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Two Years for a License in Lauderdale Lakes. One Week in Sunrise.

Posted on September 18, 2026 (September 18, 2026)

Neil Seeram just wanted to keep doing business.

Two years ago, his company, Everglades Door and Glass, moved into a 1,500-square-foot warehouse in the Lauderdale Lakes Business Park. He applied for the occupational license required to operate legally in the city. City staff let him use the space anyway while the application sat.[…]

Posted in Florida

BREAKING: Three votes to hire; four votes to fire? 

Posted on September 8, 2026 (September 9, 2026)

The Tallahassee City Commission Wednesday will consider a five-year, $317,000-a-year base salary as a part of the contract for incoming City Manager Karen Jumonville. That’s about $13,000 higher than her predecessor Reese Goad, who spent 10 years as city manager and 27 years with the city.[…]

Posted in Florida, Tallahassee

UPDATE: City manager supermajority language may violate city charter 

Posted on September 9, 2026 (September 9, 2026)

Two years ago, when Tallahassee wanted to make its Inspector General harder to fire, City officials said the requirement for a supermajority had to be placed in the City Charter and “could not be done in ordinance.”[…]

Posted in Florida, Tallahassee

The lights went out. So did the leadership. 

Posted on September 8, 2026 (September 8, 2026)

There are bad nights for a football team, and then there are bad nights for an entire city. Monday was both on a national scale.  For any growing business or high school senior thinking about relocating to Tallahassee, this was the city’s one chance to make a first impression, and it blew it.[…]

Posted in Florida, Tallahassee

Tallahassee’s new budget: Higher taxes, higher garbage bills, higher water bills, higher parking 

Posted on September 8, 2026 (September 8, 2026)

If you live, work or own a business in Tallahassee, City Hall’s proposed FY2027 budget has a little something for you. 

And by “something,” we mean a higher bill.[…]

Posted in Florida, Tallahassee

Tallahassee budget math: 171 buyouts, but a 20-person larger workforce? 

Posted on September 4, 2026 (September 4, 2026)

OK, City of Tallahassee, explain this to taxpayers like we’re stupid. Earlier this year, City Hall paid nearly $3.9 million in incentives to get 171 employees to leave. Now, just months later, the city’s proposed FY2027 budget calls for 20 more employees than it has in the current budget.[…]

Posted in Florida, Tallahassee

Tallahassee spent $30k to find a city manager; RTF told you who it would be for free 

Posted on September 2, 2026 (September 2, 2026)

Four months ago, Madam Sunshine looked into her crystal ball. Today, the City Commission made her prediction official.[…]

Posted in Florida, Tallahassee

Why does Tallahassee want $480 for this public-records request? 

Posted on September 2, 2026 (September 2, 2026)

TALLAHASSEE — Red Tape Florida has filed a series of public-records requests with the City of Tallahassee seeking information about taxpayer-funded vehicles provided to some of City Hall’s highest-ranking officials.[…]

Posted in Florida, Tallahassee

They listened. They changed. They deserve credit. 

Posted on August 26, 2026 (August 26, 2026)

One of the questions Red Tape Florida gets asked most often is simple: “Do local governments ever actually change?”[…]

Posted in Florida

Palm Coast doubled its impact fees. A judge just said: Not so fast. 

Posted on August 20, 2026 (August 20, 2026)

Palm Coast doubled its impact fees. A judge just said: Not so fast. […]

Posted in Florida

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