A.G. Gancarski, Author at Florida Politics - Campaigns & Elections. Lobbying & Government.

A.G. GancarskiMarch 17, 2017

Coal may be coming back as a power source, if President Donald Trump is to be believed. However, as of early 2018, there will be one fewer coal power plant in Florida. As a JEA press release indicates, the Jacksonville utility and Florida Power and Light intend to decommission the St. Johns River Power Park, located on […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 17, 2017

Vice-President Mike Pence and Gov. Rick Scott will be in Jacksonville Saturday afternoon. The subject: health care reform, specifically the House version of legislation, and the President’s economic agenda. The roundtable event will include small businesses, and is invite only. Pence is slated to begin his remarks at 2:15, though invited guests are urged to be there […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 17, 2017

On Wednesday, Jacksonville General Counsel Jason Gabriel informed the Jacksonville Police and Fire Pension Fund that it has no voice in the current pension reform package. And ahead of the PFPF meeting on Friday morning, it appears the trustees have taken his message to heart. After a “break” on the agenda, the trustees have scheduled “review and […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 16, 2017

Readers looking for a deal on a storied home in Davie, FL, may want to keep Apr. 12 open, as that is the date of the foreclosure sale on Rep. Kim Daniels‘ former “parsonage.” Freedom Mortgage Corporation, the plaintiff, is selling a home once co-owned by Spoken Word Ministries, Rep. Daniels, and her former husband, Ardell Daniels. The […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 16, 2017

A bill filed by Reggie Brown in the Jacksonville City Council this week would institute a 90-day moratorium on “block party” gatherings. The legislation (2017-196) posits “a legitimate public purpose in imposing a temporary moratorium on permitting recreational street closings … ‘block parties’ within the City, to allow the City time to create appropriate local regulations and […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 16, 2017

The city of Jacksonville’s municipal code has taken a gradualist approach to tobacco prohibition — and it’s not done yet, if a recently-filed bill is any indication. In 1973, the consolidated city passed an ordinance banning smoking in various places in the city. Then, a fortnight later, a second ordinance was passed clarifying that prohibition […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 16, 2017

Jacksonville may be Ground Zero for the debate about economic incentives. Local leaders want them, but the local Florida House delegation does not. This week, yet another prominent person in Jacksonville’s City Hall sounded the alarm for state incentives via Enterprise Florida. The Jacksonville Daily Record reports that local OED head Kirk Wendland made the case for […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 15, 2017

Another day, another big win for Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry. The Jacksonville Association of Firefighters overwhelmingly approved the city’s pension offer, which sees raises for current employees and a defined contribution plan for future hires, Wednesday night. JAFF head Randy Wyse wrote in an email that “the Jacksonville Association of Firefighters have finished voting on the tentative agreement […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 15, 2017

Before Rep. Kim Daniels ran for the State House in 2016, she ran for re-election for the Jacksonville City Council. In that capacity, Daniels had some campaign finance issues, as Jacksonville’s Folio Weekly reported in February 2015. Daniels used $4,000 of campaign funds to promote her book, The Demon Dictionary, in a religious magazine called Shofar. Daniels also offered editorials […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 15, 2017

SB 352, a Travis Hutson bill intended to streamline the handling of redistricting cases in state courts, moved from the special order calendar to third reading Wednesday. The bill is intended to encourage judges to conduct redistricting actions in the sunshine, including public hearings involving potential district maps, keeping minutes of closed-door meetings on the plan, facilitating public […]

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Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia speaks at Aug. 27, 2025 press conference in Orlando.

JEA, FPL to decommission coal-fired power plant next year

Mike Pence, Rick Scott to talk health care reform in Jacksonville Saturday

Jax PFPF slates ‘review and discussion’ of pension surtax for Friday morning

April foreclosure sale for Kim Daniels’ $800K ‘parsonage’

Jacksonville mulls ‘block party’ moratorium

Movement in Jacksonville begins to ban tobacco sales to those under 21

Jacksonville leaders’ arguments for state incentives fall on deaf ears in Tallahassee

Fire union joins other Jax bargaining groups in approving pension deal

Campaign finance trouble bubbles up for Kim Daniels

Travis Hutson’s redistricting bill moves to Senate 3rd reading calendar