Inman-Johnson Mailers to Northeast Tallahassee Voters Funded by California Progressive Group

Two campaign mailers sent to voters in Northeast Tallahassee, supporting Dot Inman-Johnson for city commission, are being funded by a California progressive group called the Green Advocacy Group.

The organization is based Palo Alto, California, 30 miles south of San Francisco.

The mailers sent on behalf of Inman-Johnson, were paid for by One Tallahassee, a political action committee (PAC) started by City Commissioner Jeremy Matlow.

The campaign finance records show that the Green Advocacy Group is responsible for over 70% of the donations to Matlow’s PAC.

TR has previously reported that the Green Advocacy Project was founded by Michael Kieschnick, an activist who founded and operated CREDO Mobile, an online advocacy software.

The project was formed in 2017 to advocate for the elimination of the use of traditional energy sources in the United States and a government-subsidized transition to weather-dependent energy.

Kieschnick has a history of supporting progressive causes.

In 2017, Kieschnick co-founded Real Justice PAC, a PAC supporting lenient criminal justice policies and the defund the police movement.

Kieschnick supported the Occupy Wall Street movement.

Kieschnick is also board member with the Tides Foundation. The Tides Foundation has received at least $22 million in donations from George Soros controlled non-profits.

Other Campaign Mailers

Tallahassee Reports has reviewed other mailers sent by political committees supporting local candidates. The ones reviewed by TR show groups with a local interest, like Grow Tallahassee, the local Democratic Party, and the local Republican Party funding campaign messaging.

This is not the first time the Green Advocacy Project has been tied to Tallahassee elections.

Campaign filings in 2022 revealed political groups that targeted Tallahassee City Commissioner Dianne Williams-Cox received approximately $100,000 from the Green Advocacy Project.

And in 2018 that the Green Advocacy Project gave $12,500 directly to Max Herrle’s North Florida Leadership Fund PC. Herrle is a progressive campaign operative with ties to Porter and Matlow. That committee then gave $10,500 to Florida Young Democrats, which paid Herrle $10,000 before YouTube ads ran attacking Jeremy Matlow’s opponent, Lisa Brown.