Today, City Manager Anita Favors Thompson released her proposed budget for 2015-16. In a city press release entitled “City Manager Releases Proposed Public Safety Budget”, Ms. Favors recommends hiring 18 police officers and 16 fireman.Ms. Favors also proposes a $10.8 million property tax increase. The property tax rate would increase by 27% from 3.7 mills […]
On June 19, 2014, Tallahassee Democrat reporter Jeff Burlew wrote an article entitled “School employee becomes whistle-blower, former secretary files lawsuit.” Tallahassee Reports has recently learned that the Tallahassee Democrat labeled part of the article as gossip, gossip that almost one year later has no independent factual basis. In the article, Burlew reported accusations from […]
It appears the City of Tallahassee’s lack of attention to public safety over the last nine years has not been limited to funding for more police officers. During a recent City budget workshop, City Manager Anita Favors Thompson took time to tell City Commissioners that the City’s Police Department building, located on Seventh Avenue, is […]
Best selling writer Peter Schweizer, who’s most recent work – Clinton Cash – is currently #3 on the New York Times Best selling list, has been ignored by the local media. Other than a visit on WFLA’s Morning Show with Preston Scott, Schweizer has not scored any local coverage in the Tallahassee Democrat, on WFSU, […]
The latest FDLE report on crime in the state of Florida found that Leon County was ranked number one in crimes per 100,000 residents for 2014. Tallahassee Reports investigated the numbers and found that incidents in the City of Tallahassee was the cause for the number one ranking. Without the city numbers, the county jurisdiction […]
After 25 years Old Town Cafe, located off of Timberlane Road in Market Square, is under new management. Ashley Webb assumed ownership on May 1, 2015 from Marcia Harrison who owned and operated the business since its opening in 1990. Ms. Harrison is heading south to spend more time with her family. The change in […]
While crime in Florida was at a 44-year low in 2014, the crime rate in Leon County increased from 4,720 crimes per 100,000 residents in 2013 to 5,049 crimes per 100,000 residents in 2014. With this increase, Leon County leads Florida in crime rate. The statewide crime rate continued a downward trend and ended 2014 […]
On Friday the City of Tallahassee issued a press release describing a two day workshop designed to help develop a shared vision for the future of South City. The workshop is scheduled for May 19-20 with the majority of the meetings being held at the law firm of Hopping Green and Sams located in downtown […]
In February of this year, Mayor Andrew Gillum told the Tallahassee Democrat that he paid travel expenses out of his office account on three different occasions for his travel companions. However, public records indicate that Gillum failed to detail those expenses in his latest office account report filed with the Leon County Supervisor of Elections. Elected officials […]
On February 27th of this year we posted an article introducing our readers to Sissy Shaw. It was one of our most popular articles. We are proud to inform you that she will be singing this Friday at Cascade Park at 6:00pm. The weather, based on predictions, should be clear. Here is a link to […]