# Red Tape Florida

> Shining light on the good, bad and ugly of construction and contracting bureaucracy in Florida's communities

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## Posts
- [Tallahassee budget math: 171 buyouts, but a 20\-person larger workforce? ](https://redtapeflorida.com/tallahassee/tallahassee-budget-math-171-buyouts-but-a-20-person-larger-workforce/): 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\.
- [Tallahassee spent $30k to find a city manager; RTF told you who it would be for free ](https://redtapeflorida.com/tallahassee/tallahassee-spent-30k-to-find-a-city-manager-rtf-told-you-who-it-would-be-for-free/): Four months ago, Madam Sunshine looked into her crystal ball\. Today, the City Commission made her prediction official\.
- [Why does Tallahassee want $480 for this public\-records request? ](https://redtapeflorida.com/florida/why-does-tallahassee-want-480-for-this-public-records-request/): 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\.
- [They listened\. They changed\. They deserve credit\. ](https://redtapeflorida.com/florida/they-listened-they-changed-they-deserve-credit/): One of the questions Red Tape Florida gets asked most often is simple: "Do local governments ever actually change?"
- [Palm Coast doubled its impact fees\. A judge just said: Not so fast\. ](https://redtapeflorida.com/florida/palm-coast-doubled-its-impact-fees-a-judge-just-said-not-so-fast/): Palm Coast doubled its impact fees\. A judge just said: Not so fast\. 

## Articles
- [Mayor, Council members announce bold plan to cut red tape for small businesses](https://redtapeflorida.com/article/mayor-council-members-announce-bold-plan-to-cut-red-tape-for-small-businesses/)
- [L\.A\. Mayor Vows to Cut Red Tape and Make It Easier to Shoot Movies and Shows In the City](https://redtapeflorida.com/article/l-a-mayor-vows-to-cut-red-tape-and-make-it-easier-to-shoot-movies-and-shows-in-the-city/)
- [Red tape, rising costs slow efforts to rebuild businesses burned after Floyd’s murder](https://redtapeflorida.com/article/red-tape-rising-costs-slow-efforts-to-rebuild-businesses-burned-after-floyds-murder/)
- [EPA holds hearing on Water of the United States, aims to cut red tape and permitting costs](https://redtapeflorida.com/article/epa-holds-hearing-on-water-of-the-united-states-aims-to-cut-red-tape-and-permitting-costs/)
- [Going solar should be cheaper and easier\. Local governments are standing in the way\.](https://redtapeflorida.com/article/going-solar-should-be-cheaper-and-easier-local-governments-are-standing-in-the-way/)

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