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A.G. GancarskiJune 12, 2017

Back in May, we reported on Northeast Florida powerbrokers going “all in” for Rep. Paul Renner as the region’s best hope for Florida House Speaker. Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry, essentially the model Republican of his generation in this part of the state, delivered an altar call at a Duval fundraiser. And the donor class delivered something better […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 12, 2017

The fallout continues from a failed economic development agreement between the city of Jacksonville and “CoWealth” and “Basic Products, LLC“, family businesses of Councilwoman Katrina Brown. For both businesses, Councilwoman Brown — a member of the Council’s Finance Committee — is listed in SunBiz as the title manager. Back in 2011, the Browns, via “CoWealth” (one of […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 12, 2017

Three bills that had been expected to highlight the Tuesday evening agenda of the Jacksonville City Council won’t. The end result: an anticlimactic meeting, mostly because the committee process weeded out three bills that may have been sound policy, but were inconvenient politics – at best. Extra Pension Payment? No Thanks! Councilman Danny Becton had […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 12, 2017

Jacksonville City Councilman Reggie Brown has noticed a problem in his district with no current solution in municipal code. That problem? Abandoned mobile homes. A number of these structures in his Northwest Jacksonville district have been in place and empty since he took office in 2010. Some of them, Brown says, are used as “trap houses” […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 9, 2017

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry just returned from Washington D.C., with the highlight of his trip being a Thursday afternoon meeting with Pres. Donald Trump and other elected officials on infrastructure. Jacksonville has myriad infrastructural needs. And Curry (who attended the meeting along with Gov. Rick Scott) has been arguably the most high-profile supporter of President Trump in any big-city mayor’s office. […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 9, 2017

One doesn’t have to go back much farther than a few days to find the latest historical example of mass shootings in Florida: an Orlando workplace shooting that took multiple casualties. It wasn’t the first mass shooting in Florida. It likely won’t be the last. As Orlando and the state of Florida deal with that […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 9, 2017

Is the Holy Spirit an external force? That concept is, improbably, what the appeal for a new trial of convicted former U.S. Congresswoman Corrine Brown is predicated upon. Meanwhile, Brown’s lawyers also filed an acquittal motion late Thursday, contending that the government did not prove its case, as some One Door money went toward charity, and there was no […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 8, 2017

Jacksonville State Rep. Jay Fant wants the GOP nomination for Attorney General. He announced in May, yoking himself to Pam Bondi‘s legacy, only to find Bondi endorsing his primary opponent, Ashley Moody. Endorsements aren’t everything, of course. Money helps. Yet, after a splashy entrance into the race, which included a statewide tour of media markets, a look at the […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 8, 2017

Thursday June 8 is the motion deadline for Corrine Brown, should she petition for a new trial as expected. Perhaps tipping her hand, Samuel Walker, a co-counsel for Brown’s primary attorney, James Smith, filed a notice of appearance Thursday Walker, a Howard Law School alumnus, specializes in appellate law, with federal and state public defense experience over his 19 […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 8, 2017

In a month thus far full of Ws or low-dollar takes for Northeast Florida legislators, Rep. Clay Yarborough‘s $6,100 of May money stands out. That $6,100: the best month of 2017 for Yarborough, who now has over $14,000 on hand to defend a safe Republican seat on Jacksonville’s Southside. Of that money, $2,000 came via four […]

A.G. Gancarski

Northeast Florida delivers $260K in May to Paul Renner committee

‘No comment’ from Katrina Brown on $210K city lawsuit against her companies

The bills Jacksonville’s City Council won’t consider this week

Jax Councilman: Abandoned mobile homes used as ‘trap houses’

Relationship building: Lenny Curry discusses infrastructure meeting with Donald Trump

On eve of Pulse massacre anniversary, Gwen Graham pushes gun safety plan

Corrine Brown motions seek new trial, acquittal after fraud conviction

Slow May fundraising for Jay Fant political committee

Appellate specialist files notice of appearance in Corrine Brown trial

$6,100 in May fundraising for Clay Yarborough