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A.G. GancarskiJuly 10, 2017

2016 financial disclosure statements are rolling in, and among them is that of Jacksonville Democratic Rep. Kim Daniels. Daniels, a charismatic preacher first elected to the Florida House last year, is thriving in the professional sphere — a prosperity spawned by interests in two ministries. Kim Daniels Ministries International, listed as a secondary source of income, […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 10, 2017

Welcome back to politics, Matt Carlucci. If people weren’t taking your 2019 run for Jacksonville City Council At Large Seat 4 seriously, they are now. Carlucci, the recent former head of the Florida Ethics Commission, paced the field of 2019 hopefuls with a blockbuster June, bringing in $60,000 in his first month in the field. Among […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 10, 2017

May saw blockbuster fundraising for “Florida Foundation for Liberty,” the political committee of future House Speaker Paul Renner. The total May haul: $266,000. With June obviously being where the rubber met the road in the leadership race, worth watching was how much of that May money was deployed, and to where it went. It turned out […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 8, 2017

“I passed away today. Show blessing to my family.” These words, posted to the personal Facebook account of Jacksonville City Council candidate Derek Washington, shocked and stunned friends and family Saturday morning, causing people to have to overcome their own disbelief to re-confirm the tragedy. Washington, an alumnus of Raines High School, was one of three […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 3, 2017

The city of Jacksonville passed a six-month pilot program for opioid treatment last week — and the program, which could help 600 addicts, can’t get going soon enough. As of Jun. 21, Northeast Florida has seen 1,562 rescue transports for overdoses … a number very near the 1,739 in all of 2015. The year 2016 […]

Scott PowersJune 30, 2017

State Rep. Paul Renner pledged military-unit-like reliance on teamwork and full collaboration after he was elected by his Republican peers to be their leader-designate. The Palm Coast Republican won on a first ballot during a closed-door meeting of Republican members of the freshman class Friday. He beat out J.W. Grant of Tampa, Erin Grall of Vero Beach, […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 30, 2017

For Paul Renner, the path to winning Friday’s 2022 Florida House Speaker election in Orlando — with 16 votes in the first round — was not a sure thing. First of all, he lost his first election for the House — a three-vote defeat to Rep. Jay Fant, a current Attorney General candidate, in House District […]

Phil AmmannJune 30, 2017

Summer doldrums, finally, in Jacksonville City Hall for the next couple of weeks … until the Mayor introduces his budget to Council July 17. The installation of a new Council President, supplanting old power dynamics with a new hierarchy. And there are questions. Will institutional knowledge still be there? Will the budget go as smoothly […]

Peter SchorschJune 30, 2017

Rep. Paul Renner has won the support of his Republican classmates, grabbing the title of class leader and likely House Speaker beginning in 2022. The GOP freshmen class met in Orlando on Friday to vote on their class leader. The much-anticipated election pitted Renner against Byron Donalds, Erin Grall and Jamie Grant, who was seen as Renner’s […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 30, 2017

The question as of Friday morning in Jacksonville: will “stronger together” work better for the new City Council President than for Hillary Clinton? Anna Brosche was elected Jacksonville City Council President weeks back. On Thursday night she assumed the role officially. The installation ceremony sprawled out over two hours, and included a selection from an […]

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A state investigator, right, works with a Florida resident to look out for fraud after Hurricane Helene. Photo via Florida Chief Financial Officer,.

Despite foreclosure auction, Kim Daniels prospers

Matt Carlucci’s fundraising shows he’s a serious candidate headed into 2019

After winning Speaker’s race, a quiet month of fundraising for Paul Renner

Jacksonville City Council candidate passes away

Overdose transports continue to rise in Northeast Florida

Paul Renner pledges teamwork, ‘full collaboration’ as speaker

Paul Renner wins, and so does ‘Team Northeast Florida’

Jacksonville Bold for 6.30.17 — City Hall Confidential

Northeast Florida’s Paul Renner wins vote to put him in line to be House Speaker in 2022-24

‘Stronger Together,’ says new Jax City Council President Anna Brosche