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A.G. GancarskiOctober 23, 2015

In a series of news releases late on Thursday, U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown addressed a variety of issues, ranging from Benghazi hearing and the FAMU Board of Trustees to the Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2015. Regarding the Benghazi committee, Brown said, “I attended the House Select Committee on Benghazi hearing today. In the […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 22, 2015

Duval County School Superintendent Nikolai Vitti may be the most unpopular figure in Duval County politics. Teachers complain about teaching to the test, the dehumanizing strictures of 21st century education. They pass those memes on to the kids they teach. Vitti embodies 21st century education for them, almost like an Eastern European leader might have Communism, right about […]

Melissa RossOctober 21, 2015

An emailed report from the National Immigration Justice Center (NIJC) claims widespread abuse of detained immigrants at the Baker County Detention Center. The report, “Lives in Peril: How Ineffective Inspections Make ICE Complicit in Immigration Detention Abuse” was released by the National Immigration Justice Center (NIJC) and Detention Watch Network (DWN). The report draws on information […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 15, 2015

In a statement on Thursday, Representative Corrine Brown said that she stood by President Barack Obama when it comes to the continued American military presence in Afghanistan. “I strongly support our brave troops and the mission they were sent to achieve in Afghanistan. Given that the Taliban have now spread throughout the majority of the […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 14, 2015

Jacksonville’s 400 Unit HUD-funded apartment complex, Eureka Gardens, was one of those things that mysteriously flew below the radar until recently. Even though Jacksonville’s City Council spotlighted the horrific conditions at the complex, going so far as to pass a resolution urging HUD to defund it, the complex’s issues remained. The solutions discussed included adding […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 13, 2015

FloridaPolitics.com caught up with U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown and HUD Field Director Alesia Scott-Ford after a meeting with Jacksonville officials regarding Eureka Gardens. The two federal employees were united with a common message: Things will get better in Eureka Gardens, and it will be sooner than later. Scott-Ford pointed out that the issue that facilitated […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 13, 2015

LJ Holloway, a Jacksonville Democrat CD 5 hopeful, had the softest launch to a campaign I’ve ever seen. For one thing, a release promoting the event, sent from the head of the Duval County Black Democratic Caucus to fellow Democrats, kept the candidate unnamed. Sort of like in a PTBNL (player to be named later) trade […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 12, 2015

On Monday morning in front of City Hall, U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown, Mayor Lenny Curry, and Councilmembers Reggie Brown and Joyce Morgan helped hail the first of 100 Jacksonville Transportation Authority compressed natural gas buses. Such buses appear to be the future of the JTA fleet. They’re projected to save the JTA $5.7 million over […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 12, 2015

On Monday morning in Jacksonville, FloridaPolitics.com asked Corrine Brown about her redistricting lawsuit. The North Florida Democratic congresswoman is determined to defend the contours of the 5th Congressional District seat she’s held since 1992, saying that “failure is not an option.” When asked about the Fair District standards, Brown smiled her familiar ironic smile. “That’s […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 5, 2015

Last week, as Hurricane Joaquin raged in the Atlantic, a 790 foot cargo ship called El Faro departed Mayport with a crew of 33. It would be El Faro’s last voyage, as it disappeared near the Bahamas as the storm wreaked its havoc. Search efforts have been ongoing. And fruitless. And Congresswoman Corrine Brown demands action. Citing […]

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Corrine Brown addresses Benghazi, FAMU, transportation bill

Nikolai Vitti frames school system’s inconvenient truths

Email insights: Report details immigrant abuse at Baker County Detention Center

Corrine Brown supports continued Afghanistan military action

Eureka Gardens code inspection reports raise existential questions

Corrine Brown, HUD rep vow action on Eureka Gardens

“Divine Original” LJ Holloway launches CD 5 campaign in bizarre fashion

Jax dignitaries show for big reveal of JTA compressed natural gas bus

Corrine Brown, in fight for CD 5, says “failure is not an option”

Corrine Brown proposes federal inquiry into El Faro disaster