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A.G. GancarskiOctober 24, 2017

Among Jacksonville City Council agenda items this week: moving forward on a lawsuit against Big Pharma for opioids and a study of the future of the Hart Bridge’s off ramps. (Not on the agenda, but worth watching: whether a move to censure two Councilmembers happens or not.) ____ Opioid action: Resolution (2017-674) would allow the city’s general […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 24, 2017

Years after a former Republican Jacksonville Mayor sold locals on the “Better Jacksonville Plan,” a Jacksonville Democrat has a “Better Jacksonville” vision of her own. Tracye Polson, a Democrat running to replace departing Republican Rep. Jay Fant in House District 15, now has the statewide Better Jacksonville committee on her behalf. The committee has been seeded with […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 23, 2017

In Nov. 2016, Cord Byrd won election to the state House with 98 percent of the vote against a write-in. The real action was in the GOP primary for what was an open seat. Next month, Byrd begins ramping up his House District 11 re-election campaign in earnest, with few worries about a primary challenge as […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 22, 2017

Friday saw Mayor Lenny Curry join Jacksonville Jaguars President Mark Lamping, to announce the 2017 recipients of the Jacksonville Veterans Resource and Reintegration Center community grants. Ordinarily, the main interest would be in the organizations, and the Jaguars’ tangible multi-year commitment to military and veterans’ organizations. This year, there was gaggle interest in the comments of […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 20, 2017

Friday saw Gov. Rick Scott‘s Department of Economic Opportunity release September job numbers for Northeast Florida, a mixed bag in the wake of Irma. The good news, via the DEO: the Jacksonville area’s unemployment rate dropped to 3.4 percent in September, down 1.4 points from September 2016. Unemployment rates ranged from 2.7 percent in St. Johns […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 20, 2017

On Thursday, Oct. 26, the Duval County Democratic Executive Committee brings a big name to town for a fundraiser. Former HUD Secretary Julian Castro, who may be in the mix for the 2020 Democratic Presidential race, is headed to Jacksonville for a fundraiser event designed to appeal to all price levels: a $50 “meet and greet” […]

Phil AmmannOctober 20, 2017

Politics in Northeast Florida — except when hot-button social issues like lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights or Confederate monuments are in play — is often a matter of mechanics. Much of what we see in this week’s Bold: a matter of fundamentals, blocking and tackling. We see it with our region’s two congressmen, raising […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 20, 2017

A matter of semantics drives a newly-filed Jacksonville City Council resolution: 2017-732, a measure filed by veteran legislator John Crescimbeni. In regard to another Council resolution — one which would have had the state resolve to support a local bill mandating that the city add crossing guards, at its own expense, to middle schools with 6th graders […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 19, 2017

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Since University of North Florida President John Delaney left the Jacksonville Mayor’s Office, speculation has swirled seemingly every political season about his next move. The speculation only increased when he announced his decision to retire from the UNF Presidency, but even before that, he was on the short list of potential replacements for former Rep. Ander Crenshaw […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 19, 2017

Cancelled: the Friday meeting of the Duval County Legislative Delegation to discuss a potential local bill mandating crossing guards for students in Grade 6. Rep. Kim Daniels, a former Councilwoman, sought to have the state mandate these in a bill that would impose a specific requirement on Jacksonville that wouldn’t apply statewide. Councilman Reggie Brown, who carried the […]

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TCEC line workers restoring power after Helene. Image via Facebook (TCEC).

Opioid lawsuit, Hart Bridge study await Jacksonville City Council Tuesday

Tracye Polson establishes ‘Better Jacksonville’ committee

Cord Byrd to ramp up re-election bid in November

Jax Jaguars President punts when questioned about Shad Khan controversy

Jacksonville area sees lower unemployment in September

Julian Castro heads to Jacksonville as Duval Dems gear up for 2018

Jacksonville Bold for 10.20.17 — Winning is everything

Jacksonville Councilman to Pam Bondi: Define ‘student’

No, a John Delaney run for State Senate isn’t happening in 2018

Duval Delegation junks ‘crossing guard’ bill, nixes Friday meeting