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A.G. GancarskiSeptember 5, 2017

Last week, Jacksonville City Councilman Danny Becton started sales pitches with Council colleagues on a priority bill for him: 2017-348, which seeks an accelerated paydown of the city’s $3.2B unfunded actuarial liability on the city’s pension debt. Becton had filed the bill earlier in the year, and put it on ice at the request of the Lenny Curry […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 1, 2017

The race to succeed outgoing Rep. Jay Fant in Jacksonville’s House District 15 has its first Democratic entrant as of Friday. That candidate: Dr. Tracye Polson. Polson, a clinical social worker and psychotherapist by trade, has mulled a run since the spring. Her goal in running is to “give people in this district a real choice.” “I […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 31, 2017

Jacksonville City Council President Anna Brosche requested an inventory of the city’s Confederate monuments from the Parks Department, and it was provided this week. What it reveals: three monuments, put in place between 1898 and 1926; and eight historic markers. The monuments include the Confederate Monument in Hemming Park, the ‘Monument to the Women of the […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 31, 2017

Wednesday afternoon saw Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry and City Councilman Reggie Brown slated to visit an after-school program. Brown, in the end, did not go — even as he gave us a quote after the fact as if he had. Brown and Curry collaborated earlier this month on a measure to boost after-school funding, a measure that undercut […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 30, 2017

Freshman U.S. Congressman John Rutherford has been in Congress since January. And he sees a lot of work ahead — with one primary obstruction being in the U.S. Senate. Voters “still expect the Republican Party and Congress to get done the things we said we were going to get done: health care, tax reform, transportation, and […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 30, 2017

At a recent Enterprise Florida board meeting, Gov. Rick Scott praised Jacksonville State Rep. Jay Fant: notable in the context of Fant’s bid for Attorney General. “There are not a lot of people in the Legislature that stood up for us and talked vocally about their support of Enterprise Florida and Visit Florida,” Scott said, “and Jay […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 30, 2017

Promises made, promises kept. In Feb. 2013, Gov. Rick Scott said there would be an eastbound JTB flyover ramp at I-95. 48 months and $78 million later, that project is in place — and is expected to abate traffic at one of the most challenged traffic corridors in Northeast Florida, starting with its Sept. 6 opening to […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 30, 2017

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The eyes of the world are on the Gulf Coast right now, as Houston and surrounding areas begin the tortuous process of recovery from Harvey’s torrential rains. Though the federal government has deployed resources for immediate recovery efforts, long-term resources may — if Jacksonville’s recovery from Hurricane Matthew is any guide — be sometime away. […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 30, 2017

While it is by no means certain that the “South will rise again,” what’s clear: Jay Fant wants Confederate monuments to float to the top of the Attorney General race. Fant, a Jacksonville State Representative currently vying for the 2018 GOP nomination in the Attorney General race, made news when he spoke out recently, advocating for white […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 30, 2017

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry hasn’t suffered many political setbacks during his two years occupying the fourth floor of City Hall. But on Tuesday — for the first time since Sen. Marco Rubio‘s presidential dreams were incinerated at Florida ballot boxes almost 18 months prior — Curry’s allies suffered losses (mayoral races in Atlantic Beach and St. Petersburg) […]

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Danny Becton is selling Jacksonville pension savings. Who’s buying?

Democrat Tracye Polson files to run in HD 15

Jax Confederate controversy simmers, City Council President dithers

Political context looms over Jacksonville Mayor’s after-school program visit

John Rutherford seeks end to ‘arcane’ U.S. Senate cloture rule

Rick Scott describes AG candidate Jay Fant as ‘a leader’

Jacksonville I-95/JTB flyover ramp will save lives, cut commute times

Lenny Curry talks FEMA: ‘We’re going to get what’s owed to us’

Jay Fant doubles down on Confederate monuments in Attorney General race

Lenny Curry’s 0-for-2 Tuesday