Superintendent Pons Provides Answers About Byrd Property Transactions
Tallahassee Reports has been provided with a document drafted by attorney Ron Meyer in response to an article written earlier this week…
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Superintendent Pons, Paul Byrd, Traded Ownership of Franklin County Property in 2008 and 2010.
Public records indicate that Superintendent Jackie Pons bought a vacant piece of property from Paul Byrd for $200,000 in 2008 and then,…
Local Investor Group Has Purchased Tallahassee Radio Stations
Red Hills Broadcasting, LLC announced today that it has received FCC approval and purchased four major local Tallahassee area radio stations. The…
Pittman, Knowles Group Seeks Influence Over Blueprint & Economic Development Tax Dollars
A group named the Big Bend Minority Chamber of Commerce created less than two years ago, on July 31, 2012, and headed…
Did City Contractor Provide False Info to Get Local Vendor Status?
Tallahassee Reports’ continuing investigation of a lawn maintenance vendor selected by the City to maintain the various street median’s in the City…
UPDATE: Gold Buyers of Tallahassee Appears to be Front for Out-of-Town Lawn Company
An investigation by Tallahassee Reports indicates that the store front for the Gold Buyers of Tallahassee, located at 2784-1 Capital Circle NE,…
Audit Indicates Tallahassee Paid More in Insurance Commissions Than Other Cities
The City Auditor has found that over the last ten years the City of Tallahassee has paid a 9.1% broker fee equal…
Mayor Marks Silences Jackson With “Kill Switch”
On Wednesday, March 12, 2014, Mayor John Marks used an electronic kill switch to repeatedly turn off the microphone being used by…
City to Consider Out of Town Companies for Road Paving
The City Commission will vote on Wednesday whether or not to award two contracts totaling over $1,000,000 to out of town contractors…
City Staff Once Again Recommends Against Appointed Ethics Officer
On March 12, 2014, the City Commission will address the Ethics Advisory Panel recommendations that were not adopted at the Target Issue…
CRA Votes to Give $1.6 million Tax Break to Out-of-Town Developer
On Thursday, February 27, 2014, the Tallahassee Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) voted 6-1 to approve a property tax rebate in the amount…
Innovation Park Takes A Different, Unique Path
Rarely does a government entity decide to become smaller so that it can become more effective. But that is exactly what Innovation…