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A.G. GancarskiAugust 8, 2017

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry and City Councilman Garrett Dennis agree that more money is needed for Duval County’s after-school programs. However, they are on what Dennis called “different pages” regarding how much is needed. A need for resolution looms and will be provided at Council Tuesday night. And that resolution looks likely to come out of one-time, […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 8, 2017

Have the promises made when the city of Jacksonville consolidated with Duval County half a century ago been fulfilled? That’s an open question, and one with a spectrum of answers ranging from “nope” to “things have actually gotten better for most of the city.” On Tuesday, members of the Jacksonville City Council convened to discuss […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 8, 2017

GOP state Rep. Bobby Payne, whose district encompasses parts of Union, Clay, Bradford, and Putnam Counties, has drawn both primary and general election opposition in recent days. Green Cove Springs Republican Boyce Royal filed on July 31 to run against Payne in the GOP primary. Royal is a real estate agent by trade. The winner of that […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 7, 2017

On Monday afternoon, in Jacksonville’s federal courthouse, Corrine Brown came one step closer to learning whether or not she can avoid time in prison. But she did not get a definitive answer in court. Convicted of 18 counts in a federal fraud trial regarding “One Door for Education,” a sham educational charity Brown and her cohorts raised […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 7, 2017

July was the first month of fundraising for future State House Speaker Paul Renner‘s political committees since he won the honor in late June. Some observers may have anticipated an avalanche of activity, but in reality the committees had modest contributions and spends. “Florida Foundation for Liberty,” Renner’s primary committee, brought in just $25,500 in July […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 7, 2017

The JAX Chamber’s JAXBIZ arm hosted a fundraiser as August began for the political committee of Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry. And if there was any doubt who the Chamber would support in the 2019 Mayoral race, that doubt should have eroded like so much beachfront during a hurricane. Curry’s “Build Something That Lasts” committee raised over […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 7, 2017

Rep. Clay Yarborough, a Jacksonville Republican representing State House District 12, hauled in $7,500 in July fundraising. Among the bigger names from the nine donors: Foley and Lardner and Florida Foundation for Liberty (the committee of future House Speaker Paul Renner). Yarborough has raised nearly $49,000 this cycle, and has just under $41,000 of that on hand, […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 7, 2017

U.S. Representative John Rutherford has settled in quickly to his role in Congress and this recess week finds the Jacksonville Republican burnishing his foreign policy chops with a trip to the Middle East. Per a press release from Rutherford’s office, the congressman leaves for Israel Monday “as part of a delegation of Members of Congress to […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 7, 2017

A Democrat who lost in 2015 to Reggie Brown in the race for the District 10 seat on the Jacksonville City Council District 10 is trying again in 2019. Celestine Mills filed recently to run for the open seat. Brown is term-limited from running again. Mills failed to get any donor class traction in her previous […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 6, 2017

On Monday afternoon, in Jacksonville’s federal courthouse, Corrine Brown and her supporters and detractors will be one step closer to learning whether or not she can avoid time in prison. Earlier this year, Brown was found guilty on 18 of 22 counts related to conspiracy to defraud via what prosecutors describe as a fake charity: […]

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After-school funding showdown looms in Jax City Council

Did Jacksonville’s Consolidation work? Or is it a work in progress?

Bobby Payne draws opposition in HD 19

Corrine Brown’s lawyer: Former congresswoman’s guilt is a ‘myth’

Quiet July on finance front for Paul Renner committees

Lenny Curry fundraising machine churns on

Clay Yarborough rakes in $7500 in July for HD 12 re-election bid

John Rutherford heads to Israel

A ‘calling’ drives Celestine Mills to run again for Jacksonville City Council

For Corrine Brown, the sentence has already begun