Joleen Williams has wrestled with the City of Tallahassee over drainage issues since work began next to her home in the area of a major electric utility easement. The work, which included altering the slope of the land, has resulted in flooding of her property during rainstorms. Ms. Williams, who lives in Paradise Village East, […]
The Florida Bar has a conflict of interest rule which states a lawyer must not represent a client if the representation of one client will be directly adverse to another client. Maybe this rule needs to be applied to campaign consultants. In the recent primaries for the City Commission, the political consulting firm of Vancore-Jones […]
Tallahassee Reports has learned that the ‘Special Restrictive Covenant”, associated with the Killearn Country Club, requires the owner of the club to offer to sell the club to the current members if a decision is made to discontinue playing golf on any of the courses. Tallahassee Reports recently published a story about the proposal by […]
Executive editor of the Tallahassee Democrat, Bob Gabordi, informed readers back on September 16, 2014 that he and the publisher of the Democrat, Julie Moreno, “were charged by Gannett Company executives with being among the first in our company to redesign our news operations to help create the newsroom of the future.” Less than one […]
Following a meeting with the Killearn Homeowners Association on Tuesday night, the owner of the Killearn Country Club met with club members on Wednesday night. The meeting was held to inform the members about the redevelopment plan. Tallahassee Reports previously published a story about the plan. Approximately 150 people attended the meeting and Barton Tuck, […]
The Killearn Homes Association, which represents approximately 3,800 homes in Killearn Estates in northeast Tallahassee, was told by the owner of the Killearn Country Club tonight at their monthly meeting that a major redevelopment of the golf club must happen for the club to survive. Barton Tuck, the current owner, laid out the redevelopment plan […]
With the election of Curtis Richardson to the City Commission, the southside of Tallahassee will get someone on the Commission that actually lives in their part of town. Mr. Richardson makes his home in Tuskegee neighborhood off of Orange avenue which is located in the heart of District 1, which is represented by Commissioner Bill […]
The National Association of Realtors (NAR) reported that the sales of existing homes were down in August after four months of gains. Sales fell by 1.8% to an annual rate of 5.05 million. Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist blamed the decline on fewer investors. “There was a marked decline in all-cash sales from investors,” he […]
Tallahassee Reports has learned that City of Tallahassee Mayor-Elect Andrew Gillum has served on the board of a national organization for the last three years, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), that supports an independent ethics board for the U.S. House of Representatives. Why is this important? At the City Commission meeting on […]
In July 2014, Cynthia Barber, Director of Environmental Policy & Energy Resources for the City of Tallahassee informed Equity and Workforce Development about inappropriate activity and misconduct on the part of several Building Services employees. An investigation was initiated and completed on August 27,2014. Tallahassee Reports has uploaded the Executive Summary here. Names of individuals […]