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A.G. GancarskiJuly 19, 2018

Staff, including reporters, photographers, copy editors and desk editors at the Florida Times-Union, voted Thursday to unionize the newsroom, under the NewsGuild-CWA. The next move: Staff will begin negotiating a contract with GateHouse Media. Two other GateHouse shops at the Lakeland Ledger and Sarasota Herald-Tribune have already organized. Longtime reporter Steve Patterson noted previously that the newsroom has “lost […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 19, 2018

The Jacksonville Fraternal Order of Police endorsed reliable career politicians Thursday for countywide offices. Jacksonville City Councilman Doyle Carter got the nod for Duval County tax collector besting fellow Republicans Lake Ray and Jim Overton and Democrat Mia Jones. And Jerry Holland will be backed by the blue in his reelection bid for Duval property appraiser, a cakewalk race against […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 19, 2018

Republican Florida Gov. Rick Scott is in Oklahoma City today, putting the touch on energy industry executives to fund his U.S. Senate bid. Florida Democrats are alarmed, and a press call Thursday afternoon featuring St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman and environmental activists conveyed their pique. Kriseman expressed “great consternation and concern” regarding Scott, whose words about […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 19, 2018

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry defends the way Terrance Freeman, a Republican, was appointed to represent the city’s predominately Democratic Council District 10. Curry said he had nothing personally to do with Freeman’s selection. Gov. Rick Scott last week picked Freeman to replace District 10’s suspended federal indictee Reggie Brown. The governor also picked Democrat Ju’Coby Pittman to replace suspended Katrina Brown in […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 19, 2018

Where did the money come from? That’s the question being asked about a Republican Attorney General candidate and his campaign finances. A complaint filed with the Florida Elections Commission this week casts doubt on the legality of the self-financing of candidate Frank White. The White campaign asserts there’s nothing to the complaint, which they deem a […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 18, 2018

Liberal activist group American Bridge is contending that Republican gubernatorial candidate Adam Putnam may be sunk by his “summer of scandal.” “If you look at Putnam’s news coverage this summer, it isn’t hard to understand why this happened. While DeSantis has seen his support among likely Republican primary voters surge following President Trump’s ‘re-endorsement’ of his primary campaign, […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 18, 2018

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Chris King has yet to capture the imagination of surveyed likely voters, but he hopes recent forays into television advertising reverse that trend. His latest spot, “Mary Grace,” introduces a special guest star into the sunny and upbeat narrative of the Central Florida businessman’s campaign. The spot will air in Jacksonville (where King […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 18, 2018

U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, a Republican from the Pensacola area, on Wednesday vowed to drop at least one outlet with which he conducts on-air interviews. “I would not go back on Alex Jones’s show,” reported The Hill. “Upon further reflection,” Gaetz added, “I think the things that Alex Jones has said and done are so hurtful to […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 18, 2018

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Political committees for powerful Northeast Florida Senate Republicans Travis Hutson and Rob Bradley stayed active as July heated up. Both of Hutson’s committees, First Coast Business Foundation and Sunshine State Conservatives, were active in the days leading up to July 6, the final day for which reports are available. First Coast Business Foundation moved $35,000 to Sun Coast Patriots, a […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 18, 2018

A prominent national group supporting the election of military veterans to public office weighed into a Jacksonville City Council race Wednesday. VoteVets, a self-styled “progressive” group that touts endorsements of both Democrats and Republicans, backs Democrat Jimmy Peluso in Jacksonville City Council District 14. “Having our veterans represented in office could not be more critical than […]

A.G. Gancarski

Florida Times-Union newsroom unionizes, third Florida GateHouse property to do so

Jacksonville police union backs Doyle Carter, Jerry Holland in county races

Rick Kriseman, activists decry Rick Scott fundraiser with oil, gas interests

Lenny Curry defends Terrance Freeman’s appointment to Jacksonville City Council by Rick Scott

Complaint asks how AG candidate Frank White got $2.75 million

American Bridge spotlights Adam Putnam’s ‘summer of scandal’; Putnam World claims ‘fake news’

Chris King’s daughter takes star turn in new TV ad

Matt Gaetz says he’s done appearing on Alex Jones’ show

Cash moves through Travis Hutson, Rob Bradley committees in July; Elon Musk, biz interests pony up

Vets group backs Jimmy Peluso for Jacksonville City Council