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"When I first took office, we had a wall of file cabinets. Every filing cabinet had a little card in it for each piece of property in Alachua County."
Read More »The Point, June 25, 2019: Crime Increased In Alachua County In 2018, FDLE Report Shows
At least two dozen vacancies at the Gainesville Police Department are hampering its fight against crimes involving guns, leaders from the agency said last night.
Read More »The Point, June 21, 2019: How Gainesville’s City Commission Reacted To That Broadband Internet Analysis
If the City of Gainesville is to someday become a broadband internet provider, it likely won't have done so alone.
Read More »Newberry To Enter 30 Year Solar Power Agreement With Florida Municipal Power Agency
Newberry has agreed to purchase one megawatt of solar power from the Florida Municipal Power Agency, enough to power about 5% of the city's total energy consumption. Two years ago, the city was approached for a similar project by the same company, but decided against participating. This time, technological improvements and reductions in the cost of solar panels made the project much more feasible and attractive to the city.
Read More »The Point, June 19, 2019: Volunteers Work To Preserve Alachua County Cemetery From The 1800s
Some of those buried within may have been former slaves.
Read More »The Point, June 14, 2019: Group Uses Father’s Day To Protest Money Bail, ‘A Punishment Before You Get Convicted’
The activists say requiring monetary bail is unfair when the inmates' alleged crimes weren't dangerous or violent.
Read More »The Point, June 12, 2019: The Dollar General That Became A Library
The city of Waldo has a new library.
Read More »The Point, June 10, 2019: Takeaways From The Statewide Democrats’ Gathering In Orlando
The party met this weekend to discuss strategy from the past two election cycles heading into 2020.
Read More »The Point, June 6, 2019: The Possible Impact Of Gainesville’s Budget Gap On Ratepayers And Property Owners
Proposed increases would take effect Oct. 1.
Read More »The Point, June 4, 2019: What Is The Cabot-Koppers Superfund Site’s Future? No One Yet Knows
It's been almost a year since Alachua County announced it was considering the Cabot-Koppers Superfund as a possible location for the new county fairgrounds.
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