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A.G. GancarskiSeptember 16, 2016

Rep. Corrine Brown has a message for her supporters: send money now! To that end, a new website reflects the new operational reality for the 23-year congresswoman, whose last election likely was the Aug. 30 primary she lost to Al Lawson in Florida’s 5th Congressional District. The Corrine Brown Legal Defense Trust is “under construction,” a cyberspace synecdoche […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 16, 2016

David Bruderly is a Democrat running in Florida’s 4th Congressional District, a staunchly Republican district. He is the first one to tell you he is the underdog in the race. “My name recognition is low,” Bruderly told both FloridaPolitics.com and attendees of Jacksonville’s “mayor’s environmental luncheon” Thursday afternoon, where the candidate showed up to shake hands and introduce […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 15, 2016

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On Thursday afternoon, a Jacksonville City Council subcommittee discussed “measurements of success” for Hemming Park. The object of Thursday’s meeting, said Chair Greg Anderson, was refining those measurements and discerning the “hook” that drives traffic to parks. Previously, the committee agreed on some big-picture goals: safety, cleanliness, and business friendliness of the park. Refining those desired goals, and […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 15, 2016

The big news coming out of Jacksonville’s 24th annual mayor’s environmental luncheon was that Mayor Lenny Curry wasn’t present. The yearly event, designed to honor the area’s “finest and most creative environmental stewards,” saw representation from the mayor’s office, via Dr. Charles Moreland, who often serves as a proxy for such events. Many attendees were dismayed by […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 15, 2016

Rep. Corrine Brown and her chief of staff, Ronnie Simmons, are staring down 24 counts for fraud and misrepresentation related to the One Door for Education charity. And now, they are staring down a status conference, slated for Oct. 25 at 2 p.m. at Jacksonville’s federal courthouse. Neither Brown nor Simmons have to attend. Counsel for the defendants and […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 15, 2016

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The Jacksonville Daily Record reports Jacksonville’s University Club, a local institution of power and prestige for nearly a half-century, is slated to close Dec. 20. For political junkies, the closing of the space on the 27th floor of the Southbank’s Riverplace Tower has an especial effect: it will force the monthly First Coast Tiger Bay […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 15, 2016

The Jacksonville City Council will take yet another in an endless series of looks at the contract for the Friends of Hemming Park on Thursday afternoon. Though the long-suffering group, which manages the 1.54 acre park called “the Front Door to City Hall” by many politicians, is earmarked to receive $250,000 for six months of operation […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 15, 2016

The signature image of the presidential campaign right now came from the 9/11 memorial event last weekend: An “overheated” Hillary Clinton’s knees buckling, auguring a collapse while her entourage was placing her in a SUV to rush her for unspecified medical treatment at her daughter’s apartment. Some have questioned her stamina and health in the days since. […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 14, 2016

Jacksonville City Councilwoman Anna Brosche ran a textbook campaign to get elected in her at-large race, projecting an image of serene competence in an electoral battle against the then-incumbent, Kimberly Daniels. Brosche, a CPA, won in last May’s election handily, and since getting on the council, has not missed a beat. While some elected to the […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 14, 2016

Former Jacksonville mayoral Chief of Staff Chris Hand is a believer in representative democracy. Concomitant with those beliefs, a belief in reform, which he outlined this week in the Orlando Sentinel. The entire piece is worth a read, as Hand outlines problems with elections in the Sunshine State in 2016 … and potential solutions. One issue that bedevils […]

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‘Woman of integrity’ Corrine Brown seeks ‘legal defense’ funds

Democrat Dave Bruderly battles odds, John Rutherford in CD 4

Jax City Council panel mulls how to make Hemming Park more attractive

Lenny Curry misses mayor’s environmental luncheon

Status conference set for Oct. 25 in Corrine Brown, Ronnie Simmons trial

Jacksonville’s University Club to close; where does First Coast Tiger Bay go?

Jacksonville City Council panel to review Hemming Park contract Thursday

Hillary Clinton has the ‘endurance of a triathlete,’ says Michelle Kwan

Anna Brosche talks budget, council leadership, and HRO

Chris Hand outlines a path toward electoral reform