This report is part of a series on the Leon County school system The series is based on 2015/16 teacher salary data specific to each school and how the salaries relate to a number of performance and demographic factors. Information on teacher salaries provided to Tallahassee Reports indicates significant variation in average salaries between schools. […]
The race for City Commission seat 2 is heating up. Today at the Florida Press Center, Steven Hougland, who is running against current City Commissioner Curtis Richardson, revealed that his opponent accepted $750 in campaign contributions from a city vendor on the same day the City Commission voted to extend the vendor’s contract. The vote […]
The School Board of Leon County had their plate full with major construction projects over the last two years. Tallahassee Reports gathered information on five of the projects which were scheduled to be completed before the 2016/17 school year began. The information, presented below, indicates the projects were all on schedule – with minor exceptions […]
TR has learned that State Attorney Willie Meggs is investigating the pension payment calculation of former City Commissioner Debbie Lightsey. TR reported about the issue in March. Since then the City’s Independent Ethic’s Board took up a complaint but decided not to move forward because the complaint failed “to state a violation of the City’s Ethic […]
The State of Florida employment report for June shows that Leon County lost 1,393 jobs. This is the third month in a row that the number of people employed in Leon County has declined. This month’s loss follows losses of 628 jobs in May, and 1,211 in April. Also, the unemployment rate increased from 4.0% […]
The challengers to current City Commissioners Curtis Richardson and Scott Maddox are questioning the explanation being forwarded by both commissioners when asked about the executive pay raises recently doled on by City Manager Rick Fernandez. Both Richardson and Maddox say there is nothing they could have done about the five-digit raises because the City’s Charter […]
Tallahassee Reports has learned that City Manager Rick Fernandez counted the salary from a position that had not been filled since 2014 as savings to justify the raises he gave to a select group of executive managers. Last week, City Manager Rick Fernandez went before City Commissioners to explain the 5-digit raises that resulted in […]
In an interview today with Tom Flanigan on WFSU’s Perspectives show, challenger Steven Hougland traded jabs with incumbent City Commissioner Curtis Richardson over the recent executive pay raises given out at City Hall. In the discussion about the raises, which in some cases were between $30,000 and $50,000, Hougland said Commissioner Richardson should have asked […]
The latest numbers for the Tallahassee International Airport (TIA) show passenger traffic increased modestly in June this year when compared to June traffic in 2015. The numbers for June 2016 show a .8% increase in passenger traffic. The number of passengers increased from 59,675 during last June to 60,158 this year. The Passenger Traffic Report above […]
City Manager Rick Fernandez put on the performance of his life last week. And Mayor Gillum and the City Commissioners gave him the equivalent of a “group hug.” Over the last two weeks, Fernandez has faced criticism in the local media and on the message boards over the 5-digit raises that put some city employees at […]