Tag Archives: Gainesville City Commission

The Gainesville City Commission and Alachua County Commission celebrated United Nations Day a week early by hosting a panel discussion.

It's barely been 24 hours since people learned Michelle Obama is coming to the University of Florida and lines for tickets were still packed this morning.

Jeanna Mastrodicasa and Sherwin Henry have served the Gainesville City Commission for six years and will be stepping down tomorrow. Florida’s 89.1, WUFT-FM’s Chip Skambis spoke with District 1 City Commisioner Scherwin Henry and had him reflect on his terms as city commissioner. [audio:http://www.wuft.org/media/audio/HenryQAreflections.mp3]

Lauren Poe and Nathan Skop are facing off for the At-Large 1 seat on the Gainesville City Commission. Florida’s 89.1, WUFT-FM’s Chris Peralta report, both candidates have ideas and plans they would like to realize for the city, if elected. [audio:http://www.wuft.org/media/audio/Gainesville1ALCandsWrap.mp3]

Update: All precincts now reporting.  Run-off confirmed. It looks like a run-off for the Gainesville city commission At-Large 1 seat. With one precinct still outstanding, WUFT-FM’s Chip Skambis says the Nathan Skop campaign is getting ready for the next step. [audio:http://www.wuft.org/news/files/2012/01/CHIPVOICER.mp3] WUFT-FM’s Sanika Dange says Lauren Poe’s campaign will still …

Jeanna Mastrodicasa and Sherwin Henry have served the Gainesville City Commission for six years and will be stepping down in May.  Florida’s 89.1, WUFT-FM’s Katiana Krawchenko says as the two reflect on their terms as city commissioners they say the transition is bittersweet. [audio:http://www.wuft.org/media/audio/KatianacommissionersWRAP.mp3]

The Gainesville City Commission will vote on funding arsenic contamination remediation in a developing Gainesville park at its meeting tonight. The remediation of Depot Park is already underway through funding from other sources, but with this action, the city would borrow about $1.6 million to complete the project. City Commissioner …

Alachua County Commissioner Rodney Long says he won’t be seeking re-election to the seat he’s held for three terms. Long was first elected to the county commission in 2000. Before that he served two terms on the Gainesville City Commission. Long’s seat is one of three that will be on …

In the Gainesville City Commission District two runoff last night voters elected Todd Chase over incumbent Lauren Poe. WUFT FM’s Natalie Beigel reports on Chase and Poe’s thoughts on the election. [audio:http://www.wuft.org/media/audio/District2WRAP.mp3]

Voters going to the polls for the District 3 Gainesville City Commission runoff last night elected Susan Bottcher over Rob Zeller. WUFT FM’s Natalie Beigel talked with both candidates to get some insight on the voter turn out from both Bottcher and Rob Zeller. [audio:http://www.wuft.org/media/audio/District3Wrap.mp3]