sister city

The Tallahassee City Commission voted unanimously to formally terminate the city’s sister city relationship with Krasnodar, Russia at Wednesday’s Commission meeting. Mayor John Dailey announced in a tweet last week that he would add this issue to the meeting’s agenda to show solidarity with the people of Ukraine. The relationship between the two cities began in 1983 but has been mostly symbolic in recent years.

Mayor Dailey announced in a tweet last week his intention to add an agenda item to this week’s city commission meeting that would formally terminate the sister city relationship between Tallahassee and Krasnodar. He says he’s heard from many members of the community on this issue and believes ending the relationship will show that Tallahassee stands in unity with the people of Ukraine.

Gay rights group Equality Florida has written letters to several city governments urging them to suspend their “sister city” relationships with Russian…