Did City Commissioners Violate City Charter With Compensation Vote?
The investigation and research into the April 13, 2005 vote by the City Commission, which resulted in an approximate increase of $22,000 in City Commissioner compensation, continues to reveal new...
View ArticleFlorida's Most Powerful City Manager
Research by Tallahassee Reports indicates that Anita Favors-Thompson is the most powerful City Manager in the state of Florida. This finding is based on a comparison of the formal powers of city...
View ArticleCOT 2012 Budget Increases Non-Fuel Spending By $40 Million Over 2010...
The COT press release on the 2012 budget reads: “No increase proposed for millage rate – City Manager Anita Favors Thompson today released the recommended $724.9 million fiscal year 2012 budget for...
View ArticleTallahassee City Manager Addresses Ethics Panel, Talks About Benefits of...
On February 5th, 2013, Tallahassee City Manager Anita Favors-Thompson made a presentation to the Ethics Advisory Panel. The ethics panel was created by the city commission to look into the recent...
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One Developer Gets Message from Tallahassee City Manager, One Does Not
On October 14, 2013, the lobbyist for the Mckibbon Hotel Group (MHG), Gary Yordon, responded favorably to a request by City Manager Anita Favors to donate money to charitable organization she was...
View ArticleCity Communications Department Produces All PSA’s…Except for TAPP
The City of Tallahassee public records department has informed Tallahassee Reports that since January 1, 2011 the City of Tallahassee has not paid outside vendors for the production of any Pubic...
View ArticleMayor Gillum, City Move To “Ban” Criminal Background Question From Job...
A discussion initiated by Mayor Gillum on December 15, 2014 about eliminating criminal background questions from government employment applications may be headed to the full City Commission in January....
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Mayor Gillum Backs Campaign Donor, Ethics Board Opponent for City Ethics...
According to agenda item documents to be presented to the full City Commission on Wednesday, Mayor Andrew Gillum is recommending that Ms. Lila A. Jaber be appointed to the newly-created 7-member Ethics...
View ArticleCity Tax Increase to Fund $40,000 Raise for Lobbyist, City Management Silent...
Tallahassee Reports may have finally found an answer to City Commissioner Scott Maddox’s question about the Mayor and the City Commissioner’s budget. This part of the general government budget funds...
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Ethics Board Chairman Failed to Disclose Her Law Firm’s Contract with City
Current Chairman of the City’s newly formed independent Ethics Board, Lila Jaber, failed to disclose a business relationship between her law firm, Gunster, and the City of Tallahassee when she applied...
View ArticleFlorida’s Most Powerful City Manager
Research by Tallahassee Reports indicates that Anita Favors-Thompson is the most powerful City Manager in the state of Florida. This finding is based on a comparison of the formal powers of city...
View ArticleNew City Manager Proud of Hilaman’s Impact on Tallahassee Golf Prices
It appears that the City of Tallahassee is in the business of driving down golf prices in Tallahassee. At the last Tallahassee City Commission meeting, the new City Manager, Rick Fernandez, assured...
View ArticleCity Manager Counted Employee that Retired in 2014 as Reorganization Savings...
Tallahassee Reports has learned that City Manager Rick Fernandez counted the salary from a position that had not been filled since 2014 as savings to justify the raises he gave to a select group of...
View ArticleCity Commission to Tackle City Manager, City Attorney Vacancies
This Wednesday city commissioners will decide on a number of issues related to the current vacancies of the city manager and city attorney positions. City Manager Staff is recommending the hiring of an...
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One Developer Gets Message from Tallahassee City Manager, One Does Not
On October 14, 2013, the lobbyist for the Mckibbon Hotel Group (MHG), Gary Yordon, responded favorably to a request by City Manager Anita Favors to donate money to charitable organization she was...
View ArticleCity Communications Department Produces All PSA’s…Except for TAPP
The City of Tallahassee public records department has informed Tallahassee Reports that since January 1, 2011 the City of Tallahassee has not paid outside vendors for the production of any Pubic...
View ArticleMayor Gillum, City Move To “Ban” Criminal Background Question From Job...
A discussion initiated by Mayor Gillum on December 15, 2014 about eliminating criminal background questions from government employment applications may be headed to the full City Commission in January....
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Mayor Gillum Backs Campaign Donor, Ethics Board Opponent for City Ethics...
According to agenda item documents to be presented to the full City Commission on Wednesday, Mayor Andrew Gillum is recommending that Ms. Lila A. Jaber be appointed to the newly-created 7-member Ethics...
View ArticleCity Tax Increase to Fund $40,000 Raise for Lobbyist, City Management Silent...
Tallahassee Reports may have finally found an answer to City Commissioner Scott Maddox’s question about the Mayor and the City Commissioner’s budget. This part of the general government budget funds...
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