Tallahassee Magazine - July-August 2009

Backwards and Forwards

For more than a year now, I’ve been fixated on the past. In the run-up to this, our 30th anniversary issue, we’ve devoted major space to 16 retrospectives about various aspects of life in Tallahassee. Although I’ve only been with…

Thirty Years and Still Going Strong

The year was 1979.   Jimmy Carter was president, Bob Graham began his first term as governor of Florida and Sheldon Hilaman was Tallahassee’s mayor. Bernie Sliger was president of Florida State University, and Walter B. Smith presided over Florida…