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A.G. GancarskiJune 28, 2016

The Arlington neighborhood of Jacksonville is like a former beauty queen who lost her looks. The strip malls look rough now — half empty in many cases, and the retail trends downmarket. The neighborhoods look rough — more renters than previous years, more owner-occupied homes headed into foreclosure, despite the strong macroeconomic numbers that would seem to […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 27, 2016

The big story of the weekend in the Florida Times-Union involved a fillet knife being taken (metaphorically, to be clear) to Jacksonville City Councilman Reggie Gaffney. Among the issues explored: the “tumult” in Gaffney’s first year in office; the councilman’s relationship with Rep. Corrine Brown; and the financial operations of his Community Rehabilitation Center (CRC), which was subpoenaed earlier […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 27, 2016

A new survey in the 4th Circuit State Attorney race reveals incumbent Angela Corey is in deep trouble and Melissa Nelson is poised to capitalize. The survey from St. Pete Polls, conducted on Saturday and Sunday by the data shop which got the Jacksonville mayor’s race right last year, sampled 590 likely Republican voters who had voted in either the 2014 […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 27, 2016

Former Jacksonville Sheriff John Rutherford, frontrunner in the race for the GOP nomination in Florida’s 4th Congressional District, signed the Americans for Tax Reform “Taxpayer Protection Pledge” Monday. The pledge is a written commitment to the citizens of Florida and to the American people to oppose all tax increases, claims ATR. Grover Norquist, longtime head of […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 27, 2016

On Monday, the Jacksonville Civic Council issued a statement supporting the pension-tax referendum, joining other community stakeholders in backing “Mayor (Lenny) Curry’s campaign to address Jacksonville’s unfunded pension liability by identifying a dedicated funding source and lowering future pension costs.” Since 2013, the Civic Council has keyed in on what it calls the “critical issues arising from the […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 27, 2016

On Monday, FloridaPolitics.com caught up with Jacksonville City Council President-Designate Lori Boyer. Among the topics: the recent council auditor report that said $317,000 was improperly allocated to Infinity Global Solutions, a lobbying firm which benefited from a “no-bid” contract when current Chief of Staff Kerri Stewart was head of the Housing and Neighborhoods Department and John Peyton was mayor. […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 27, 2016

Despite running for the House District 13 seat in Jacksonville’s urban core from Fleming Island, Democrat J.R. Gaillot weighs in on local issues. Last week, he advocated for an expansion of the Human Rights Ordinance. Monday, he took a position opposing to 2,000 slot machines coming to the bestbet facility in Jacksonville’s Arlington neighborhood. The contention is […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 27, 2016

Jacksonville is in for a tight budget year, and amidst pressures from community activists such as Diallo Sekou and R.L. Gundy to budget for body cameras for the beleaguered Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, some provisional good news came through in a letter from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement last week. The FDLE received an appropriation of $250,000 […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 27, 2016

It was only a matter of time until a candidate for the House of Representatives from Florida’s 4th Congressional District opposed Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry‘s key initiative this summer: getting a yes vote on the referendum to authorize an extension of the half-cent “Better Jacksonville Plan” to pay for the $2.7 billion unfunded liability on the […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 27, 2016

Jacksonville political lifer Stan Jordan, 78 years young, qualified to run for the Republican nomination in House District 12 last week. However, the home in which Jordan has lived since 1971, on Grandview Drive, is actually in House District 13. Jordan, for reasons that have piqued the curiosity of seasoned political hands, did declare residency […]

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Jax pension tax referendum gets resistance at Arlington town hall

Reggie Gaffney: ‘People believe the Florida Times-Union is a racist paper’

Shock poll: Big trouble for Angela Corey’s re-election bid

John Rutherford pledges to oppose tax hikes

Jax Civic Council backs pension-tax referendum

Lori Boyer talks Kerri Stewart and the ‘perception issue’

HD 13 Dem J.R. Gaillot says no to slots

FDLE solicits JSO for grant submission for body cameras

Congressional candidate Bill McClure opposes Jax pension tax

Stan Jordan begins HD 12 run by saying he’ll move to HD 12 if he wins