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A.G. GancarskiMarch 14, 2018

Wednesday saw a Jacksonville City Council committee delve deeper into the concept of using local inmate work crews to clean up city streets. The concept is not a new one. A Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office undersheriff noted just last year that there were plenty of inmates, but a surfeit of supervisors in the budget. At the […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 14, 2018

Wednesday saw the first meeting of Jacksonville’s new “civil rights history task force,” a 28-person group that seeks to affirm — or more correctly, to promote and monetize — the city’s place in civil rights history. The genesis of the task force was earlier this year, when locals were irked by the city not being […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 14, 2018

Jacksonville’s biggest priority in the 2018 state budget came through in the form of $12.5 million for the Talleyrand Connector. The money, which is a full 25 percent of that needed for a project that would include tearing down Hart Bridge offramps to both route traffic onto Bay Street and facilitate truck traffic to the […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 13, 2018

The Legislative Session ended with a flourish from the National Rifle Association: a lawsuit against the state for the newly-passed Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act. The law bars most groups of people under 21 from buying guns, mandates a three-day waiting period before buying a firearm, bans bump stocks, could arm some school […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 13, 2018

Two major Democratic candidates for Governor plan Jacksonville area stops this week, as fundraising efforts continue for the August primary. Philip Levine will hold a “cocktail party” event Thursday evening, with a nascent host committee including Mark Frisch, Matt Kane, and Ted Stein among others. The event honoring the Miami Beach Mayor will be at the Beaches Museum in […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 13, 2018

February offered a unique opportunity for people running against incumbents, who can’t fundraise during the Legislative Session, to make up ground in fundraising. But — at least in competitive Northeast Florida races — they didn’t take up the gauntlet. Senate SD 4: Incumbent Aaron Bean couldn’t fundraise in February, and has $88,000 cash on hand in his […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 13, 2018

On MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” Tuesday, Rep. Stephanie Murphy discussed the current national conversation on gun laws and potential reforms, expressing optimism that a change is coming, even as she processed certain realities. One such reality: President Donald Trump is walking back what seemed to be support for gun reforms, expressed in a recent bipartisan meeting with her and […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 13, 2018

With roughly a year before voters cast first ballots in the 2019 Jacksonville City Council elections, it’s a good time to take a look at fundraising in selected races through February. With $8,400 of new money in February, Matt Carlucci, a former Council Republican running for at-large Group 4, is still the clubhouse leader with just […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 12, 2018

Lenny Curry is fond of tweeting: “Plan all the way to the end.” But at the end of 2016, when the Jacksonville mayor first pitched removal of the Hart Bridge offramps, some were confused as to what that plan was. Curry brought a poster board into the Duval delegation meeting, and said he wanted $50 […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 12, 2018

At the Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce Monday Morning, Rep. Al Lawson and Rep. James Comer helmed a Congressional field hearing for the Small Business Committee regarding access to capital disparities. The disparities disproportionately impact female and minority-owned businesses, and the hearing in Jacksonville was intended to discuss potential remedies to the challenge. “Capital is the lifeblood of any […]

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Jacksonville Council panel seeks inmates to beautify neighborhoods

Jacksonville moves to market, monetize its civil rights history

Rick Scott non-committal on whether he’ll veto Jacksonville Talleyrand Connector funds

In the face of NRA lawsuit, Rick Scott proud of gun control bill

Philip Levine, Andrew Gillum plan Jacksonville area fundraisers

Slow February in Northeast Florida legislative race fundraising

Stephanie Murphy anticipates ‘tipping point’ in gun debate

Highlights from recent Jacksonville City Council race fundraising

Talleyrand Connector money illustrates Lenny Curry’s long game

Al Lawson discusses disparities in access to capital in Jacksonville