A.G. Gancarski
KJB Specialties, a Jacksonville company that has Councilwoman Katrina Brown as a managing partner, has been slapped with sales tax warrants recently.
One warrant, totaling $5,236, was issued on Sept. 10, 2016. Brown has asserted previously that said warrant was satisfied.
The second warrant, totaling $5,219, was issued on January 3, 2017.
Brown’s familial business interests have been plagued with bad press of late.
CoWealth LLC, which has been in the news for failing to fulfill job creation goals for a Westside Jacksonville BBQ sauce plant for which the company secured $590,000 in loans and grants from the city, finally paid its 2015 property taxes on December 30.
The company is still technically in default of the agreement with the city’s Office of Economic Development, reports the Florida Times-Union.
The company failed to provide the mandated financial audit statements for 2014 and 2015.
CoWealth also is in trouble with the Small Business Association.
The Times-Union report linked above notes that “CoWealth received a $2.65 million loan from a Louisiana bank. That loan was backed by the Small Business Administration, whose office of inspector general was among the agencies that went to the Commonwealth Avenue building two weeks ago” for a multi-jurisdictional raid involving federal, state, and local authorities.
Brown’s family business enterprises seem to have struggled with revenue problems for a couple of years now.
Even during her successful city council campaign of 2015, delinquent property taxes became an issue.
Thus far, council members have mostly been reluctant to address Brown’s business issues.
We reached out to Councilwoman Brown for comment on the warrants. Check back for updates.
