Mark S. Daniel

Mark Daniel is a retired construction management professional and currently a real estate investor in Tallahassee. He operates rental properties in the Lafayette Park Neighborhood as well as Myers Park Historic District.

He is the founder & editor of HistoricLafayettePark.com, an online newsletter dedicated to exposing the abuses of historic preservation in Tallahassee-Leon County.

Quote: “Historic Preservation of our older buildings and homes is very important to maintaining a sense of continuity and understanding our community’s history. When the public process for “helping” historic preservation becomes a malicious, punitive affair, it turns property owners off and the result is loss of real treasures from the past. When it becomes a theft of public funds, it needs to be policed.”

Mr. Daniel has first-hand experience of the historic preservation process from it’s administration and operation in Myers Park where one property is located. Plus, his property in Lafayette Park is presently being threatened by two historic rezoning applications pending which were illegally processed by city boards and departments. He has researched the abuses deeply and continues to be amazed by what too many public officials consider to be okay behavior.

Articles

August 18, 2011

Another Public Records Request “Refused”

City Attorney charges $11,600 to find “missing” emails by looking through 125,900– one at a time. Following the popular article, “Billion Dollar Theft Planned by City,” the role of Assistant City Attorney Linda Hudson became a focus for further inquiry. Toward that end, I requested copies of her city emails from the time frame of [...]

July 04, 2011

Billion-Dollar Theft Planned by City?

The Real Power: Neighborhood Control In part one of this two-part series, it was shown how our commissioners from both the City of Tallahassee and Leon County have allowed a private contractor, the Tallahassee Trust for Historic Preservation (TTHP), to take control of a public citizens’ advisory group, the Architectural Review Board (ARB). Half the membership [...]

June 03, 2011

Tallahassee Historic Preservation Process Raises Questions

Free Money!! The City of Tallahassee will give away hundreds of thousands of dollars to someone–in fact many someones–for the renovation and repair of their old houses. They’ve already done it for many people, and the funds are there to keep going with more handouts! All you need is an old house, and an understanding [...]