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A.G. GancarskiNovember 9, 2017

Corrine Brown and her co-conspirators, Ronnie Simmons and Carla Wiley, may want to avoid prison time for their One Door for Education hustle. But federal prosecutors don’t appear to be moved, per a 50 page sentencing memorandum dropped on Thursday. The feds contend that in the history of “public corruption” cases involving former Reps. Richard Jefferson, Chaka Fattah, Jesse Jackson Jr., and Rick […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 9, 2017

Some sobering news ahead of Veterans’ Day: if you are a veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, you are twice as likely to suffer from food insecurity as the average American. A group of Congressional Democrats is seeking to remedy that, and that group includes a North Florida Congressman. Rep. Al Lawson was among […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 8, 2017

Rat on the kingpin, and avoid prison. That’s the strategy in a sentencing memorandum from Carla Wiley, one of the co-conspirators with Corrine Brown in the One Door for Education case. Wiley, along with her former boyfriend Ronnie Simmons (Brown’s erstwhile chief of staff), is to be sentenced along with Simmons next Wednesday — a day before the sentencing […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 8, 2017

A familiar face in Jacksonville City Hall will helm the new Kids Hope Alliance (KHA) board. City of Jacksonville CFO Mike Weinstein was tapped to be interim executive director of the seven-person panel last week. This week, the board is mostly rounded out with six community stakeholders — the biggest name of which is former Sheriff Nat Glover. Other nominees […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 8, 2017

Three year old Amari Harley and 74 year old Ashley Miller Kraan had very little in common — except that they both drew their last breaths in Jacksonville parks this fall. Harley fell down a hole above a septic tank; the rubber lid was missing. Kraan was stabbed in broad daylight by a man with mental issues. Park […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 8, 2017

Jacksonville’s House District 12 will see a competitive election next November between incumbent Republican Clay Yarborough and Democrat Tim Yost. Clearly not taking re-election for granted, Rep. Yarborough posted his strongest total since June: $21,750 of new October lucre. Big Pharma was a well represented interest group; $3,500 came from drug companies, including Pfizer and Merck. Local […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 7, 2017

District 12 on the Jacksonville City Council is the heart of the true Westside of Jacksonville, where the accents are authentically local, the politics are right of center, and a person’s word is his bond. Current Councilman Doyle Carter is termed out as of 2019 — but a candidate who has filed to replace him embodies […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 7, 2017

It was only a matter of time before U.S. Rep. Al Lawson, a Tallahassee Democrat, drew a primary challenge in Florida’s 5th Congressional District. However, that challenge isn’t coming from former Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown, at least not yet. Rather, the first primary opponent for Lawson is Rontel Batie, a 29 year-old former Tallahassee lobbyist and former Corrine Brown policy director who […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 7, 2017

On Monday evening, state Sen. Audrey Gibson won a narrow 8-7 vote of Senate Democrats to become Senate Democratic Leader Designate for the 2018-2020 legislative term. Gibson will succeed current Senate Democratic Leader Oscar Braynon II when his term ends next November. The split was described by one observers as moderates versus progressives, a dynamic which […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 7, 2017

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry and U.S. Rep. John Rutherford have officially endorsed Pensacola Rep. Frank White for Attorney General. This endorsement happened despite a Jacksonville candidate, Rep. Jay Fant, being in the race, raising existential questions about his viability going forward. “I’m proud to endorse Frank White as our next Attorney General. Frank is a man of character and faith […]

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Corrine Brown prosecutors recommend prison time, decry ‘culture of fraud’

Al Lawson, Congressional Dems demand answers on Veterans’ hunger issues

Corrine Brown co-conspirator wants to avoid prison time

Nat Glover among six picks for Jax ‘Kids Hope’ board

Park deaths loom over Jax City Council panel

Cash gap spreads in HD 12 clash

Randy White seeks Westside seat on Jax City Council

Corrine Brown alum mounts primary challenge to Al Lawson

Audrey Gibson wins close vote to lead Senate Democrats

Lenny Curry, John Rutherford back Frank White for Attorney General