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A.G. GancarskiJanuary 12, 2018

In a lengthy Facebook post Friday, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office took issue with Florida Times-Union and ProPublica coverage of the ongoing pedestrian citation controversy. The T-U has spotlighted a practice of pedestrian tickets for jaywalking, noting that a disproportionate amount of tickets are given out in African-American neighborhoods. “Inaccurate and biased coverage by The Florida […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 12, 2018

Jacksonville Sheriff Mike Williams has a Democratic challenger for re-election — ensuring that there will, in fact, be a policy debate ahead of the 2019 vote. Tony Cummings, who also ran in 2015, filed Friday. Thus far, he is the only other candidate in the race. In 2015, Cummings vowed to “rebuild the trust of the […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 12, 2018

Northeast Florida State Senators Audrey Gibson, Aaron Bean, and Travis Hutson face no serious opposition; however, fundraising continued apace in December. Gibson, who may face a 2018 primary battle from Jacksonville City Councilman Reggie Brown, brought in $12,750 in December off of 16 checks — half of them from consultants and political organizations. Bean, unopposed this year, topped $90,000 […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 12, 2018

December fundraising for 2019 Jacksonville City Council candidates presented few surprises, continuing trends that were established in previous months. The leading fundraiser, still: At Large District 4 Republican Matt Carlucci. Running unopposed, the former Councilman and head of the Florida Ethics Commission now has $200,000 raised — with nearly $189,000 of that on hand — after […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 12, 2018

“I walked through the morgue and into the cooler yesterday. That slams life and its realities home to you.” Councilman Bill Gulliford — a man who ensured, despite pushback from much of the Jacksonville City Council, that the overdose-racked Northeast Florida metropolis would attempt a pilot treatment program to deal with the wave of opioid overdose […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 11, 2018

On Wednesday, the congressional campaign of state Rep. Fred Costello was dinged with an amended Federal Elections Commission complaint. Costello maintains the complaint is “without merit” and should be thrown out. Costello, an Ormond Beach Republican, is vying to replace U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis in the district that runs from St. Johns to Volusia Counties. The original […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 11, 2018

In Northeast Florida December fundraising for State House races, unopposed incumbents kept trucking, while the race for HD 15 remained competitive in fundraising. HD 11: Incumbent Cord Byrd, a Jacksonville Beach Republican, brought in $12,400 to push him to $29,700 cash on hand. Among the donors backing the unopposed lawyer: the Geo Group. HD 12: […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 10, 2018

“[Miami Beach] doesn’t want what [you’re] selling!!!!” Per the Miami Herald in 2017, this was then Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine‘s reaction to AirBnB wanting to do business in the city. Levine went on to tweet that while he loved AirBnB, in Miami Beach they would be “destroying neighborhoods/buildings [with] short term rentals.” He amplified this point on […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 10, 2018

At Tuesday’s State of the State Address, Gov. Rick Scott evangelized — as he has for the past seven years — from the hymnal of tax cuts. “This is my last Session to cut taxes,” Scott said, adding that “unfortunately, at some point, there will be politicians sitting in this chamber who are not as fiscally […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 10, 2018

A third candidate has entered the scrum for Jacksonville City Council VP: former Jacksonville Mayor Tommy Hazouri. Hazouri, a Democrat, joins two declared Republicans in the race, Councilmen Sam Newby and Danny Becton. Newby has one pledged supporter already: a condition that happened without a pledge meeting, raising questions of a Sunshine Law violation from potential candidate Scott Wilson, […]

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Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office blasts ‘inaccurate and biased’ Florida Times Union coverage

Reform-minded Democrat Tony Cummings enters Jacksonville Sheriff race

Modest December fundraising for Northeast Florida Senators

Matt Carlucci’s $200K raised leads Jacksonville City Council candidates

For Bill Gulliford, opioid crisis is a matter of life and death

Elections complaint against Fred Costello amended; campaign says it’s ‘fraudulent’

Few surprises in Northeast Florida House fundraising for December

Noted for opposition to AirBnB, Philip Levine holds Jax event at AirBnB house

Rick Scott brings tax cut pitch back to Jacksonville

Former Jacksonville Mayor Tommy Hazouri launches run for City Council VP