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A.G. GancarskiJune 13, 2017

Former Jacksonville Sheriff John Rutherford, a freshman on Capitol Hill, was appointed to the U.S. House Judiciary Committee Tuesday. Rutherford is “excited” about the appointment “to a strong committee focused on upholding the Constitution,” per a statement from his office. “As a former Sheriff, I have committed my life to strengthening the justice system in Northeast […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 13, 2017

As the office of Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry gears up to release its third budget, an interesting area of inquiry is the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. A real tension in Curry Administration planning in preceding years has been balancing an austerity-level city budget with the need to ramp up public safety. In 2016, some items were crossed […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 13, 2017

May was a pivotal fundraising month for Jacksonville Rep. Jay Fant, locked in a primary battle for the Republican Attorney General nomination. Fant emerged with $79,575 of new money; of that sum, $8,000 came from Fant, and $3,000 came from his political committee, “Pledge This Day,” which raised $9,000 in May. A number of familiar names […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 13, 2017

Embattled Jacksonville City Councilwoman Katrina Brown has a challenger in her expected 2019 re-election bid: Diallo-Sekou Seabrooks. Seabrooks (generally referred to, and referred to herein, as “Diallo Sekou“), is a legit community activist who operates an urban farm, is pivotal in the activist group The Kemetic Empire, and who also operates summer camps for youth, […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 13, 2017

Though Rep. Paul Renner’s political committee was the clubhouse leader in Northeast Florida fundraising in May with $261,500, donors didn’t shy away from other committees and candidates. Below are those who have reported thus far with May numbers. Among committees of note: Lenny Curry’s “Build Something That Lasts” brought in $27,000. Sen. Rob Bradley‘s “Working for Florida’s […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 12, 2017

The fallout continues from a failed economic development agreement between the city of Jacksonville and “CoWealth” and “Basic Products, LLC“, family businesses of Councilwoman Katrina Brown. For both businesses, Councilwoman Brown — a member of the Council’s Finance Committee — is listed in SunBiz as the title manager. Back in 2011, the Browns, via “CoWealth” (one of […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 12, 2017

Three bills that had been expected to highlight the Tuesday evening agenda of the Jacksonville City Council won’t. The end result: an anticlimactic meeting, mostly because the committee process weeded out three bills that may have been sound policy, but were inconvenient politics – at best. Extra Pension Payment? No Thanks! Councilman Danny Becton had […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 12, 2017

Jacksonville City Councilman Reggie Brown has noticed a problem in his district with no current solution in municipal code. That problem? Abandoned mobile homes. A number of these structures in his Northwest Jacksonville district have been in place and empty since he took office in 2010. Some of them, Brown says, are used as “trap houses” […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 9, 2017

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry just returned from Washington D.C., with the highlight of his trip being a Thursday afternoon meeting with Pres. Donald Trump and other elected officials on infrastructure. Jacksonville has myriad infrastructural needs. And Curry (who attended the meeting along with Gov. Rick Scott) has been arguably the most high-profile supporter of President Trump in any big-city mayor’s office. […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 9, 2017

Is the Holy Spirit an external force? That concept is, improbably, what the appeal for a new trial of convicted former U.S. Congresswoman Corrine Brown is predicated upon. Meanwhile, Brown’s lawyers also filed an acquittal motion late Thursday, contending that the government did not prove its case, as some One Door money went toward charity, and there was no […]

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John Rutherford lands on House Judiciary Committee

Jax Sheriff seeks budget enhancements in next fiscal year

Jay Fant tops $79K raised for Attorney General bid

Diallo Sekou challenges embattled Katrina Brown in Jax Council District 8

Northeast Florida fundraising roundup: Paul Renner’s committee leads field

‘No comment’ from Katrina Brown on $210K city lawsuit against her companies

The bills Jacksonville’s City Council won’t consider this week

Jax Councilman: Abandoned mobile homes used as ‘trap houses’

Relationship building: Lenny Curry discusses infrastructure meeting with Donald Trump

Corrine Brown motions seek new trial, acquittal after fraud conviction