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A.G. GancarskiJanuary 2, 2018

For the third straight year, Florida Politics is attempting to predict how politics in the 904 will go. And hopefully the predictions will go better than they did the previous two years. 2016’s predictions were as reliable as a coin flip: Six right, six wrong. 2017 saw six wrong… and four right. Batting .400 is […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 29, 2017

Politics in Northeast Florida is about to heat up, with state races in 2018 and Jacksonville municipal elections in 2019. Here are ten names worth watching. — Alvin Brown: Is he running for the U.S. House against Al Lawson? Mayor against incumbent Lenny Curry? He will have to decide, one way or another, this year. We’ve […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 28, 2017

Two consecutive years have seen hurricanes strafe Duval County shorelines. And Jacksonville leadership wants $10 million in federal help. Last week, Jacksonville’s Chief Administrative Officer Sam Mousa emailed Susie Wiles, a City Hall veteran and Ballard Partners lobbyist who ran the stretch run of President Donald Trump‘s Florida campaign. The subject: getting federal movement on beach renourishment funds. […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 28, 2017

At the end of November, Florida Times-Union reporter Nate Monroe wrote one of those articles so pointed that television reporters, in a crash course on political committee finance, were asking follow-ups during gaggles. Entitled “Political committee spending keeps many details of Mayor [Lenny] Curry’s trips in dark,” the piece examined some off-schedule trips the mayor took with Jaguars’ […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 28, 2017

The first month of “Operation Save Lives” – Jacksonville’s experimental inpatient opioid treatment program – is in the books and the results are mixed. The program, intended to address the mounting body count from the use of fentanyl and its derivatives, sees a local emergency room used as a feeder for two inpatient treatment programs, which […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 27, 2017

Carla Wiley, the CEO of the phony charity One Door for Education that Corrine Brown used as a slush fund, asked Tuesday for a delay in her reporting to prison. Wiley was set to report no sooner than January 8; she would like to delay that to February 8. Wiley is both settling her own affairs, via […]

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 […]

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A.G. Gancarski’s 10 predictions for Jacksonville politics in 2018

A.G. Gancarski’s 10 people to watch in Northeast Florida politics: 2018 edition

Jacksonville seeks $10M from feds for beach renourishment

Florida Times-Union editorial board all-in for ‘entertainment zone’

Slow start for Jacksonville opioid treatment program

Prison can wait, says Corrine Brown co-conspirator

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