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Lloyd DunkelbergerJuly 9, 2016

U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown’s indictment on 24 charges of fraud and violations related to a fraudulent charity may provide a political opening for former state Sen. Al Lawson of Tallahassee. Attending a grand opening of his campaign headquarters — a few blocks from Florida A&M University where Lawson played basketball and now has the school’s […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 8, 2016

“Due to House rules,” Congresswoman Corrine Brown said Friday, she is “temporarily stepping down as the ranking member of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs.” This statement, issued after a hearing Friday on 24 federal counts, was not something she hinted at during her contentious and truncated media availability. “I am innocent of the charges announced today, […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 8, 2016

Embattled U.S. Congresswoman Corrine Brown was calm, cool, and collected at her arraignment. But during the aftermath — her meeting with the media — was a different matter. One of her attorneys, Elizabeth White, claimed prosecutors leaked confidential information to the media, launching a “one-sided inquisition in the court of public opinion for a year,” and “refused to offer any […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 8, 2016

At 1 p.m. Friday, Corrine Brown began fighting for her political life in Federal Courtroom 5-D. The congresswoman from Florida’s 5th Congressional District, along with Chief of Staff Elias Simmons, face a combined 24 charges, enumerated in a 46-page indictment. They plead not guilty to all. Brown faces a possible 357 years in prison and $4.8 million fine […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 8, 2016

At 1 p.m. Friday, in Federal Courtroom 5-D, the fight of Corrine Brown‘s political life begins. The congresswoman from the 5th Congressional District of Florida, along with Chief of Staff Elias Simmons, face 24 charges between them, enumerated in a 46-page indictment. Conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud is the first, related to the One Door […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 8, 2016

The River Club, high atop downtown Jacksonville, was the scene for FloridaPolitics.com’s interview with Donnie Horner. Horner, a Republican running in House District 11, spoke about issues he hadn’t addressed before to this outlet. One of them: the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis he got two years into what he had hoped would be a full […]

Peter SchorschJuly 8, 2016

Of the many polarizing figures in northeast Florida politics, none are more so than two women: U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown and State Attorney Angela Corey. Both have decades of respective tenure: Brown, almost a quarter-century in the United States Congress, with parts of Jacksonville making up the core of her occasionally-shifting district; Corey, elected State […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 7, 2016

The re-election campaign of Rep. Corrine Brown will face a new complication, as an indictment looms for her regarding the “One Door for Education“ charity. Documents, reports Action News Jax and other sources, will be served to Brown, with a news conference pending Friday on the matter. The head of One Door for Education, Carla Wiley, […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 7, 2016

At the police memorial building in Jacksonville, Sheriff Mike Williams and Mayor Lenny Curry presented a united front Thursday in discussing public safety. Among the topics: the deployment of officers — 24,000 man hours, at approximately a million dollars this fiscal year — for overtime detail, a strategic deployment in neighborhoods facing the gravest challenges. As well, […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 7, 2016

One of the most compelling debates in Northeast Florida this campaign season occurred Wednesday in Jacksonville in the House District 16 GOP race. Jason Fischer, who resigned his school board seat last month, faced off against Dick Kravitz, a political perennial who once was general manager for Jacksonville’s World Football Leagueteam, and who has been in elected politics since […]

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Corrine Brown’s legal woes offer opening for Al Lawson in CD 5 race

Corrine Brown steps down from duties as ranking member on House Veterans’ Affairs Committee

Pandemonium breaks out after Corrine Brown press conference

Corrine Brown, chief of staff plead not guilty to fraud charges

Corrine Brown, chief of staff indicted

Donnie Horner talks HD 11 issues, personal story

Jacksonville Bold for 07.08.16 – The coming end of the Brown-Corey era?

Report: indictment pending for Corrine Brown

Jax mayor, sheriff tout successes of overtime, discuss body cams and police violence

Jason Fischer produces strategy email from opponent Dick Kravitz