The Network of Entrepreneurs and Business Advocates (NEBA) held a political forum on Tuesday for candidates seeking positions on the City Commission. NEBA, with approximately 250 members, routinely provides opportunities for candidates to introduce themselves to the business community and to answer questions about issues important to their membership. This year two seats on the […]
The Citizens for Responsible Spending (CRS) and members of the Budget Hawks made several presentations at Wednesday’s City Commission meeting. The groups are asking the City Commission to roll back the 13% increase in property taxes that was adopted last year. The presentations addressed the rosy outlook presented by City staff weeks earlier at a […]
At the Capital Region Transportation Planning Agency (CRTPA) meeting this past Monday, the Board voted, after a motion by City Commissioner Scott Maddox, to rescind a job offer recently extended to a candidate to fill the vacant position of Executive Director. The candidate was ranked number two by the screening committee and was offered the […]
Tallahassee Reports has learned that local elected leaders have been supporting a move to tax vehicle miles traveled by individuals for a number of years. This is despite the recent comments by some local elected officials that implied taxing individuals on miles traveled in their cars was not part of a proposed study slated to look […]
At this Wednesday’s City Commission meeting, elected officials will consider spending approximately $300,000 on a study that will provide support for the establishment of a new tax based on vehicle miles traveled. The tax is called a mobility fee. The cost of the study would be shared with the Leon County Board of County Commissioners. […]
Former Mayor Penny Herman, a member of the Citizens for Responsible Spending (CRS) group, cited a Federal report on job growth as support for the roll back of the 13% increase in property taxes put in place by the City Commission in 2015. She appeared on WFSU’s Perspectives show Thursday, April 7th with CRS member and […]
Tallahassee Reports has learned that the City of Tallahassee paid $238,426 to an outside law firm for legal services associated with the lawsuit filed by former City firefighter Mark DeCarlo. A jury awarded DeCarlo $850,000 in a discrimination lawsuit. Public documents obtained through a public records request reveal that the City of Tallahassee paid Sniffen […]
The debate over the construction of a new high school in Leon County has begun. Last year the headline in the Tallahassee Democrat said “Crowded Leon County may get a new high school.” The article went on to say that “For years, classroom portables functioned as Band-Aids to overcrowding problems caused by steady hikes in student […]
By Lanhee J. Chen And James C. Capretta While America’s health-care system has long needed reform, President Obama unfortunately made many parts of it worse. His Affordable Care Act is based on more federal spending, regulation and coercion—and Americans are now experiencing the many unhappy consequences. These include millions forced out of their previous insurance […]
If you were looking to have lunch at the Edison this past Saturday you were out of luck. The City subsidized venture was closed to taxpaying citizens for a private party hosted by the Mayor of Tallahassee, Andrew Gillum, and sponsored by the Pittman Law Group, a City of Tallahassee vendor. Pittman Law Group is […]