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A.G. GancarskiApril 30, 2018

It’s committee week for the Jacksonville City Council, and there are a number of bills of note. Among the big talkers: reform to the budget process; a $3 million grant to remedy Northwest Jacksonville food deserts; and another committee week for the hit-free zone bill. _____ Budget Process Reform: 2018-231, filed by Councilwoman Katrina Brown, […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 28, 2018

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry is known as an ardent football fan, so it’s really not a surprise he is in Dallas this weekend for the NFL Draft. What may surprise some is that he’s pitching Jacksonville as a host city for a future draft. “We believe based on size and scope that Jax will be prepared […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 27, 2018

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry drew his third challenger for the 2019 unitary election Friday, with Connell Crooms filing to run without party affiliation. Crooms became known to Jacksonville residents in the wake of a protest that went awry in Hemming Park last April. The protest became violent when Gary Snow, a noted provocateur at leftwing and Democratic events […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 27, 2018

The four candidates vying for the Democratic nomination for Florida governor will have four more televised debates scheduled this summer, the Florida Democratic Party announced Friday. The quartet of debates kicks off in St. Petersburg June 9. From there, there will be a June 11 debate in Miramar, followed by July 18 in Fort Myers […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 26, 2018

With the controversial debate about privatizing Jacksonville’s public utility JEA in the rear view mirror for now after Mayor Lenny Curry said he wouldn’t introduce a privatization proposal, the Jacksonville City Council Special Committee on the Future of JEA Thursday had a different feel. JEA’s interim CEO, Aaron Zahn, addressed the committee for the second straight week. […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 26, 2018

Councilors representing Northwest Jacksonville convened Thursday to discuss legislation that would help to alleviate spreading food desert conditions. Legislation will head to committees soon to address at least one of those needs. 2018-195 will, if passed, approve encumbering $3 million from the Northwest Jacksonville Economic Development Trust Fund to recruit grocers to move into the area, […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 26, 2018

In a statement Thursday, Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shad Khan confirmed that he bid on London’s Wembley Stadium. If his $500 million offer is approved, that puts the stadium back in private hands, Khan said. And it would offer another revenue source for the perpetually challenged Jaguars, a play local officials back. “One of the many benefits […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 26, 2018

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry, in Dallas for the NFL Draft, abandoned what was seen by many as a desire by his administration to privatize the local utility, via a statement Thursday morning. “I am choosing to state unequivocally that I will not submit any JEA privatization plan to the City Council,” Curry said. The law is […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 26, 2018

Late Wednesday, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a federal judge’s order requiring Florida to overhaul its oft-criticized process of restoring felons’ voting rights by Thursday. Gov. Rick Scott and the Florida Cabinet, which serves also as the clemency board, scored a key victory when the appeals judge asserted that the state had “broad […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 26, 2018

In Jacksonville Thursday, Gov. Rick Scott fielded questions about his Senate campaign financing, which is still under scrutiny by political opponents. Two points were of specific interest. The first: a report from Capital and Main asserted that donations to Scott’s “New Republican” Super PAC by two company CEOs after business from the state pension fund went to their […]

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Milton aftermath. Photo by Phil Ammann.

Jacksonville City Council mulls budget reforms, food desert solutions

Lenny Curry wants to bring NFL draft to Jacksonville

‘Jax 5’ protester Connell Crooms launches run for Jacksonville Mayor

Democratic gubernatorial hopefuls agree to four debates, differ on having more

JEA CEO, COO address Jacksonville City Council, vow to ‘be bold’

Jacksonville City Councilors workshop food desert fix in Northwest Quadrant

Shad Khan bids on Wembley Stadium; Jacksonville officials not worried

From Dallas, Lenny Curry blasts critics, backs away from JEA privatization

Rick Scott: Felons who committed ‘heinous acts should lose the right to vote’

Rick Scott dismisses gripes about disclosure delay, ‘pay to play’