Multiple sources have confirmed with Tallahassee Reports that officials from the Florida Department of Education Office of Professional Practice Services (PPS) were at Gilchrist Elementary School today interviewing teachers about a matter related to former principal David Solz. It appears that at least eight teachers were scheduled to be interviewed. Solz was removed as Gilchrist’s […]
With just a few minutes to go in the most recent Tallahassee City Commission meeting, Mayor John Dailey asked fellow commissioners if they were interested in bidding on the Northwood Mall property. The commissioners said yes and a week later the City of Tallahassee owns the 35 acre property. The auction for the property, which […]
A 2018 visitor tracking report completed by the consulting firm Downs & St. Germain Research reveals that the main reason people visit Tallahassee is for a business meeting or conference. This is followed by those who visit to see friends or relatives. The tracking report was designed to develop a profile of travel parties to […]
Tallahassee Reports has obtained information from the City of Tallahassee which shows the pavement condition of Tallahassee streets. The City of Tallahassee recently retained a consultant to complete a detailed assessment of the condition of all streets and to develop a Pavement Management Master Plan. The street segments were rated in one of seven categories. […]
In the waning minutes of last week’s city commission meeting, elected officials voted unanimously to approve a measure to allow the City of Tallahassee to bid on the purchase of the Northwood Mall. The issue was not listed on the meeting agenda, but was brought up by Mayor John Dailey near the end of the […]
After a workshop last week related to airport governance, the City of Tallahassee decided not to move forward with a governance feasibility study which was estimated to cost $150,000. The issue of airport governance, which has been part of the economic development discussion for years, reached a higher since of urgency when the Greater Tallahassee […]
Roxanne Manning, the executive director of the Tallahassee Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA), was terminated by City Manager Reese Goad today. The termination follows a CRA workshop on Monday night in Frenchtown where speakers were highly critical of CRA management. For example, a member of the Frenchtown/Southside Citizen’s Advisory Committee -which advises the CRA – told […]
While the Democrat party narrative on social media and in the main stream media continue to be dominated by far left positions on everything from immigration to abortion, the New York Times reports on data from the Hidden Tribes Project that shows a different perspective. Journalists Nate Cohn and Kevin Quealy of the NYT write […]
At its retreat on January 16, 2019, the City Commission directed staff to implement a process which would expand the number of people notified of actions taken by the Development Review Committee and the Board of Adjustment and Appeals. The Development Review Committee deals with land use regulations and the Board of Adjustment and Appeals […]
Citing “a lot of discussion of restoring the image of the CRA (Community Redevelopment Agency)”, City Commissioner Jeremy Matlow has issued a memo proposing changes to how the Tallahassee CRA conducts business. One of these changes include having the CRA Executive Director report directly to the CRA Board instead of the city manager. The CRA, […]