The Budget Hawks, a local financial watchdog group, is seeking feedback from citizens about the upcoming city budget process though a six question survey. Citizens can review and participate in the survey here. The City of Tallahassee is holding a budget workshop this week and one of the main questions before the elected officials is […]
TALLAHASSEE — A lot of pubs and bars aspire to be like the fictional bar from the 80’s sitcom, “Cheer’s.” Their owners strive to bring that easy friendliness and atmosphere “where everybody knows your name” to their quaint little watering hole. With happy regulars sitting at the bar or at mahogany tables scattered throughout the […]
The new structure of the Tallahassee-Leon County economic development apparatus is up to bat. At the next Blueprint Intergovernmental Agency (IA) meeting, elected officials will be asked to consider the approval of a business incentive of $881,000 for the purposes of persuading a local company to choose Tallahassee-Leon County over an out-of-state competitor for its […]
An analysis of costs and ridership of the City of Tallahassee’s complimentary trolley service shows that taxpayers paid $18 for each trolley rider over the period from February to May, 2017. According to the city’s website, the trolley service was developed to make it “convenient to take a break from your daily routine and support […]
Less than two years after voting for a 13% property tax increase and a year after a 2.3% property tax decrease, the City of Tallahassee professional staff will present the City Commission with a proposed budget that is $4.5 million in the hole for fiscal year 2018. The budget workshop presentation, scheduled for next week, […]
Tallahassee Reports has learned that a former employee of the Edison restaurant has landed a $47,000 a year job with the City of Tallahassee’s Communications Department. Also, documents show that the employee, Edward Kring, was the “sales rep” for the Edison catered event that resulted in a $4,700 “owners discount” for the family of Tallahassee […]
By James Bruner As President Trump approached the 100-day mark, he checked another campaign pledge off the list: to renegotiate NAFTA. Wednesday (April 26th) was a busy day for the White House. It all started when Politico reported that a draft Executive Order (EO) to withdraw from NAFTA was circulating the White House that morning. […]
It wasn’t a political foe or a journalist that compared Andrew Gillum’s email troubles with Hillary Clinton’s famous problems – it was Andrew Gillum. When discussing his well documented email software problems at the Capital Tiger Bay luncheon today, Mayor Andrew Gillum stated: “I think people have been fooled once by a fake email issue, […]
Congressman Neal Dunn, with 11 other members of Congress who represent areas along the Gulf Coast, sent a letter to the United States Commerce Department urging officials to expand the 2017 private recreational Red Snapper season in federal waters. Dunn, in an email to constituents, said the “three-day federal Red Snapper season is outrageous.” The […]
FloridaPolitics.com, a statewide news blog, published a report today about the potential impact of the high crime rate in Tallahassee on the gubernatorial campaign of Mayor Andrew Gillum. In the early part of the campaign, candidate Gillum has not been asked about decisions by the city commission that may have contributed to the increase in […]