#leon county

[tomorrowusa]

A circuit judge in Leon County, which includes the capital of Florida, has struck down Ron DeSantis's gerrymandered US House map for Florida.

A judge in Florida has ruled in favor of voting rights groups that filed a lawsuit against a congressional redistricting map approved by Ron DeSantis in 2022. Voting rights groups had criticized the map for diluting political power in Black communities. In the ruling, Leon county circuit judge J Lee Marsh sent the map back to the Florida legislature to be redrawn in a way that complies with the state’s constitution. “Under the stipulated facts (in the lawsuit), plaintiffs have shown that the enacted plan results in the diminishment of Black voters’ ability to elect their candidate of choice in violation of the Florida constitution,” Marsh wrote in the ruling. The ruling is expected to be appealed by the state, likely putting the case before the Florida supreme court.

DeSantis had rejected a somewhat gerrymandered map his rubber stamp legislature had drawn and insisted that it pass his super-gerrymandered alternative instead. That's the map Judge Marsh threw out.

I don't know how independent the Florida Supreme Court is these days, but that looks like the next stop for this case.

The lawsuit focused on a north Florida congressional district previously represented by the Democrat Al Lawson, who is Black. Lawson’s district was carved up into districts represented by white Republicans. DeSantis vetoed a map that initially preserved Lawson’s district in 2022, submitting his own map and calling a special legislative session demanding state legislators accept it. Judge Marsh rejected claims from Florida Republicans that the state’s provision against weakening or eliminating minority-dominant districts violated the US constitution. “This is a significant victory in the fight for fair representation for Black Floridians,” said Olivia Mendoza, director of litigation and policy for the National Redistricting Foundation, an affiliate of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, in a statement. “As a result, the current discriminatory map should be replaced with a map that restores the fifth congressional district in a manner that gives Black voters the opportunity to elect a candidate of their choice.” In 2022, the Florida Legislative Black Caucus labeled the DeSantis-approved congressional map as voter suppression. The map resulted in Florida Republicans picking up four congressional seats in the state, increasing Republican representatives from 16 to 20 out of 28 seats and helping Republicans seal a slim majority in the House in 2022.

Of course DeSantis will complain that permitting fair representation is "woke" and may try to get Judge Marsh fired in retaliation for the ruling.

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#florida #gerrymandering #ron desantis #us house of representatives #florida legislature #leon county #j lee marsh #florida supreme court #unconstitutional desantis map #al lawson #african americans #national democratic redistricting committee #fair representation #election 2024

[oconnor2023]

Leon County Appraisal District | Leon CAD

Leon County Appraisal District CAD owners reduce their property taxes by 5% through tax protests. 30-50% of property tax protests are successful. Visit https://www.poconnor.com/leon-county/

#Leon County #Tax Protest

[the1beardedgent]

Ancient canoe in Tallahassee Lake Munson sludge revealed Florida history

Archaeology

#archaeology #titusville #spacecoast #florida #brevardcounty #centralflorida #leon county #tallahassee #ancient canoe #lake munson

[conandaily2022]

Tallahassee, Florida's Shawn Lei Burge accused of using app to chat online with child

Shawn Lei Burge, 49, of Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida, United States is accused of using an app to chat online with an individual he believed to be a child. Unbeknownst to him, he was actually communicating with an undercover officer. Burge was arrested and charged in connection with Operation Shining Light, an undercover sting aimed at catching adults using the internet to sexually exploit…

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#Clay County #Florida #Leon County #Tallahassee

[nathanarcher]

Archer, Nathan. “Lake Munson.” Tallahassee Democrat, September 11, 2022. https://on.tdo.com/2nUeq7o.

#tallahassee #Leon county #lake munson #algae bloom #editorial cartoon #cartoon

[dravencrow127]

#gay #gay pride #gay love #gay couple #tallahassee #tallahassee florida #florida #leon county #school board #schools #school #lgbtq rights #lgbtqlivesmatter #lgbtq #lgbtq pride

[qupritsuvwix]

#leon county #texas #manhunt #50 thousand dollar reward

[yaoiwars]

yaoi wars cowboy au

date and johnny are outlaws and leon and ash are different forms of the law

#the yaoi wars #kaname date #johnny silverhand #leon s kennedy #ash williams #Yea hes dressed up as brisco cos. bruce campbell haha (i cant have 595454586 bruce characters in the yaoi wars other mods would kill me) #brisco county jr #evil dead #the evil dead #evil dead 2 #resident evil #cyberpunk 2077 #aini #aitsf #re2

[aspiringhorrorauthor]

My hot take of the evening is if you write Pokémon Sword and Shield fanfiction/headcannons and make Gloria very Scottish but everyone else has RP/estuary/American accents you should have your game privellages revoked

#pokemon sword and shield #listen listen to me listen to me now. Bede is a teesider you cannot escape this you cannot deny this #However strong Gloria’s accent is everyone else should also have some interesting accent that’s just as strong #Bede is from County Durham. You cannot deny that. He has a name only found in County Durham #By Arceus Hop lives down the street from Gloria if she has a Scottish accent #so should he! And Leon!! #Marnie is clearly meant to be from a very working class city. You know what that means? She should have the strongest accent in the crew!

[rabbitcruiser]

The construction of the Golden Gate Bridge began in San Francisco Bay on January 5, 1933.    

#construction #Golden Gate Bridge #started #3 January 1933 #90th anniversary #US history #Art Deco #Irving Morrow #Leon Solomon Moisseiff #Joseph Strauss #San Francisco #U.S. Route 101 #California State Route 1 #San Francisco Bay #Marin County #Crissy Field #Golden Gate National Recreation Area #California #West Coast #summer 2012 #original photography #tourist attraction #landmark #engineering #cityscape #Pacific Ocean

[thedailycounternews]

Veterans Day Announcement Regarding On Patrol: Live

Veterans Day Announcement Regarding On Patrol: Live

We’ve received many inquiries from the community about On Patrol: Live and more recently, the On Patrol: Live Citizen Ride-Along, originally scheduled for September 30th with Captain Danny Brown which had to be postponed due to Hurricane Ian. We thought it appropriate to announce this Veterans Day that we have rescheduled the Richland County Sheriff’s Department Citizen Ride-Along for next…

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#alexa dean #dan abrams #danny brown #Leon Lott #on patrol live #reelz #Richland County #Richland County Sheriff Department

[gwydionmisha]

#El Paso County #Dr. Leon Kelly #Rae Ann Weber #Primary #News

[rdgmanagment]

#rdg management #rental property listings #find apartments for rent #apartment in orlando #orlando apartments for rent #dream apartments #apartments in leon county #orange county fl apartments

[conandaily2022]

San Antonio, Texas teacher Stephanie Woods arrested, placed on administrative leave

Stephanie Woods, 28, is employed by the Northside Independent School District, which is headquartered in Leon Valley, Bexar County, Texas, United States. He is a biology teacher and a basketball and tennis coach at Warren High School in San Antonio, Bexar County.

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#Bexar County #Leon Valley #San Antonio #Texas #Youtube

[nathanarcher]

Archer, Nathan. “Government Overreach.” Tallahassee Democrat, January 29, 2023. https://on.tdo.com/2nUeq7o.

#florida #education #fldoe #Leon County schools #lcs #rocky hanna #government overreach #editorial cartoon #cartoon

[reportwire]

SpaceX gets ready for Starlink, BlueWalker launch

SpaceX gets ready for Starlink, BlueWalker launch

2022-09-10 18:28:00 KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — The Saturday launch for SpaceX’s Starlink and SpaceMobile’s BlueWalker satellites was successful after a short weather-related delay.  What You Need To Know The launch is at  9:10 p.m. EDT SpaceX plans to launch Starlink and the Blue Walker 3 satellites Scroll down to watch the launch live Liftoff! pic.twitter.com/TM8bDycT2U — SpaceX (@SpaceX)…

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#Anthony Leone #APP Space #APP Top Stories #Brevard County #New Space Race #NEWS #Orlando #space #tampa #Technology #Top Stories #VOD