Information acquired by TR from the Florida Department of Highway and Motor Vehicles (DHSMV) this past Friday reveal that the driving records of two of the five Tallahassee City elected officials are tied to an “active criminal investigation” and can’t be released unredacted. Based on an earlier report by POLITICO, which found Gillum’s records were […]
The race for Florida governor is essentially tied according to the first public poll conducted after Hurricane Michael. Twenty days before Election Day, Democrat Andrew Gillum is at 47 percent, while Republican Ron DeSantis is at 46. However, among those who say they have already voted, DeSantis is at 49 percent, while Gillum is at […]
The major union for police officers, the Florida Police Benevolent Association (PBA), announced they are endorsing Republican Ron DeSantis for governor. The endorsement comes four years after the Florida PBA endorsed the Democratic nominee for governor, Charlie Crist. The endorsement also comes amid harsh criticism from DeSantis on how current Democratic nominee Andrew Gillum has […]
One day after lauding the actions of Mayor Andrew Gillum’s handling of the crime problem in Tallahassee, Leon County Sheriff Walt McNeil revised his remarks. In a statement released by the Gillum campaign and picked up by the Tampa Bay Times, McNeil said, “Under Mayor Andrew Gillum’s leadership, violent crime is down 24 percent, and […]
The current Florida Agriculture Commissioner, Adam Putnam, took a beating at the ballot box on August 28th in the Republican gubernatorial primary. Despite the loss, the state-wide media is still unloading on Putnam while ignoring the actions of one gubernatorial candidate still running for office. The report by the Tampa Bay Times on Putnam hiring […]
In an interview with the Tampa Bay Times, Senator Bill Nelson who claims to be one of the nations most independent senators, is distancing himself from some of the progressive positions of Democratic party nominee Andrew Gillum. In an interview with the Tampa Bay Times, Nelson staked out more moderate positions than those being advocated […]
People close to the federal investigation have indicated that Mayor Andrew Gillum’s brother, Marcus Gillum, was paid by undercover federal agents who were posing as developers. The payments were made to Marcus Gillum in their role as developers seeking business with the city of Tallahassee. The payments were said to be in the thousands of […]
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 […]
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 […]