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A.G. GancarskiDecember 7, 2017

Finally subject to a successful foreclosure auction Wednesday: The Davie “parsonage” of Spoken Word Ministries, the church run in part by Rep. Kim Daniels. Since Dec. 2016, the mortgage holder, Freedom Mortgage Corporation, had sought to foreclose on the property. The bank finally recovered the property for $800,200 at auction. However, those efforts had been successfully […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 6, 2017

Rep. John Conyers, increasingly embattled by serial sexual harassment claims, announced his immediate retirement from Congress Tuesday. Despite the various claims made against the Michigan Democrat, many leading members of the Congressional Black Caucus thought, per POLITICO, that a double standard was in play, with Conyers being held to a higher standard than white politicians (Blake Farenthold, Al […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 6, 2017

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry brought his political adviser into the administration Wednesday, naming Brian Hughes as his Chief of Staff. Hughes begins in his new position January 2, 2018. “To me and dozens of other elected officials, Brian Hughes has been a senior adviser on important matters of public policy and communications,” said Curry. “Working with me, Brian […]

Drew WilsonDecember 6, 2017

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Jacksonville Republican Rep. Jason Fischer is currently unopposed for re-election to House District 16 but that didn’t stop him from adding another $25,000 last month to push his campaign past $100,000 mark in total fundraising. Fischer, currently in his first term, raised $24,850 and spent $7,648 during November, bringing his to-date total to $113,902 raised […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 5, 2017

Six November nominees to the Jacksonville Kids Hope Alliance board were up in committee Tuesday. All of them sailed through with nary a no vote, putting them on the Consent Agenda at next week’s City Council meeting. Most of them were completely uncontroversial. And the one who was controversial going in wasn’t controversial at all in […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 5, 2017

The opioid overdose crisis in Jacksonville has taxed city resources on a number of fronts, including those not visible to the public, such as the Medical Examiner’s office. Numerous city hall conversations this year have spotlighted the pressures created by the unnatural and unbudgeted deaths of the overdose crisis. WJXT reported on a cry for […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 5, 2017

The Democratic race for Governor is beginning to heat up, and the Jacksonville Young Democrats are offering chances to meet with candidates via cocktail mixers in the coming months. Democratic candidates thus far have largely concentrated their efforts south of I-4, but Jacksonville’s young Democrats are clearly looking to change that. The “Cocktails with a […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 4, 2017

A year after state Sen. Audrey Gibson was elected chair of the Duval County Democrats, the party chose a new chair Monday. The two opponents: State Committeewoman Lisa King, who took criticism in recent days for being unwilling to pledge an immediate resignation of that post if elected Chair; and Hazel Gillis, current VP of the Duval Democrats’ […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 4, 2017

Earl Testy, a Republican candidate in Jacksonville City Council District 14, took a provocative position on the current tsunami of sexual harassment charges Monday. Testy took women to task, asserting “they have themselves and their libidos to blame for much of their own abuse by men.” “Feminists have no more call to be proud of […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 4, 2017

Former U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown was sentenced to five years in prison on Monday, along with three years of supervised release, $62,650 to the IRS, $452,000 of additional restitution and $664,000 of forfeiture. But she shouldn’t be fitted for an orange jumpsuit just yet, according to Brown’s attorney, James Smith,. “This court does not have the last word concerning the Congresswoman’s […]

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Foreclosure final on state Representative’s ‘parsonage’

Al Lawson breaks with Congressional Black Caucus on John Conyers

Brian Hughes, ‘bad boy of comms,’ to be Lenny Curry’s chief of staff

Jason Fischer adds $25K for his HD 16 re-election bid

Mayor’s ‘Kids Hope’ board picks sail through Jacksonville City Council panel

No more room at the morgue: Crisis in Jacksonville

Jacksonville Young Democrats to host cocktail mixers with gubernatorial candidates

Duval Democrats turn to Lisa King as their next leader

Jax Council hopeful blames women’s ‘libidos’ for sexual harassment

Corrine Brown lawyer: ‘This court does not have the last word’