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A.G. GancarskiJune 19, 2018

Even before the 2019 city elections, the Jacksonville City Council is in a time of turmoil. Two members have been suspended, facing federal charges in a conspiracy to defraud. And a third member, Doyle Carter, has already submitted a resignation letter as he runs for Duval County Tax Collector. Whereas the two suspended members will see […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 19, 2018

Former Republican Party of Florida Chair Leslie Dougher has reinvented herself as a gadfly for Sen. Bill Nelson’s re-election campaign in recent months, including protesting at his events. Dougher, Gov. Rick Scott‘s choice for RPOF chair years back, has also not been averse to filing elections complaints against Scott’s opponent. January saw a Senate Ethics Complaint filed against Nelson, […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 19, 2018

A bill that cleared Jacksonville City Council committees this week will, if approved by the full Council next week, push back the Mayor’s budget presentation to July 23, and will require serious budget meetings by the Finance committee that may impact Council members’ Labor Day travel plans. On Tuesday morning, the Finance Committee approved the […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 19, 2018

Carla Wiley, a co-conspirator with Corrine Brown in the One Door for Education scheme to defraud that ended the congresswoman’s political career, wants an early release to a halfway house. However, the federal government opposed the motion Monday. [Government Opposition to Wiley Early Release] Wiley, who served as the CEO of the phony charity and is now […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 19, 2018

Monday brought good news for the city of Jacksonville, as the First District Court of Appeal rebuffed five plaintiffs challenging the city’s pension reform referendum of 2016. The city prevailed in circuit court last year over plaintiffs Joseph Andrews, Connie Benham, Dr. Juan P. Gray, Lynn Price and Reverend Levy Wilcox. They objected to the wording of the […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 18, 2018

With less than a year before Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry faces the voters, a “good news/bad news” scenario awaits his political operation. The good news: there’s no viable competition filed to run against him yet, even as one could make the argument that City Council antagonists Anna Brosche and Garrett Dennis have sounded like candidates for a while. The […]

Drew WilsonJune 18, 2018

Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a lengthy endorsement Monday for former state Rep. Fred Costello’s bid to replace U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis in Florida’s 6th Congressional District. “It is my pleasure to endorse Representative Fred Costello in the Republican primary for U.S. Congress. Representative Costello served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force and […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 18, 2018

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry kicked off his administration’s summer jobs program Monday, rebranded as the “Mayor’s Youth at Work Partnership.” Now in its 12th year, the program will serve 350 youth aged 16-21 between June 18 and July 27. They will have job opportunities; 20 hour-a-week gigs with both the city and the private sector. The goal […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 18, 2018

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry has been in re-election mode for a few months, and after a year of political turbulence in City Hall, a smoother flight looks likely for the first-term Republican incumbent’s fourth year in office. For one thing, ally Aaron Bowman, who shares Curry’s aggressive vision for downtown development, will be Council President. Bowman […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 16, 2018

Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam continued his Northeast Florida swing this weekend, opening a Jacksonville campaign headquarters Saturday with loads of prominent Republicans in attendance. U.S. Rep. John Rutherford and state Sen. Aaron Bean, two of the most prominent Republican elected officials in Northeast Florida, were there in support. Likewise in the house: Jacksonville City Council President-designate Aaron Bowman, Council […]

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Second candidate Sharol Noblejas files for impending Jacksonville City Council vacancy

Leslie Dougher files another election complaint against Bill Nelson campaign

Jacksonville likely to push back budget presentation, compress budget hearings

Feds quibble with Corrine Brown co-conspirator early release motion

Jacksonville wins appeal of pension reform lawsuit

Lenny Curry critics ‘chirp’ about strongman tactics, transparency issues, stalled agenda

Pam Bondi endorses Fred Costello for CD 6

Jacksonville youth summer jobs program to emphasize ‘career pathways’

Will real competition emerge to stop Lenny Curry’s re-election?

Adam Putnam opens Jacksonville HQ with big-time local support