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A.G. GancarskiMarch 27, 2017

Amidst a series of private appointments on the calendar of Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry was a meeting with Anna Brosche, the chair of the Jacksonville City Council’s Finance Committee. The timing of the meeting was purposeful, Brosche said. “I believe it’s going to be introduced tomorrow,” Brosche said, regarding a raft of legislation that may be introduced […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 27, 2017

Earlier this month, “KJB Specialties D/B/A Jerome Brown BBQ” a business owned by the family of Jacksonville City Councilwoman Katrina Brown, filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy. With that filing comes a need to work out details: among them, salaries of the company’s officers. Last week, the councilor’s parents, JoAnn Brown and Jerome Brown, filed motions for an emergency hearing […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 27, 2017

A Monday “lunch and learn” of the Jacksonville City Council involved members getting educated on the finer points of collective bargaining. Not a moment too soon for that, as the council will have to vote later this spring on whether or not to ratify the latest pension reform package from the mayor’s office via 11 […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 27, 2017

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For those wondering what happened to the “intelligent” street lighting pilot project Jacksonville launched a couple of years back, wonder no longer. Trade publication LEDs Magazine reports that Jacksonville “jilted” the pilot project from GE. In April 2015, then-Mayor Alvin Brown, in campaign mode, exulted over the project which was supposed to put Jacksonville “at the forefront […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 27, 2017

Former Rep. Corrine Brown has the best sense of theater of any politician in Northeast Florida. And she gave a Jacksonville TV station a one-woman show. Brown, facing an April 5 status conference and an April trial for almost two dozen counts in federal court, stands alone now. Her co-defendant and chief of staff, Ronnie Simmons, pleaded […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 27, 2017

On Monday night, Jacksonville’s ICARE group has its yearly Nehemiah Assembly, at which local faith leaders will call for the reopening of a downtown homeless day resource center closed a couple of years back. Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry has received pressure to come through with money for this purpose, and as of last week, attending the Monday ICARE […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 25, 2017

As VP Mike Pence prepared to come to Jacksonville last Saturday to sell the American Health Care Act to Florida, some of the best members of the media dreaded it. A TV person’s reaction: “Oh, God, I hope I don’t get called in.” A print guy’s take: “I hate watching these politician events.” In the end, neither of […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 24, 2017

Lake Geneva in Keystone Heights isn’t what it used to be. And neither is Keystone Heights. Decades back, Lake Geneva was full — kids swam in the water that used to be underneath the raised pavilion. Out on the lake, water skiing contests and other events supported local businesses and brought tourists from miles around […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 23, 2017

A Thursday public notice meeting between Jacksonville City Council President Lori Boyer and VP John Crescimbeni attracted media attention because of the subject line: dredging. However, the subject was not the proposed channel deepening for JAXPORT purposes, but a so-called “zoo dredge.” The problem? Navigation issues from the water taxi and other recreational boats at the dock by […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 23, 2017

Update: Curry will not attend the ICARE event. In 2015, the city of Jacksonville closed a downtown homeless day resource center opened during the Alvin Brown administration. As 2016 began, Mayor Lenny Curry was pressed to reopen the center. And after considerable prodding from ICARE organizers, he attended the group’s spring “Nehemiah Assembly.” The event was intended to serve […]

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Ahead of legislation, Lenny Curry talks pension with Anna Brosche

Emergency hearing looms in Jax councilor’s family biz bankruptcy case

Ahead of ratifying pension reform, Jacksonville City Council looks backward

Report: Jacksonville ‘jilts’ intelligent street lights

Comeback kid? Corrine Brown begins defense in explosive TV interview

Why Jacksonville may not get its homeless day resource center after all

How Mike Pence wasted Jacksonville’s time

Rob Bradley: ‘The lakes have left us’

Dredging issues remain complex in Jacksonville

Lenny Curry under pressure to reopen Jacksonville homeless day resource center