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A.G. GancarskiJune 29, 2018

Disclosure: this writer appeared in front of this task force for a “media panel.” Jacksonville’s slogan, “It’s easier here,” doesn’t extend to navigating local government or getting real information from it, according to a group of community leaders assembled by former City Council President Anna Brosche. In its final report, the Jacksonville City Council Task Force […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 29, 2018

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Mayor Lenny Curry‘s man — Councilman Aaron Bowman — will run the City Council for the next year, presumably with the same no-nonsense efficiency he demonstrated running Mayport. Curry is on board with Bowman’s plans. Good stuff From @AaronAbowman. Goal and plan focused. https://t.co/SQzZOtQifT — Lenny Curry (@lennycurry) June 29, 2018 As well, one of the best-received […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 28, 2018

A draft of the final report from the Jacksonville City Council special committee on the future of JEA revealed a consensus to keep the utility local and publicly owned. However, the report was not memorialized by committee passage, due to a lack of quorum. And that worries committee Chair John Crescimbeni. “I would hope that the committee’s […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 28, 2018

As the campaign heats up in Florida’s 5th Congressional District, Congressman Al Lawson, facing a primary challenge from former Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown, will have reinforcements on the ground in Duval County. Primary among them: Darren Mason, who is a former Duval Democrats vice-chair, former assistant to Jacksonville City Councilwoman Joyce Morgan and a current at-large council candidate. Lawson, whose […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 28, 2018

The changing of the guard becomes official Thursday for the Jacksonville City Council when Aaron Bowman, a VP of the Jacksonville Chamber’s JAXUSA business recruitment wing, assumes the presidency. The event at the Times-Union Center kicks off at 6 p.m. Bowman moves from the vice-presidency to the presidency, after an uncontested candidacy that was supported by […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 27, 2018

Jacksonville’s qualifying deadline was noon Wednesday, with the marquee race on the August (and November) special election ballot a four-way scrum for Duval County Tax Collector. Three Republicans and one Democrat comprise the field. Jacksonville City Councilman Doyle Carter joins two other political veterans, Lake Ray and Jim Overton, in the field. Ray is a former State Representative, Jacksonville City Councilman, […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 27, 2018

Jacksonville City Council President-designate Aaron Bowman released committee assignments for the year starting July 1. Committees will look different than they did during the Anna Brosche presidency. The Finance Committee, which will be charged with an August review of the budget, will be guided by a steady hand: former Council President and banking executive by trade Greg Anderson. […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 27, 2018

For at least the third time in three years, former Jacksonville City Councilman Bill Bishop has changed his electoral focus for the 2019 municipal election cycle. In 2015, Bishop vowed he would run for Mayor next year. A Republican, he endorsed Democrat Alvin Brown with the idea the seat would be open. By 2017, Bishop was in […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 26, 2018

Gov. Rick Scott suspended two Jacksonville City Council Democrats, Katrina Brown and Reggie Brown, June 1, after the federal government indicted the duo for a scheme to defraud the Small Business Administration. Since then, applications have poured in for the Governor’s perusal, and the latest list shows many veteran politicians with an urge to serve. Among the latest applicants […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 26, 2018

On Tuesday evening, the Jacksonville Transgender Action Committee will petition the City Council for awareness and action to end a horrifying trend: the killing of transgender women in the city. As the Human Rights Campaign, a group which focuses on issues of LGBT equity, notes, no fewer than three transgender women have been killed in Jacksonville this […]

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Jacksonville task force slams Lenny Curry, City Council for transparency issues

Subtext the story at Jacksonville City Council leadership installation

Aaron Bowman won’t bury Jacksonville City Council JEA report

Jacksonville City Council candidate to shore up Al Lawson’s Duval campaign

Aaron Bowman to assume Jacksonville City Council presidency Thursday

Qualifying seals Duval County Tax Collector race; Randy White wins Council race unopposed

New Jacksonville City Council committee assignments reflect change

Bill Bishop switches to district race for Jacksonville City Council; Joyce Morgan likely foe

Rick Scott still mulling Jacksonville City Council appointments

Murders of multiple Jacksonville transgender women spur community outcry