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A.G. GancarskiMay 16, 2016

With just eight days before the Jacksonville City Council elects a new vice president, every pledge counts in a tight race between Doyle Carter and John Crescimbeni. Coming into Monday, Carter had six pledges and Crescimbeni had seven. After a short meeting with Reggie Gaffney Monday, Carter tied the count in the VP race, as Gaffney crossed party […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 16, 2016

On Monday, the New Florida Majority and allies, including a state senator, held a press conference in front of the Duval County Supervisor of Elections office to protest closed primaries in the 4th Judicial Circuit races for public defender and state attorney. The biggest name of those allies, Sen. Audrey Gibson, noted drily that “the [television] cameras […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 16, 2016

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An ordinance appropriating $250,000 from Jacksonville City Council contingency funds to construct a stage at downtown’s Hemming Park was approved Monday by a 6-to-1 vote of the Finance Committee after over an hour of discussion. There were some sticking points beforehand. Multiple members of the committee expressed serious qualms about this particular deal, and about the […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 16, 2016

The House District 13 Republican primary got a little more crowded last week after the entry of Jacksonville’s Daniel Evans. Evans currently serves as secretary and public relations co-chair for the Duval County Soil and Water Conservation Board and is involved with the non-political MAD DADS group, known locally for calling attention to senseless acts of violence […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 13, 2016

In the twilight of his Senate term, Sen. Marco Rubio is focusing on constituent issues, such as Eureka Garden Apartments in Jacksonville. Eureka Garden has stirred the senator to sound a clarion call for reform of HUD’s clearly problematic process. The long-neglected, 400-unit HUD complex is currently for sale by Global Ministries Foundation. It’s a meaningless distinction for those […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 13, 2016

Many conservatives on the national level have strongly critiqued Barack Obama‘s decision to link Title IX school funds to a mandate for transgender bathrooms. At least one prominent conservative in Northeast Florida is equally piqued over the directive to require public accommodations for transgender students to allow them to use the bathroom that matches their gender identity. […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 13, 2016

While the divorce of House District 14 Democratic candidate Kim Daniels has been finalized, legal woes still dog the former Jacksonville councilwoman in the form of a foreclosure case. Daniels, ex-husband Ardell Daniels, and their shared business, Spoken Word Ministries, have a case management conference regarding that foreclosure case on July 12 at the Broward courthouse in Fort […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 13, 2016

This year marks the 35th anniversary of the Renaissance Weekend, a gathering of global elites that Bill Clinton and others make it a point not to miss. And this year, Jacksonville’s mayor may be added to that list of luminaries, receiving an invitation this week in the mail. The language on the letter from Linda LeSourd Lader, president […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 13, 2016

Florida Sen. Audrey Gibson raised no money for her District 6 re-election campaign in April. The Jacksonville Democrat likewise raised no money in February or March. Why has Gibson has stopped fundraising? In December and January, Gibson had been fundraising, bringing in over $14,000 in those two months. Since then, however, there has been nothing. Whether the […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 13, 2016

Sen. Aaron Bean had a quiet month of fundraising, as the Fernandina Beach Republican runs unopposed in Senate District 4, yet one donation stood out in his $1,600 April haul. Tools for a Time, the company of Geoff Youngblood, a defeated candidate for Jacksonville’s City Council in 2015, gave $500 to Bean. Bean was the Senate sponsor […]

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Doyle Carter, John Crescimbeni tied in Jax Council veep race

Audrey Gibson, Jax activists protest closed GOP primaries in 4th circuit elections

Jax Council Finance OKs $250,000 for Hemming Park stage

Daniel Evans becomes third Republican to run in House District 13

Marco Rubio condemns ‘slumlords’ of Global Ministries Foundation

Lake Ray says Barack Obama’s transgender school bathroom position is unconstitutional

HD 14 Dem Kim Daniels faces July foreclosure hearing

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry scores invite to Renaissance Weekend

For third straight month, Audrey Gibson doesn’t fundraise

Geoff Youngblood’s business donates to Aaron Bean in April