{"id":215004,"date":"2026-04-01T20:35:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T20:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/215004\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T20:35:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T20:35:10","slug":"local-democratic-party-questions-loranne-ausley-about-positive-statement-related-to-hospital-sale-tallahassee-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/215004\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Democratic Party Questions Loranne Ausley About Positive Statement Related to Hospital Sale \u2013 Tallahassee Reports"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Leon County Democratic Party, led by Tallahassee City Commissioner Matlow\u2019s aide, Ryan Ray, responded to mayoral candidate Loranne Ausley\u2019s positive comments about the city\u2019s sale of hospital assets to FSU. The party\u2019s response -which questioned Ausley\u2019s position on the 3-2 decision \u2013 raises questions about the role of the local Democratic Party in the upcoming Tallahassee mayoral election.<\/p>\n

Ausley is a registered Democrat.<\/p>\n

A New Opportunity<\/p>\n

After the 3-2 vote to transfer city-owned hospital assets to FSU, Ausley posted a statement on Facebook urging the community take advantage of the \u201copportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTallahassee now has the opportunity to create a true academic medical center that brings more specialists, residency training, clinical trials and cutting-edge care to the city we love. This transformation won\u2019t happen overnight \u2013 it will take long-term collaboration, hard work and strong partnerships. This is going to grow local capacity, improve recruitment and retention of providers, and strengthen health outcomes for everyone in our region, said Ausley.<\/p>\n

Ausley continued, \u201cNow that the city has voted to transfer TMH to FSU and this bold vision is moving forward, it is time to roll up our sleeves and start the hard work. That means our next Mayor must be ready on day one to work with all parties to ensure the vision becomes a reality. Our next Mayor must stand firm in enforcing the agreed protections including the most important protection for charity care. Today begins the long-term investment in health care access, quality, and economic stability for all of Tallahassee. As your next Mayor, my sleeves are rolled up and I\u2019m ready to go to work.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The post generated approximately 65 comments and 232 other engagements, with 223 of the engagements supporting Ausley\u2019s statement. <\/p>\n

Included in the comments was a question from the local Democratic Party which asked, \u201cDo you support the transfer of assets as approved this morning, Senator?\u201d The post by the Democratic Party was liked by Dr. Bruce Strouble, chair of Tallahassee ALERT, a group that voiced opposition to the sale.<\/p>\n

Ausley never responded to the inquiry.<\/p>\n

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The post from the Democratic Party, during the campaign for Tallahassee mayor featuring at least three registered Democrats, raises questions about the role the Democratic Party will play in the election. <\/p>\n

Will the party only promote positions endorsed by City Commissioner Jeremy Matlow? <\/p>\n

Can Democrats running for mayor take a position supporting the sale of the hospital assets to FSU without fear of being attacked by their own political party?<\/p>\n

TR has reached on to the Democratic Party for a comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Leon County Democratic Party, led by Tallahassee City Commissioner Matlow\u2019s aide, Ryan Ray, responded to mayoral candidate…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":215005,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[232,234,233],"class_list":["post-215004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=215004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215004\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/215005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}