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A.G. GancarskiOctober 10, 2016

The race to succeed Corrine Brown, who lost her primary in Florida’s 5th Congressional District, is on … and the two major party nominees will debate in Jacksonville Oct. 12. Democratic nominee Al Lawson will face GOP candidate Glo Smith during the Wednesday meeting of the Southside Business Men’s Club at the San Jose Country Club. Lawson, a […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 10, 2016

The First Coast Relief Fund has half a million dollars to start, but the smart money says that it will have much more than that in the end. The fund begins with $500,000 in seed money from the Jessie Ball duPont Fund, and is a collaboration between the United Way of Northeast Florida, the United Way of St. […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 10, 2016

If the cavalry is riding in to give Congressional District 5 Republican Glo Smith a boost before the Election Day, it needs to get moving. Smith’s latest campaign finance report, filed Monday, reveals her campaign is short on resources, especially given the far-flung nature of CD 5, which sprawls from Jacksonville to Tallahassee. From Aug. 11 to […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 10, 2016

What a difference a week makes. Last week in Jacksonville’s City Hall, a state of emergency was declared, ahead of the onslaught of Hurricane Matthew. This week, the council will get back to business. A key part of that business: Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry offering a damage assessment and a recap of recovery efforts after the […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 10, 2016

Those interested in filing a local bill with the Duval Legislative Delegation have until Nov. 14 to get it done. The deadline was extended from Oct. 13, due to the general election. This is well ahead of the next meeting of the delegation. The organizational meeting to elect the incoming 2016-2017 delegation chair and vice chair, and […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 9, 2016

On Sunday, Governor Rick Scott toured damage caused by Hurricane Matthew in Jacksonville Beach. Scott, who has been adamant that President Obama expand his disaster declaration issued on Saturday, reiterated his desire to have that done. “We all pay our taxes,” the governor said, and “we ought to get reimbursed.” Meanwhile, the governor otherwise focused on the […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 8, 2016

On Saturday, Florida Gov. Rick Scott addressed media in Jacksonville about the aftermath of and the recovery from Hurricane Matthew. Gov. Scott landed at Jacksonville’s Cecil Commerce Center after surveying damage in a flight from Daytona to Jacksonville. Before that, he had 15 phone calls with mayors throughout the region, from Hastings and St. Augustine to […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 8, 2016

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry briefed media Saturday morning on the catastrophe wrought by Hurricane Matthew. “It’s a new day here in Jacksonville,” Curry said, adding that we’re on the other side of the storm and “there’s a lot of work to be done.” More than 214,000 JEA customers lacked power as of 8:45 a.m. Saturday. Branches […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 7, 2016

The key quote came at the end: “We’re just going to pick up the pieces together as a community when we get out of this thing.” Hurricane Matthew wreaked the bulk of its havoc in Duval County on Jacksonville’s beaches and in low-lying areas, as expected. As the storm blew northward, Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry recapped […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 7, 2016

On Friday afternoon, as the worst of Matthew threatened his city with hurricane conditions through nightfall, Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry briefed media and a home audience on the storm. At his last briefing Friday morning, the message was “hunker down.” In the afternoon, the message was similar. “We are in the middle of it, so my […]

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Al Lawson, Glo Smith confirmed for Wednesday debate in CD 5

First Coast Relief Fund launched for Hurricane Matthew recovery

CD 5 Republican Glo Smith had under $12K on-hand at September’s end

Lenny Curry to brief Jacksonville City Council Tuesday on hurricane damage, recovery

Local bill filing deadline extended to Nov. 14 for Duval Legislative delegation

Rick Scott tours Jacksonville Beach, discusses hurricane recovery

Rick Scott talks Hurricane Matthew recovery: “This state’s going to come back”

Lenny Curry briefs media on disaster recovery; evacuees can return home at noon

Jacksonville prepares to ‘pick up the pieces together’

Jacksonville braces for worst of Hurricane Matthew