Comments on: After Four Months, City’s Director of Human Resources Avoids Questions About Football Tickets

By: Jonathan Anderson

Jonathan Anderson — Tue, 02 Jan 2018 21:20:40 +0000

Only in this town does a low level bureaucrat get to not answer a question of this type. The city employees who are beholden to the corrupt administration know there will be no consequences. The Tallahassee Democrat has to have a story rubbed in their noses to even waste ink. Portman, Burlew and the other alleged “investigative reporters” do nothing.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 26 Dec 2017 14:10:00 +0000

Hopefully the FBI is applying enough pressure to one of those involved in all this COT corruption – and hopefully that pressure at some point will cause that individual to produce volumes of information and evidence about all the other corrupt COT officials.

We sadly have only the FBI to rely on, to uncover all of this and bring it to trial(s). ANY law firm (from PC or wherever) or Ethics Board/officer that has a connection to any COT official is automatically suspect, and can’t be trusted to actually do any valid or true investigation.

By: Allie Sharpton

Allie Sharpton — Sun, 24 Dec 2017 03:48:35 +0000

In reply to Sammantha.

Could not help but notice that Ms. O’keefe is friends with Ms. Blair and has commented on her facebook page. Seems to me that Ms. O’Keefe might be overstepping the bounds of “ethics” in being friends with those she should be investigating. Just a thought…………..of course, I guess it really doesn’t matter since “ethics” don’t seem to be a big concern for the city/mayor/crooks.

By: Stanley

Stanley — Fri, 22 Dec 2017 14:38:04 +0000

All of you are wrong….. This Acting City Manager will throw anyone under the bus he has no further use for… Ask Rick? Believe me the clock is ticking on Mr. Goad… His treatment of current and past employees are coming back to haunt him!

By: Callie

Callie — Fri, 22 Dec 2017 14:09:10 +0000

In reply to Alan Stanwyck. Pay for football tickets? They were selling for $6 for some games over the last years..did you notice ALL the empty seats..not sure who estimated the value at $500 per ticket ..yes..a box seat? I knew people giving them away...

By: Sammantha

Sammantha — Wed, 20 Dec 2017 14:04:25 +0000

Blair is another complicit skank who does the bidding of those in power. Julie Meadows is a joke hire and always has been. She is a rubber stamp for the deeds of these corrupt people. Come on city employees, keep leaking and claim whistle blower status. This city needs a cleansing.

By: Alan Stanwyck

Alan Stanwyck — Wed, 20 Dec 2017 03:52:24 +0000

Next scandal we will hear about is Shelley’s cozy relationship with the PC attorneys he hired. Can someone please interview these attorneys and get them on the record as to why they were chosen to investigate Ricky.

Summary: We have elected people who don’t understand or care that the desk that they sit at does not belong to them and never will.

30 years ago Ricky would have been run out of town. Sir, you need to pay for your own football tickets like the rest of us do. Please leave Tallahassee asap. You are a disgrace to our city.

#backscratchers

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Wed, 20 Dec 2017 01:24:13 +0000

In reply to Ed Smith. And we are paying the legal bills. Good grief.

By: Ed Smith

Ed Smith — Tue, 19 Dec 2017 23:20:16 +0000

I know it’s pessimistic of me but I bet dimes to doughnuts there is a connection between the investigating law firm and COT council. It’s just too convenient.

By: Major Villum

Major Villum — Tue, 19 Dec 2017 23:07:12 +0000

Please check to see if there is a formal Public Record Request documented to have been accepted by the City dated about October 10th 2017 that specifically states to produce:

“8) A complete listing of all City of Tallahassee employees who were offered and/or accepted exclusive football tickets in the sky box through or associated with Mr. Rick Fernandez. Supply date of games and all associated emails and information per acceptance, refusal and additional offers. Please include this for the last 6 years (2011 to present).”

So what was the City’s Formal Response?

The City of Tallahassee’s entitled elite are simply running out of rocks to hide under.

I wonder if the $300 per hour Panama City Attorney who is hired BY the City to ‘investigate’ this issue will accurately report these aspects.

Corey to Fernandez to whom else? FBI can you assist a bit on these important questions, please?