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A.G. GancarskiDecember 20, 2018

Gov.-elect Ron DeSantis‘ transition-based public safety panel convened Thursday to move forward on one of the candidate’s winning issues. Support from police unions and sheriffs proved pivotal in DeSantis’ win over Democrat Andrew Gillum last month, with a constant drumbeat insisting that Gillum was soft on crime. The committee is heavy on professional law enforcement officers, along with […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 20, 2018

An early Christmas present emerged Thursday for Jacksonville political junkies, as At-Large City Councilwoman Anna Brosche moved closer to a mayoral run. The media release was sent out by a heavy hitter with a statewide rep: Ryan Wiggins of Full Contact Strategies. This means Brosche is playing to win. “While Jacksonville is a beautiful and vibrant city much like […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 19, 2018

Gov.-elect Ron DeSantis’ Transition Advisory Committee on Health and Wellness conferred via phone Wednesday in its second of three meetings. Lt. Gov-elect Jeanette Nuñez, co-chair of the committee, vowed in the previous meeting that the panel was “well-equipped, eager and ready” to improve health care and lower costs, the Tampa Bay Times reported. To that end, Nuñez promised a discussion […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 19, 2018

Governor-elect Ron DeSantis‘ Education and Workforce Development Committee continued its deliberations Wednesday, offering every indication that education’s transformation in Florida will only accelerate under his administration. DeSantis promoted school choice on the campaign trail (one school of thought says this helped him with African-American women, who may see their children benefiting from charter schools). Perhaps the […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 19, 2018

When Gov. Rick Scott traveled Florida months back selling his final budget, one with “historic funding” for the environment and education, critics noted the election-year budget was a vast departure from his first in 2011. Scott defended the budget, essentially asserting that prudent fiscal management ensured that spending could be boosted when times were good. And […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 19, 2018

On Tuesday, Sen. Aaron Bean filed SB 164, a companion bill to a piece of legislation filed a week prior in the Florida House. The bill compels as of the end of 2019 private employers, public employers, and state contractors and subcontractors to enroll in the federal E-Verify system to confirm employment eligibility. E-Verify featured in Gov.-elect Ron […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 18, 2018

Sen. Rob Bradley and Rep. Travis Cummings both represent Clay County. Both also hold the gavels for their respective chamber’s appropriations committees. The concentration of budget power in Clay, a Northeast Florida county bordering Jacksonville, is unprecedented. Bradley himself described it as a “window of opportunity.” And opportunity draws a crowd. Thursday’s Clay County Delegation meeting put them […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 17, 2018

Gov.-elect Ron DeSantis‘ Transition Advisory Committee on the Environment, Natural Resources & Agriculture met Monday, with the discussion involving very little in the way of actual disagreement between panelists. The 40-person group, chaired by U.S. Rep. Brian Mast, is expected to make recommendations by the end of December, on issues ranging from restoring the Everglades to […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 17, 2018

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The cycle of beach erosion and renourishment is nothing new in Duval County, but emails obtained by Florida Politics indicate that beaches leaders are happy about the latest round. Atlantic Beach Mayor Ellen Glasser emailed her peers from Jacksonville Beach, Neptune Beach, and Jacksonville itself to extol the progress of current efforts. “I am circling back […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 14, 2018

Gov.-elect Ron DeSantis will continue his swing of victory “thank you” tour stops on Saturday. DeSantis, who advisers describe as buried in policy details and laying the groundwork for his nascent administration, is nonetheless taking advantage of the remaining pre-Inauguration weekends to visit markets around Florida. The former Congressman’s first stop is in U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz‘s […]

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Ron DeSantis public safety panel: Tough on crime, big on lockdown

Anna Brosche moves closer to challenging ‘failed’ Lenny Curry

Ron DeSantis health panel explores ‘empowering patients’

Accountability will underscore Ron DeSantis’s education agenda

Rob Bradley on the budget: Health care ‘efficiencies,’ healthy reserves

Lawmakers could consider E-Verify requirement

‘Window of opportunity’: House, Senate budget chairs face hometown crowd

Ron DeSantis task force hones in on environmental improvement

Jacksonville area beach renourishment going ‘well’

Ron DeSantis to say ‘thank you’ this weekend