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A.G. GancarskiJuly 1, 2016

Former Jacksonville City Councilman Warren Jones took control of the District 5 School Board race in Duval County in June. The $16,150 he raised gives Jones over five times the money raised of the other three candidates in the race, Bradford Hall, Brenda Jordan, and Hank Rogers. Jones, the longest-tenured councilman in Jacksonville history, raised money from the Jacksonville political establishment, […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 1, 2016

A blockbuster first 24 days of June brought the “Yes for Jacksonville” political committee’s total raised to over a million dollars raised. In total, June 1-24 brought in $476,700, of which less than $79,000 was spent. All told, the committee has roughly $913,000 on hand to make a case for the “yes” vote on the Aug. […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 1, 2016

Friday saw another setback for the “sham candidate” case in the 4th Circuit State Attorney race, with the 1st District Court of Appeals issuing the following ruling: “Appellants seek review of an order dismissing their complaint with prejudice for failure to state a cause of action. We expedited review at Appellants’ request. Appellants’ complaint raised […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 1, 2016

During his campaign for mayor in 2015, Lenny Curry‘s push from being slightly behind in the polls to winning the election coincided with concerted outreach to areas of Jacksonville for which the promise of consolidation was never fully delivered. Curry, last spring, made forays to Grand Park and other struggling neighborhoods to meet voters who were […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 1, 2016

A new ad from 4th Circuit State Attorney Angela Corey includes footage from inside the State Attorney’s office. And now a representative of another campaign wants equal time. Brian Hughes of the Melissa Nelson campaign emailed Jackelyn Barnard, Corey’s spokesperson, Friday. His intent: to film an ad in the State Attorney’s office, along the lines of Corey’s, which Barnard said […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 1, 2016

Friday morning saw Jacksonville’s Chief Administrative Officer Sam Mousa, and CFO Mike Weinstein review the budgets for venues. Some highlights from the review of SMG budgets: The baseball stadium saw contractual services revenues down $319,000. Estimates were inflated, given revenue from the Armada underperformed projections at the time of budget submission last summer. Despite discussions of a new […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 1, 2016

A new television ad for State Attorney Angela Corey features endorsements from Jacksonville Sheriff Mike Williams and other public safety leaders. It’s a spot laden with authenticity, featuring shots that appear to be inside the State Attorney’s Office itself, including a practice courtroom and a hallway. However, it may have been too authentic, according to municipal code; […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 1, 2016

The changing of the guard in Jacksonville City Council happened Thursday afternoon, with Lori Boyer being sworn into the presidency at the Ritz Theater. Boyer pledged an “ambitious agenda,” one undeterred by Jacksonville’s fiscal reality. “I realized months ago that the budget would not accommodate any big initiative,” Boyer said, yet she wanted to develop a […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 30, 2016

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The 4th Circuit State Attorney race has been blown wide open, with challenger Melissa Nelson holding a massive advantage in resources over incumbent Angela Corey. Money totaling $356,000 — more than $72,000 hard money, and more than $283,000 to her political committee, “First Coast Values” — will be reflected on the June report, FloridaPolitics.com has learned. Among those maxing out […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 30, 2016

A week ago, Fred Costello signaled his intention to remain in the GOP primary in Congressional District 6. And in a story, we got a fact wrong. “Costello’s narrative is already drawing skepticism from informed sources, who note Costello cut a deal to leave the state House as part of the contentious race between Eric Eisnaugle and Chris Sprowls. […]

Jax

Former Jax Councilman Warren Jones takes over school board race

‘Yes for Jacksonville’ PC clears million-dollar threshold

Another setback for ‘sham candidate’ case in state attorney race

Lenny Curry talks first year in office, and the path forward

More ads to be shot in State Attorney’s office soon?

Stadium, other venue budgets get once over from Jax mayor’s office

Angela Corey’s office defends location shots in new ad

Lori Boyer assumes Jax Council presidency, promises ‘ambitious agenda’

Melissa Nelson raises $356K in June for state attorney race

Fred Costello and the CD 6 race: a correction