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A.G. GancarskiJuly 26, 2016

Tuesday evening saw the first Jacksonville City Council meeting of the Lori Boyer presidency. Though the agenda was light, it wasn’t empty. For starters, there was bill to make animal cruelty complaints more enforceable. Time limits for permissible noise were cut to 20 minutes. And instead of requiring two corroborating witnesses, one witness, whose testimony was bolstered by […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 26, 2016

A Tuesday status conference and status of counsel hearing in a Jacksonville court for Rep. Corrine Brown and Elias Simmons had little of the drama of the arraignment hearing earlier this month, which drew media from around the state and was picked up nationally and internationally. There was no entourage involving past and present members of Jacksonville City Council and […]

Phil AmmannJuly 26, 2016

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry doesn’t like to be called out. Anyone who knows him professionally or personally will tell you that. Through his first year in office, Curry faced relatively few of the slings and arrows that other politicians might face, despite moves made on boards and commissions that some considered overtly partisan. Curry has […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 26, 2016

House District 11 Republican candidate Sheri Treadwell scored an A rating from the Florida Right to Life Political Action Committee, she announced Tuesday. “It’s an honor to receive the hand of partnership and an A rating from the Florida Right to Life. This is an organization whose work I have long appreciated and worked alongside,” said […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 26, 2016

The JAXBIZ subcommittee Beaches Biz gave the Jax Chamber seal of approval to two incumbents and another candidate with experience in Jacksonville Beach City Council races Tuesday. Incumbents Christine Hoffman and Phil Vogelsang got the nod in At Large Seats 1 and 2. In At Large Seat 3, former Councilman Tom Taylor, who was on the council from 2008 […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 26, 2016

Florida may be resistant to the charms of the Affordable Care Act on a governmental level, but hospitals such as Jacksonville’s Brooks Rehabilitation benefit from certain components of the ACA: specifically, bundled payments. Much focus has been given to the dysfunctions of the ACA. But Tuesday in Jacksonville, health care providers painted a rosy picture […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 26, 2016

On Monday evening, as the eyes of most Jacksonville Democrats were glued to their TV screens to see Philadelphia’s drama, a more local event, with more relevance in terms of local representation, was off television and in a local church. Candidates in Jacksonville’s House District 13, where incumbent Reggie Fullwood has drawn three primary challengers and […]

Peter SchorschJuly 26, 2016

A month ago, it was a “shock” to see Angela Corey trailing Melissa Nelson in the 4th Circuit State Attorney race. In that poll, Nelson was leading Corey, 38 to 29 percent. If those numbers were shocking, how do you describe the latest numbers out of Northeast Florida? According to St. Pete Polls, Nelson is almost […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 25, 2016

On Monday, the Rev. Fred Newbill issued a press release applying pressure to embattled Jacksonville judge Mark Hulsey, vowing that anyone in the “establishment” who helps Hulsey will be “singled out, called out and put out” by Newbill and his consortium of pastors. Last week, Florida’s Judicial Qualifications Commission filed its notice of 14 formal charges against Hulsey for alleged […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 25, 2016

Jacksonville City Council President Lori Boyer sees her “lunch and learn” meetings as “conversations,” and Monday’s addressed August’s budget hearings in the Finance Committee. The meeting began with former Council President Greg Anderson offering a rundown on budget, based on his five years on the council. Anderson noted 50 percent of city revenue comes through real estate […]

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Jacksonville City Council gets tough on animal cruelty

Corrine Brown status conference reset for August 9

Jacksonville Bold for 07.26.16 — Anger Management

HD 11 Republican Sheri Treadwell gets A rating from pro-life PAC

‘Beaches Biz’ endorses experienced hands in Jax Beach Council races

HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell talks ACA ‘bundled payments’ in Jax

Jax HD 13 Dems talk crime, pension tax, marijuana, LGBT rights, and biased media

Latest poll shows Angela Corey in worse shape than a month ago, trailing Melissa Nelson by 26 points

Jacksonville pastors keep pressure on embattled judge Mark Hulsey

Jax Council ‘lunch and learn’ guides members through budget process