The City Commissioners reviewed a proposed audit of City contracts at their Oct. 16 meeting. The audit relates to former City Commissioner Scott Maddox’s recent guilty plea in Federal court, which revealed honest services fraud and other crimes committed throughout his term on the city commission. At their last meeting, the Commissioners directed City Auditor […]
Tallahassee City Commissioners heard a status report on marijuana reform efforts at their Oct. 16 meeting. Staff was directed to prepare the report at their Sept. 11 meeting to further discuss the issue. In the end City Commissioners opted not to move forward with an city ordinance addressing the issue. Recreational marijuana is currently illegal […]
It seems clear that the Independent Ethics Board has no intention of removing the Ethics Officer, Julie Meadows-Keefe, before her declared resignation date of February, 2020. Amid calls for her removal by business leaders and the Citizens for Ethics Reform, there was some thought that the Ethics Board would address the issue at their monthly […]
At the October 15th meeting, the Leon County Commission voted to establish a short list of four candidates to interview for the soon to be vacant County Attorney position. The vote came after a long discussion about changing the process so that more people could apply for the position. However, consensus could not be reached […]
The Leon County Commission voted to move forward with a revised building fee methodology and a building permit fee study. More specifically, the Commission voted to implement a flat fee methodology for the issuance of residential building permit fees to further expedite the plan review process and simplify how fees are calculated and to proceed […]
On Tuesday October 15th, the Independent Ethics Board will hold their monthly meeting, but it appears the main topic of conversation surrounding the meeting is not on the meeting agenda: the fate of the Ethics Officer, Julie Meadows-Keefe. However, TR has been told that a number of speakers will attend the meeting and make the […]
Reports released by the Tallahassee Police Department show that 19 auto burglaries were reported on Friday and Saturday of this past weekend. The location of the auto burglaries are shown below. In addition, reports show that there were eight auto thefts and six residential burglaries called in on Friday and Saturday. The locations of these […]
Information provided by the Tallahassee Police Department (TPD) shows that there were a 102 incidents reported during the week of October 3rd-9th. The data indicates there 85 property incidents and 17 violent incidents. A regional breakdown of the incidents – based on TPD defined quadrants – shows that the Northwest quadrant of Tallahassee led the […]
Update After seeking a comment on this issue from Tallahassee’s Independent Ethics Board Chairman Richard Herring, Mr. Herring in an email stated that: “As discussed during the September Board meeting, this issue, along with the history of all Board expenses since inception, will be discussed in 4 days at our October 15 Board meeting.” The […]
Discrepancies between statements from the mother of a local student murdered in Tallahassee and information provided by Leon County Schools (LCS) raises questions about how LCS accounts for students that seek to withdraw from school and the subsequent impact on graduation statistics. TR reported on March 29, 2019, that Godby High School had the highest […]