This post is part of a series of blogs examining where 2024 Southeastern candidates for state and federal offices stand on key energy and climate issues.
Note: The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy does not support or oppose candidates or political parties. Links to reports, candidate websites and outside sources are provided as citizen education tools.
In this blog post, we examine the policies and positions of Curtis Richardson, a candidate running for Seat 2 on the Tallahassee City Commission. Also in this series, we profile candidate Dot (Dorothy) Inman-Johnson. Election Day is November 5, 2024.
Curtis Richardson has served the people of Tallahassee as a City Commissioner for 10 years. Prior to his time on the city commission, he presented District 8 in the Florida House of Representatives for four terms until 2008. Richardson’s career in public service began when he was elected to the Leon County School Board after decades of work in education.
Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency
Curtis Richardson recently applauded Tallahassee’s focus on environmental sustainability. In an opinion piece published yesterday in the Tallahassee Democrat, he touts the city’s ownership of “two of the largest solar farms in the country” to represent the city’s desire to be at the forefront of clean energy.
In 2022, Commissioner Richardson spoke out against legislation in Florida that would have reduced incentives for Floridians to adopt solar. In his speech in front of the capitol, he shared how solar can create jobs and lessen the effects of climate change.
Climate Change
In the same opinion piece, Commissioner Richardson shares that another accomplishment of the city is its focus on carbon reduction and commitment to the Clean Energy Resolution by 2035.
Electric Transportation
We were unable to confirm the candidate’s position on this energy-related issue in published media, public records, or the campaign website.
Energy Equity and Energy Burden
We were unable to confirm the candidate’s position on this energy-related issue in published media, public records, or the campaign website.
High-Risk Energy
We were unable to confirm the candidate’s position on this energy-related issue in published media, public records, or the campaign website.
Voting Information
Election Day is November 5. Here are important dates and deadlines to consider, from the Florida Division of Elections:
- Oct. 7, 2024: Voter registration deadline
- Oct. 24, 2024: Vote-by-mail ballot request deadline (5:00 pm)
- Oct. 26, 2024: Mandatory in-person early voting period begins
- Nov. 2, 2024: Mandatory in-person early voting period ends
- Nov. 5, 2024: General Election Day
- Nov. 5, 2024: Vote-by-mail ballot return deadline (7:00 pm)
- Nov. 15, 2024: Vote-by-mail ballot return deadline for military and overseas citizen voters
*Visit Vote-by-Mail and Military and Overseas Citizens Voting for information about deadlines to send a vote-by-mail ballot, to request a vote-by-mail ballot and to return vote by a mail ballot.
** Due to Hurricane Helene, Governor DeSantis has issued Executive Order 24-212 making changes to election rules for some residents of the counties most affected by Helene. Hurricane Milton may affect voting as well. Check here for the latest information.
Find additional important election information here.
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I met a guy today who does cyber security for dozens of military bases around the U.S.
Considering his career, I didn’t expect him to bring up his belief that the president of the United States is making horrible, unhinged decisions on our nation’s behalf. He’s especially concerned about the destruction of relationships with our allies, claiming that the stability of the free world is at stake.
He believes, and I hadn’t had this thought myself, that certain single-issue voters really don’t have a choice when it comes to voting. “Suppose your top issue is that you’re vehemently anti-abortion. You can’t vote Democrat, so you have to vote Republican even though you know that 99% of the rest of their policies are based purely on utter stupidity.”
IMO, this is a novel way of looking at the devastation of democracy in the U.S. and elsewhere around the globe, though I doubt it’s the controlling factor. In this case, the SCOTUS Dobbs decision allows states to do whatever they like re: abortion.
In any case, most of us are worried about our country’s future, and for good reason.
What kind of people are the celebrities in music and digital media as a whole? Not an easy question to answer.
Obviously, they’re talented. Most are well educated and many have the good looks that come from good genetics.
And yes, most of these people have the intelligence to see that Donald Trump is a criminal sociopath on target to destroy the U.S. while enriching himself beyond measure.
For every Jon Voight (see left) that are perhaps 1000 Robert Deniros, Bruce Springteens, and Leonardo Dicaprios.
But why are there any Jon Voights at all? The answer is unclear.
I once met a Princeton grad to whom I explained that a guy from my prep school in Philadelphia went to Princeton, and now is all over social media shouting, “Close the Borders!” and “English Only!”
My new acquaintance laughed hysterically, and said with a smile, “Yes, we have grads like this, perhaps one in a few thousand. What a waste of hundreds of thousands of dollars. You can get that level of education by dropping out of high school and driving a truck.”
At left we see an example of a phenomenon that seems to be happening with increasing frequency: a life-long Republican saying “enough” and refusing vote for the current version of the GOP.
I applaud people who have both:
a) the intelligence to see where a party has crossed a moral line, and is now operating as a criminal enterprise.
b) the inner courage to do this, as it is hard for most people to admit they were wrong after a lifetime of kneejerk reactions, especially on a topic of such importance.
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