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A.G. GancarskiOctober 17, 2017

Last November, Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry made an audacious ask of the Duval County Legislative Delegation: $50M to remove and replace the Hart Bridge offramps. “The ramps were originally designed to bypass the industrialized waterfront,” Curry said in 2016, a purpose outmoded in the half-century since the original construction. Curry’s ask: “To knock the [current] ramp […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 17, 2017

Another establishment Republican is in the Jacksonville City Council derby for 2019. Rose Conry, CEO and co-founder of StaffTime in Jacksonville, filed Tuesday to replace termed-out fellow Republican Matt Schellenberg in his Southside Jacksonville seat. Conry has been regarded in the business community for her acumen: she won the Jax Chamber Small Business Leader award in 2014, […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 17, 2017

The office of Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry believes it is done with pension reform. Yet Council President Anna Brosche and other allies, including the Chair and Vice-Chair of the Finance Committee, disagree. That conflict set the stage for the latest skirmish related to a bill introduced months back by Councilman Danny Becton. The bill, brought back yet again recently, […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 17, 2017

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Preliminary estimates regarding the financial impact of Hurricane Irma to Jacksonville are in, and the city will take a budget hit. “I saw a report a couple of days ago sent out by the EOC to our directors,” said Chief Administrative Officer Sam Mousa to the Jacksonville City Council Finance Committee Tuesday morning. The rough estimate, per […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 17, 2017

Non-disclosure agreements may be in the offing for politically-active Duval County Republicans. And Florida Politics may be to blame. In August, we ran an article: “Undercapitalized Duval GOP sets course for 2018 election.” That article mulled the question of how a once-powerful local party, one that had just over $5,000 cash on hand at the […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 16, 2017

$90,000,000 is one step closer for the acqusition, rebranding and rehab of four of Jacksonville’s most troubled low-income housing developments, which contain 768 units total. Jacksonville City Council resolution 2017-671, which would authorize $90,000,000 in Jacksonville Housing Finance Authority bonds for Millennia Housing Management (MHM) to “finance, acquire, rehab & equip four Multifamily Rental Housing Developments,” was approved by Council […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 16, 2017

Neither of Jacksonville’s two first-term U.S. Congressmen have officially filed for re-election. However, Republican John Rutherford of Congressional District 4 and Democrat Al Lawson of CD 5 continue to sock money away for that inevitability. Of the two, Rutherford had the more active third quarter of 2017. Rutherford’s total receipts are now up to $241,484, with $146,044 […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 16, 2017

At Large District 2: the most compelling 2019 Jacksonville City Council race — at least, thus far — sees two veterans of Jacksonville Republican politics squaring off. Earlier this month, former two-term district Councilman Bill Bishop filed to run for Council. Bishop joined another candidate in the race: Ron Salem. Salem, a 61 year old […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 13, 2017

Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shad Khan unleashed on “racist” NFL owners, offering some sharp critiques of President Donald Trump and his consigliere Steve Bannon Thursday in Chicago. Quotes from Crain’s Chicago Business: Khan’s description of NFL owners was so subversive and trenchant a player could have said it: “You’ve got a bunch of 85-year-old guys who don’t think they’re racist, […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 13, 2017

On Friday, LeAnna Cumber filed paperwork to launch a long-expected campaign for Jacksonville City Council. Cumber, a well-connected Republican, will be running to replace termed-out Lori Boyer in Council District 5. Notable: This is Mayor Lenny Curry‘s Council district. And Cumber’s campaign — like those of District 13 candidate Rory Diamond, District 14 hopeful Randy DeFoor, and at-large candidate Ron Salem — […]

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Anheuser-Busch has a longstanding tradition of providing emergency drinking water and supplies for disaster relief efforts.

Hart Bridge ‘design criteria project’ cleared for Jax Council vote

Rose Conry files to run for Jacksonville City Council

Jax Council panel bucks leadership, votes down controversial pension bill

$144M estimated damage to Jacksonville via Irma

Non-disclosure agreements for Duval Republicans in the offing?

Full Jax Council to vote on $90M for Section 8 complexes

John Rutherford, Al Lawson continue to build re-election war chests

Ron Salem gears up for Jacksonville City Council race against Bill Bishop

Shad Khan slams ‘racist’ NFL owners, Steve Bannon, Donald Trump

LeAnna Cumber launches bid for Jacksonville City Council