Members of the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) voted to gather more information about the ramifications of shutting down the downtown CRA and then the board voted to move forward with possibly providing financial assistance for the Washington Square project. Also, Mayor Andrew Gillum – who has refused to answer questions about his New York excursion […]
Tallahassee Reports has learned from sources that Edison owner Adam Corey had discussions about a job for a former Edison employee with city manager Rick Fernandez. In 2016, when the discussions took place, Corey was a vendor with the City of Tallahassee and a registered lobbyists representing multiple interests before the City Commission. In January […]
Tallahassee Reports has learned that a proposed development located in downtown Tallahassee at 227 S. Calhoun Street is seeking a $9.6 million refund of post-construction property tax from the downtown Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA). At the July 19th CRA Board meeting staff was directed not to bring any additional large-scale Downtown District projects to the […]
Tallahassee Reports has learned a public safety update to be provided to the City Commission by Chief DeLeo on September 27th will show that through July 2017, there has been a 6.3% increase in violent crime when compared to 2016. The report also shows a 15% decrease in property crime in 2017, when compared to […]
The Board of County Commissioners of Leon County are set to vote on maintaining a millage rate for FY 2018 that will raise $5.7 million more in property tax revenue. This additional revenue is due to a 5.07% increase in FY2018 property values. At the July 11, 2017 meeting, the Board decided against decreasing the […]
Tallahassee Reports has learned that the neighborhood associations for Ox Bottom Manor and Moore Pond have filed a petition to challenge the Brookside Village residential development which was recently approved by the Leon County Development Review Committee. The Brookside Village development is a proposed 61-lot single-family detached residential subdivision on the upland portion of the […]
In the 2018 Best Colleges Rankings released by U.S. News and World Report, Florida State came in 33rd tied with Michigan State University, North Carolina State University, the University of California-Santa Cruz and the University of Delaware for best public university in the United States. FSU has moved up ten spots in the coveted rankings […]
The City of Tallahassee was served with another federal subpoena by the US District Court dated September 6th, 2017. The subpoena asked for more information related to the FBI corruption investigation. However, even though City Commissioner Nancy Miller was made aware of the subpoena days after it arrived at city hall, the public was not informed […]
The NCAA recently published the list of colleges most represented on 2017 NFL opening day rosters. The list included players on active rosters, injury reserved lists, practice squads and the commissioner’s exempt list. FSU came in at No. 7 with a total of 40 players. This was second among ACC schools, behind the University of […]
At the City Commission meeting addressing the FY2018 budget, the city staff stated to City Commissioners and the public that the property tax rate will remain at 4.1% and operating costs will be held at 2017 levels or, for enterprise funds, adjusted by CPI per rate study assumptions. However, despite these actions, an analysis (shown […]