On Friday, Tallahassee Reports submitted a public record request to the City of Tallahassee seeking payroll records for Dustin Daniels, the Chief of Staff for Mayor Gillum. The issue is whether our not the City paid for Mr. Daniels and Mayor Gillum to take a trip to meet with the Mayor of Pittsburgh on January […]
Mayor Andrew Gillum has consistently refused to answer questions about his recent trip to Pennsylvania where he had an official meeting with the Mayor of Pittsburgh on January 30, 2015. Due to this lack of cooperation, TR has had to turn to anonymous sources, public record requests, and social media to seek answers to questions. […]
On Wednesday, Tallahassee Reports was told by Mayor Gillum’s staff that the Mayor had an official City meeting with the Mayor of Pittsburgh on January 30th. Gillum’s Chief of staff, Dustin Daniels, told TR that the meeting was about children issues. However, on Thursday, when TR requested the travel expenses for the Mayor’s office, things […]
Tallahassee Reports has learned that City of Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum made an official visit to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on January 30th, 2015 to meet with Pittsburgh Mayor William Peduto. The meeting lasted for 30 minutes. Mayor Peduto’s schedule for January 30 is shown below. Click on image to enlarge. Tallahassee Reports spoke with Mayor Peduto’s […]
Tallahassee Reports has obtained documents that show Mayor Andrew Gillum is being paid by a group that is advocating for cities accross the United States to adopt “Ban the Box” policies. A debate began two weeks ago about Mayor Gillum’s controversial proposal to remove the criminal background questionnare from the City of Tallahassee’s employment application. […]
Last year the City Commission voted to spend approximately $2.1 million to renovate the old electric building in Cascades Park to house a brewpub restaurant. The developer of the restaurant is required to invest $1.5 million. A lot has changed since the original idea of a brewpub. First, the winner in the bid process decided […]
Current City Commissioner and Mayoral candidate Andrew Gillum is refusing to answer questions about his employer, the People for the American Way, and how their policy positions could effect Tallahassee if he becomes Mayor. In fact, Gillum threatened legal action against Tallahassee Reports for writing that he is employed by the People for the American […]
Recently, City Commissioners and the Mayor have been told they have been “asleep at the wheel” and that their priorities are “out of whack.” These are not the words of Erwin Jackson, frequent City Commission critic. These are the words of current City Commissioner Scott Maddox. Could these comments be the beginning of Maddox’s campaign […]
Tallahassee Reports has learned that current City Commissioner and Mayoral candidate Andrew Gillum is employed by the same organization, People for the American Way, which has been given credit for derailing an HGTV show staring two brothers, David and Jason Benham. Gillum is employed by the 501(c)3 arm of the organization called People for the […]
The City Commission vote against the Ethics Advisory Panel (EAP) recommendation for an appointed Ethics Officer was bad enough. But to think the probable future Mayor of the City of Tallahassee could not see the wisdom put forth by the EAP is even more troubling. When the Tallahassee Democrat, Martha Barnett, the former President of […]