Gainesville community calls for abolishing city K-9 unit
Local community members passionately aired their views about the Gainesville Police Department’s K-9 unit at a special meeting of the City Commission Wednesday.
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Local community members passionately aired their views about the Gainesville Police Department’s K-9 unit at a special meeting of the City Commission Wednesday.
With family and political supporters in attendance, District 1 Commissioner Mary Alford rejoined her fellow commissioners for the first time in half a year.
The Gainesville community has waited months after the mauling of resident Terrell Bradley to hear what the Gainesville Police Department and Gainesville City Commission will do with the troubled GPD K-9 unit. Scheduled meetings for September and October were abruptly canceled.
Derek LaMontagne has been trying for more than a year to stop his housing complex from shutting down.
Voting in Alachua County will look different in future elections after a referendum item passed in the Nov. 8 election despite the wishes of the Alachua County Commission.
With a host of familiar faces, a prophesied “red wave” and a pair of electoral changes in Alachua County, this year’s midterm election left its mark.
There’s no fancy catering or formalwear — but it’s still Alachua County’s ultimate watch party.
Amid Election Day buzz, labor union members and law enforcement agents spoke in support of a request by Sheriff Clovis Watson Jr. to receive extra employee funding.
No. 1 Constitutional Amendment Article VII, Section 4 and Article XII, Section 42: Failed
Candidates Mary Alford, Marihelen Wheeler and Ken Cornell won the District 1, District 2 and DIstrict 4 County Commission races, respectively.
Candidates Ed Book and Casey Willits won the District 2 and 3 City Commission races, respectively.
Florida’s local and statewide races brought Gainesville voters to the polls in full force this Election Day.
Republican Keith Perry defeated Democrat Rodney Long winning the District 9 Florida Senate seat with 65.6% of the vote, as of 10 p.m.
Yvonne Hayes Hinson, D-Gainesville, was reelected to the Florida House of Representatives, defeating her Republican challenger Hollye Merton by 43 percentage points, as of 9:20 p.m. Tuesday.
Harvey Ward defeated Ed Bielarski in the race for Gainesville mayor, securing 57.44% of the votes as of 9:17 p.m.
Cowboy hats, country music and flaring pyrotechnics filled the Granville Plantation event venue as around 200 attendees showed up to ring in Rep. Kat Cammack’s second Congressional term.
After months of campaigning, canvassing and collecting donations, candidates are leaving it all in the voters’ hands.
A lawsuit against Alachua County Commission Chair Marihelen Wheeler claiming she wasn’t living in District 2 during the Aug. 23 primaries marked the newest chapter of a continued countywide issue: officials potentially living outside the areas they represent in office.
About 100 Gainesville community members gathered to stand in solidarity and unity with the Jewish community Nov. 4.
With general elections rapidly approaching Nov. 8, Gainesville’s political scene will welcome new faces as a majority of the Gainesville City Commission may be replaced come January.