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A.G. GancarskiDecember 7, 2015

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He’s likely running unopposed until term limits kick in, but HD 15 Republican Jay Fant is still raising money anyway for his re-election bid. The Jacksonville Republican raised $3,000 in November, with Big Pharma PAC PHRMA maxing out, and Merck going $500 deep. Expenditures, which totaled $1,055, included the usual $500 monthly retainer to Front Line […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 7, 2015

One of the leading pieces of documentary evidence in favor of the expansion of the Human Rights Ordinance has been Six Words. This documentary will again be aired on local television: at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, on WJXT TV 4. This 40-minute documentary, “Six Words,” that Jimmy Midyette from the Jacksonville Coalition for Equality described […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 7, 2015

Is the fundraising momentum of moderate Republican Donnie Horner slowing down in the House District 11 race to replace Janet Adkins? November’s numbers suggest so. Horner raised $3,925 in November, keyed by two max donations from Donna Bailey and Patricia Frisch. Other significant donors: Michael Munz, one of the early and key backers of Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry, as […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 7, 2015

Political observers of the crowded HD 11 primary take Nassau County Commissioner Barry Holloway seriously, in part because he’s familiar to the Nassau voters in the district, and in part because he loaned his campaign $10,000 a couple of months back. However, the donor class seems less sold on Holloway, as November’s tally indicates. Holloway’s haul constituted […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 7, 2015

Could the recent Jax Chamber Leadership trip lead to a Better Jacksonville Plan part 2, modeled after the Oklahoma City vision? Or will the pension crisis preclude such an ambitious vision? On Monday, Council Member and JAX USA Senior VP Aaron Bowman, Council President Greg Anderson, and Council Member Anna Lopez Brosche, along with Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 7, 2015

The “biggest names in politics are going back to school,” and former Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown is among them. Brown will serve as a fellow at the Georgetown University Institute of Politics and Public Service this spring, along with Jackie Kucinich, former Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla, and several others. “The Fellows Program connects students with political leaders to learn […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 7, 2015

A Monday morning email from the Republican Congressional campaign of Adam Barringer, a two term mayor of New Smyrna Beach, contained two distinct pieces of good news. The first one: Barringer’s qualification for the ballot by petition, which he attributed to his “conservative message and my local community ties” which spurred his “successful, grassroots effort” to […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 7, 2015

The next good review of Sunday night’s President Barack Obama‘s address, at least from GOP Senate candidates, will be the first. Todd Wilcox joined the chorus of criticism, with a Monday morning email, “What America needs now.” The email focuses in on what Wilcox believes is Obama failing to “provide the leadership needed to eliminate […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 6, 2015

The hits keep coming for President Barack Obama from Florida’s GOP Senatorial candidates, as Carlos Lopez-Cantera panned the President’s prime time speech on Sunday. “Our President is failing us miserably in keeping Americans safe and secure, and his address tonight did not assuage the fears of the American people. He is either in complete and total denial […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 6, 2015

Predictably enough, the Ron DeSantis press shop was the first Florida Senatorial campaign to message in response to President Barack Obama‘s Sunday night speech. DeSantis takes a simple position: that Jihad is on the March, and Obama has no plan to stop it. “President Obama’s speech tonight demonstrates one troubling reality: the Islamic State specifically, and the global jihad […]

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Jay Fant posts $3,000 in September fundraising

“Six Words” to be shown on WJXT Saturday evening

HD 11 Republican candidate Donnie Horner hits November fundraising lull

HD 11 hopeful Barry Holloway has quiet November fundraising

Jax Mayor, Council members talk OKC Chamber trip, PFPF pension issues

Alvin Brown slated as Spring Georgetown University fellow

CD 6 GOP hopeful Adam Barringer qualifies for ballot, announces Volusia endorsements

Todd Wilcox: President Obama takes “coward’s way out”

Carlos Lopez Cantera: “Our President is failing us”

Ron DeSantis: “The President’s strategy has failed”