Tag: Lenny Curry

A.G. GancarskiJune 23, 2016
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Katie Schoettler and Jenny Busby go way back. Specifically, to the same kindergarten class. Schoettler emerged into adulthood as a Republican, working for people like Aaron Bean and John Thrasher; Busby, as a Democrat who worked for the Florida Democratic Party. Despite that difference in party label, their paths have paralleled. Both women work as assistants to members of the […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 21, 2016
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J.R. Gaillot, one of three Democratic challengers to embattled incumbent Reggie Fullwood in the House District 13 race in Jacksonville, on Monday “called on the mayor and every member of the Jacksonville City Council to support Tommy Hazouri’s HRO bill.” Though the bill isn’t slated to be reintroduced until after the Aug. 30 pension tax referendum, the Fleming Island […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 18, 2016
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Buses typically aren’t Republican or Democrat. However, one Jacksonville man claims a city bus is anti-Donald Trump, and he’s concerned. Meanwhile, JTA spokeswoman Leigh Ann Rassler says what was actually on all city buses was the phrase “Dump the Pump,” which is part of JTA’s participation in a national campaign to encourage people who normally drive […]

Melissa RossJune 17, 2016
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Expressions of sympathy and support from Jacksonville’s political leadership in the aftermath of the Orlando Pulse nightclub shooting massacre are falling flat with North Florida’s LGBT community. “It was a bias-motivated attack against a gay bar to kill LGBT people,” said Jacksonville attorney and activist Jimmy Midyette. “When leaders neuter expressions of sympathy of that fact […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 16, 2016
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Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry pitched his pension-tax referendum to the Northeast Florida Builders Association Wednesday. A day later, NEFBA’s unconditional and unanimous support for the Aug. 30 plebiscite came through via a press release. “We appreciate Mayor Curry’s leadership on this important issue. After hearing his presentation today, we are more committed than ever to support this […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 16, 2016
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On Thursday morning, Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry, Jaguars’ quarterback Blake Bortles, and the Jaguars Foundation assembled to announce a coordinated response to the massacre at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando early Sunday morning. For Bortles and Curry, the tragedy hit close to home. Bortles, a Central Florida native and alumnus of the University of Central Florida, noted […]


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