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A.G. GancarskiOctober 12, 2016

Some things don’t change in Jacksonville. Just as was the case before August’s County Referendum 1, an overwhelmingly approved vote that allows the city to extend a current half-cent sales tax to address the unfunded pension liability, there is a November County Referendum 1 also. The first mailer selling the slots vote looks just like the […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 12, 2016

Though the major story of Tuesday’s city council meeting was that the city may have to spend $100 million and that JEA may have to spend $30 million (in funds that should be reimbursed) to get back to normal after Hurricane Matthew, bills nonetheless were deliberated and passed. **** On Tuesday night, the Jacksonville City Council passed […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 11, 2016

The post-Matthew blame game has started in Jacksonville, as the initial rush of emergency preparation has devolved into finger-pointing and excoriation. At the center of the storm is the local utility, which was criticized heavily during Tuesday’s meeting of the Jacksonville City Council for sewage spills and restoration timeframes that turned out to be fictional. […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 11, 2016

On Tuesday, Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry‘s Chief Administrative Officer Sam Mousa addressed the city council on how recovery efforts are going after Hurricane Matthew. There is lots of work ahead, and that work will have to be exhaustively documented for reimbursement purposes, and it will cost millions of dollars. Mousa noted the process, including engaging contractors, would be done outside […]

Phil AmmannOctober 11, 2016

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry campaigned on a platform of public safety. And in Hurricane Matthew, Curry finally got his “public safety moment.” With Curry as Mayor, the Jacksonville murder rate hasn’t decreased; with 90 murders through nine months and 10 days, that hard statistic looks poised to equal the 113 murders it had in 2015. That […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 11, 2016

House District 18 Rep. Travis Cummings has the safest of safe re-election bids: a Republican running in a deep red Northeast Florida district. Yet, since he has a general election opponent in Libertarian Ken Willey, Cummings continues to bank money he likely won’t need this cycle. In the last two weeks of September, Cummings brought in $5,500 […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 11, 2016

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry is going to address the Jacksonville City Council Tuesday on hurricane damage and recovery. He will have no shortage of subject matter, as hurricane mitigation and recovery has been the signature test of his administration so far. After Hurricane Matthew’s impact on Jacksonville, there are known knowns and known unknowns. A known […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 11, 2016

A review of the financial disclosure of Glo Smith, the GOP nominee in Florida’s Congressional District 5, shows there’s not much to hide … and not much in the way of personal assets to use if she wanted to self-finance to boost her campaign’s fairly anemic cash-on-hand. Smith, who reported having $11,908 on hand as […]

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. […]

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Donald Trump. Image via AP.

Pro-slots political committee gears up in Jacksonville

Jacksonville City Council tightens false burglar alarm penalties

JEA CEO lambasted by Jacksonville City Council for hurricane performance

Up to $100M needed to get Jacksonville to normal after storm

Jacksonville Bold 10.11.16 — Public safety moment

Travis Cummings keeps raising money in HD 18 campaign

Days after Matthew, a ‘resilient’ Jacksonville soldiers toward recovery

Glo Smith’s financial disclosure: modest means, limited assets

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

First Coast Relief Fund launched for Hurricane Matthew recovery