A.G. Gancarski
The JEA Board is taking shape, and Lenny Curry is bringing two big time players to the game. One of them is a longtime Democratic City Councilman.
A Tuesday morning email from Director of Appointments and Special Projects Jordan Elsbury signals the administration’s intention to advance Warren Jones and Ed Burr on an expedited emergency cycle to have them in place for the November board meeting.
Burr, the chair of the Jacksonville Civic Council, is one of the most influential men in Jacksonville today.
Jones, meanwhile, had a long list of legislative accomplishments since he first joined the Council in 1979 (serving from 1979 to 1999, and 2007 to June 2015), and most recently was instrumental in calling attention to the neglect at Eureka Gardens.
These appointments would give Curry the luxury of making other moves regarding the holdovers on the JEA Board if he desired.
