‘Yes for Jacksonville’ political committee gets Shad Khan, Jaguars money in May
Lenny Curry holds up a blue card, by way of inviting questions at a town hall meeting.

Lenny Curry

In its second month of fundraising, Lenny Curry’s “Yes for Jacksonville” political committee broke the half-million mark in money raised.

New money totaling $303,450 took the committee up to $528,450 raised, with over $514,000 on hand.

The big donor in May was Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shahid Khan, who put $50,000 of personal money and $100,000 more of Jaguars’ money into the sales pitch for the 1/2 cent pension tax, which, if an August referendum passes and collective bargaining allows one of the city’s three pension plans to close, will take effect once the Better Jacksonville Plan obligation is paid off, in or before 2030.

Gary ChartrandJohn BakerEdward BakerFirehouse Subs, and Harden Certainty all donated $10,000 or more.

A.G. Gancarski

A.G. Gancarski has been the Northeast Florida correspondent for Florida Politics since 2014. His work also can be seen in the Washington Post, the New York Post, the Washington Times, and National Review, among other publications. He can be reached at [email protected] or on Twitter: @AGGancarski



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