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A.G. GancarskiMarch 17, 2017

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry didn’t make it to Friday’s meeting of the Jacksonville Police and Fire Pension Fund. But he dropped a bomb in the aftermath of the contentious conclave. Curry started off genially: “I’d like to thank four of the five board members who met with our team leading up to today’s meeting and working […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 17, 2017

The slow walk by the Jacksonville Police and Fire Pension Fund toward policy marginalization continued apace Friday, as the five-person board of trustees offered “review and discussion” of the city’s latest pension proposal. The General Counsel contended earlier this week that the PFPF had no role in the pension decision, arguing that the 2015 pension […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 17, 2017

Presented at the Mar. 14 meeting of the Jacksonville City Council, the Jacksonville Inspector General’s Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2016 offers a look into “fraud, waste, and abuse” in city government. Among the details in the 34-page document: “time and attendance fraud, overtime fraud, misrepresentation of educational credentials, failure to meet promotional qualifications for […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 17, 2017

Coal may be coming back as a power source, if President Donald Trump is to be believed. However, as of early 2018, there will be one fewer coal power plant in Florida. As a JEA press release indicates, the Jacksonville utility and Florida Power and Light intend to decommission the St. Johns River Power Park, located on […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 17, 2017

Vice-President Mike Pence and Gov. Rick Scott will be in Jacksonville Saturday afternoon. The subject: health care reform, specifically the House version of legislation, and the President’s economic agenda. The roundtable event will include small businesses, and is invite only. Pence is slated to begin his remarks at 2:15, though invited guests are urged to be there […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 17, 2017

On Wednesday, Jacksonville General Counsel Jason Gabriel informed the Jacksonville Police and Fire Pension Fund that it has no voice in the current pension reform package. And ahead of the PFPF meeting on Friday morning, it appears the trustees have taken his message to heart. After a “break” on the agenda, the trustees have scheduled “review and […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 16, 2017

Readers looking for a deal on a storied home in Davie, FL, may want to keep Apr. 12 open, as that is the date of the foreclosure sale on Rep. Kim Daniels‘ former “parsonage.” Freedom Mortgage Corporation, the plaintiff, is selling a home once co-owned by Spoken Word Ministries, Rep. Daniels, and her former husband, Ardell Daniels. The […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 16, 2017

A bill filed by Reggie Brown in the Jacksonville City Council this week would institute a 90-day moratorium on “block party” gatherings. The legislation (2017-196) posits “a legitimate public purpose in imposing a temporary moratorium on permitting recreational street closings … ‘block parties’ within the City, to allow the City time to create appropriate local regulations and […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 16, 2017

The city of Jacksonville’s municipal code has taken a gradualist approach to tobacco prohibition — and it’s not done yet, if a recently-filed bill is any indication. In 1973, the consolidated city passed an ordinance banning smoking in various places in the city. Then, a fortnight later, a second ordinance was passed clarifying that prohibition […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 16, 2017

Jacksonville may be Ground Zero for the debate about economic incentives. Local leaders want them, but the local Florida House delegation does not. This week, yet another prominent person in Jacksonville’s City Hall sounded the alarm for state incentives via Enterprise Florida. The Jacksonville Daily Record reports that local OED head Kirk Wendland made the case for […]

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Lenny Curry blasts ‘egregious decisions’ of Jax PFPF Board Chair

Jax PFPF Board Chair: ‘I think the mayor’s plan is terrible’

Fraud, waste, and abuse: the Jacksonville Inspector General’s look at 2016

JEA, FPL to decommission coal-fired power plant next year

Mike Pence, Rick Scott to talk health care reform in Jacksonville Saturday

Jax PFPF slates ‘review and discussion’ of pension surtax for Friday morning

April foreclosure sale for Kim Daniels’ $800K ‘parsonage’

Jacksonville mulls ‘block party’ moratorium

Movement in Jacksonville begins to ban tobacco sales to those under 21

Jacksonville leaders’ arguments for state incentives fall on deaf ears in Tallahassee