TPD’s Fitness, Favoritism, and a Six Figure Salary
For some, the City of Tallahassee (COT) is just a job, but for Chief Revell, it’s an opportunity to give his cousin an approximately $100,000 salary as a wellness coordinator. We obtained a public records request that confirms the expected pay for this position and the applicants’ information. The public records request received substantiates the […]
Don’t Compare Yourself To Others, Unless You Are A Municipality
The city recently voted to offer current employees the opportunity to quit and receive $20,000 or 12 weeks of pay (whichever is greater). This comes at the direction of the State’s legislation HB1329 (Local Government Financial Transparency and Accountability ACT). The city is interpreting the section 166.241 as required to implement a 10% budget reduction. […]
ABC, 123, Baby $2.5 Million
We’ve all seen the headlines for the new state-of-the-art VPK facility. However, state-of-the-art comes at a hefty price tag: $2,538,993 to be exact. This new facility is being touted as bringing all of Leon County Schools VPK under one roof. Early learning is important and this is why our elected officials should work to get […]
To Vote Or Not To Vote For Consolidation, That Is The Question
On Tuesday March 10, 2026, the county commission approved a straw poll vote on the ballet for this election cycle. For clarity, a straw poll is to assess the interest of the community. This does not mean that a majority vote will result in consolidation but what it would accomplish is a direction for our […]
IDEA Funding, A Serious Matter Met with Unserious Answers
We have serious questions for Leon County School District (LCS), but they continue to deflect, ignore, or simply provide answers that land like a bad joke. Conversations about IDEA funding continue to circulate as many of our parents feel their students’ IEPs are not being followed and are being told noncompliance is due to resources. […]
Utility Bill Forgiveness For Me But Not For Thee
On August 4th 2025, we placed a request for the current bills at Department of Transportation at Hayden Burns Building, the Federal Correctional Institute, and Leon County Schools. At the end of September, we received the utility bills. Everything looked fairly accurate except for one thing; we placed our request in August, and these bills […]
All The Money Spent for The All America City
The City of Tallahassee recently won the All America City Award. The All America City Award is hosted every year by the National Civic League in Colorado. According to the application for the All America City, Tallahassee agreed that if they were finalists, they would send a delegation to Colorado to present why they should […]
Buses and Confusion and Students, Oh My!
This school year hasn’t even begun yet and parents are buzzing on social media about the new Leon County bus system. And like an angry hornets nest their conversations are vibrating throughout many of our social media groups. We have also recently heard from many concerned parents about the new bus routes. The most prominent […]
On Tour, On Taxpayer Money
*Information discovered in this story is vulgar in nature, some may find offense so please protect your peace. Taxpayers fund Thomas Whitley’s adulterous endeavors far and wide. Whitley redefines “strategic innovation” in 2023 when he listed his tour dates in his Feeld account. Feeld is an app in which adults can meet up with similar […]
Taking A Closer Look At The Magistrate’s Ruling
FloridaCapitalTea takes a closer look at the Magistrate’s ruling. We respect the ruling of the magistrate, although his report raises some questions for us. While we don’t know his all his thoughts on this ruling, we will try to understand the best we can. The Subjective Material In The Magistrate’s Ruling The beginning of this […]
Our Firefighter’s 175 Money: Why The City Wants It
This past weekend the City Scheduled two impromptu meetings for our firefighter’s three year contract. The meetings were added to the calendar on Monday, a holiday. This brings up the question: Did the city provide enough public notice of this meeting? During both these meetings the City stated they wanted the firefighters to sign over […]
A Summary of The Firefighters One Year Contract
We are awaiting a ruling from the special magistrate in the Arbitration case between our Firefighters and The City of Tallahassee for the firefighters one year contract. Since March of 2024 our Firefighters have been in prolonged negotiations In the past year our firefighters have had 22 meetings with the City. Near the end of […]
Dorothy “Dot” Inman-Johnson For City Commission Seat 2
We set out to research who is Dorothy “Dot” Inman-Johnson. Looking at various sources on the internet and compiling them into one spot fora quick reference, we explored her campaign page, social media sites, and finally we Googled her name. This is not a complete compilation and we encourage you to do your own research […]
Rocky Hanna For School Superintendent
We set out to research who Rocky Hanna is by looking at various sources on the internet and compiling into one spot for our ability to quicky reference. We explored his campaign page, Social Media sites, and finally we Googled his name. This is not a complete compilation and we encourage you to do your […]
Joseph “Joe” Burgess For School Superintendent
We set out to research who Joe Burgess is by looking at various sources on the internet and compiling into one spot for our ability to quicky reference. We explored his campaign page, Social Media sites, and finally we Googled his name. This is not a complete compilation and we encourage you to do your […]
Genleah “Star” Swain For School Superintendent
We set out to research who Genleah “Star” Swain is by looking at various sources on the internet and compiling into one spot for our ability to quicky reference. We explored her campaign page, Social Media sites, and finally we Googled her name. This is not a complete compilation and we encourage you to do […]
The OPE: Three City Employees Simultaneously Receive Salary And Pension
After playing the game long enough, a small select few within The City of Tallahassee have discovered the cheat code category OPE. OPE category is short for Other Personnel Expenses. A category so hidden that when 850CapitlTea searched for a description on the City of Tallahassee webpage, we were directed to the 2024 adopted budget. […]
How Much Do Our City Executives Actually Make?
The amount our city executives make is the most shared, commented on, and reacted to information that we have shared with the public. Their annual salaries are, for many of us, an average of four years of work. We look at their salaries slack-jawed and ask ourselves: “Is there a better way we could spend […]
An Overwhelming Consensus In A City Of Many Voices
In a city of many voices, Leon County Schools unveiled their new logo. We took our survey directly to you in order to find out your thoughts and feelings on the rebrand. An overwhelming consensus was reached well before a full 24 hours lapsed. Within 17 hours we received 149 survey responses and observed numerous […]
This Page Was Never Intended To Be About Me
My name is Anna Marie and this page was never intended to be about me. It was created to amplify the people of Tallahassee. People who have gone before the City commission week after week only to have their voices fall on deaf ears. This page will continue to amplify your voices and bring information […]
