Experts Say Mobility Fee Will Increase Transparency, Raise More Money, Could Hurt Small Businesses
The monthly Network of Entrepreneurs and Business Advocates held their monthly luncheon meeting Tuesday and heard two experts discuss the pros and…
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Payments from City’s Solar Customers Headed to Foreign Company
Tallahassee Reports has learned that the City of Tallahassee’s solar project is being financed and constructed by a private Belgium company that…
Mayor Gillum Proposes Strong Ethics Rules
Lost in the media’s coverage of the letter of admonishment by Tallahassee’s Independent Ethics Board to City Manager Rick Fernandez were the…
Mid-Year Data Shows a Crime Decrease in Leon County with Property Crime Down, Violent Crime Up
According to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, mid-year data for 2017 shows that crime decreased by 9.4% in Leon County when…
Family Members of High Level City Officials Land City Jobs
Tallahassee Reports has learned that the City of Tallahassee’s Technology and Innovation Department, headed by Jonathan Kilpatrick, employs the step-son of City…
Commissioner Miller Family Contracts Results in Change to City Policy
The City of Tallahassee Auditor’s investigation into contracts awarded to family members of City Commissioner Nancy Miller did not identify any evidence…
E-Mails: Paige Carter-Smith, Governance Tied to City’s Recycling Bid Process
Documents provided to the FBI show that Paige Carter-Smith was copied on several city emails dealing with the City’s “Request for Proposals/Recyclable…
E-Mails: Mayor Gillum’s Office Referred Business to Adam Corey
E-mails requested by the FBI show that a business executive inquiring about a meeting with Mayor Gillum was referred to lobbyist Adam…
Citing FBI and Crime Rate, Tallahassee Chamber Pursues Consolidation Study
Citing the FBI investigation and the violent crime rate, the Greater Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors voted unanimously to underwrite…
City Manager Fernandez Takes Administrative Leave Over Football Ticket Investigation
One day after the City of Tallahassee elected officials said they would wait until the ethics investigation into City Manager Rick Fernandez…
BREAKING NEWS: City’s Elected Officials Post “Dear Citizens” Letter that Says They Are Trustworthy
Following more revelations about questionable behavior by City of Tallahassee officials, Mayor Andrew Gillum and Tallahassee’s four city commissioners took the unusual…
City Employee Making $133K Received $26K Raise in Six Installments Over One Year
Documents obtained by Tallahassee Reports show that a City of Tallahassee employee in the Underground Utilities department received a $26,000 raise in six…