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A.G. GancarskiOctober 12, 2018

On Friday afternoon, Jimmy Patronis stood in front of the wreckage of his childhood memories and talked to CNN’s Wolf Blitzer. A Panama City Beach native who represented the area in the state House before appointed last year to be the state’s Chief Financial Officer, Patronis used as a backdrop his storm-ravaged junior high school to address the […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 12, 2018

Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum is guiding the capital city through post-storm recovery, but the Democratic gubernatorial nominee found some time Friday to talk with MSNBC’s Katy Tur. Unsurprisingly, the campaign came up. Turning to polling, Tur noted the race with Ron DeSantis is tightening according to recent individual surveys. While the Real Clear Politics average is a 3.7 point […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 12, 2018

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry, the best fundraiser in Northeast Florida history, delivered a statement month in September, with the second best haul of his re-election bid. The first-term Republican raised $789,500 for his political committee (Jacksonville on the Rise), and another $26,600 for his campaign account. Curry, a former chair of the state GOP, is now […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 11, 2018

U.S. Rep. Al Lawson, a first-term Democrat representing Florida’s 5th Congressional District, is no stranger to the counties of the district. That holds especially true for some of the most grievously storm-impacted areas, such as Leon and Gadsden counties, areas he has known since he was born. While Hurricane Michael made landfall in Bay County, the […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 11, 2018

Jacksonville leaders may protest. But the move is non-negotiable. On Thursday, Moody’s downgraded $2.1 billion of Jacksonville debt, pinning a negative outlook on issues resulting from the city’s misadventures with utility JEA. At the root of it all: the still-under-construction Plant Vogtle nuclear plant in Georgia, which the city committed to buy power from in 2008 […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 11, 2018

New legislation filed this week to the Jacksonville City Council would impose a six-month moratorium on adult arcades. Ordinance 2018-680 would ban permitting for these so-called internet cafes, a bane to the existence of Jacksonville lawmakers. These establishments are predominately located in areas of town that have socioeconomic challenges already, and Council members have sought to […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 11, 2018

On MSNBC Thursday afternoon, Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum extolled cooperation with Gov. Rick Scott and President Donald Trump in the wake of Hurricane Michael. Gillum, the Democratic gubernatorial nominee, had been called a socialist and worse by Scott and Trump on the campaign trail. However, as recovery continues from the Category 4 storm, Gillum was able to praise […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 11, 2018

U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson has been explicit over the years in connecting increasing temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean with deadlier hurricanes, and Hurricane Michael did not change his mind. Appearing on CNN Thursday morning, Nelson noted that “Florida is Ground Zero” when it comes to hurricanes, with the warm waters in […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 11, 2018

In the wake of Hurricane Michael’s destruction, Gov. Rick Scott made the rounds of TV interviews Thursday morning, with spots on CNN and the Weather Channel. The Category 4 hurricane barreled over Mexico Beach Wednesday, leaving a swath of destruction through Bay. Leon, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, and Wakulla counties; over a third of a million people […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 10, 2018

Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum described widespread power outages in Tallahassee Wednesday afternoon as Hurricane Michael lashed the city. In an interview with MSNBC’s Brian Williams, Mayor Gillum (the Democratic nominee for Governor) noted the city’s legendary tree canopy, combined with the force of the storm, has already spawned tens of thousands of power outages in the capital city. […]

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Jimmy Patronis: ‘You’re not supposed to come home and see your town gone’

Andrew Gillum talks tightening polls, storm recovery challenges

Picking up the pace: Lenny Curry raises over $800K in September

Al Lawson expects long recovery for Leon, Gadsden counties

Citing Plant Vogtle, Moody’s downgrades Jacksonville credit rating

Game over: Jacksonville mulls adult arcade moratorium

‘Rise above partisanship’: Andrew Gillum extols ‘cooperation’ with Rick Scott, White House

‘Florida is Ground Zero,” Bill Nelson says of hurricanes

Rick Scott: ‘My biggest concern is loss of life’

Fallen trees cause mass power outages in Tallahassee, says Andrew Gillum