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A.G. GancarskiAugust 11, 2017

Taking advantage of budget relief after pension reform, Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry‘s new budget proposed raising the emergency reserve. When Curry came into office, there were worries that — absent pension reform — Jacksonville would have to tap into the reserve. Curry’s team proposes a bump up to 6 percent this year, and the hope […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 11, 2017

Monday saw post-conviction motion hearings for acquittal and for a new trial in the matter of Corrine Brown, the former Congresswoman who was found guilty on 18 counts in a fraud trial earlier this year. Rulings have yet to be rendered on either motion, yet the hearings were lively. Brown’s attorney, Orlando barrister James Smith, asserted Monday […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 11, 2017

Florida Gov. Rick Scott joined a chorus of state and national politicians calling for the selection of Jacksonville as the best location for the next Air National Guard F-35 Base. Jacksonville is among five finalists for the base; Gov. Scott, well-connected in the White House, made his case Friday in a letter to Defense Secretary James Mattis. “There […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 11, 2017

The eternal struggle for Jacksonville Public Library funding continued Friday in the City Council Finance Committee’s budget hearing. Budget cuts took effect in a major way in 2013, leading to cuts in hours and commensurate reductions in services. Since then, advocates have wanted expansion of hours and services. The major improvement in the last two […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 11, 2017

The Cowford Chophouse has been described as downtown Jacksonville’s “most anticipated restaurant.” Its developer Jacques Klempf, however, has some sharp words for the JEA … whose board was radically reconfigured by Mayor Lenny Curry recently. Klempf’s beef? “The vault that JEA owns on Ocean Street is in need of a repair and has needed this repair […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 11, 2017

Jacksonville Sheriff’s Officers have been under a media microscope of late, with a number of adverse stories about them in the local press. From DUI arrests to groping incidents in local bars and civil suits for shots in the line of duty, the news cycles have been brutal of late. And even in the JSO […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 10, 2017

What a difference five years makes. In 2012, Jacksonville contracted with Redflex, a global company that specializes in red light cameras and successfully lobbying governments from here to China to adopt them. In 2017, the experiment is set to end. On Thursday, Sheriff Mike Williams announced that in December, the cameras would be removed from Jacksonville streets. […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 10, 2017

The first day of Jacksonville City Council review of Mayor Lenny Curry‘s proposed budget was highlighted by a deep dive into the Sheriff’s budget: 35 percent of the general fund. Among the highlights of the proposed budget: 100 more cops, which would bring force levels within a few dozen of the peak of 1,800 officers years back. […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 10, 2017

The August ritual began anew Thursday morning in Jacksonville’s City Hall, with the City Council Finance Committee beginning its review of the Mayor’s proposed budget. The day began with a romp through a presentation from the Curry administration, followed by the Council Auditor’s review of the budget. The proposed $1.27B budget is up from the […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 9, 2017

Three months ago, Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry bid farewell to Chief of Staff Kerri Stewart. Stewart resigned to take a position at JEA, and what’s been clear this summer is that there’s been no rush to fill the role. On Wednesday, Mayor Curry addressed the situation; in short, no one should expect a new chief of staff […]

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Reserve fund row rocks Jacksonville budget hearing

Audrey Gibson: ‘Corrine Brown says she’s innocent and that is that!’

Rick Scott wants F-35s in Jacksonville

Jax Councilors tackle public library budget

Developer: JEA a ‘total detriment’ to downtown Jax development

Jax Sheriff discusses stressed officers making bad decisions

Jacksonville to junk red light cameras in December

Jax Councilors hammer Sheriff Mike Williams on policy, procedure

Jax City Council begins mulling Lenny Curry’s budget

Lenny Curry has no plans to hire new chief of staff