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A.G. GancarskiDecember 27, 2017

Drivers of 18 wheelers coming through Jacksonville in the near future may want to be advised: if you’re starting a convoy, you may have to do it on designated routes. That’s the gist of a new piece of legislation being considered Monday in the Transportation, Energy, and Utilities committee. Ordinance 2017-807 would designate 52 truck […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 26, 2017

Another year is mercifully almost in the books, and with that comes another chance for this writer to offer self-recrimination for yearly predictions that looked good in January. — Prediction 1 [TRUE]: The Duval Delegation will struggle to deliver. On this one, I have to consider what the Mayor told me was the key priorities. […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 26, 2017

Will he or won’t he? That’s the question regarding termed-out Jacksonville City Councilman Reggie Brown, who is still mulling a primary challenge against state Sen. Audrey Gibson. Florida Politics reported on this earlier this month. Brown confirmed then that he was exploring a run to a Florida Times-Union reporter, then to this outlet. “All options are being considered,” Brown […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 22, 2017

A big setback manifested for Jacksonville Friday, as the U.S. Air Force passed up a chance to station F-35’s in the military-friendly city. The Air Force instead went with Truax Field Air National Guard Base in Wisconsin and Dannelly Field in Alabama as the bases for the next-generation aircraft. Florida politicians tried to win this […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 22, 2017

A Change.Org petition seeks to remove the name of Corrine Brown from a regional transportation center in Gainesville. Brown, who is headed to prison for five years after being convicted on 18 felony counts in a fraud case this year, once represented Gainesville — and pushed for the appropriation for the center named after her. However, some […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 22, 2017

Rontel Batie, a former Corrine Brown staffer who is now running to take back her seat in Florida’s 5th Congressional District, issued the first salvo of the 2018 Democratic primary campaign against the incumbent Thursday evening. That incumbent — Rep. Al Lawson, a moderate Democrat from Tallahassee — does not align with the priorities of the Congressional Black […]

Staff ReportsDecember 22, 2017

Vestcor Chairman John Rood was reappointed to the Florida Prepaid College Board on Thursday. Rood, who served as Ambassador to the Bahamas during the George W. Bush Administration, chairs the politically connected Jacksonville development company Vestcor. Rood and Vestcor are frequent donors to Republican causes and candidates in Northeast Florida and beyond. Rood has been on the […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 21, 2017

Sen. Jack Latvala is no longer a factor in Tallahassee; his resignation Wednesday sealed that, ending what accusers in two separate independent reports called “decades” of sexual harassment and quid pro quo coercion. However, Jacksonville politics saw prominent players on both sides of the Latvala scandal – and those players will have to deal with each other […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 20, 2017

Former U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown was found guilty of 18 counts in the One Door for Education case. She faces a five-year prison stretch. Brown is asserting she should be free during the appeal process; however, Judge Timothy Corrigan sees it differently, declaring: “The law presumes that a person who stands convicted and sentenced will begin service of her […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 20, 2017

One of the under-the-radar political stories of the 2018 cycle in Northeast Florida: the move by religious conservatives to overturn Jacksonville’s LGBT protections. Empower Jacksonville, a political action committee, brought in $10,100 in November — pushing it to $31,430 raised and just over $23,000 on hand. Empower Jacksonville seeks to have two ballot items next […]

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(L-R) A screencap of the attack ad and the Facebook post Jackie Gross-Kellogg published shortly after a gunman murdered two women injured five others at a yoga studio her daughter frequented in Tallahassee. Images via Florida House Republican Campaign Committee and Jackie Gross-Kellogg.

Truck routes in Jacksonville’s future, if City Council gives go ahead

Behold, the wreckage: A look at A.G. Gancarski’s 2017 predictions

Reggie Brown to decide in ‘early January’ whether to challenge Audrey Gibson

Air Force rebuffs Jacksonville, sends F-35s to Alabama, Wisconsin

Petition seeks to remove Corrine Brown name from Gainesville transit center

Primary challenger questions Al Lawson fealty to Congressional Black Caucus

Jacksonville insider John Rood reappointed to Prepaid College Board

‘Family is everything’: Will Jack Latvala fallout affect Jacksonville politics?

Lockdown ordered for Corrine Brown during appeal process

Opponents of Jacksonville’s human rights ordinance continue to raise money, organize