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A.G. GancarskiJune 15, 2017

President Donald Trump barely carried Duval County in 2016. Yet, for Jacksonville power brokers, the Trump era has meant access to the White House. The most recent manifestation of that was just this week, as a JAX Chamber delegation was received by one of the more important people in Trump’s orbit: Omarosa Manigault. Manigault has a […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 13, 2017

Though Rep. Paul Renner’s political committee was the clubhouse leader in Northeast Florida fundraising in May with $261,500, donors didn’t shy away from other committees and candidates. Below are those who have reported thus far with May numbers. Among committees of note: Lenny Curry’s “Build Something That Lasts” brought in $27,000. Sen. Rob Bradley‘s “Working for Florida’s […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 12, 2017

Back in May, we reported on Northeast Florida powerbrokers going “all in” for Rep. Paul Renner as the region’s best hope for Florida House Speaker. Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry, essentially the model Republican of his generation in this part of the state, delivered an altar call at a Duval fundraiser. And the donor class delivered something better […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 12, 2017

Three bills that had been expected to highlight the Tuesday evening agenda of the Jacksonville City Council won’t. The end result: an anticlimactic meeting, mostly because the committee process weeded out three bills that may have been sound policy, but were inconvenient politics – at best. Extra Pension Payment? No Thanks! Councilman Danny Becton had […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 9, 2017

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry just returned from Washington D.C., with the highlight of his trip being a Thursday afternoon meeting with Pres. Donald Trump and other elected officials on infrastructure. Jacksonville has myriad infrastructural needs. And Curry (who attended the meeting along with Gov. Rick Scott) has been arguably the most high-profile supporter of President Trump in any big-city mayor’s office. […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 8, 2017

Jacksonville State Rep. Jay Fant wants the GOP nomination for Attorney General. He announced in May, yoking himself to Pam Bondi‘s legacy, only to find Bondi endorsing his primary opponent, Ashley Moody. Endorsements aren’t everything, of course. Money helps. Yet, after a splashy entrance into the race, which included a statewide tour of media markets, a look at the […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 7, 2017

Councilman Danny Becton‘s bill (2017-348) obligating the city of Jacksonville to earmark 15 percent of all budget increases to paying down pension debt until 2031 has not met favor with Mayor Lenny Curry. It did no better in the Jacksonville City Council Finance Committee … where it was panned by most members before the bill was “put out […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 7, 2017

A question worth watching: is Jacksonville City Councilman Danny Becton on a collision course with Mayor Lenny Curry? Certainly, there is reason to question whether the first-term Councilor is on the same page with the priorities and agenda of the Mayor. Consider a bill that will be considered in Finance Wednesday morning: Becton’s 2017-348, which […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 2, 2017

An issue among Jacksonville City Council members in recent weeks: how to get the funding needed for summer camps for at-risk youth? A “major announcement” was delivered by Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry Friday on that subject, with 24 more sites being funded (bringing the total to 72 citywide, down from 98 previously), $958,000 more being allocated, and […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 2, 2017

Breaking with most big city mayors that have thus far opined on President Donald Trump withdrawing from the Paris Accord: Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry. “@realDonaldTrump @POTUS campaigned on American jobs, cutting regs that killed those jobs &he won.He’s doing what he said he would do. #jobs,” Curry Tweeted Thursday evening. Curry, during a press conference Friday morning […]

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For Jacksonville, Donald Trump means White House access

Northeast Florida fundraising roundup: Paul Renner’s committee leads field

Northeast Florida delivers $260K in May to Paul Renner committee

The bills Jacksonville’s City Council won’t consider this week

Relationship building: Lenny Curry discusses infrastructure meeting with Donald Trump

Slow May fundraising for Jay Fant political committee

Jax Council committee downs extra pension payment bill; Lenny Curry wins again

Collision Course for Danny Becton, Lenny Curry?

More summer camp money provided for ‘at-hope’ Jacksonville kids

Lenny Curry: Paris Accord ‘has no teeth to it’