Family Members of High Level City Officials Land City Jobs

Family Members of High Level City Officials Land City Jobs

Tallahassee Reports has learned that the City of Tallahassee’s Technology and Innovation Department, headed by Jonathan Kilpatrick, employs the step-son of City Commissioner Nancy Miller and the daughter of City Manager Rick Fernandez. In addition, TR has verified that Kilpatrick’s wife works with the City of Tallahassee and his daughter, Cowan Kilpatrick Duggar, was recently hired […]

City Manager Fernandez Takes Administrative Leave Over Football Ticket Investigation

City Manager Fernandez Takes Administrative Leave Over Football Ticket Investigation

One day after the City of Tallahassee elected officials said they would wait until the ethics investigation into City Manager Rick Fernandez accepting football tickets from a city lobbyist was complete, Fernandez has decided to take paid administrative leave. Tallahassee Reports first broke the story about the City Manager taking football tickets from Adam Corey in August, […]

Local Democrat Activist Calls for Mayor Gillum, City Manager Fernandez to Resign

Local Democrat Activist Calls for Mayor Gillum, City Manager Fernandez to Resign

It is one thing when a Republican leader calls for a Democratic mayor to resign, but quite another when a long-time Democrat party leader asks a Democratic mayor to resign. And that is what happened here in Tallahassee after more questionable activities at city hall surfaced yesterday. Jon Ausman, who chaired the Leon Democrat Executive […]

City Employees Claim Officials Used City Resources for Personal Benefit

City Employees Claim Officials Used City Resources for Personal Benefit

Dr. Erwin Jackson told Tallahassee Reports he has become a messenger for people who know of public corruption but do not have the resources or the freedom to speak out. His recent publicity from presentations at the city commission meetings and his regular Facebook posts have generated numerous phone calls from individuals who claim to […]

Ethics Board Investigation: Adam Corey Gave Discounts “Mainly for Political Events”

Ethics Board Investigation: Adam Corey Gave Discounts “Mainly for Political Events”

Last week the city’s independent Ethics Board released documents emanating from the investigation of a $5,000 discount received from a city vendor by a family member of Tallahassee City Manager Rick Fernandez. The ethics questions surrounding the transaction involve a possible gift received by Fernandez from a city vendor and a job given to the […]

Sources: Adam Corey Discussed Job for Edison Employee with City Manager

Sources: Adam Corey Discussed Job for Edison Employee with City Manager

Tallahassee Reports has learned from sources that Edison owner Adam Corey had discussions about a job for a former Edison employee with city manager Rick Fernandez. In 2016, when the discussions took place, Corey was a vendor with the City of Tallahassee and a registered lobbyists representing multiple interests before the City Commission. In January […]

City Manager Fernandez Threatens Ethics Board Members with Legal Action

City Manager Fernandez Threatens Ethics Board Members with Legal Action

City Manager Rick Fernandez, in a letter through his attorney, threatened individual members of the City’s Independent Ethics Board with possible legal action weeks after the Board voted to send a complaint to the Florida Commission on Ethics. The letter was first reported on by the Tallahassee Democrat. The complaint addressed a transaction between a […]

Dr. Jackson Files Complaint Against City Manager Fernandez with Florida Commission on Ethics

Dr. Jackson Files Complaint Against City Manager Fernandez with Florida Commission on Ethics

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, […]

Undercover FBI Agent Provided Exclusive Football Tickets to City Manager, City Employees

Undercover FBI Agent Provided Exclusive Football Tickets to City Manager, City Employees

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 […]

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