On May 22nd the Leon County Commission will receive a report put together by staff that provides an overview of existing research relative to issues impacting children in Leon County. The Board requested the report at their March 27, 2018 as a way to evaluate the need for the creation of a Children’s Services Council […]
During the same week gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum approved of a controversial campaign advertisement attacking fellow democrat Gwen Graham, Mayor Andrew Gillum asked the City of Tallahassee Attorney Casandra Jackson if the city could keep a citizen from showing a 30 second video critical of a fellow elected official. When the video began playing during […]
Tallahassee Reports has learned that after seven years the “Nights and Weekends” smart grid program has failed to reach the customer participation levels required to make the $40 million smart meter investment cost-effective for taxpayers. Also, it appears city staff has failed to publicly update elected officials on this finding. A search of city commission […]
In the first campaign report since filing to run for mayor of Tallahassee, current Leon County Commissioner John Dailey brought in $91,171 in April. This includes $10,446 rolled over from his county commission campaign for district 3. A review of the Dailey’s report shows 374 donations totaling approximately $80,725. One of Dailey ‘s donors was […]
Andrew Gillum’s gubernatorial campaign raised approximately $450,000 in April and more than half of those contributions came from billionaire George Soros. In April, Soros gave $250,000 to Forward Florida, a Gillum associated political committee. If you combine this recent Soros donation with two previous six-figure donations in 2017, Soros’ contributions to Gillum now total $450,000. […]
Dr. Chris Mulrooney, the Chairman and one of the three partners behind the Villas at Killearn Lakes, told a gathering of approximately 100 people that the project is the result of a journey that began forty years ago when he was fifteen years old. Faced with the limited options available to an aging great-aunt, Mulrooney […]
The city commission voted 3-2 to against the International Association of Fire Fighters’ (IAFF) request for a $1.3 million change to their recently negotiated contract with the City of Tallahassee. At its April 11, 2018 meeting, the City Commission directed staff to provide additional information regarding the recently approved IAFF agreement and the fiscal impact […]
In light of gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum’s recent criticism of fellow candidate Gwen Graham’s vote in support of the Keystone Pipeline, the Tampa Bay Times published a story addressing Gillum’s support for the construction of a coal plant in 2005. What the TBT article did no talk about was Gillum’s more recent support of a controversial […]
Former Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown qualified Wednesday in his bid to unseat U.S. Rep. Al Lawson in a North Florida congressional race. Brown, 56, a Democrat who served from 2011 to 2015 as Jacksonville’s first African-American mayor, has already been campaigning aggressively against Lawson, a Tallahassee Democrat, for the Congressional District 5 seat. Brown slammed […]
A state appeals court Wednesday rejected a lawsuit aimed at ousting a Miami city commissioner who was accused of failing to meet a residency requirement. A three-judge panel of the 3rd District Court of Appeal upheld a circuit judge’s ruling in favor of Commissioner Joe Carollo. The lawsuit was filed after Alfonso “Alfie” Leon lost […]