TO GUIDE IN TERMS OF PERMI FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO STA THEIR OWN BUSINESSES AND T NEXT STEP IS PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
IF WE CAN USE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AS A WAY TO COMPETE AGAINST LIFT OR GO EATS THAT WILL PROVIDE ECO DEVELOPED AND JOBS AND ONC AGAIN REDUCE POVERTY.
THANK YOU.
DIANNE WILLIAMS-COX, SAME QUESTION.
>> THE CITY IS ALREADY IN NEIGHBORHOODS, WORKING WITM HAND-IN-HAND WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD FIRST PROGRAM PROVIDE, THE UPKEEP OF THO NEIGHBORHOODS SO THAT WE G STREETSCAPEING, REHABING H CREATING JOBS, ALSO INCLUD THAT, THAT ESPECIALLY WE PE WHATEVER WORK WE DO IN GRI HEIGHTS THE INDIVIDUALS WHE IN THAT COMMUNITY WILL HAV OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE EARN MONEY DOING THAT SO T CAN USE THOSE DOLLARS RIGH THERE IN THE COMMUNITY, THE TRYING TO MAKE SURE JOBS, HAVE LIVABLE WAGE JOBS PROG TRAINING SO INDIVIDUALS CA HIGHER PAYING JOBS.
JOB CREATION WILL BE THE N ONE THING THAT WILL HELP O NEIGHBORHOODS AND WE ARE O WAY TO MAKING THAT HAPPEN.
THANK YOU.
>> ADNER MARCELIN.
>> WE HAVE TO START AS A C MAKING FUNDING AND TRAININ AVAILABLE.
I HAVE HEARD FROM MANY CONSTITUENTS IN THE COMMUN THAT SAY WE STRUGGLE WHEN COMES DOWN TO LEARNING THE PROCESS OF THE CITY, LEARNO PUT THE BIDS IN THAT ARE SUCCESSFUL.
WE SEE MANY TRADITIONAL NONPROFIT COMPANIES, THE S ONES GETTING ECONOMIC DOLL FOR THE CITY.
IF WE WANT TO REINVEST IN NEIGHBORHOODS WE HAVE TO M SURE THE TRAINING IS AVAIL FOR INDIVIDUALS, MAKE SURE CITIZENS AND RESIDENTS AND TALLAHASSEE HAVE ACCESS TO TRAINING TO PUT PROPOSALS D AVAILABLE TO COMMUNITY SO CAN PARTICIPATE IN THE PRO AND ENJOY ECONOMIC PROSPER.
POVERTY IS ALWAYS THE TOP E GOAL.
WE HAVE TO INVEST IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, MANY OPPORTUNITIES, HOMES THAT LIKE BLIGHT AND ARE NOT AS, COULD BE TORN DOWN AND PUT THE MARKET AS AFFORDABLE HG OPTIONS TO MAKE IT AFFORDA FOR PEOPLE.
WE HAVE TO DO SEVERAL THIN GET IN THE MARKET.
>> 45-SECOND FOLLOW-UP ANDR MARCELIN, YOU CAN START US ON THAT.
DO WE HAVE A GENTRIFICATIO PROBLEM IN TALLAHASSEE?
AND IF WE DO, WHAT IS ONE YOU COULD HELP FIX THAT?
>> WE ALL SAT IN ROOMS AND WATCHED HOW CORPORATIONS C COME BEFORE THE CITY, GIVE KICKBACKS TO CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS AND WE HAVE THROUGH THE HUMAN RELATION COUNCIL MANY RESIDENTS WHO PROPERTY TAXES GO UP AS A T OF DEVELOPMENT ALL AROUND, ARE ENTERING A GENTRIFICAT PROBLEM BECAUSE YOU CAN LO ACROSS IN FRENCHTOWN NC THE OF STUDENT HOUSING COMPLEXT WE STILL IGNORE THE CRIES E PUBLIC ABOUT HOW THEY CANN SIMPLY AFFORD BASIC HOUSIN.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE A GENTRIFICATION PROBLEM IN TALLAHASSEE.
>> YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT, Y SHADE GREEN?
>> WE HAVE A GENTRIFICATIO PROBLEM AND THAT IS EXISTE SINCE DESEGREGATION, TALLAE HAS A HISTORY OF USING PUB DOLLARS TO CLEAR OUT LAND, REMOVE PEOPLE, SAY THEY AR GOING TO BUILD MORE HOUSIN THEM AND THEY ARE FLEECED CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE ANYWH ELSE AND WE SEE THAT RECEN WITH THE APARTMENTS WHERE E WERE TOLD THEY WERE GOING RECEIVE SECTION 8 HOUSING VOUCHERS AND INSTEAD PEOPLE TOLD THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO INTO THOSE HOUSES BUT THOS HOUSES ARE AT MARKET RATE RECEIVING SECTION 8 HOUSIN VOUCHERS WHEN THE MARKET I ALREADY FLOODED WITH THOSE VOUCHERS SO TALLAHASSEE IS SERIOUS ABOUT REDUCING ITS GENTRIFICATION PROBLEM WE TO PRIORITIZE PEOPLE ALREA LIVING HERE AND BUILD FOR .
>> WE WILL WRAP THIS UP WI DIANNE WILLIAMS-COX.
>> TALLAHASSEE IS NO DIFFE FROM THE REST OF THE COUNTT WHAT IS DIFFERENT ABOUT TALLAHASSEE, OUR COMMISSIO D OTHERS IN OUR COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY ADVOCATES WORKIND TO PREVENT GENTRIFICATION OCCURRING AND IN ORDER TO THAT HAPPEN WE HAVE TO WORH NEIGHBORS TO MAKE SURE WHA ARE DOING IS NOT PRICING T OUT BUT IS PRICING THEM UP RAISING THE VALUE OF THEIRS BY DOING THINGS INCENTIVIZ NEIGHBORS TO DO -- INCREAS VALUE OF THEIR HOMES AND SN THEIR HOMES AND NOT MOVE T OUT OF THEIR HOMES.
I'M NOT INTERESTED IN DISAG GENERATIONS OF INDIVIDUALS ARE PROUD NUMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE NEIGHBORH.
LYNDON BRENTNALL THANK YOU.
ANOTHER 45-SECOND FOLLOW-U.
ARE THE CURRENT COMMUNITY REDEVELOPED AGENCIES AND T FUNDING BEING USED PROPERL TO THE GREATEST BENEFIT?
WHY OR WHY NOT?
IF YOU CAN NAME SPECIFIC CS YOU MIGHT LIKE TO SEE THE OPERATE?
>> THEY ARE OPERATING PROP AND EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICI AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE DS WE BROUGHT IN FOR THE SOUT SIDE, AND EXECUTIVE DIRECT COMMUNITY MINDED, EXPERIEN OTHER COMMUNITIES IN THE CF TALLAHASSEE, THE FORTITUDE MOVE FORWARD TO MAKE SURE E DOING WHAT WE SHOULD DO BY AND THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE THEY ARE DOING WHAT THEY NO DO AND RESPONSIBLE FOR DOW AND I BELIEVE WE ARE MOVIN FORWARD AND PROPER MANNER PROPER SPEED WITH THE CRA DIRECTOR AND HIS STAFF GOIT OF THEIR WAY TO DO EVERYTH THEY CAN TO MAKE SURE THEY DOING WHAT THEY SHOULD BE .
>> ADNER MARCELIN, THE CRA QUESTION.
>> IT IS OPERATING AND COUE SIGNIFICANT OVERHAUL.
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT S I HEARD FROM TALLAHASSEE RESIDENTS THAT WE WANT TO MORE PUBLIC INPUT INTO THE SO WE CAN HAVE OUR VISION BROUGHT FORWARD TO COMMUNI AND TO MAKE SURE WHEN WE A SPENDING THESE DOLLARS WE SPENDING THEM FOR THE GOOD ALL THE COMMUNITY AND NOT SOME WHO HAVE ACCESS TO HI EXECUTIVE LEVEL STAFF.
WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE CR IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT CRA IS A BOARD, WE HAVE TO BACK TO PUTTING IN TRAININO THE CRA SO THAT REGULAR CIS CAN MAKE SURE THEY COME IN HAVE A TRAINING TO APPLY, KNOW WHAT THE PROCESS IS.
>> THE CRA FUNDING IS OPER BUT WHO IS IT OPERATING FO?
IF YOU LOOK AT RECENT EXAM LIKE THE DEVELOPMENT, THAT DEVELOPMENT WAS ABLE TO RE CRA FUNDING, TO EXPRESS COS ABOUT IRRELEVANT AND HOW I ONCE AGAIN TO THE DISPLACE OF LOCAL BUSINESSES, IT IS ON I BELIEVE APALACHEE PAR AND THERE WAS A LOCAL GYM,L BUSINESSES WERE TOLD THEY BE ABLE TO COME BACK, AND NOT AFFORD TO BE THERE.
THAT IS DISPLACEMENT AND GENTRIFICATION AND WE SHOUT ALLOW PUBLIC DOLLARS TO MO THAT EFFORT FORWARD AND WE TO BE LISTENING AND INVESTN PEOPLE AT LOCAL RESIDENTS THEIR ECONOMY.
>> ANOTHER 30 SECONDS FOR DETAIL, THAT WAS A GREAT L INTO THE FOLLOW-UP TO CLOS THIS PARTICULAR SEGMENT.
IF WE COULD ASK YOU THIS, GOVERNMENT SOMETIMES CRITI BY A NUMBER OF FOLKS BEING RESPONSIVE TO THE BUSINESS DEVELOP AND COMMUNITY THAN ORDINARY CITIZENS.
WHAT DO YOU DO ABOUT THAT S IT A PERCEPTUAL OR ACTUAL PROBLEM DO YOU THINK?
>> IT IS AN ACTUAL PROBLEM.
WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE WE HA LOCAL ECONOMY HERE.
ALL THE MONEY THAT IS GENE IN THE CITY NEEDS TO GO BA PEOPLE WHO GENERATED THAT .
THE ISSUE IS WHO ARE OUR COMMISSIONERS REPRESENTING?
IS THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE E WILL OF SOMEONE ELSE?
THAT'S THE QUESTION AND WH THIS ELECTION IS ABOUT.
WE ARE AT A TURNING POINT TALLAHASSEE, WE DESERVE TO REPRESENTED AND PRIORITIZE DESERVE INVESTMENT.
>> ADNER MARCELIN, YOUR THS ON THAT?
>> IT'S NOT A PERCEPTION PROBLEM.
IT IS A REALITY.
OUR COMMISSIONERS FOCUS, S BE FOCUSED ON SERVING THE PEOPLE.
WHEN THEY MAKE DECISIONS, QUESTION WHOSE INTERESTS A THEY SERVING.
E THRIVING COMMUNITY THAT EXPANSION IN THE ALL AMERI CITY BUT CANNOT HAVE THAT WE PRIORITIZE THE NEEDS OFE WHO HAVE ACCESS TO OUR ELE AND NOT TAKE CARE OF OUR CITIZEN.
>> WE WRAP THIS UP WITH DI WILLIAMS-COX.
>> MAKE SURE WE HAVE A GRE BALANCE BECAUSE THE RESIDEN OUR COMMUNITY, THOSE JOBS THEM TO LIVE IN OUR COMMUN BUT I'VE NOT SACRIFICED RESIDENTS FOR BUSINESSES A NEED TO COME TOGETHER AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THE COMM WILL NOT THRIVE WITHOUT ECC DEVELOPMENT BUT BUSINESS W NOT THRIVE WITHOUT A COMMU.
WE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER TE A WELL-BALANCED -- >> THANK YOU.
WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT BLUEPRINT AND START WITH Y ADNER MARCELIN.
WHAT WAS YOUR VOTE TO ALLO $27 MILLION, FOR THE MONEY WAS SPENT FOR ECONOMIC DEVD PROJECTS?
EXPLAIN YOUR ANSWER, YOU H ONE MINUTE.
>> VERY SIMPLE.
IT WAS A DECISION OF RIGHT WRONG AND MY ANSWER WAS NO SHOULD NOT HAVE DONE IT.
THIS DECISION IS GOING TO A CRITICAL IMPACT, NOT JUST WE GAVE AWAY BUT WHAT WILLR BE.
THE FUNDS AVAILABLE TO MEDIUM-SIZED BUSINESSES.
WE DON'T HAVE MONEY ON THE TABLE, TO MAKE NEGOTIATING DECISIONS TO COME TO TALLAE AND WE CAN FLIP IT AS MANY AS WE WANT TO, AND FISCALL IRRESPONSIBLE DECISION AND SOMETHING THAT IN MY OPINI SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED, O SAY INSTITUTIONS COULD NOT GOTTEN SOME MONEY.
IT'S NOT ABOUT FSU.
THIS WAS A GROSS MISUSE OFY WHEN WE HAVE HIGHER PRIORI ISSUES, TO HELP SOLVE AND WE HAVE $2 MILLION DEFICIT CAN ONLY IMAGINE SOME OF T FUNDS COULD COVER SOME OF .
>> DIANNE WILLIAMS-COX, SA QUESTION TO YOU.
>> I WAS ABLE TO SUPPORT M PROJECTS IN OUR COMMUNITY THE PRINT DOLLARS BRINGING AMAZON TO TOWN, THE OFFICE ECONOMIC DOLLARS FOR THE V PRINT, THAT IS USED FOR TH.
MAKING GET SURE THOSE DOLL COME INTO TALLAHASSEE, I W HAPPY TO SUPPORT THAT, THE EXPANSION OF LAWS TO BRING MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR JOB TO SUPPORT TCC, $1 MILLION EXPAND INTO TOWN.
I WAS HAPPY TO SUPPORT THE SAFETY ENHANCEMENTS FROM FA STATE UNIVERSITY BECAUSE T DOLLARS WILL COME TO TALLAE AND MUCH COMMUNITY BENEFIT SHARING ON THE WEBSITE THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS FROM TH PIECE, WE RECEIVED COMMUNI BENEFITS THAT WE INVESTED .
HAPPY TO SUPPORT THOSE PRO.
>> SHELBY SHADE GREEN, WHA YOUR POSITION ON THE VOTE ALLOCATE $27 MILLION TO REE DOPE CAMPBELL STADIUM FROMY REQUIRED TO BE SPENT FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJE?
>> I WAS AGAINST GIVING FS GIVING $27 MILLION BECAUSE BLUEPRINT DOLLARS ARE SUPP TO BE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFD PUBLIC INTEREST.
THE PUBLIC IS INTERESTED I SAVING MONEY.
THE PUBLIC IS INTERESTED I QUALITY OF LIFE AND ACCESS.
THAT MONEY HAS BEEN USED T PROVIDE STADIUM UPGRADES MF THE PUBLIC WILL NOT BENEFI ENJOY.
IT COST SEVERAL MILLION DO TO GET INTO THE STADIUM WI TICKET AND INSTEAD THE, TH MONEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN INV INTO THE PEOPLE.
ONE EMPLE IS AMAZON IS COM INTO TOWN AND WE ARE NOT PROVIDING PUBLIC TRANSPORT FOR PEOPLE TO GET OUT THER.
WE COULD USE BLUEPRINT DOL TO PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION OPEN OUR MARKET AND ONCE A INVEST AND PRIORITIZE PEOPO ARE IN CHARGE OF THE DIREC OF THE CITY.
BLUEPRINT DOLLARS ARE FOR PEOPLE IN THE COMMISSION V IN FAVOR OF IT WERE NOT REPRESENTING THE WILL OR T INTERESTS OF OUR PEOPLE.
>> I HAVE ONE FOLLOW-UP FO, YOU SERVED ON THE BLUEPRIN BOARD AND TOLD US OF YOUR HAPPINESS ON YOUR VOTE.
ANY REGRETS ON HOW THIS PL OUT?
ANYTHING YOU WOULD HAVE DO DIFFERENTLY?
>> SO MUCH MISINFORMATION E COMMUNITY, THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC VITALITY IS NOT B, WE HAVE MILLIONS OF DOLLART WOULD BE USED TO ENTICE OT BUSINESSES TO COME TO TOWN.
WE CREATED OPPORTUNITIES F MICRO LENDING FOR SMALL BUSINESSES.
DURING THE PANDEMIC WE ALLD $1 MILLION FOR NONPROFITS WELL AS SMALL BUSINESSES T BRING THEM THROUGH THE PAN SO THE DISAPPOINTMENT, IT BECOME A MISINFORMED PART E COMMUNITY.
I AM NOT SURE.
>> WE ARE GOING TO CHANGE PACE A LITTLE BIT.
WE'VE BEEN MOVING QUICKLY.
COVERING A LOT OF TERRITOR AM BETTING WE WILL GO 15 MS OVER.
HOPE YOU WILL INDULGE US O THAT.
THE WAY THE LIGHTNING ROU WORKS, SIMPLE QUESTIONS WI YES OR NO RESPONSE, LOOKIN A QUICK ANSWER AND EXPLANA IN ONE SENTENCE.
YOU CAN HAVE AN AND, NOT T MUCH RUN ON SENTENCES, WE GOING TO START HERE WITH S GREEN, HOW MANY MEETINGS H YOU ATTENDED AND ON WHAT T?
>> TOO MANY TO COUNT BUT T MAIN ONE FOR LAST SUMMER D THE PANDEMIC WHEN THE CITYD TO END UTILITY MORATORIUM, THE PRESS RELEASE AND COMMUNICATING DEBT RELIEF OPTIONS FOR RESIDENTS HERE.
>> HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO D SEVERAL COMMISSION MEETINGR THE YEARS, AND ATTENDED AN SPOKE OUT ON MANY ISSUES INCLUDING OUR NEED FOR ACCOUNTABILITY, ETHICS AND PROPER OPERATION OF THE CI I SHOULD SAY IT.
>> I HEAR YOU SPEAK AT THE MEETINGS, ANYTHING TO ADD?
>> I ATTENDED TEN COMMISSI MEETINGS AND I CAME DOWN A GAVE THEM HOLY HELL BECAUS DID NOT BELIEVE WE WERE GE INFORMATION INTO THE COMMU.
I GAVE TO THE CITY COMMISS AND ATTENDED EVERY MEETINGE THEN.
>> ADNER MARCELIN, WHAT DOE WORD PROGRESS FOR TALLAHAS MEAN TO YOU IN ONE SENTENC?
>> IT MEANS INCLUSION, ALL TALLAHASSEE, AND BE IT GRO AND DEVELOPMENT, IT IS INCLUSIVITY IF I COULD SAY WORD.
>> I AGREE PROGRESS MEANS MUST BE INCLUSIVE AND INCL THOSE TO THE COMMISSION ME, THOSE WHO CAN'T MAKE IT TO COMMISSION.
>> SHELBY GREEN.
>> PROGRESS ENCOMPASSES MOT IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION FO EVERYONE AND APPLIED ON SPECTRUM.
WHAT IS PROGRESS FOR ONE I PROGRESS FOR EVERYONE, PRO IS RELATIVE BUT REQUIRES MOVEMENT IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION.
>> DIANNE WILLIAMS-COX, WH ONE PLEDGEE WOULD MAKE TO S NOW THAT YOU WILL ACCOMPLI ELECTED?
>> I PLEDGE TO DO EVERYTHI CAN DO TO REDUCE POVERTY I CITY.
>> THANK YOU.
SHELBY SHADE GREEN.
>> I WILL PLEDGE TO BE THE COMMISSIONER BY OPENING HO AND ECONOMIC MARKET AND INCREASING THE CAPACITY TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE PUBLI ALSO -- >> SHELBY SHADE GREEN -- A MARCELIN.
>> I PROMISE TO BE KNOWLEDE AND WHAT IS GOING ON AT CI HALL AND FIGHT FOR THE PEO LIKE I'VE BEEN DOING THE L3 YEARS.
>> SHELBY SHADE GREEN, HAV RECEIVED BUNDLED CONTRIBUT FOR NUMEROUS CORPORATION N OR RELATED INDIVIDUALS ANDO WHAT SHOULD VOTERS TAKE AW FROM THAT?
>> I HAVE NOT BUT IF VOTERP IN MIND IF YOU ARE GOING TE FOR SOMEONE LOOK AT THEIR CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS.
>> ADNER MARCELIN.
>> I'VE NOT RECEIVED BUNDL CONTRIBUTIONS.
I RUN A GRASSROOTS CAMPAIG IS IMPORTANT, VOTERS CAN T AWAY FROM IT EXACTLY THE INTEREST OF THOSE SITTING E COMMISSION WHOSE INTERESTS SERVE.
>> THANK YOU, DIANNE WILLIAMS-COX.
>> IT IS OPEN, TAKE A LOOK DON'T DISCRIMINATE, TO MAKE I CONTINUE TO DO THIS.
>> WHAT SHOULD VOTERS TAKE FROM WHAT THEY SEE IN YOUR CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS?
>> WHAT THEY KNOW OF ME, I DO WHAT I BELIEVE TO BE BE.
>> WHAT IS THE BIGGEST INVESTMENT THE NEEDS TO BE IN THE SOUTHSIDE?
>> ECONOMIC DEVELOPED IN T SOUTHSIDE AS WELL AS STRUC DEVELOPMENT SUCH AS FOOD, DESERTS WE NEED TO CURE BY PUTTING IN GROCERY STORES INVESTING IN BUSINESSES TH WILL IMPROVE THE QUALITY OE IN THE SOUTHSIDE.
>> THANK YOU.
DIANNE WILLIAMS-COX.
>> IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SOUTHSIDE ACTION PLAN TO M SURE WE HAVE A SOFT SIDE, OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING ECONOMIC DEVELOP.
>> PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE WT COMES TO TRANSPORTATION, B ABLE TO ACCESS SOLAR PANEL FINANCIAL BENEFITS OF FOR Y AND BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE MICROECONOMIC OPTIONS FOR EXISTING ENTREPRENEURS AND BUSINESSES THAT NEED SUPPO ASKING FOR IT.
>> DIANNE WILLIAMS-COX, AS FROM FILY WHO DO YOU VIEW YOUR LOCAL MENTOR IN LIFE N PURSUING THIS SEAT ASIDE F FAMILY?
>> I DON'T WANT TO CALL NA BUT ACCORDING TO MY LIFE TS MY FIFTH TIME RUNNING FOR OFFICE.
MANY MENTORS HELP ME ALONG WAY.
>> THIS IS MY FIRST TIME RG FOR OFFICE.
AND THE SUPPORT LAST SUMMEE PROVIDENCE NEIGHBORHOOD AN EXECUTIVE MEMBERS IN THAT COMMUNITY.
>> ADNER MARCELIN.
>> I WOULD HAVE TWO, THE F IS DAVIS WHO POURED INTO TEACHING US, AND THE SECON WOULD BE COMMISSIONER WHO GREAT MENTOR AND JOINING U RIGHT WAY TO CONTINUE ON.
>> THE CITY MANAGER SERVES THE PLEASURE OF THE CITY COMMISSION.
THE CITY MANAGER SINCE 18, WHAT LETTER GRADE WOULD YOE THIS YEAR AND WHY?
>> I BEGIN CITY MANAGER, T MAIN REASON, ISSUES WITH T BUDGET AND ISSUES WITH CONSTITUENTS COMPLAINING A LACK OF TRANSPARENCY AND COMMUNICATION.
THIS YEAR THE UTILITY RATEE GONE UP TWICE.
>> ADNER MARCELIN.
>> I WOULD GIVE THE CITY MR -- ONLY BECAUSE WE NEED IMPROVEMENT, MANY OF THE DISCONTENT THAT HAS HAPPEN BETWEEN CITIZENS AND THE C ITSELF IS NOT THERE, WE NE GREATER TRANSPARENCY.
>> DIANNE WILLIAMS-COX.
>> I GAVE THE CITY MANAGER 8, THERE'S ROOM FOR IMPROV, NOT JUST CITY MANAGEMENT BL THE OFFICIALS WE RECEIVED BECAUSE OF THE PERFORMANCE THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
>> NAME SOMETHING THE CITY NOT SPENDING ENOUGH MONEY D SOMETHING E CITY IS NOT SPENDING TOO MUCH MONEY ON.
>> NOT SPENDING ENOUGH MON HOUSING AND DEVELOPMENT.
TARGETING THE COMMUNITY SPG TOO MUCH MONEY ON.
TOO MUCH MONEY ON PAY RAISR INDIVIDUALS AND EXECUTIVE LEVELS.
>> THANK YOU.
DIANNE WILLIAMS-COX.
>> I THINK THE CITY HAS DO GREAT JOB SPENDING OUR MON WISELY.
4.1, A LOT OF THINGS PEOPL THINK WE COULD BE DOING BU WHO'S WILLING TO RAISE OURS TO DO IT?
I BELIEVE THE CITY IS DOIN BALANCED JOB AS BALANCED A POSSIBLE.
>> SHELBY GREEN, SAME QUES.
>> THE CITY IS SPENDING TOH MONEY ON CONTRACTS.
WE SHOULD BE USING OUR MON TOO MUCH MONEY ON CONTRACT SHOULD INCREASE DEVELOP AN EXTENDING OUR RESOURCE A DG THE WORK OURSELVES AND NOT SPENDING ENOUGH ON WORKERS ESPECIALLY WITH THE OVERTU OF ROE V WADE.
WORKERS WHO WORK LESS DO N HAVE ACCESS TO CITY HEALTH.
>> LAST QUESTION OF THE LIGHTNING ROUND.
DIANNE WILLIAMS-COX, WHAT E SINGLE BIGGEST THING YOU H DONE TO MAKE THE CITY A BE PLACE?
I AM LOOKING FOR ONE SINGL THING, THE BIGGEST THING.
>> RESIDENTS IN TALLASSEE.
>> SHELBY GREEN.
>> THE BIGGEST THING I DID COMBATING THE UNWILLINGNES COMMUNICATE BASIC INFORMAT ABOUT EXPIRING OF THE UTIL MORATORIUM AND CANVASSING THE NEIGHBORHOOD SO THEY C RECEIVE THIS INFORMATION A APPLY DEBT RELIEF.
>> ADNER MARCELIN.
>> DEDICATING MY CAREER IN TALLAHASSEE TO FIGHT FOR T VOICELESS IN TALLAHASSEE.
>> ALL RIGHT, YOU MADE IT THROUGH THE LIGHTNING ROUN HAVE TWO MORQUESTIONS BEFO WE GET TO CLOSING TIME WHEU WILL SPEAK DIRECTLY TO VOT.
>> LET'S START OFF WITH A THAT IS CERTAINLY NOT CONTROVERSIAL OR FEW PEOPL TALKING ABOUT CALLED EPICS.
LET'S START WITH YOU, SHEL SHADE GREEN.
A QUESTION AND A FOLLOW-UP AFTERWARDS.
IF YOU COULD TALK ABOUT WH THE CITY'S CURRENT ETHICS IS ADEQUATE ESPECIALLY WHE THERE ARE SUCH THINGS AS LOBBYIST AND REGULATION, WR YOU SUPPORT THE INDEPENDEN ETHICS BOARD HAVING JURISDN OVER BOARD MEMBERS AND THEF OF THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOP AGENCY AND THE BLUE POURED INTEGRATED AGENCY.
>> THERE WERE HISTORICALLY ISSUES WITH ETHICS AND ALT THE MAYOR CLAIMS WE PASSED STRONGEST ETHICS REFORM PA IN THE STATE, THAT'S NOT E. WE HAVE HAD TWO PAST MAYORT HAVE BEEN INDICTED.
WE NEED A STRONGER ETHICS PACKAGE AND MORE OPEN COMMUNICATION ABOUT WHO IS TO TALK, COMMUNICATE AND INFLUENCE CITY COMMISSIONED ALSO SUPPORT THE INDEPENDE ETHICS REVIEW BOARD TO TAK WHATEVER POLICY MEASURES T ACCOMPLISH MORE TRANSPAREN MORE ACCOUNTABILITY, AND W ABLE TO COMMUNICATE AND INFLUENCE CITY COMMISSIONE.
>> DIANNE WILLIAMS-COX, ET.
>> THEY MADE GREAT STRIDES ETHICS, WE WORK WELL WITH INDEPENDENT ETHICS BOARD, S RAY OUR REGULARS WITH US A WORKED TOGETHER.
WE DON'T ALWAYS AGREE BUT WORKED WELL TOGETHER AND IK BEFORE WE MAKE MORE CHANGET TO MAKE CHANGES WE NEED TO WHAT WE HAVE IN PLACE SUBT WE CAN DETERMINE WHAT WORK WHAT DOESN'T WORK.
LET'S NOT FORGET THE OVERAG POLICY IN PLACE.
THIS IS JUST ADDITIONAL, T RESIDENTS OF TALLAHASSEE, N FULL SUPPORT.
>> ADNER MARCELIN.
>> IT IS NOT A WISE DECISI HIRE A FOX TO GUARD THE HE HOUSE.
WE SYSTEMATICALLY HAVE AN WHEN ASKING THE COMMISSIONF THEY WANT TO COME UNDERNEAE ETHICS BOARD, INDEPENDENT S BOARD.
I FULLY SUPPORT THE PLAN T BRING OUR BLUEPRINT INTO T INDEPENDENT ETHICS BOARD JURISDICTION.
I THINK RESIDENTS OF TALLAE DESERVE TO KNOW WHO OUR COMMISSIONERS ARE MEETING WHAT LOBBYIST THEY ARE MEE WITH AND THE NATURE OF THE BUSINESS AND WHEN WE DO EVERYTHING IN TRANSPARENCY WILL PREVENT US HAVING TO THINGS OUT BEFORE, WE ARE WITH THE INDICTMENT OF COMMISSIONER MADDOX LEARNI THINGS LATER ON, HOW DEEP PACT WAS AND I ONLY WAIT T SEE WITH OTHER SITUATIONS WILL COME OUT LATER.
IT IS A STRONG PRIORITY AN THINK WE NEED TO DO EVERYT TO STRENGTHEN ETHICS AND LOBBYING LAW.
>> IF WE COULD GET YOU TO D ON THAT SEEING AS HOW ANOT FORMER MAYOR AND FORMER CI COMMISSIONER RECENTLY INDI FOR CORRUPTION CHARGES.
IF I COULD ASK WHAT DOES T SAY ABOUT THE CITY AT LARGD THE SITUATIONS POINT TO A CULTURE PROBLEM IN CITY HA.
>> I COME FROM THE LEGAL PROFESSION.
EVERYONE IS ENTITLED TO PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE A WOULD NOT BE APPROPRIATE TS JUDGMENT ON THIS PENDING INDICTMENT UNTIL IT HAS BE HEARD AND THEY HAVE THEIR N COURT BUT I WILL SAY OVERA COULD LEARN FROM THESE EXPERIENCES AND PUT THINGS WITHOUT MAKING JUDGMENTS O ANYONE FOR PREVENTION AND STRENGTHEN LOBBYING LAWS.
WE HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY ANN WE HAD THE MEASURE COME UP THE INDEPENDENT ETHICS BOA WATCHED THE COMMISSION FLO THOSE MEASURES DOWN AND TR PUT INCREMENTAL STEPS IN, HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION TO T. WE CAN'T ALLOW OUR COMMISSS TO DECIDE WHEN AND ON WHAT AUTHORITY THEY GIVE THE INDEPENDENT ETHICS BOARD T CONTROL THEM.
IT MUST BE THE OTHER WAY A.
>> SHELBY GREEN.
>> REPEAT THE QUESTION.
>> THE FACT THAT WE HAD AN MAYOR/CITY COMMISSIONER INDICTED, WHAT DOES THAT AE SITUATION YOU REFERENCED IR PREVIOUS RESPONSE SAY ABOUY HALL?
IS THIS A CULTURAL PROBLEM YOU THINK AT CITY HALL?
>> THE ISSUE HERE IS WE HA COMMISSIONERS WHO DO NOT BE IN ACCOUNTABILITY OR TRANSPARENCY.
THE ISSUE IS WE HAVE A COMMISSION THAT NEEDS TO M SURE THIS BEHAVIOR IS NOT ACCEPTABLE AND THE WAY WE THAT IS HAVING A TRANSITIO TRANSPARENT PROCESSES WHER PUBLIC CAN PARTICIPATE AND COMMUNICATE AND HAVE OVERS.
THAT THE FIRST STEP WE NEE TAKE TO RESTORE THE PUBLICT AND THAT WE ARE TAKING CAR THE PEOPLE AND NOT LOBBYIS OTHERS.
>> THIS ONE WITH YOU.
>> IN THE CITY HALL WE HAV BEST AND FINEST INDIVIDUAL WORKING FOR THE CITY OF TALLAHASSEE.
MANY OF THEM CITY EMPLOYEE COMMUNITY RESIDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY ANVALUE THEIR SERVICE.
SOME ISSUES OCCURRED PRIOR THE COMMISSION COMING IN, JOB, COMMISSIONERS, CLOSE GAP AND NOT ALLOW WHAT HAP IN THE PAST TO HAPPEN AGAI WE'VE MADE SOME CHANGES TO PREVENT THOSE THINGS HAPPE AGAIN.
DO NOT BE CONFUSED.
THE CULTURE AT CITY HALL I THRIVING AND GROWING, WE H TRUE PROFESSIONALS FROM JAS UP THAT ARE DOING EVERYTHI CAN TO RESTORE PUBLIC TRUS CITY HALL.
>> HERE'S ONE OF YOUR FINA QUESTIONS.
WE START WITH YOU, DIANNE WILLIAMS-COX.
THE CITY COMMISSIONER ADOP RESOLUTION WHICH SUPPORTS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE I 3-2 TE AND YOU VOTED AGAIN IT.
WITH THE OVERTURNING OF RO WADE WE ARE SEEING PROSECU IN CHARLOTTE, ATLANTA, INDIANAPOLIS PLEDGING NOT E PUBLIC RESOURCES TO PURSUE ABORTION PROVIDERS.
NEW ORLEANS IS AMONG THE F CITIES TO DIRECT POLICE NO INVESTIGATE ABORTION CASES SEVERAL OTHERS FOLLOWING S. DO YOU THINK THE CITY SHOU PURSUE THESE ACTIONS OR OT IN THE WAKE OF THE ROE V W RULING?
ONE MINUTE.
>> THANKS TO MY CIVICS TEAI UNDERSTAND WHAT WE CAN AND CANNOT DO AS OPPOSED TO WHE STATE OF FEDERAL LAWS ARE.
AS A CITY COMMISSIONER AS CITY, WE HAVE NO ROLE IN D THIS.
IF ANYTHING IS DONE IT IS CEREMONIAL AND CANNOT BE ENFORCED, WE SUPPORT A WOM CHOICE, A WOMAN'S CHOICE, E SAID THAT FOREVER.
I DON'T HAVE TO SIGN ON TO SOMETHING THAT WE CANNOT AUTHORIZE IT, DOES NOT STA IN COURT OF LAW OR ANYTHIN SUPPORT A WOMAN'S CHOICE FR BODY, I HAVE FOUGHT FOR THD SPOKEN ON THAT AND I BELIE THAT.
THE CITY HAS NO ROLE IN TH?
>> SHELBY SHADE GREEN, SAM QUESTION TO YOU.
>> THE CITY CANNOT REGULAT ABORTIONS BUT CAN MAKE SUR EVERYONE HAS ADEQUATE CESS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE.
THE NEXT STEP THE CITY CAN IS MAKE SURE THE OPS PART- WORKERS HAVE ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE AND MAKE SURE P HAVE ACCESS TO CONTRACEPTI.
THE CITY CAN MAKE SURE WE PARTNER WITH LOCAL INSTITU AND UNIVERSITIES TO PROVIDN HALLS AND DISCUSSIONS AND EDUCATIONAL SERVICES TO TH PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE.
THE CITY CANNOT REGULATE ABORTIONS, THEY PROVIDE BE ACCESS TO REPRODUCTIVE HEA CARE?
>> ADNER MARCELIN.
>> WHEN WE LOOK AT THE RESOLUTION THE RESOLUTION T ASKING FOR THE CITY TO TAK STEPS IT COULD NOT HAVE.
WHAT THE RESOLUTION WAS AS WAS SUPPORT OF AN ISSUE AN COMMISSIONERS TO SHOW UP A KNOW THE INCUMBENT IN THIS DID NOT SHOW UP AND DID NO THAT BUT THIS RESOLUTION I GOING TO STOP OR HINDER ABORTIONS FROM HAPPENING.
IT IS GOING TO MAKE THEM L SAFE AND IT WILL PUT -- I' BEEN TO NUMEROUS RALLIES P BY VARIOUS FKS ON THIS ISS.
I'VE NOT SEEN THE INCUMBEN THERE ONCE.
IF THIS IS AN ISSUE SHE BES AND I BELIEVE SHE WOULD BE THERE.
I ALSO SAY WHEN I LOOK AT PREGNANCIES, THE PROFESSIO SUGGEST ENDING IT, ENDING PREGNANCY OF THAT NATURE I SOLUTION SO I AM CONCERNED RESIDENTS THAT LIVE HERE A WENT TO MAKE SURE WE WILL PROTECT THEM AND WE WILL D EVERYTHING TO MAKE SURE TH HAVE A SAFE ABORTION IF TH THEIR CHOICE.
>> DIANNE WILLIAMS-COX, WE GIVE YOU A 20-SECOND RESPO.
>> APPRECIATE THAT.
I'M THE ONLY ONE IN THIS R WHO HAS HAD A NECK TOPIC PREGNANCY.
I'M PROBABLY THE ONLY ONE THIS ROOM WHO ACCOMPANIED FRIEND TO ACTUALLY HAVE AN ABORTION.
I DON'T SIGN MY NAME TO SOMETHING TO SHOW THAT I SUPPORT.
I DO NOT HAVE TO PROVE THAM PRO-CHOICE.
I HAVE DONE THINGS THAT SH THAT I AM PRO-CHOICE.
THANK YOU.
>> WE HAVE MADE IT TO THE CLOSING.
THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO TAL DIRECTLY TO VOTERS AND MAK CASE TO THEM.
YOU CAN SHARE THE WEBSITE U LIKE, YOU HAVE 90 SECONDS.
YOU WILL START US OFF AND WILL WORK OUR WAY DOWN.
>> HI, LISTENERS IN TALLAH AND ACROSS THE WORLD.
MY NAME IS SHELBY SHADE GRI AM AN ENGINEER, RESEARCHER FORMER PUBLIC SERVANT, AND RUNNING TO BRING YOUR DESI CITY HALL TO PROTECT THE P AND PRIORITIZE US IN OUR GOVERNME.
WE NEED A LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS RESPONSIVE TO OUR NEEDS NEED A LOCAL GOVERNMENT TH TRANSPARENT AND DRIVEN BY PEOPLE AND DATA, ARBITRARY DECISIONS INFLUENCED BY LOBBYISTS WHO ARE TRYING TE TALLAHASSEE IN A DIRECTION DOESN'T SERVE US.
I WANT TO SEE TALLAHASSEE SUSTAINABLE, HORRIBLE, EQUE FOR EVERYONE, TALLAHASSEE INVESTS ON PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORTA UTILITY SYSTEM AND IF YOU TO LEARN MORE GO TO MY WEBSITE,@SHELBY OR MEET ME PERSON AT THE BLUE TAVERN FRIDAY, JULY 22ND AT 6:00 .
THANK YOU.
>> ADNER MARCELIN.
>> THANK YOU FOR PUTTING T ON.
TO THE RESIDENTS OF TALLAH I AND HERE RUNNING GET TO YOUR VOTE.
THE REASON I DECIDED TO RU I'M NO DIFFERENT THAN MANY YOU ALL.
I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWERS AL THE SOLUTIONS BUT I HAVE T ABILITY TO LISTEN AND DO T RIGHT THING AND SHOW UP FO.
ONE OF THE THINGS I WILL S I'M FIGHTING TO MAKE SURE TALLAHASSEE IS AN INCLUSIV PLACE, SAFE PLACE WHERE YO GROW YOUR BUSINESS AND RAI YOUR FAMILY AND A PLACE WH WILL FIGHT FOR YOU.
I AM PROUD TO BE SUPPORTED OUR LABOR UNIONS, FIREFIGH TEACHERS, LINE WORKERS AND MORE.
MY CAMPAIGN AND CANDIDACY, TRIPLED HIM HEYADNER.COM.
I WILL MAKE SURE I'M IMPRO YOUR QUALITY OF LIFE AND I NOT SELL YOU OUT WHEN I GE THERE.
I HAVE GROWN IN POVERTY, L IN POVERTY AND I UNDERSTAN STRUGGLES YOU ARE EXPERIEN TODAY.
IT IS NOTHING THAT NEEDS T SAID.
IT IS A REASSURANCE AND PR THAT I WILL DO EVERYTHING POWER TO MAKE SURE I REPRE YOU AND WHEN I GET ON THE I WILL NOT SWITCH ON YOU AS MANY HAVE DONE.
IT IS SAD FOR ME TO HEAR P SAYING THEY LAST TRUST IN GOVERNMENT AND THEFFICIAL Y ELECTED BECAUSE THEY CHANGT I PROMISE YOU YOU CAN HOLD ACCOUNTABLE THAT I WILL NO CHANGE.
>> DIANNE WILLIAMS-COX, CLS OUT.
>> THANK YOU TO THE CITY O TALLAHASSEE FOR YOUR FAITHE AS YOUR CITY COMMISSIONER.
WHAT YOU FOUND IS 30 PLUS OF WORKING IN THIS COMMUNI UNDERSTAND YOU BECAUSE I A. I'M WORKING FOR US.
I DIDN'T JUST GET HERE.
WE HAVE BEEN HERE TOGETHERI CONTINUE TO BE YOUR VOICE.
I PROMISED YOU I WOULD BE VOICE IN THE ROOM.
I AM STILL YOUR VOICE IN T ROOM AND NOT ONLY YOUR VOI THE ROOM BUT VOICE THAT CO OUT OF THE ROOM TO SHARE W YOU WHAT IS GOING ON IN TH ROOM.
I'M THE COMMISSIONER WHO BT COMMISSION MEETINGS TO OUR COMMUNITY SO YOU COULD ACC THEM.
I'M A COMMISSIONER WHO IS CONSTANTLY INFORMING YOU O AVAILABILITY OF RESOURCES WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO M YOU FORWARD IN THE CITY.
I'M THE COMMISSIONER WHO'S WORKING HARD WITH THE CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY, CI INSPECTOR AND CITY TREASURD CLERK, THAT ALL RESIDENTS WHAT THEY NEED TO MOVE FOR BE AT JOB CREATION, HOUSIN EDUCATION.
I KNOW HOW TO PARTNER AND COLLABORATE WITH OTHERS IN COMMUNITY TO WORK FOR YOU BELIEVE WE'VE DONE THAT TOR IN FOUR YEARS.
I'M ASKING YOU TO LET ME CONTINUE TO DO THE GREAT W THAT WE HAVE STARTED.
WE ARE NOT THERE YET BUT I STILL COMMITTED TO GETTINGE WITH YOU.
LEARN MORE ABOUT ME AT TRI UP DIANNE WILLIAMS-COX.COM.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
>> THAT CONCLUDES THIS FOR.
OUR THANKS TO THAT TALLAHA DEMOCRAT, THE LEAGUE OF WO VOTERS OF TALLAHASSEE, W -U PUBLIC MEDIA AND OUR CANDI FOR JOINING US FOR THE PRO.
YOU CAN FIND A REPLAY OF T SHOW ON OUR YOUTUBE PAGES, TALLAHASSEE.COM ALONG WITH WFSU.ORG AND THE RECORDED BROADCAST WILL ON YOUR RA TUESDAY, JULY 19TH AT 11:0 THE MORNING ON WFSU 88.
9 FM.
>> RX FORM WILL BE TUESDAY JULY 19TH AT ONE:00 P.M. WITH THE FOUR CANDIDATES F LEON COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD DISTRICT 1, MARIANNE ARNUL SWOFFORD STRICKLAND.
>> STICK WITH TALLAHASSEE.
FOR THE LATEST ELECTION NE THAT YOU CAN LOOK FOR SPEC ELECTION SECTION OF THE TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT WITH INTERVIEWS WITH ALL THE CANDIDATES ON THE BALLOT W WILL BE PRINTED AND INSERT SUNDAY AUGUST 7TH.
THANK YOU ALL FOR ATTENDIN THANK YOU, CANDIDATES, FOR JOINING US.
HAVE A GREAT DAY.
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