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A.G. GancarskiFebruary 20, 2018

The Constitution Revision Commission came to Jacksonville Tuesday for a marathon public hearing on the 37 proposals that are still live. And some that weren’t, such as Proposal 22, perceived as an affront on abortion rights, and Proposal 62, which would allow for people to vote in primaries regardless of party identification. The green cards of support […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 20, 2018

A Tuesday morning Jacksonville City Council panel greeted Jacksonville Undersheriff Pat Ivey. Ivey, discussing the state of crime in the city, noted “recent killings and violent events.” Specifically, the killing of Tashawn Gallon in Durkeeville. “We have had multiple juveniles killed this year … no one should feel OK when that happens to a 7 year old,” […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 20, 2018

The race between incumbent U.S. Rep. Al Lawson and former Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown, as of this week, is focused on the issue of guns. On Monday, Brown’s team found daylight between Lawson’s post-Parkland assertion “decrying ‘the stranglehold of the gun lobby'” and taking $2,500 from the political action committee of the National Rifle Association in August 2017. […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 19, 2018

Federal holidays don’t stop the hard hits in the Democratic primary for Florida’s 5th Congressional District. On Monday, as has been the case for weeks, challenger Alvin Brown laid into Rep. Al Lawson. Then Lawson hit back. Then Brown hit back, yet again. All of this over a $2,500 donation from the gun lobby that Brown says […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 19, 2018

Jacksonville City Councilman Garrett Dennis might have been considered by some to be a political “walking dead man” after his showdown at the Soul Food Bistro with Mayor Lenny Curry. But Dennis sees it differently. “That was a wake-up call for our mayor,” Dennis said. As he told a crowd of Jacksonville Democrats Monday evening, the Duval Democrats […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 19, 2018

Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine, a candidate for Governor, was in Jacksonville Monday evening to address Duval County Democrats. Levine, on his second trip to Jacksonville in recent weeks, had a “living room” conversation earlier in the day. Even as Gwen Graham has a strong foothold in the area, what is clear is that Levine thinks Northeast Florida […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 19, 2018

Democrat Nancy Soderberg, running in Florida’s 6th Congressional District, has D.C. connections — and they will be visible at a March 8 fundraiser. The former Ambassador to the United Nations under the Bill Clinton administration will have a fellow Clinton alum as a special guest for that fundraiser in Washington: James Carville. Carville managed the 1992 Clinton campaign, […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 19, 2018

Mayors come and go, but the bloodtide on Jacksonville streets continues. This weekend, yet another child was caught in the line of fire. Seven-year-old Tashawn Gallon was gunned down in Durkeeville Sunday night. Per the Florida Times-Union, he died hours after being shot in a drive-by. “Last night a 7 yr. old was killed in a drive-by […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 19, 2018

A Jacksonville creek restoration project awaited by Avondale area residents for more than a decade is finally on the verge of a City Council green light. And Council members hope this is the beginning of a series of similar projects. In committees Tuesday and Wednesday: a bill (2018-8) to move forward on the restoration of Big […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 19, 2018

Reimbursements will come sooner or later for the city of Jacksonville from the federal government for Hurricanes Matthew and Irma. Until then, however, the impact of the storms will be felt in the city’s general fund budget. The Jacksonville City Council Auditor’s quarterly report for the final three months of 2017 puts the figures in […]

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Constitution Revision Commission in Jacksonville: 37 proposals, 200+ speakers

Jax Undersheriff, City Council talk ‘recent killings and violent events’

On guns, Al Lawson is not an orthodox Democrat

Alvin Brown hammers Al Lawson for taking NRA ‘blood money’

Garrett Dennis talks ‘bounty’ on Jax Council members, filing JEA straw ballot bill

Philip Levine rallies the troops for 2018 ‘war effort’ in Jacksonville

James Carville, Darren Soto feature at D.C. fundraiser for Nancy Soderberg

Lenny Curry laments ‘senseless violence’ on Jacksonville streets

Jacksonville’s Big Fishweir Creek restoration clears City Council committee

$130M+ hit for Jacksonville from hurricanes, as financial storm clouds loom