Update Leon County Sheriff McNeil has confirmed with TR’s Karen Murphy that his office will be investigating the Gillum email controversy. Original Report One day after State Attorney Jack Campbell told TR reporter Karen Murphy he was waiting for someone with first-hand knowledge of the Tallahassee Mayor’s possible misappropriation of the city software for personal […]
Tallahassee Reports has received the data housed by the NGP VAN software purchased by Mayor Andrew Gillum using city tax dollars. Gillum has recently reimbursed the City of Tallahassee. It will take some time to go through the 30,000 email addresses and 60 emails that were sent using the data, but early findings reveal various […]
Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum laid out a blueprint for his campaign for governor in Kleman Plaza this past Saturday. He began by telling a crowd of about 200 that “we must take back our state” and “we deserve our voice.” He told his supporters “we’re going to run a race that is powered by people. […]
Tallahassee Reports has learned that gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum has recruited Geoff Burgan, the former chief spokesman and speechwriter for U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, to serve as the spokesman for his campaign. Burgan worked with Wasserman Schultz from April 2015 until February 2017. During this time she was the senior Democratic Member on the […]
During the first US Congressional recess of the year, Florida District-2 Representative Dr. Neal Dunn met with supporters of the Affordable Care Act during his visit to Tallahassee on Thursday, February 23rd, 2017. Dunn was in town for the opening of the VA Clinic. Dunn said, “It was an honor to take part in the […]
The Network of Entrepreneurs and Business Advocates held a revealing forum on the obstacles to permitting in Leon County and Tallahassee. And one City Commissioner applauded NEBA for their efforts to get things changed. The forum provided opportunities for three business people, who have interfaced with the permitting process at various levels, to share their […]
The NFL combine, which begins February 28th, is one of the biggest events on the yearly football calendar. Over three hundred former collegiate football players will gather in Indianapolis, Indiana this week for the opportunity to showcase their talents for NFL executives and scouts. One program that has continually had players invited to this prestigious […]
Through a public records request, Tallahassee Reports has learned that Mayor Andrew Gillum’s Office sent out an email blast invite to a Biden/Clinton campaign event using the NGP VAN software purchased with City of Tallahassee tax dollars. This finding contradicts the statements by Gillum’s Chief of Staff, Dustin Daniels, who told Jeff Burlew of the […]
Tallahassee Reports has learned that three local Democrats -Loranne Ausley, Gwen Graham, and Andrew Gillum – used the same NGP VAN software for their political campaigns that was recently purchased by the Mayor’s Office. A review of campaign reports show that in 2012, then City Commissioner Andrew Gillum, spent approximately $6,600 with NGP VAN. TR […]
In response to a TR investigation, Dustin Daniels, Mayor Gillum’s Chief of Staff, told Jeff Burlew of the Tallahassee Democrat that the software purchased from a self described progressive/liberal vendor was needed by the Mayor’s Office to communicate with constituents. “We use it for our communications with constituents for large events like the Longest Table […]