Commissioner Dozier Lists Home for $80K Above 2015 Purchase Price from CRA Developer

Commissioner Dozier Lists Home for $80K Above 2015 Purchase Price from CRA Developer

Leon County Commissioner Kristin Dozier has listed a home she purchased from a developer who had business before the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) for approximately $80,000 more than she paid for the home on January 21, 2015. Information obtained by TR shows that the home located at 510 Terrace Street is currently listed for $269,000. […]

Dr. Jackson Files Ethics Complaint Over Mayor Gillum’s Trip to New York

Dr. Jackson Files Ethics Complaint Over Mayor Gillum’s Trip to New York

Tallahassee Reports has learned that Dr. Erwin Jackson has filed an ethics complaint with the Florida Commission on Ethics over Mayor Andrew Gillum’s recently revealed trip to New York. The complaint alleges that Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum may have violated the Florida Code of Ethics by accepting gifts from a city lobbyist, a city vendor, […]

Stewart’s Blog: Mayor Gillum Tells Crowd He Sees “Big Old Confederate Flags” in Tallahassee Everyday

Stewart’s Blog: Mayor Gillum Tells Crowd He Sees “Big Old Confederate Flags” in Tallahassee Everyday

As if we do not have enough pubic relations problems here in Tallahassee, Mayor Andrew Gillum, while in Tampa, took an opportunity to paint Tallahassee as the home to a lot of “big old confederate flags” in his pursuit of votes for higher office. According to a report by FloridaPolitics.com reporter Mitch Perry, Mayor Andrew […]

Ballard Building Challenges CRA Assumptions

Ballard Building Challenges CRA Assumptions

A major assumption used by the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) to secure financial assistance for projects is being challenged by a downtown project that received no CRA financial assistance. This comes as the CRA is defending its existence and advocating for more tax breaks for another major downtown project. The CRA is quick to take credit […]

Amid Federal Investigation of City, Former Mayor John Marks Registers as a City Lobbyist

Amid Federal Investigation of City, Former Mayor John Marks Registers as a City Lobbyist

Tallahassee Reports has learned that the law firm owned by former City of Tallahassee Mayor John Marks, Marks and Marks, LLC., has recently registered to lobby the City of Tallahassee. The individual listed as the lobbyist on the city website is John R. Marks. The Marks law firm is registered to represent Boodskapper LLC, a […]

Campaign Consultants for All Five City Commissioners Have City Contracts

Campaign Consultants for All Five City Commissioners Have City Contracts

A Tallahassee Reports investigation of local government contracts with campaign consultants for current elected officials reveals that three consultants with campaign ties to all five current city commissioners have received approximately $395,000 in payments over the last two years. Tallahassee Reports could not find any campaign consultants for Leon County Commissioners receiving payments from Leon […]

Local Reporting Omitted Teacher Transgender Activism

Local Reporting Omitted Teacher Transgender Activism

Tallahassee Reports has learned that the local reporting about the controversy surrounding Canopy Oaks teacher, Chloe Bressack, failed to include any reference to Bressack’s participation in a February 24th, 2017 demonstration for transgender student rights. At the demonstration Bressack was a featured speaker. TR first learned about the demonstration after Greg Marr Jr., a morning […]

Commissioner Nancy Miller Refuses to Meet With “Ethics Team”

Commissioner Nancy Miller Refuses to Meet With “Ethics Team”

In an email recovered by Tallahassee Reports through a records request for city commissioner emails, City Commissioner Nancy Miller refused to meet with the ethics team that is pushing to establish more authority for the city’s Independent Ethics Board. The statement by Commissioner Miller came in response to a meeting request from Peter Butzin. Miller’s […]

Tallahassee Democrat Publisher Seeks Financial Favor from City Commission Through Commissioner Miller

Tallahassee Democrat Publisher Seeks Financial Favor from City Commission Through Commissioner Miller

City Commissioner Nancy Miller, at the end of the most recent city commission meeting, made a startling request on behalf of the Tallahassee Democrat. Ms. Miller asked if the City of Tallahassee could waive information request fees for the Tallahassee Democrat.  The request was only for the Tallahassee Democrat. Other media outlets would have to […]