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A.G. GancarskiOctober 3, 2017

Former Jacksonville Mayoral candidate Bill Bishop is back in the game — running to serve on the City Council on which he served two terms. WJCT was first to report this. Bishop, a Republican, is running to replace John Crescimbeni, who is termed out in At Large Group 2. His only filed opponent, Republican Ron Salem, has over […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 2, 2017

Jacksonville City Councilman Reggie Brown has became a point man on Mayor Lenny Curry‘s push to boost after-school program funding this year. However, Brown’s 2016 financial disclosure form reveals that he has received secondary income of almost $10,000 from one of those organizations tasked with running after-school programs. Brown says there is no conflict of interest because the […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 2, 2017

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry‘s Kids Hope Alliance bill cleared the first of three City Council committees Monday. And he was on hand, at least at the outset of a discussion that sprawled for almost three hours, to make sure that happened. The bill, which seeks to consolidate functions and programs of the Jacksonville Journey and Jacksonville Children’s […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 2, 2017

On Monday, the Jacksonville City Council Neighborhoods, Community Services, Public Health and Safety Committee mulled a local bill requiring the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office to station crossing guards at elementary and middle schools. But a lack of specifics and data led to a motion for deferral. The bill, to be carried in Tallahassee by Rep. Kim Daniels, […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 2, 2017

To those not looking at the Jacksonville City Council budget process closely, the end result Tuesday night was clean and uncontroversial. A unanimous vote for the city’s $1.27 billion budget for the upcoming fiscal year, one with $131M in capital improvements, and 100 new police positions. However, a closer look at the budget process reveals that — after a summer […]

Phil AmmannSeptember 29, 2017

What a month for Jacksonville. We survived it all. We survived Hurricane Irma and its floods that turned downtown to a lake and brought the river into some of the finest homes in Avondale and San Marco. Then, we survived the politicians’ photo ops. We saw the Jaguars court opprobrium when some knelt for the […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 28, 2017

The case of Jacksonville City Councilman Reggie Gaffney and his troublesome license plate rages on, a full ten days after he was pulled over by police officers for driving with a license plate he had previously reported stolen. Since then, Gaffney has profusely apologized for his conduct during the stop — first at the front of […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 28, 2017

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry, Sheriff Mike Williams, and 4th Circuit State Attorney Melissa Nelson talked to press at City Hall Thursday. And as such meetings go, this one had myriad purposes. One such purpose: to discuss public safety spending in the new $1.27B city budget, passed Tuesday unanimously by the City Council. The other, more holistic purpose: to […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 28, 2017

FloridaPolitics.com obtained a confidential copy of a draft version of the Human Rights Campaign’s municipal equality index. And Jacksonville is better positioned than ever before, scoring a 67 out of a potential 100 — a clear consequence of the city adding LGBT citizens to its Human Rights Ordinance this year. The leadership gets 4 out […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 28, 2017

FloridaPolitics.com obtained a copy of what will be a committee substitute for Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry‘s previously-filed Kids Hope Alliance bill. The bill will be introduced by Councilman Scott Wilson on Monday, and will be buoyed with support from four former Jacksonville Children’s Commission chairs. Former chairs Howard Korman, Richard Sisisky, Toni Crawford, and Michael Munz all affirmed support for the reforms, a […]

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Bill Bishop running for Jacksonville City Council

Reggie Brown rejects conflict of interest charge

Despite pushback, ‘Kids Hope Alliance’ bill clears first Jax City Council committee

More crossing guards for Jacksonville schools, if local bill passes Tallahassee

How Lenny Curry won the Jacksonville City Council budget vote

Jacksonville Bold for 9.29.17 — Wake me up when September ends

Jacksonville Sheriff, State Attorney talk Reggie Gaffney’s ‘Plategate’

Public safety – and reform – a big focus in Jacksonville’s new budget

Human Rights Campaign: Jacksonville makes strong gains in LGBT rights

Lenny Curry’s ‘Kids Hope Alliance’ bill is headed back to Jax City Council