Amendments and Judges –We are voting no on all the amendments this year, for reasons articulated on Anna Eskamani’s 2002 Ballot Guidance page. –Many of the judges you can vote on are extremists appointed by the governor. We voted yes on supreme court judge Labarga, but no otherwise. This instagram slideshow has more information on […]
Editorial – Jeff VanderMeer John E. Dailey has proven himself unfit to lead Tallahassee, in both his first term as mayor and in his negative campaigning for reelection. For many reasons, Tallahasseans should vote for his opponent, Kristin Dozier, in November—and send Dailey into political retirement. If ever anyone embodied the institutional effects of former […]
by Jeff VanderMeer If you were to write a guide to Tallahassee local politics, you might have to divide it into categories like “Responsible Adults,” “Whiny Children,” and “WTF Was That.” In what has been the most acrimonious and negative campaign cycle in the city’s history, there have been a lot of whiny children and […]
Jeff VanderMeer This weekend, I gave a talk on yard rewilding at Native Nurseries here in Tallahassee. Below you’ll find the information from the accompanying hand-out, much of which I mentioned in my talk. This is by no means a comprehensive overview of this kind of project, but may be of use in thinking about […]
Interview by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer Damon Victor is an independent candidate running in the 2022 District 3 county commission election for Leon County. The incumbent is Rick Minor. Victor’s other opponent in Joey Lamar. In our recent local election guide we endorsed Victor, writing in part, “Not only does he have entrepreneurial experience of […]
Jeff VanderMeer Despite a series of rants by Grow Tallahassee Chairman Bugra Demirel last weekend, Grow Tallahassee has yet to censure Demirel or apologize on his behalf. Nor has Demirel himself apologized–to me or anyone. Nor have any of Grow Tallahassee’s slate of sponsored candidates spoken up. Nor have the FSU Boosters, who are now […]
Candidate Recommendation Cheat Sheet: Mayor: Kristen Dozier City Commission: Jeremy Matlow (Seat 3), Adner Marcelin or Shelby Green (Seat 5) County Commission: Donna Pearl Cotterell (District 1), Will Crowley (District 2), Josh Johnson (at-large Group 2), Damon Victor (District 3), David O’Keefe (District 5) School Board: Anthony DeMarco (District 1), Darryl Jones (District 3), Alex […]
Jeff VanderMeer Why We Can’t Have Nice Things What do you do when you have enormous influence on city and county government and tons of money backing you but you can’t silence every voice of dissent? Apparently, it’s de rigueur these days to whine that you’re actually the oppressed ones and if only you had […]
Please do follow me on twitter, facebook, and instagram for rewilding updates, publishing news, goofiness, and silliness. My twitter and facebook are obvious. My instagram is jeff_vandermeer123. After about two years of pandemic isolation, during which I’ve had a number of books out, it’s about time to start a new chapter on what I’m writing […]
1. He had a lesson plan for the semester, but I had given him a novel featuring owls that I thought particularly fine and that, as his superior, I had made a strong case for to the exclusion of all else. He must have agreed, because he rewrote his lesson plan until it was only […]