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A.G. GancarskiMarch 7, 2017

President Donald Trump apparently is the gift that keeps on giving for Sen. Marco Rubio. On Monday evening, the Florida Times-Union reported that for a second time in a week, protesters have forced Sen. Rubio from one of his regional offices. Rubio’s team is working to find new space in Tampa, and now faces a similar challenge in […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 7, 2017

The office of Florida Gov. Rick Scott released some excerpts from the State of the State address that the governor will deliver Tuesday. Expect the governor to discuss his bread and butter themes (tax cuts and the “Fighting for Florida’s Future” budget), while also discussing an eventful year for the Sunshine State that saw Florida wrestle […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 6, 2017

KJB Specialties, a business owned by the family of Jacksonville City Councilwoman Katrina Brown, was slapped with a $3,130 sales and use tax lien last Friday. The Browns’ various shell companies are deeply in hock to public and private creditors, related to a barbeque sauce plant expansion that failed to create jobs (or, apparently, fiscal sustainability). […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 6, 2017

Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum launched his campaign on Saturday, and almost immediately was beset upon by issues with the rollout. Even as Gillum looks to wriggle free from those issues, which include but aren’t limited to using Tallahassee general fund dollars to buy campaign software, an issue related to an unsatisfied debt his brother has with another […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 6, 2017

Former Congressman Ander Crenshaw has moved on from Capitol Hill to a prominent D.C. law and lobbying firm: King & Spalding. Crenshaw, who represented the Jacksonville area from 1993 to 2016, will serve as senior counsel in the Government Advocacy and Public Policy practice in King & Spalding’s Washington, D.C., office. “King & Spalding’s roster of former government […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 6, 2017

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HB 1325, filed by Palm Coast Republican Rep. Paul Renner, would modify a number of regulations currently in place relative to Florida elections. One change would affect the payment of a filing fee, requiring a money order or cashier’s check drawn from funds contained within the campaign account. Stricken from statute: language allowing candidates to pay […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 6, 2017

Last Tuesday night, the Jacksonville City Council approved $2.7 million toward the sheriff’s office upgrading its server to accommodate body camera file footage. This Tuesday night, community stakeholders will hear from the people in a Jacksonville neighborhood where the nexus of violent crime and police involvement is particularly prominent. From 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., the Jacksonville […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 6, 2017

A poll released Monday by the University of North Florida shows that more Florida voters favor transgender bathroom rights than President Donald Trump‘s controversial “travel ban” from seven majority-Muslim countries. The UNF poll shows that 62 percent of registered Florida voters would have no issue using the same bathroom as a transgender person; 47 percent of those […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 6, 2017

Perhaps the race for the Jacksonville City Council presidency isn’t a done deal just yet. Perhaps “tradition” won’t tell the tale after all. On Monday, Jacksonville City Councilwoman Anna Brosche met with fellow first-term Republicans Al Ferraro and Sam Newby to solicit his support for her bid for the council presidency. Brosche started the day with a […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 6, 2017

The major bill discussed in the Jacksonville City Council’s Neighborhoods, Community Investments, & Services Committee Monday ended up being withdrawn. 2016-559 sought a historic designation of the Coquina Road and Confederate monument structures in Hemming Park as “landmarks”. Council President Lori Boyer described the bill as a “can of worms,” likening council confusion on it to where the […]

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‘Anti-Trump’ protesters blamed for impending Marco Rubio Jacksonville office move

Rick Scott to talk Pulse massacre, tax cuts in State of the State address

Jacksonville councilor’s family business hit with another tax lien

Gubernatorial candidate’s brother owes Jacksonville $500 for illegal carwash

Ander Crenshaw moves on to D.C. law firm King and Spalding

Paul Renner elections bill affects filing fees, extended polling hours

Jacksonville citizens have their say on police body cameras Tuesday

Poll: Floridians back transgender bathrooms, oppose ‘travel ban’ from Muslim countries

Anna Brosche makes up ground in Jacksonville Council President race

Jacksonville City Council President withdraws Hemming Park landmark bill