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…
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Leon County Citizen Charter Review Committee Addresses CRA’s & Ethics
The Leon County Citizen Charter Review Committee (CCRC) met on Thursday, November 16th, for the second time and began advancing ideas about…
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…
Budget Hawks Seek Review of County Raises
Recent raises for the Leon County Administrator and Leon County Attorney are being questioned by Budget Hawks. Budget Hawks is a fiscally conservative…
Leon County Business Partner Under Federal Investigation
Tallahassee Reports has learned that a Leon County business partner, Renovate America, is under investigation by Securities Exchange Commission – an independent…
Commissioner Dozier Lists Home for $80K Above 2015 Purchase Price from CRA Developer
Leon County Commissioner Kristin Dozier has listed a home she purchased from a developer who had business before the Community Redevelopment Agency…
Ballard Building Challenges CRA Assumptions
A major assumption used by the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) to secure financial assistance for projects is being challenged by a downtown…
Campaign Consultants for All Five City Commissioners Have City Contracts
A Tallahassee Reports investigation of local government contracts with campaign consultants for current elected officials reveals that three consultants with campaign ties…
Leon County Set to Collect $5.7 Million More in Property Taxes in FY2018
The Board of County Commissioners of Leon County are set to vote on maintaining a millage rate for FY 2018 that will…
Ox Bottom Manor, Moore Pond Neighborhoods Launch Legal Challenge Against New Development
Tallahassee Reports has learned that the neighborhood associations for Ox Bottom Manor and Moore Pond have filed a petition to challenge the…
After Two Year Discount, County Residents to Pay 15% More in Fire Service Fees
Two years after Leon County government chose to defer a City of Tallahassee initiated fire service fee increase, Leon county residents now…
Commissioner Dozier Disputes Appraisal Value of Home, But Lists Appraisal Value on Financial Disclosure Form
Tallahassee Reports has learned that Leon County Commissioner Kristin Dozier, after purchasing a home for $188,600 in 2015 from a CRA developer,…