From the Capitol: Week 6 Insider’s Report
Did you know? In the 1960s and early 1970s, as Florida’s population surged in Central and South Florida, serious discussion emerged about relocating the state capital with Orlando often proposed as a more geographically central alternative. A relocation study commission was established, and for a time, Tallahassee’s future as the seat of government was genuinely uncertain. Rather than lose the capital, Tallahassee’s business and civic leaders mobilized to keep it. The result was a compromise: [More…]