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A.G. GancarskiJuly 26, 2018

The Attorney General campaign of Republican Ashley Moody got another in a long series of endorsements Thursday, with Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera backing the retired Hillsborough judge. Lopez-Cantera is a potentially significant endorsement. Since taking over the LG office, he has been Gov. Scott’s pointman in South Florida. “Ashley Moody is the conservative choice for Attorney General […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 26, 2018

In the wake of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland in February, a group of MSD teens galvanized into political action. That action has led to synchronized rallies around the country promoting gun restrictions. The group comes to the Jacksonville Landing next Friday, where it and the local March for Our […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 25, 2018

Whether it’s 2012 or 2018, Gov. Rick Scott hews to the same script when it comes to talking to media about Stand Your Ground cases. The recent killing in Pinellas County of Markeis McGlockton, who was shot by Michael Drejka after a dispute over a parking space at a convenience store got physical, seemingly denoted the paradox at […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 25, 2018

On Fox News Tuesday, Republican gubernatorial candidate Ron DeSantis addressed his recent spat with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a New York Democratic congressional nominee who DeSantis lampooned in an Orange Park campaign stop last weekend. “You look at this girl Ocasio-Cortez or whatever she is, I mean, she’s in a totally different universe,” DeSantis said. “It’s basically socialism wrapped […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 25, 2018

Jacksonville and Orlando have been the scenes of murders of transgender African-American women this year, and Equality Florida wants action. Representatives from the group were in Jacksonville Tuesday, petitioning the Jacksonville City Council for redress during the public comment period. At the end of that period, a representative from the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office vowed that […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 25, 2018

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry raised eyebrows on Twitter Tuesday evening with a declaration of war against his political enemies. Same s%#t different place. Elected office is loaded w/ amateurs. Folks w/ no ability to implement ideas.Many are full of empty rhetoric & a false sense of self.They survive on the bottom w cheap talk.We will retire […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 25, 2018

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jeff Greene is sending out mailers as the August primary comes into focus, with one in particular appalling its intended target. The front of the mailer quotes Greene saying: “As a father, I won’t stand by while the NRA turns our kids into targets.” The graphic reinforces the text: Under the quote, graphics of […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 25, 2018

On Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives moved the Veterans Armed for Success Act. The bill, co-sponsored by U.S. Reps. John Rutherford and Al Lawson, a Republican and Democrat representing Jacksonville respectively, was bundled into H.R. 5649, the Navy SEAL Chief Petty Officer William “Bill” Mulder (Ret.) Transition Improvement Act. The bill, if it clears the Senate and gets […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 25, 2018

On three separate occasions, U.S. Rep. and GOP candidate for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis co-sponsored Fair Tax legislation. The bill, a favorite in some conservative circles (even as National Review-types such as Rich Lowry and Ramesh Ponnuru diverge), would overhaul federal taxation as we know it “by repealing the income tax and other taxes, abolishing the Internal Revenue Service, and enacting […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 24, 2018

“Anybody but Charles”: that’s the message from the National Rifle Association regarding former state Rep. Charles McBurney‘s bid for a judgeship in Florida’s 4th Circuit. A mailer in Duval County mailboxes this week reprises a number of charges against McBurney, with the idea of stopping his current electoral bid for a judgeship just as the gun […]

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Hurricane Milton satellite imagery as of 5 a.m. Oct. 7, via NOAA via AP.

Another key endorsement: Carlos Lopez-Cantera endorses Ashley Moody for AG

‘March for Our Lives’ tour to roll into Jacksonville Friday

Despite six years between Stand Your Ground controversies, Rick Scott’s talking points stay the same

Ron DeSantis bemoans ‘political correctness run amok’ in flap with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Equality Florida wants action from Rick Scott on Jacksonville, Orlando trans murders

Lenny Curry in total war mode, Anna Brosche mulls ‘different vision’ for mayor’s office

‘Blood on her hands’: Jeff Greene slams NRA lobbyist as mailer flap continues

John Rutherford, Al Lawson vets’ job training bill passes House

Adam Putnam, Ron DeSantis camps spar over federal ‘Fair Tax’ bill

For NRA, opposing Charles McBurney for judge is as easy as ABC