Sale of Governance to Paige Carter-Smith Executed with Handwritten Contract

Sale of Governance to Paige Carter-Smith Executed with Handwritten Contract

The sale of the lobbying and consulting firm, Governance Inc., from Scott Maddox to Paige Carter-Smith is a central focus of the FBI investigation. The recently released FBI probable cause search warrant alleges that Maddox maintained control of Governance even after the sale to Carter-Smith. Tallahassee Reports has obtained a copy of the contract which […]

Commissioner Nancy Miller and Others Vote to Keep Paige Carter-Smith at DIA

Commissioner Nancy Miller and Others Vote to Keep Paige Carter-Smith at DIA

With a 4-3 vote, the Tallahassee Downtown Improvement Authority (DIA) moved to retain Paige Carter-Smith as the CEO. The DIA attorney will gather more information and revisit the topic at the next meeting. Carter-Smith was named in a probable cause affidavit search warrant which was recently issued in the corruption investigation into city hall activities. […]

City Commissioner Nancy Miller Solicited Favor from Paige Carter-Smith, Waste Pro

City Commissioner Nancy Miller Solicited Favor from Paige Carter-Smith, Waste Pro

Tallahassee Reports has recovered an email that shows City Commissioner Nancy Miller soliciting a donation from Waste Pro – a city vendor – through Paige Carter-Smith for the North West Florida League of Cities. The solicitation email was sent from Miller’s official City of Tallahassee email. Records show that Carter-Smith was not registered as a […]

Local Real Estate Developer to Under Cover Agent: “Scott Maddox can kill this”

Local Real Estate Developer to Under Cover Agent: “Scott Maddox can kill this”

Listed below are unedited passages from the “AFFIDAVIT IN SUPPORT OF AN APPLICATION FOR A SEARCH WARRANT” detailing the FBI’s undercover investigation into corruption in Tallahassee. The Undercover Investigation In 2015, the FBI initiated a covert investigation into alleged corruption by local officials in Tallahassee. During the course of this investigation UCs (Under Cover) posed […]

E-Mails: Paige Carter-Smith, Governance Tied to City’s Recycling Bid Process

E-Mails: Paige Carter-Smith, Governance Tied to City’s Recycling Bid Process

Documents provided to the FBI show that Paige Carter-Smith was copied on several city emails dealing with the City’s “Request for Proposals/Recyclable Materials Processing Services” which was ultimately awarded to Marpan Recycling in February 2013. Ms. Carter-Smith was the only non-bidder copied on the email. The email address used by Carter-Smith was “paige@govinc.net” which is […]

Stewart’s Blog: The Tallahassee Democrat Should Leave Scott Maddox & Paige Carter-Smith Alone!

Stewart’s Blog: The Tallahassee Democrat Should Leave Scott Maddox & Paige Carter-Smith Alone!

The Tallahassee Democrat has suddenly made the agonizing decision to put their investigative resources into explaining the business relationships between City Commissioner Scott Maddox and Downtown Improvement Authority Executive Director Paige Carter-Smith. It is amazing how bold and righteous the executives at the local paper can get when a few FBI subpoenas are dropped at […]

Former City Employee Says Commissioner Miller Directed Staff to Give Work to Gary Yordon Affiliated Business

Former City Employee Says Commissioner Miller Directed Staff to Give Work to Gary Yordon Affiliated Business

Dr. Karen Rubin, the TAPP Progam Coordinator from 2012-2014, told TR that City Commissioner Nancy Miller directed city staff to take the steps needed to assure the TAPP program contract would be awarded to a business controlled by Paige Carter-Smith and affiliated with Gary Yordon. The City of Tallahassee Charter calls for the removal of […]

Vendor with Highest Bid Selected by City for TAPP Program Project

Vendor with Highest Bid Selected by City for TAPP Program Project

Tallahassee Reports has learned that City Manager Anita Favors selected the highest bid to produce a Public Service Announcement (PSA) commercial for the Think About Personal Pollution (TAPP) program in 2012. A request for proposal (RFP) was sent to a number of interested parties. Only two responses were received by the City of Tallahassee. The […]