Gary Yordon Registered as Honeywell City Lobbyist

Gary Yordon Registered as Honeywell City Lobbyist

Tallahassee Reports has learned that local public relations expert, campaign consultant, and lobbyist Gary Yordon has recently registered with the City of Tallahassee to represent the interests of city vendor Honeywell. The registration, which was filed on June 16, 2017, states that Yordon will be lobbying on energy and performance contracting issues for Honeywell. A […]

CRA Stays Alive, Looks to Fund $9.6 Million Project. Gillum Takes on Critics

CRA Stays Alive, Looks to Fund $9.6 Million Project. Gillum Takes on Critics

Members of the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) voted to gather more information about the ramifications of shutting down the downtown CRA and then the board voted to move forward with possibly providing financial assistance for the Washington Square project. Also, Mayor Andrew Gillum – who has refused to answer questions about his New York excursion […]

Stewart’s Blog: How to Stop Conflicts with Vendors and Campaign Consultants

Stewart’s Blog: How to Stop Conflicts with Vendors and Campaign Consultants

Instead of waiting around for indictments, it is time for local leaders and interested parties to begin to form an outline of what changes are needed to address the ethical challenges that face local government. Without rehashing the ethical lapses over the last several years, the are number of simple changes that would address current […]

Sources: Adam Corey Discussed Job for Edison Employee with City Manager

Sources: Adam Corey Discussed Job for Edison Employee with City Manager

Tallahassee Reports has learned from sources that Edison owner Adam Corey had discussions about a job for a former Edison employee with city manager Rick Fernandez. In 2016, when the discussions took place, Corey was a vendor with the City of Tallahassee and a registered lobbyists representing multiple interests before the City Commission. In January […]

Downtown Development Seeks $9.6 Million CRA Tax Break

Downtown Development Seeks $9.6 Million CRA Tax Break

Tallahassee Reports has learned that a proposed development located in downtown Tallahassee at 227 S. Calhoun Street is seeking a $9.6 million refund of post-construction property tax from the downtown Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA). At the July 19th CRA Board meeting staff was directed not to bring any additional large-scale Downtown District projects to the […]

Ox Bottom Manor, Moore Pond Neighborhoods Launch Legal Challenge Against New Development

Ox Bottom Manor, Moore Pond Neighborhoods Launch Legal Challenge Against New Development

Tallahassee Reports has learned that the neighborhood associations for Ox Bottom Manor and Moore Pond have filed a petition to challenge the Brookside Village residential development which was recently approved by the Leon County Development Review Committee. The Brookside Village development is a proposed 61-lot single-family detached residential subdivision on the upland portion of the […]

FSU Continues to Move Up US News College Rankings

FSU Continues to Move Up US News College Rankings

In the 2018 Best Colleges Rankings released by U.S. News and World Report, Florida State came in 33rd tied with Michigan State University, North Carolina State University, the University of California-Santa Cruz and the University of Delaware for best public university in the United States. FSU has moved up ten spots in the coveted rankings […]

City Commissioner Nancy Miller Concealed Latest Federal Subpoena from Public

City Commissioner Nancy Miller Concealed Latest Federal Subpoena from Public

The City of Tallahassee was served with another federal subpoena by the US District Court dated September 6th, 2017. The subpoena asked for more information related to the FBI corruption investigation. However, even though City Commissioner Nancy Miller was made aware of the subpoena days after it arrived at city hall, the public was not informed […]