The staff at the City of Tallahassee has proposed to city commissioners that the $10,000 donation made to Honor Flight Tallahassee in 2017 not be included in the 2018 budget. This cut comes as staff recommends other groups like the Capital City Chamber ($9,700) and the Village Square ($20,000) remain funded at 2017 levels. TR […]
Dr. Karen Rubin, the TAPP Progam Coordinator from 2012-2014, told TR that City Commissioner Nancy Miller directed city staff to take the steps needed to assure the TAPP program contract would be awarded to a business controlled by Paige Carter-Smith and affiliated with Gary Yordon. The City of Tallahassee Charter calls for the removal of […]
On June 13th, 2107 the FBI served the City of Tallahassee with subpoenas seeking information related to Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) projects and City of Tallahassee activities. See the subpoenas here and here. The subpoenas requested communications, documents, records, bids, applications, or proposals between a number of businesses/individuals and the City of Tallahassee and the […]
TALLAHASSEE — American Mustang horses have long been symbols of freedom, strength and indomitable spirit. But as their population has grown and competed more with cattle and other livestock for grazing land, many have lost their freedom. They have been rounded up into holding pens, where many spend the rest of their lives awaiting adoption. […]
Often times people dismiss crime statistic comparisons involving Leon county because Tallahassee is a major college town. The argument is that characteristics of a college town can sometimes skew comparisons because of the presence of so many college students. In fact, recently Florida State University Criminology Professor, Brian Stults, told the Tallahassee Democrat that the […]
The day following a city budget workshop that revealed a $4.5 million general fund budget deficit and a vote by city commissioners not to increase property taxes, the the city cancelled the downtown lunch trolley service that was costing taxpayers $50,000 per month. Tallahassee Reports recently published a story about the trolley costing taxpayers $18 […]
Sales of existing single-family homes in Leon county increased in May by 12.8% when compared to numbers sold in May one year ago. There were 343 single-family home resales in May 2017 and 304 resales in May 2016. Last month there were 283 existing single-family homes sold. The annualized rate of sales was 3,128 in […]
The recent release of the 2016 crime statistics revealed that Leon county’s crime rate was once again number one in the state of Florida. However, a statistic buried in the reams of data that escaped media scrutiny was the fact that Leon county was last in the number of cases cleared. Based on FDLE documentation, […]
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement released crime data for 2016 and Leon County leads the state of Florida in crime rate for the third year in a row. The crime rate per 100,000 residents increased by 6.8% over 2015 numbers. The total crime rate in the state of Florida fell by 4.4% and also fell […]
TALLAHASSEE — Leon County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) Department of Investigations Chief Jeff Beasley said Tuesday he expects a “rapid end” to the investigation into Tallahassee Mayor and Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum’s alleged misuse of city property, with a report being submitted to State Attorney Jack Campbell next week. Beasley said his investigators are finished […]