Travel Records Show Mayor Hit The Road More In 2008

Travel records provided to tallahasseereports.com show that Mayor Marks has increased the travel billed to the city each year over the last three years.

During FY 2006, Mr. Marks was on the road for 29 days at a cost of $16,460, in FY 2007 he was on the road 31 days for a cost of $16,731, and in FY 2008 he was on the road 44 days at a cost of $24,062. City officials reported that in 2008, approximately $6,000 was reimbursed to the city by various organizations.

Over the last 3 years we know that:

  • Mr. Marks took 51 trips
  • There were 4 trips that cost over $2,000 and included sister city trips to Russia and Israel
  • 24 trips cost more than a $1,000

Listed below is a table with information on each of the trips taken by Mayor Marks. Future reports will release travel information for other Commissioners and other Leadership staff.

Start Date End Date Days Purpose Destination Trip Total
9/30/2005 10/3/2005 3 Sunshine State Board Meeting Coral Gables, FL $633
12/8/2005 12/9/2005 1 National League of Cities (NLC) Annual Conference Charlotte, NC $1,457
1/26/2006 1/27/2006 1 U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) Winter Meeting Washington, DC $685
4/9/2006 4/11/2006 2 National Forum for Black Public Administrators (NFBPA) Dallas, TX $1,727
4/27/2006 4/29/2006 2 National Conference of Black Mayors (NCBM) Memphis, TN $1,259
5/7/2006 5/9/2006 2 Energy Issues Policy Forum Amelia Island, FL $1,753
6/2/2006 6/6/2006 4 U.S. Conference of Mayors Las Vegas, NV $2,050
6/12/2006 6/12/2006 1 Sunshine State Governmental Financing Commission (SSGFC) Marco Island, FL $292
6/23/2006 6/25/2006 2 Florida League of Mayors/Leadership Florida Orlando, FL $962
7/13/2006 7/14/2006 1 NFBPA Awards Washington, DC $941
8/4/2006 8/6/2006 2 Chamber of Commerce Retreat Amelia Island, FL $768
8/10/2006 8/12/2006 2 FLC/Florida League of Mayors 2006 Conference Jacksonville, FL $1,019
9/21/2006 9/26/2006 5 Sister Cities Exchange – Trip to Russia Krasnodar, Russia $2,353
9/29/2006 9/30/2006 1 FLC Board Meeting St. Petersburg, FL $562
29 FY06 Total $16,460
11/16/2006 11/18/2006 2 FLC Legislative Conference/FLM Meeting Orlando, FL $795
1/24/2007 1/26/2007 2 U.S. Conference of Mayors Winter Meeting Washington, DC $1,396
2/2/2007 2/7/2007 5 Sister City Relations – Trip to Israel Tel Aviv, Israel $2,361
2/8/2007 2/9/2007 1 Florida League of Mayors Meeting Tampa, FL $622
3/10/2007 3/13/2007 3 National League of Cities Conference Washington, DC $1,800
4/13/2007 4/13/2007 1 Air Service Development/Delta Airlines Meeting Atlanta, GA $655
4/22/2007 4/25/2007 3 NFBPA Annual Conference Phoenix, AZ $1,936
5/2/2007 5/5/2007 3 NCBM Annual Conference Baton Rouge, LA $997
5/16/2007 5/17/2007 1 Florida League of Mayors Orlando, FL $674
5/21/2007 5/21/2007 1 Sunshine State Governmental Finance Commission Orlando, FL $486
6/15/2007 6/16/2007 1 Neighborhood Conference/Suncoast League Sarasota, FL $756
6/21/2007 6/26/2007 5 Save the Family Summit/US Conference of Mayor’s Annual St. Louis, MO & LA, CA $2,610
6/28/2007 7/1/2007 3 Leadership Florida Annual Conference Palm Beach, FL $1,584
31 FY07 Total $16,673
10/25/2007 10/27/2007 2 SSGFC Board Naples, FL $1,322
10/31/2007 11/2/2007 2 National League of Cities Seattle, WA $1,202
11/8/2007 11/9/2007 1 Florida League of Cities Orlando, FL $722
11/14/2007 11/16/2007 2 National League of Cities Orlando, FL $1,634
12/13/2007 12/14/2007 1 Florida League of Cities Miami, FL $742
1/4/2008 1/4/2008 1 FLC Exec Comm Mtg Orlando $443
1/11/2008 1/11/2008 1 SSGFC West Palm Beach $563
1/14/2008 1/14/2008 1 FLC – Joint Ofcrs mtg Tampa $466
1/24/2008 1/24/2008 1 USCoM Washington, DC $1,498
2/8/2008 2/9/2008 1 FLoM – Board Retreat Amelia Island, FL $435
2/11/2008 2/13/2008 2 NLC – FAST Flyin’ Washington, DC $1,748
2/21/2008 2/23/2008 2 USCoM Key West $1,229
3/9/2008 3/12/2008 3 NLC – Cong. Conf Washington, DC $2,115
4/2/2008 4/3/2008 1 FLC-FMIvT St. Augustine $306
4/20/2008 4/22/2008 2 NFBPA Little Rock, Arkansas $1,368
5/1/2008 5/2/2008 1 SSGFC West Palm Beach $767
5/5/2008 5/7/2008 2 LeRoy Collins Institute Board Mtg Miami $712
6/13/2008 6/16/2008 3 SSGFC Ft. Lauderdale $504
6/19/2008 6/24/2008 5 Mayors Hemispheric Conf Miami $1,774
6/27/2008 6/27/2008 1 FLC – Board Mtg Ft. Lauderdale $457
8/8/2008 8/10/2008 2 Chamber Amelia Island, FL $944
8/13/2008 8/17/2008 4 FLC – Annual Conf Tampa $1,105
9/16/2008 9/17/2008 1 Chamber Miami $1,038
9/25/2008 9/27/2008 2 FLC – Board Mtg Miami $970
44 FY08 Total $24,062

5 Responses to "Travel Records Show Mayor Hit The Road More In 2008"

  1. do not blame termites, cock roaches, rats, mice; even tigers for doing what they do. do not blame an uppity black lawyer with a history of benefiting from misplaced tokenism…membership on PSC and attention from whichever governor it was that noticed him years ago…They all do what they do. If you live in India and a tiger eats you that’s your fault. If you live in Talahassee and a termite eats your house that’s your fault.

    If the the expensive albeit empty-suit Marks attains the office of Mayor…and keeps it…that’s our fault. not his. He’s just doing what his kind do. To continue to allow it reflects on us the electorate, not John.

  2. Over $8,200.00 to conferences for black mayors or black administrators!

    Can you imagine if a white mayor went to a conference for white mayors or white administrators?

  3. When faced with anticipated reductions in property tax revenues last year, Mayor Marks threatened to cut ambulance and fire services. Fortunately, his travel was not impacted.

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