COT Electric Utility Made $8 Million; City Commission Votes to Keep It.
On December 8, 2010, the City Commission was presented with the final numbers for the fiscal year 2010 city expenditures. Unreported to…
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Most Cities Register Lobbyists, Tallahassee Does Not
An investigation by Tallahassee Reports has revealed that, unlike the City of Tallahassee, most major municipalities in the state of Florida require…
Fairgrounds Redevelopment Needs a Plan
There is no doubt that the south side of Tallahassee needs economic revitalization. I have agreed for a long time that it…
Thaell and Marks: The Tale of Two Incumbents
Now that the dust has settled and the local elections are in the rear view mirror, its time for some analysis of…
Tallahassee Leads in Smart Meter Spending
Tallahassee Reports investigated how much money each of the five largest cities in Florida with municipal owned electric utilities chose to invest…
County Commission to Review Staff’s Report on the City’s Citizen Advisory Board for Utilities
At the Nov. 9, 2010 Leon County Commission meeting, the issue of a Citizen’s Advisory Board for utilities will once again be…
Leon County ER Index Improves Due To State Government Jobs
The Economic Recovery (ER) Index for September, 2010 was calculated to be 20.9. The Index is calculated by adding the monthly unemployment…
Village Square: 2010 Citizen’s Election Season Survival Guide
Tired of low-rent political advertisements that make you hurl objects at the television set? Bored with the finger-pointing, whining, squabbling, temper tantrums…
Where Do They Stand?
On November 2, the citizens of Tallahassee and Leon County will elect or re-elect the individuals they deem best suited to lead…
Tracking the Local Economy
To aid citizens in tracking and evaluating the status of the economic recovery in Leon County, Tallahassee Reports created the Economic Recovery…
By the Numbers: Jobs
Now that the recession is officially over (as of June 2009), when will the jobs come back and where will they come…
OPINION: Smart Meter Approach Raises Interesting Questions
As we enter the smart meter and time-of-use rates (TOU) era here in Tallahassee, and in fact, throughout the United States, the…