How many public relation companies do not have websites? Or a Facebook account? Or a Twitter account? TR found at least one, and that PR company happens to be located in Tallahassee with a well known employee named Andrew Gillum. Candidates running for governor of Florida were recently required to file financial disclosure forms with […]
On Friday the Tallahassee Democrat published a 1,500 word defense of a $10,000 charge to Mayor Andrew Gillum’s office to publish stories favorable to a Gillum initiative. The relationship was discovered and reported by Tallahassee Reports. Editor William Hatfield authored the article and said the Tallahassee Democrat responded to TR’s findings “because we saw journalists […]
Tallahassee Reports has learned that in May 2016 Mayor Andrew Gillum traveled to Costa Rica with Adam Corey and Sean Pittman. At the time of the trip both Corey and Pittman were involved with businesses that had contracts with the City of Tallahassee. In addition, Corey was a registered lobbyist with the city of Tallahassee. […]
Tallahassee Reports has obtained a copy of a picture that the Tallahassee Democrat cropped in return for an interview with Andrew Gillum. The picture, shown below, verifies our previous report on the subject. The cropped picture -taken in New York – accompanied an article authored by Tallahassee Democrat reporter Jeffrey Schweers back in March. The […]
During the same week gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum approved of a controversial campaign advertisement attacking fellow democrat Gwen Graham, Mayor Andrew Gillum asked the City of Tallahassee Attorney Casandra Jackson if the city could keep a citizen from showing a 30 second video critical of a fellow elected official. When the video began playing during […]
Andrew Gillum’s gubernatorial campaign raised approximately $450,000 in April and more than half of those contributions came from billionaire George Soros. In April, Soros gave $250,000 to Forward Florida, a Gillum associated political committee. If you combine this recent Soros donation with two previous six-figure donations in 2017, Soros’ contributions to Gillum now total $450,000. […]
In light of gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum’s recent criticism of fellow candidate Gwen Graham’s vote in support of the Keystone Pipeline, the Tampa Bay Times published a story addressing Gillum’s support for the construction of a coal plant in 2005. What the TBT article did no talk about was Gillum’s more recent support of a controversial […]
The Tampa Bay Times (TBT) is reporting that Mayor Andrew Gillum’s gubernatorial campaign PAC, Forward Florida, has received $231,000 from a PAC dedicated to electing black leaders. And the PAC is not bashful about publicizing its mission. See image from their website below. Also, the group brags about hosting a “Black Campaign School” that […]
When asked tough questions by Tallahassee Reports, history shows Mayor Andrew Gillum not only avoids answers, but also resorts to false attacks and threats of legal action. For example, when TR was the first to report about his affiliation with the People for American Way, Gillum sent an email threatening legal action. When TR was […]
At the last Tallahassee city commission meeting, Mayor Andrew Gillum ignored questions about his interactions with the Tallahassee Democrat over a controversial photo, and instead, publicly accused TR editor, Steve Stewart, of assaulting Gillum’s recently appointed chief of staff, Jamie Van Pelt. Specifically, TR was seeking answers to questions based on our previous report that […]