Gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum is ignoring it. The state-wide media will not ask questions about it. But Mayor Gillum’s former chief of staff, Dustin Daniels, is campaigning on it. What is it? It is Tallahassee’s increase in murders while Andrew Gillum was the mayor of Tallahassee. On a campaign mailer, Dustin Daniels, who is running […]
In the closing weeks of the August 28th primary, Mayoral candidate Dustin Daniels sent out a mailer to prospective voters that advocated for free community college tuition for Tallahassee residents. One side of the mailer, shown below, states “Make community college truly about community…MAKE IT FREE! A second side highlights free community college for Tallahassee […]
Public records indicate that Mayoral candidate Dustin Daniels has accepted approximately $3,750 in campaign donations from city vendors he previously recommended to the city commission when he was the Chief of Staff for Mayor Andrew Gillum. In 2016 the competitive bid process indicated that someone other than the current Daniels’ campaign donor should be awarded […]
Sources have told Tallahassee Reports that former chief of staff and current mayoral candidate Dustin Daniels was in Las Vegas with FBI agents posing as developers while he was a city employee. Joining Daniels in Las Vegas was Adam Corey, the owner of the lobbying group Unconventional Strategies. The trip took place during the last […]
A quick search shows that since January 23rd, 2018, Tallahassee Democrat reporter Jeffrey Schweers has authored five stories about Dustin Daniels’ pursuit of public office. In addition, Schweers authored the “Costa Rica Coincidence”, a story that many viewed as a negative portrayal of a family trip by one of Daniels’ opponent’s. Daniels is the former […]
Does Dustin Daniel’s non-response to an interview request mean Daniels, if elected as Tallahassee’s new mayor, will continue at least one policy of his former boss, Mayor Andrew Gillum — Gillum’s contentious, combative attitude toward Tallahassee Reports? Hopefully not. Tallahassee Reports reached out to Daniels to include him in the paper’s ongoing political profiles of […]
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. […]
In the first campaign report since filing to run for mayor of Tallahassee, current Leon County Commissioner John Dailey brought in $91,171 in April. This includes $10,446 rolled over from his county commission campaign for district 3. A review of the Dailey’s report shows 374 donations totaling approximately $80,725. One of Dailey ‘s donors was […]
Recently filed city commission candidate Lisa Brown, who is the CEO and a board member at Tallahassee-Leon Federal Credit Union (TLFCU), appears to be relatively unknown in local political terms. However, the web of local government connections that exist between members of the Board of Directors at TLFCU and local government vendor Vancore Jones, raises […]
How many more ways can the Tallahassee Democrat pump up the non-candidacy of Mayor Gillum’s chief of staff, Dustin Daniels, while ignoring the efforts of filed candidates? On the heals of brokering a deal with Mayor Andrew Gillum to crop an embarrassing picture in return for a favorable interview, the Tallahassee Democrat continues to show […]