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Staff ReportsMarch 7, 2017

FloridaPolitics.com writer A.G. Gancarski will participate in a panel at Flagler College’s Ringhaven Student Center Tuesday afternoon at 2:30. The panel, which is part of the college’s “communications week,” will cover “fake news, alternative facts, and the pursuit of the truth.” Moderated by Flagler College communications professor Tracey Eaton, the panel will include other journalists from throughout […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 6, 2017

KJB Specialties, a business owned by the family of Jacksonville City Councilwoman Katrina Brown, was slapped with a $3,130 sales and use tax lien last Friday. The Browns’ various shell companies are deeply in hock to public and private creditors, related to a barbeque sauce plant expansion that failed to create jobs (or, apparently, fiscal sustainability). […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 6, 2017

Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum launched his campaign on Saturday, and almost immediately was beset upon by issues with the rollout. Even as Gillum looks to wriggle free from those issues, which include but aren’t limited to using Tallahassee general fund dollars to buy campaign software, an issue related to an unsatisfied debt his brother has with another […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 6, 2017

Last Tuesday night, the Jacksonville City Council approved $2.7 million toward the sheriff’s office upgrading its server to accommodate body camera file footage. This Tuesday night, community stakeholders will hear from the people in a Jacksonville neighborhood where the nexus of violent crime and police involvement is particularly prominent. From 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., the Jacksonville […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 6, 2017

Perhaps the race for the Jacksonville City Council presidency isn’t a done deal just yet. Perhaps “tradition” won’t tell the tale after all. On Monday, Jacksonville City Councilwoman Anna Brosche met with fellow first-term Republicans Al Ferraro and Sam Newby to solicit his support for her bid for the council presidency. Brosche started the day with a […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 6, 2017

The major bill discussed in the Jacksonville City Council’s Neighborhoods, Community Investments, & Services Committee Monday ended up being withdrawn. 2016-559 sought a historic designation of the Coquina Road and Confederate monument structures in Hemming Park as “landmarks”. Council President Lori Boyer described the bill as a “can of worms,” likening council confusion on it to where the […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 6, 2017

U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis was far away from his Northeast Florida district this weekend; the Jerusalem Post reports that the Republican Congressman was in town, confidently scouting potential sites for a United States embassy. DeSantis, chairman of the House Subcommittee on National Security, told Israeli media that he wanted to “come out and get some knowledge about […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 6, 2017

The Jacksonville City Council launches into committees this Monday. A number of bills merit tracking, including measures related to historic Hemming Park and the Ability Housing settlement. Hemming Happening: Neighborhoods, Community Investments, and Services kicks off Monday morning with a consideration of a historic designation of the Coquina Road and Confederate monument structures in Hemming […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 3, 2017

A priority for Jacksonville Rep. Kim Daniels this term: a bill she’s sponsoring in the Florida House to protect “religious expression in public schools.” Her House Bill 303, a measure intended to give religious and secular expression equal weight in public schools, has a Senate companion being carried by Ocala Republican Sen. Dennis Baxley. Senate Bill 436 — the […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 3, 2017

February fundraising reports are starting to trickle in already from Northeast Florida Republicans. The two earliest filers: HD 11 Rep. Cord Byrd, who represents eastern Duval and Nassau counties, and HD 17 Rep. Cyndi Stevenson, of St. Johns County. Neither looks likely to face a remotely serious challenge in 2018, yet even safe incumbents can, […]

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A.G. Gancarski to talk ‘fake news’ at Flagler College Tuesday

Jacksonville councilor’s family business hit with another tax lien

Gubernatorial candidate’s brother owes Jacksonville $500 for illegal carwash

Jacksonville citizens have their say on police body cameras Tuesday

Anna Brosche makes up ground in Jacksonville Council President race

Jacksonville City Council President withdraws Hemming Park landmark bill

Report: Ron DeSantis tours Jerusalem embassy sites

Hemming landmarks, Ability Housing highlight Jax Council committee calendar

Kim Daniels compels fasting in support of religious expression in schools

Cord Byrd, Cyndi Stevenson report February fundraising