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1. #Rare blueprints dead cells not showing up trial#
2. #Rare blueprints dead cells not showing up series#

After Matlow asked whether alcohol was consumed, Pingree said he was "very focused on speaking to my capacity and my competency." Pingree confirmed Thursday that the interview took place at the Midtown bar, Brass Tap. Pingree's hiring by Long and former City Manager Rick Fernandez was publicly announced two months later.Ĭity Commissioner Jeremy Matlow speaks in opposition to the proposed funding for Doak Campbell Stadium during a Blueprint meeting at City Hall on Thursday, Feb. Blueprint is yours,” Maddox texted Pingree in late 2015, suggesting he was playing an unseen role in the hiring. Burnette, Maddox's co-conspirator in a pay-to-play scheme involving city vendors.

#Rare blueprints dead cells not showing up trial#

The messages were included in government exhibits in the public corruption trial of J.T. In August, the Democrat reported on a cache of text messages between former City Commissioner Scott Maddox and numerous other people, including Pingree.

#Rare blueprints dead cells not showing up series#

Series : A Tallahassee Democrat investigation into back-door dealings 'Blueprint is yours': Scott Maddox texts reveal his role as the man who would be kingmaker Matlow's questions referenced reporting in the Tallahassee Democrat about the hiring of one of Blueprint’s top officials, Ben Pingree, director of Tallahassee/Leon County Planning, Land Management & Community Enhancement. "To the public, it looks like we aren’t being open and transparent." Texts back in the spotlight "I voted against adjournment because we shouldn’t cut off debate in this way, even when we don’t like the discussion," he wrote. In a statement after the meeting, Minor said the move to abruptly end the meeting left the public with the perception of a lack of transparency. “I’ve got to go speak with the Urban League about gun violence,” she replied, a reference to a roundtable she attended later that evening. Video of the meeting ended with Porter saying, "Wow."Ī member of the public yelled at Williams-Cox after adjournment about shutting down public business. Mayor John Dailey, County Commissioners Jimbo Jackson and Nick Maddox and City Commissioners Curtis Richardson joined Williams-Cox in ending the meeting.Ĭounty Commissioner Carolyn Cummings left the chambers moments before the vote. Her motion passed in a 5-5 vote that tipped toward approval because of the IA’s weighted voting bylaws. "I really want to make a motion to adjourn because we’ve exhausted the agenda that was presented and prepared for us," City Commissioner Dianne Williams-Cox said. Matlow was building to a motion to ask the state Attorney General's Office issue an opinion about whether the IMC is subject to open meeting requirements of the Sunshine Laws but never got there. The meeting came to a snippy halt after Matlow leveled concerns about what he called an "infamously opaque" sales tax authority and its director and Porter questioned the adherence to Sunshine Laws of the Intergovernmental Management Committee, made up of City Manager Reese Goad and County Administrator Vince Long. The 12-member panel had a short agenda with a single discussion item to review the structure and governance of the agency which is tasked with implementing millions of dollars’ worth of infrastructure and economic development projects. In their own words: How each elected official explained their vote on divisive Doak deal Doak deal crosses goal line after bitter 9-month battle over Blueprint tax funding for FSU stadium