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A.G. GancarskiMay 24, 2016

Looks like things are going well with bestbet’s sales pitch to the Jacksonville City Council. Six co-sponsors are already on board with the bill, Jamie Shelton of bestbet said in a Tuesday morning meeting. bestbet will pitch itself as a good community partner in seeking approval of the bill by the Council and in selling a November referendum […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 24, 2016

On Tuesday, the Carlos Lopez-Cantera Republican campaign for Senate slammed primary opponent David Jolly for “refusing to hold the VA (Veterans Administration) accountable.” At issue, claims Lopez-Cantera’s press secretary Courtney Alexander, is Jolly’s vote “against an amendment to H.R. 2029 which would have prevented taxpayers from paying union workers for time spent conducting union business instead of doing official work for the VA.” In […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 24, 2016

Though Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry hasn’t said the Jacksonville beach communities would suffer from any aspect of the potential extension of the half-cent sales tax, at least one beach community mayor, Harriet Pruette of Neptune Beach, is in a “trust but verify” mode. A letter from Pruette to Curry wants to know Curry’s “plans to ensure that […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 23, 2016

Democrat J.R. Gaillot, whose last race for U.S. Congress four years ago saw him defeated by Ted Yoho, filed to run last week in House District 13, thus presenting a primary challenge to incumbent Jacksonville Democrat Reggie Fullwood. In 2012, Galliot was covered by the Wall Street Journal, where a fascinating biography was revealed. “Gaillot was born in New York […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 23, 2016

In an open letter, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ron DeSantis red-baits “socialist” presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Monday, laying in shots at Alan Grayson along the way. “I understand you have endorsed the Democratic primary challenger to Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Tim Canova. I assume this is a prelude to your endorsement of Alan Grayson in the […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 23, 2016

JAXBIZ announced Monday two new Jacksonville area endorsements in state House races: Donnie Horner in House District 11 and Jason Fischer in House District 16. “These candidates, along with the group we previously endorsed, will present strong leadership opportunities for Northeast Florida in the Legislature in the coming years,” JAXBIZ Chair Denise Wallace said. “Our entire slate […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 23, 2016

Jacksonville is on the fiscal brink. Everything from the “emergency audit” that Mayor Lenny Curry commissioned in 2015, to the pitch for the pension tax made this year, says so. Yet austerity isn’t the watchword everywhere in the city, even as rank-and-file city employees haven’t gotten raises this decade. **** In what some will see as […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 23, 2016

On Monday, Jacksonville’s mayor’s budget review committee convened to discuss issues related to the budget. The major allocation of interest: $750,000 moved from a reserve line item to an operating line item within the Shipyards environmental cleanup project. This money will complete Florida Department of Environmental Protection assessment work and will also help with “remediation […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 23, 2016

The Jacksonville City Council Vehicles for Hire special committee met on Monday, progressing on vehicle inspections and stalling out on background checks. Any optimism the committee might be headed toward disbanding anytime soon was quickly squelched, as advocates for the taxicab and transportation network company sectors, and council members, settled in to rehearse well-worn arguments […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 23, 2016

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State legislator Charles McBurney is one of six finalists to be a 4th Judicial Circuit judge. But the NRA seeks to block that, reports Sunshine State News. In an email sent to members, the NRA claimed McBurney scuttled a hearing on “Burden of Proof” legislation this session, in his capacity as House Judiciary Committee chair. “As Chairman […]

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Ryan Ray will join fellow in-the-know Democrats Beth Matuga and Ashley Walker for the Monday luncheon.

bestbet positioning itself well with Jax City Council on slots referendum

Carlos Lopez-Cantera slams David Jolly on not holding the VA accountable

Neptune Beach mayor to Lenny Curry: Pay up

Dem J.R. Gaillot files in House District 13 against Reggie Fullwood

Bernie Sanders ‘prebutted’ by Ron DeSantis in open letter

JAXBIZ endorses Donnie Horner, Jason Fischer in state House races

Angela Corey’s employees to get $354K in ‘retention raises’ and ‘salary adjustments’

$750K moved into operating budget for Jax shipyards cleanup

Jax Vehicles for Hire committee agrees to yearly rideshare vehicle inspections

NRA seeks to block Charles McBurney bid for judgeship