Tallahassee Reports has confirmed through sources that on Friday, February 12, 2016, Mayor Andrew Gillum, with his Chief of Staff Dustin Daniels, flew to Tampa on a private plane owned by Southport Financial Services for a political meeting. The purpose of the meeting was to give Mayor Andrew Gillum a venue to tell “his story” […]
TALLAHASSEE — A Leon County Grand Jury determined Monday the “conduct of (Tallahassee) Mayor Andrew Gillum was lawful” under Florida Statutes in a case concerning the mayor’s use of City of Tallahassee software to send campaign-related emails and correspondence, despite the fact the grand jury also determined the software was used for personal or political purposes. The […]
Tallahassee Reports has learned that Dr. Erwin Jackson has filed a complaint with the Florida Elections Commission over campaign finance reporting errors made by City Commissioner Scott Maddox during the last election cycle. The Tallahassee Democrat recently reported that $131,259 of Maddox campaign funds were unaccounted for in campaign finance reports for more than a […]
Florida Politics is reporting that Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum has spent approximately $25,000 on legal services tied to his use of city owned software to send out political emails. Tallahassee Reports, after obtaining information through a public records request, was the first to report about Gillum’s use of the NGP VAN software for political […]
Less than a week after the City of Tallahassee announced the elimination of 38 filled positions to cut expenses, Tallahassee Reports has learned that the City of Tallahassee is now seeking new employees to fill some of the eliminated positions. The image below shows that two “Underground Utilities Tech” positions were eliminated last week. The […]
TALLAHASSEE — Ausley McMullen’s newest attorney Pamela Marsh said unequivocally there is no problem with her contracting with the City of Tallahassee to “consult and advise” on the recent FBI investigation even though Marsh was the former supervisor of the attorney overseeing that federal investigation. The contract between Ausley McMullen and the City of Tallahassee […]
Tallahassee Reports has learned that the City of Tallahassee has terminated 38 city workers. Less than 24 hours after a budget workshop where city officials told the city commissioners that “approximately 47 positions will be reduced through existing vacancies, retirements, and in certain cases, layoffs”, 38 city workers were told they would be terminated. Based […]
Tallahassee Reports has confirmed that City Commissioner Nancy Miller’s husband, John Buss, approved approximately $420,402 in purchase orders for DPB & Associates, a company affiliated with his brother, Rich Buss. John Buss is listed as a Division Director in the City of Tallahassee’s Underground Utilities Department. TR has recently detailed the relationship between Commissioner Nancy […]
Tallahassee Reports has learned that the City of Tallahassee is requiring fired employees not to pursue past or current employment complaints to receive severance benefits. Sources have told TR that a number of city employees were fired late last week. So far, the City of Tallahassee has provided no information about the firings through the […]
Leon County Sheriff’s Office (LSCO) Chief of Staff David Folsom announced Wednesday afternoon the LSCO investigative report on Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum is now in the hands of State Attorney Jack Campbell. Campbell confirmed to Tallahassee Reports he had received the report but said, “I’m not going to comment about what comes from here because […]