In the closing weeks of the August 28th primary, Mayoral candidate Dustin Daniels sent out a mailer to prospective voters that advocated for free community college tuition for Tallahassee residents. One side of the mailer, shown below, states “Make community college truly about community…MAKE IT FREE! A second side highlights free community college for Tallahassee […]
The Tallahassee Economic Index (TEI), an economic growth indicator, released numbers ending June 2018. Following a 4.21 point fall in May, the Index regained 1.06 points from 38.52 to 39.52 in June. The three-month and the six-month average remain negative. See chart below. “The June numbers are in, and the Index has moved up, slightly. […]
Approximately three hours after gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum released documents that he claims supports his assertion that he paid his own way on his controversial trips to New York and Costa Rica, his “former friend” is saying something different. According to veteran reporter Gary Fineout, Adam Corey’s attorney, Chris Kise, is stating that Gillum did […]
Two of the three races for seats on the Leon County School Board are headed to a runoff. Incumbent school board member Joy Bowen was able to avoid a run-off in the District 5 race with 53.2% of vote. Bowen received 3,867 votes while Bowen’s only challenger, Marcus Nicolas, tallied 3,401 votes. District 4 incumbent […]
Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum’s recent victory in the Democrat primary for Florida governor has raised the profile of Tallahassee Reports. This week TR’s Steve Stewart was contacted by a journalist with Washington Post and a TR report made the front page of Breibart News. Emma Brown, with Washington Post, wrote an article about Gillum’s primary […]
Tallahassee Reports has recovered documents which shows that Solar Distributors of America, LLC, a business identified in a federal subpoena related to the investigation of local corruption in Tallahassee, resides in the same 3,650 square foot building that is headquarters to the Andrew Gillum campaign for Florida governor. Also, summaries of city commission meetings show […]
All three races for seats on the Tallahassee City Commission are headed to a runoff. In the race for mayor, Leon County Commissioner John Dailey (17,357) and former Chief of Staff for Mayor Andrew Gillum Dustin Daniels (11,088) received the most votes. Former state legislator Michelle Rehwinkel Vasilinda finished third (9,127). A total of 43,690 […]
By Lloyd Dunkelberger, The News Service of Florida ORLANDO — With the enthusiastic backing of President Donald Trump, U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis won the Republican primary for governor on Tuesday, handily defeating Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam. With more than 93 percent of the precincts reporting statewide, DeSantis, a three-term congressman from Northeast Florida, totaled 56 […]
It is a tale of two Florida’s when it comes to federal prosecution of white collar crime. A national report shows that over the last five years the Southern District of Florida had the largest increase in federal prosecutions while the Northern District of Florida had the largest decrease during the same period. The United […]
The race for Leon county commission district 3 features five candidates. Listed below is a table that provides information on work experience, endorsements, straw poll results, public office experience, and campaign contributions for each candidate. There is a guide to the abbreviations at the bottom of the table. Four of the five candidates discussed the […]