Campaign Expenditure Reports: Gillum Hides Expenses, Ziffer Provides Details

Campaign Expenditure Reports: Gillum Hides Expenses, Ziffer Provides Details

In February of this year, Mayor Andrew Gillum told the Tallahassee Democrat that he paid travel expenses out of his office account on three different occasions for his travel companions. However, public records indicate that Gillum failed to detail those expenses in his latest office account report filed with the Leon County Supervisor of Elections. Elected officials […]

Comparison Begs the Question: Why Boulder?

Comparison Begs the Question: Why Boulder?

A number of comments by readers on our story about the trip by 60 of Tallahassee’s political and business leaders to Boulder Colorado raised several relevant questions. For example, Terry Ryan commented: Can you provide a side by side comparison of the two cities from the Harvard report’s statistical info (e.g. Percentage of single parent […]

National Report Hits Delegation in Boulder with a Dose of Reality

National Report Hits Delegation in Boulder with a Dose of Reality

On Sunday we heard that sixty of Tallahassee’s political, educational and business elites were headed to Boulder, Colorado to seek new ideas for our local economy. Monday morning we read that these leaders were wandering Pearl Street and peering into the windows of locally owned coffee shops, breweries and stores. And then a report by two Harvard […]

Sissy Shaw This Friday At Cascades Park

Sissy Shaw This Friday At Cascades Park

On February 27th of this year we posted an article introducing our readers to Sissy Shaw. It was one of our most popular articles. We are proud to inform you that she will be singing this Friday at Cascade Park at 6:00pm. The weather, based on predictions, should be clear. Here is a link to […]

CDA Director and Board Knew of System Problems Before Terminating Dispatchers

CDA Director and Board Knew of System Problems Before Terminating Dispatchers

On December 15, 2014 the Consolidated Dispatch Agency Director Tim Lee, fired three veteran dispatchers for not following proper protocol on premise hazards. Tallahassee Reports has reviewed a memo written by CDA Director Tim Lee, and sent to the CDA Board, that alerts the board to internal problems with premise hazard information and the management […]

Leon County Jobs Decline for the 5th Consecutive Month

Leon County Jobs Decline for the 5th Consecutive Month

After significant revisions to previously released information, the latest employment data shows that the number of people employed in Leon County has declined for the 5th month in a row. The losses began in November, 2014 when employment fell by 1,327 jobs. This loss was followed by job losses of 553 in December, 408 in […]