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A.G. GancarskiOctober 26, 2017

On Thursday morning, Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry addressed local media on a number of subjects, including the shocking death of three-year-old Amari Harley in a Jacksonville park Sunday evening Days after Amari Harley was found in an uncovered underground septic storage tank in Jacksonville’s Bruce Park, a tank normally topped by a “heavy rubber lid screwed down,” there are […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 26, 2017

Former U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown filed a motion on Tuesday to delay her sentencing past mid-November, citing impacts from Hurricane Irma. Federal prosecutors didn’t take long to file a response in opposition, saying Brown’s “bare bones” motion is “without merit and should be denied.” And on Thursday, the court sided with the prosecution. “Defendant has not […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 26, 2017

Reliable sources tell Florida Politics that U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis is on the verge of entering the race for Florida Governor. However, the longer he waits, the longer declared candidates have the field to themselves — potentially foreclosing DeSantis from key pockets of support, even in his Northeast Florida region. Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam — who had over […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 24, 2017

Tuesday evening was, by and large, a typical legislative agenda for the Jacksonville City Council. Not a lot of drama, even on the one bill they voted down. Pension tension: That rejected bill mentioned above; legislation from Danny Becton that attempted to sock more money away for the city’s $3.2 billion unfunded pension liability. Becton’s bill would […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 24, 2017

Despite a memo from the city’s general counsel saying that censure could be pursued by two Jacksonville City Councilors after their confrontation with Jacksonville Sheriff’s Officers, Council President Anna Brosche ruled against it Tuesday. “Other entities,” such as a local or state ethics commission, could impose discipline, Brosche wrote in a memo. Thus ends a two-week […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 24, 2017

On Sunday night, three-year-old Amari Harley went missing from a birthday party in a Jacksonville park. His body was found in an underground septic storage tank in that park the next day, a tank normally topped by a “heavy rubber lid screwed down,” as Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry put it Tuesday Questions have come in bunches since […]

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 […]

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Lenny Curry on Amari Harley investigation: ‘The facts will lead us to the truth’

Judge denies Corrine Brown stall; Sentencing on for November

As Ron DeSantis mulls gubernatorial run, Adam Putnam plans trip to NE Florida

Jacksonville City Council rejects added pension payments

No censure for Jax Councilors Katrina Brown, Reggie Gaffney

Amari Harley’s death illustrates Jax infrastructure crisis

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