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A.G. GancarskiJanuary 3, 2017

Sen. Rob Bradley is going to be a road warrior Wednesday and Thursday, with six county delegation meetings slated ahead of committees next week. Bradley’s district shifted ahead of the last election, and now includes Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie, Gilchrist, Lafayette, Levy, Suwannee, Union counties, and part of Marion County. With that kind of ground to cover, […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 3, 2017

Will the third time be the charm for expansion of Jacksonville’s Human Rights Ordinance to include the LGBT community? Wednesday may tell the tale. Councilman Aaron Bowman, one of the co-sponsors of the 2016 HRO expansion bill, has scheduled a public notice meeting for 11:30 Wednesday morning at Jacksonville’s city hall. Expected to be in attendance: […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 3, 2017

Tuesday morning saw the Jacksonville City Council Neighborhoods, Community Investments, and Services committee greenlight a bill that frustrated it in December. The bill would increase city-imposed ticket surcharges for the Veterans Memorial Arena, the Baseball Grounds of Jax, and the Times Union Center for the Performing Arts, while adding surcharges for events at the under construction amphitheater and […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 2, 2017

CoWealth, the family business of Jacksonville City Councilwoman Katrina Brown, closed out 2016 by paying its delinquent 2015 property taxes. JoAnn Brown, the Councilwoman’s mother, paid the balance of $22,515.69 in full on Dec. 30. CoWealth was raided in December, in a multi-jurisdictional effort that included the FBI, the IRS, HUD, the Small Business Administration and the […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 2, 2017

Now that 2017 is all but upon us — after a tumultuous 2016 electorally — what’s next for Northeast Florida politics? One assurance: unlike in 2016, with a massive electoral turnover in the region’s Washington and Tallahassee delegations, as well as in both the state attorney and public defender offices, 2017 won’t see that. With […]

Staff ReportsJanuary 2, 2017

The Tallahassee Democrat reported Saturday that Rep. Al Lawson of Florida’s Congressional District 5 will serve as regional whip in the upcoming Congress. Lawson’s position entails ensuring that Democrats from Georgia and Florida vote along party lines. House Democratic Whip Rep. Steny Hoyer asserts that Lawson “will perform crucial first-run responsibilities, and work to build consensus among House […]

Staff ReportsDecember 29, 2016

Circuit Judge Mark Hulsey III of Jacksonville has apologized after a new charge of judicial misconduct was leveled against him. On Thursday, Hulsey filed his answer to a second amended complaint of judicial misconduct by the Judicial Qualifications Commission (JQC), filed earlier this month. It said he “directed (his) Judicial Assistant to overnight personal packages related to (his) campaign, using the 4th Judicial […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 29, 2016

Jacksonville politics is like a Southern family reunion: there are characters of all types. The 2017 list points out ten of those members of the #Jaxpol family who are uniquely positioned to be in the headlines for one reason or another. We are hoping that 2016 was an outlier year for scandals, and are not projecting […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 28, 2016

Subpoenas with a side of sauce. That’s one way to sum up the year. In Jacksonville politics, 2016 started with subpoenas being delivered to Rep. Corrine Brown and her clique at a barbecue place on the Northside. And it ended with a raid on Councilwoman Katrina Brown’s familial barbecue sauce plant on the Westside. Katrina […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 27, 2016

When 2016 kicked off, the world was different, and our political prognoses reflected those false assurances. We didn’t imagine President Donald Trump on a national level. We figured Hillary Clinton would end up taking on Jeb Bush or Marco Rubio in the general election. And we expected the rhetoric would sound like the previous two or three campaigns. Regarding #jaxpol, we had a pretty good […]

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County delegation meetings abound for Rob Bradley this week

Jacksonville HRO expansion bill topic of Wednesday meeting

Ticket surcharge hike, school board governance bills clear Jacksonville council panel

Katrina Brown’s family business finally pays 2015 property taxes

A.G. Gancarski’s 10 predictions for Jacksonville politics in 2017

Report: Al Lawson to serve as regional whip

Mark Hulsey apologizes after latest ethics accusation

10 people to watch in 2017 in Jacksonville politics

Subpoenas with a side of sauce: The 10 biggest #JaxPol stories of 2016

A.G. Gancarski surveys the wreckage of his 2016 predictions