Did City Contractor Provide False Info to Get Local Vendor Status?
Tallahassee Reports’ continuing investigation of a lawn maintenance vendor selected by the City to maintain the various street median’s in the City…
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UPDATE: Gold Buyers of Tallahassee Appears to be Front for Out-of-Town Lawn Company
An investigation by Tallahassee Reports indicates that the store front for the Gold Buyers of Tallahassee, located at 2784-1 Capital Circle NE,…
Audit Indicates Tallahassee Paid More in Insurance Commissions Than Other Cities
The City Auditor has found that over the last ten years the City of Tallahassee has paid a 9.1% broker fee equal…
Gillum Fails To Lead On Ethics
The City Commission vote against the Ethics Advisory Panel (EAP) recommendation for an appointed Ethics Officer was bad enough. But to think…
Mayor Marks Silences Jackson With “Kill Switch”
On Wednesday, March 12, 2014, Mayor John Marks used an electronic kill switch to repeatedly turn off the microphone being used by…
City to Consider Out of Town Companies for Road Paving
The City Commission will vote on Wednesday whether or not to award two contracts totaling over $1,000,000 to out of town contractors…
The TAPP Program Has A Bad Smell
When we learned that the City Manager of Tallahassee awarded a contract to the highest bidder we started asking questions. What we…
City Staff Once Again Recommends Against Appointed Ethics Officer
On March 12, 2014, the City Commission will address the Ethics Advisory Panel recommendations that were not adopted at the Target Issue…
City Communications Department Produces All PSA’s…Except for TAPP
The City of Tallahassee public records department has informed Tallahassee Reports that since January 1, 2011 the City of Tallahassee has not…
CRA Votes to Give $1.6 million Tax Break to Out-of-Town Developer
On Thursday, February 27, 2014, the Tallahassee Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) voted 6-1 to approve a property tax rebate in the amount…
Innovation Park Takes A Different, Unique Path
Rarely does a government entity decide to become smaller so that it can become more effective. But that is exactly what Innovation…
City Defends Use of Out-of-Town Contractor for Road Work, Provides Information On Cost Savings
Tallahassee Reports recently reported on a City Commission vote that resulted in a New Jersey based company, APS, being awarded a sole…