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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 […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 27, 2017

Before Tuesday night’s meeting of the Jacksonville City Council, Rules Committee Chair Doyle Carter spoke briefly with us about the situations involving two of his Council colleagues. Last week on his way home from a meeting, Councilman Reggie Gaffney was pulled over for using a license plate he reported stolen. Gaffney denied that he had reported the tag stolen, […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 27, 2017

Late Tuesday night, the Jacksonville City Council passed the city’s $1.27 billion budget for the upcoming fiscal year, one with $131M in capital improvements, and 100 new police positions. The $131 million capital improvement budget: a cornucopia of one-time spending designed to take advantage of budget relief created by pension reform, fueled by the confidence created by Jacksonville’s strong position […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 26, 2017

While Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry was in London with the Jaguars, two members of the City Council were making news, via a Only in Jacksonville scandal one might call “Plategate.” Jacksonville television viewers spent Friday evening watching footage of Jacksonville City Councilmembers Reggie Gaffney and Katrina Brown accusing local cops of racial profiling. Gaffney had been pulled over for driving […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 26, 2017

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry galvanized the community Monday with a brief statement on National Anthem protests at NFL games, such as the Jaguars’ tilt in London. “I stand and cover my heart for the pledge and the anthem. I think it’s stupid to do otherwise. The US Constitution protects the right for a lot of people to do […]

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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

Jax Council Rules Chair talks Reggie Gaffney ‘Plategate’

Jacksonville City Council approves $1.27 billion budget

Lenny Curry is staying out of Reggie Gaffney’s latest gaffe

Lenny Curry is done talking about National Anthem protests