Thursday, October 7, 2010

1st DCA building: Too much money or just too much politics?

Bob Gabordi is executive editor of the Tallahassee Democrat and Tallahassee.com. He can be reached through this blog, at bgabordi@tallahassee.com or (850) 599-2177

It’s the most talked about new building in Tallahassee since, well, since the Apalachee built the Council House and its mere presence must be as impactful to the “scene-scape” of modern Tallahassee as that enormous center was more than 500 years earlier.

This week, our Florida Capital News editor, Paul Flemming, looks at the new 1st District Court of Appeal building, and the politics that have erupted around it.

At $49 million, is it really too expensive and too grandiose or is it just a convenient whipping post for the ugliness of the current campaigns?

If the courthouse's existence is a testament to how things get done in political Tallahassee, just how did it get done?

You can also find the interviews on this link on our YouTube channel.

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