Recently the Tallahassee Democrat reported that Tallahassee City Manager Rick Fernandez had hired a lawyer to ask the city’s Independent Ethics Board to reconsider their decision to forward a complaint against Fernandez to the Florida Commission on Ethics. That request now seems moot. Dr. Erwin Jackson, a local business owner and watchdog of local government, […]
Mayor Andrew Gillum’s office released a statement that said Gillum’s trip on a private plane to Tampa included city business. Gillum’s city calendar does not support the statement. On August 10th, 2017 Tallahassee Reports broke a story about Mayor Andrew Gillum taking a trip on a private plane owned by a developer with city lobbyist […]
TALLAHASSEE — As Madeline (Maddie) Jordan headed toward the last line of brightly-colored jumps, a hush settled over the large crowd of spectators gathered for the United States Equestrian Federation Pony Finals in Lexington, Kentucky. It was so silent, it made the 13-year-old Tallahassee native nervous. She worried if her pony so much as brushed […]
Tallahassee Reports has confirmed through a number of sources that City Manager Rick Fernandez received football tickets located in the “Old School” sky box from city lobbyist and Edison owner, Adam Corey. Corey owns the sky box. TR has reviewed the gift records maintained by the Florida Commission on Ethics and no gift disclosure for […]
In a bold move, the City of Tallahassee’s Independent Ethics Board decided Tuesday night that an anonymous complaint involving city manager Rick Fernandez will be referred to the Florida Commission on Ethics. The decision comes after the full City Commission has repeatedly ignored the Board’s request for more authority to address similar complaints. The decision […]
While Tallahassee waits for more information from the FBI about their investigation into corruption, on Tuesday the USA Today published an article on their national website detailing the undercover operation. The article entitled “FBI agents went undercover in Florida’s capital for the ‘biggest investigation in years” is accompanied by the picture of three people with blurred faces. […]
News broke Friday that prominent local attorney Harold Knowles was indicted by a federal grand jury in the Middle District of Georgia. The indictment mentioned Knowles’ Tallahassee Law firm and Pinnacle/CSG, a Florida-based construction company partly owned by Knowles. Research by Tallahassee Reports has found that both entities addressed in the indictment have financial relationships with […]
Tallahassee Reports has confirmed through sources that on Friday, February 12, 2016, Mayor Andrew Gillum, with his Chief of Staff Dustin Daniels, flew to Tampa on a private plane owned by Southport Financial Services for a political meeting. The purpose of the meeting was to give Mayor Andrew Gillum a venue to tell “his story” […]
A study of votes by the News Service of Florida revealed that Senator Bill Montford was the most likely Democrat to vote across party lines. The study showed that Montford voted with Republicans 27.8% of the time on certain issues. Montford was the only Northwest Florida legislator on the list developed by the News Service […]
TALLAHASSEE — A Leon County Grand Jury determined Monday the “conduct of (Tallahassee) Mayor Andrew Gillum was lawful” under Florida Statutes in a case concerning the mayor’s use of City of Tallahassee software to send campaign-related emails and correspondence, despite the fact the grand jury also determined the software was used for personal or political purposes. The […]