Jeremy Matlow
Tallahassee city commissioner (Seat 3) known for publicly criticizing the city's response to a corruption scandal and for a still-unresolved 2026 trespassing investigation tied to a tree-removal protest.
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- Location
- Tallahassee, Florida
- Country
- United States
- Position
- Tallahassee City Commissioner, Seat 3
- 2022 remarks
- Publicly criticized city leadership's inaction on corruption revealed during a federal case involving former Mayor Andrew Gillum
- January 2026 incident
- Investigated by Tallahassee Police, alongside a Leon County commissioner, over a visit to a tree-removal site
- Status of the investigation
- As of the reporting used here, no charges had been filed
Overview
Jeremy Matlow is a city commissioner in Tallahassee, Florida, holding Seat 3. In August 2022, he publicly criticized city leadership for failing to act on evidence of corruption that had surfaced during the federal case against former Mayor Andrew Gillum, saying the city had done nothing despite learning of “high-level executives” placed through improper influence and vendor bribery: “We discovered contracts from vendors who were paying bribes, we didn’t take any action” (Our Tallahassee).
2026 trespassing investigation
In January 2026, Matlow and Leon County Commissioner David O’Keefe visited the site of a new police-department headquarters where work crews were removing 20 oak trees that residents had fought to preserve. Matlow livestreamed video from the scene and posted photos criticizing the tree removal; Tallahassee Police subsequently opened a trespassing investigation into the visit. O’Keefe denied jumping a fence marked with a no-trespassing sign, and Matlow has maintained he did not trespass. At a city commission meeting soon after, Commissioner Curtis Richardson’s colleague Jacqueline Williams-Cox raised the incident, saying on the record, “I understand that there was an incident that occurred … where there was a commissioner from our sister government who trespassed on city property. And I saw the video so I know it happened.” Matlow cautioned his colleagues against using the commission to direct law-enforcement action against a political opponent, calling the approach “troubling” and “improper”; the commission nonetheless voted 3-2, with Matlow and Commissioner Jack Porter opposed, to request an after-action report on the incident. Mayor John Dailey separately said he was “totally disturbed” by O’Keefe’s actions and characterized them as potentially felonious. As of this reporting, the State Attorney’s office had made no charging decision (Yahoo News).
What this profile does not claim
This profile does not take a position on whether Matlow or O’Keefe trespassed; both the investigation and any charging decision were unresolved as of the source read here, and his denial is reported alongside the investigation itself rather than treated as settled either way.
Timeline
- 2022-08-05
- At a city commission meeting, criticizes city leadership for taking no corrective action after a federal trial revealed executive placements and vendor bribery, following the FBI investigation and indictment of former Mayor Andrew Gillum.
- 2026-01-25
- Visits, with Leon County Commissioner David O'Keefe, the site of a new police-department headquarters where crews are removing 20 oak trees residents had fought to preserve; livestreams video and posts photos criticizing the removal. Tallahassee Police open a trespassing investigation into the visit.
- 2026 (following days)
- At a city commission meeting, cautions colleagues against using the commission to direct law-enforcement action against a political opponent, calling it "troubling" and "improper," after Commissioner Williams-Cox raises the incident and says on the record, "I saw the video so I know it happened"; the commission votes 3-2, with Matlow and Commissioner Jack Porter opposed, to request an after-action report. He maintains he did not trespass.
Sources
2 sources (2 tier 2), each opened and read against the claim it supports. Every source is independent of the subject; no first-party material is cited. See the source policy.
Both sources were fetched and read in full. Our Tallahassee is an independent local news outlet; the Yahoo News piece syndicates independent local reporting on the trespassing-investigation dispute. As of these reports, the trespassing matter was unresolved and no charges had been filed against either commissioner.
- "We didn't change a single thing," after FBI investigation says Jeremy Matlow Supports: His 2022 on-record criticism of the city's inaction on corruption revealed during the Andrew Gillum federal case.
- TPD confirms trespassing investigation after commissioners post videos of tree-cutting Supports: The January 2026 tree-removal-site visit, the resulting trespassing investigation, his own denial of trespassing, and his caution to colleagues against directing enforcement at a political opponent.
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