An investigation by Tallahassee Reports has determined that just one month after he announced he would run for governor of Florida, Mayor Andrew Gillum’s office negotiated with the Tallahassee Democrat to publish ten stories favorable to a Gillum initiative. The ten stories were written by Tallahassee Democrat journalist TaMaryn Waters and highlighted Gillum’s “Family Friendly […]
One thing is for certain, voters in Tallahassee will have a lot of options to choose from when it comes time to select a new mayor in August. And those options expanded on Friday when former state legislator and Tallahassee Community College professor Michelle Rewinkel Vasilinda filed the necessary paper work to become a candidate. […]
By: Scott Carswell, Jr., ScottJr91@gmail.com To start the season FSU was a favorite to earn a top eight national seed in the NCAA tournament and make a deep run in Omaha. It had the makings of Coach Mike Martin’s best team in recent memory. After ace pitcher Tyler Holton’s opening day injury the expectations took […]
Listed below is what the FBI is seeking from the City of Tallahassee. See original document here. From the subpoena: Please provide the following documents regarding Cascades Holdings LLC d/b/a Edison Restaurant (Edison) and Adam Corey: a. Any and all City of Tallahassee audit files and reports related to reviews, examinations or audits of the […]
Tallahassee Reports has learned that in May 2016 Mayor Andrew Gillum traveled to Costa Rica with Adam Corey and Sean Pittman. At the time of the trip both Corey and Pittman were involved with businesses that had contracts with the City of Tallahassee. In addition, Corey was a registered lobbyist with the city of Tallahassee. […]
According to public records, Mayor Andrew Gillum’s office purchased $3,750 in advertising from the Tallahassee Democrat on January 8, 2018. This purchase of advertising by the Mayors Office was ten days before the Democrat published an article – which included a cropped picture -about Gillum breaking ties with friend and city lobbyist Adam Corey TR […]
On the Voice of Freedom Today morning show on RealTalk 93.3 this morning, Leon County Commissioner and mayoral candidate John Dailey told show host Greg Marr that he wants to write the next chapter in Tallahassee’s history. Dailey, noting that at least three seats on the city commission will have have new elected officials after […]
The NCAA recently released the Academic Progress Rate’s (APR) for the 2016-2017 year. These rates are important because the NCAA requires that schools reach a certain APR threshold – 930 for four years, 940 for two years – to avoid penalties. The data shows that all FSU teams, except for football, scored over 960. The […]
Even though members of the Community Redevelopment Agency had previously indicated they would not fund any more student housing projects, the members voted 6-1 at their last meeting to give grants totaling $325,000 to two student housing projects. Grants are monies that do not have to be repaid. Roxanne Manning, director of the CRA, told […]
Despite the current debate over the need for a Children’s Services Council, Tallahassee Democrat reporter TaMaryn Waters let readers know that her assessment is that there are “dire needs impacting Leon County children.” This is not a quote from an elected official or a children services professional, it is the assessment by Ms. Waters of […]