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A.G. GancarskiNovember 30, 2017

When the Jacksonville media finally begins paying attention to 2019 City Council races, bet that the at-large contest between Bill Bishop and Ron Salem will feature. It has to. Though media turnover on the television side necessarily dictates many TV reporters won’t remember Bishop’s audacious play for mayor in 2015 (an underfunded run that nonetheless garnered 17 […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 30, 2017

Palm Coast Republican Paul Renner has quickly become one of the most powerful members of the Florida House. He chairs Ways and Means, and he is on the track to be Speaker in 2022. Although he represents Palm Coast, Renner practices law in — and has roots in — Jacksonville, where he found himself speaking Wednesday to […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 29, 2017

The big local story this week was on Tuesday, when former JEA Board Chairman Tom Petway said customers of the 50-year-old municipal Jacksonville utility might be better off under a privatized model. Jacksonville City Council members — such as Matt Schellenberg and Garrett Dennis — were open to the idea, while Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry framed it as a […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 29, 2017

Jacksonville Sheriff Mike Williams filed for re-election Tuesday, opening a campaign account and launching an operation well ahead of the 2019 vote. Despite the formal filing for re-election, it’s clear that Williams has been working in that direction for months. Williams’ political committee, “A Safe Jacksonville,” has raised $154,000, and has $131,000 on hand. The committee’s […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 28, 2017

The big news out of Tuesday’s meeting of Jacksonville’s JEA Board wasn’t on the agenda. Board member Tom Petway — one of the earliest supporters of the candidacy of Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry — announced his intention to leave the board Dec. 31. And he revived a major conceptual proposal on his way out. Petway suggested that perhaps […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 28, 2017

Steps away from Sen. Marco Rubio‘s Jacksonville office, a group of Jacksonville preachers thundered against the “immoral” tax bill in the U.S. Senate Tuesday. The clergymen, brought together under the aegis of the “Faith in Public Life” group, called for Rubio and Sen. Bill Nelson to vote against the tax bill based on “religious” values. Nelson has objected […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 28, 2017

Rep. Paul Renner, a Republican representing Palm Coast, will speak in Jacksonville Wednesday afternoon at the Southside Business Men’s Club. Renner, a Jacksonville lawyer, is in line to become House Speaker in 2022 — a long-awaited return to power in Tallahassee for the Jacksonville political class, which still yearns for the days of Jim King and John Thrasher. […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 28, 2017

Gubernatorial hopeful Adam Putnam is serving up the BBQ and the equally slow-roasted Florida exceptionalism stump speech Thursday in Jacksonville. The meet-and-greet — not “meat and greet” — event with the Agriculture Commissioner kicks off at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, and promises Putnam will “discuss his vision for Florida’s future and how he’ll always put Florida First.” Putnam has […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 27, 2017

Will U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis run for re-election in Florida’s 6th Congressional District? That question is still unanswered — word for some time has been that DeSantis will run statewide in 2018, and he currently plans to make an announcement early next year. Those watching this district may experience a sense of déjà vu; recall that […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 27, 2017

A settlement has been reached between state Rep. Kim Daniels and the Florida Elections Commission on disputed campaign spending from Daniels’ failed 2015 re-election bid to the Jacksonville City Council. Daniels will be compelled to pay $1,500, per a consent order signed in October. The deal will be finalized at an FEC meeting Tuesday. As Jacksonville’s Folio Weekly reported […]

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Will money decide the Bill Bishop Vs. Ron Salem race for Jax City Council?

Paul Renner previews 2018 Legislative Session in Jacksonville

Lenny Curry frames JEA privatization proposal as an example of thinking big

Jacksonville Sheriff Mike Williams files for re-election

Exiting JEA Board, Tom Petway renews push to privatize Jax public utility

Jax preachers call Senate tax plan ‘economic genocide’

Paul Renner to speak in Jacksonville Wednesday

Adam Putnam BBQ bash in Jacksonville Thursday

With or without Ron DeSantis, race for Florida’s Sixth Congressional District will heat up

Settlement reached in Kim Daniels campaign finance kerfuffle