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A.G. GancarskiJune 20, 2016

“You won’t have Gulliford to kick around anymore.” Those Nixonian words, said by Finance Chair Bill Gulliford at the end of the last committee meeting under his chairmanship, kicked off the agenda meeting, a prelude to the last Jacksonville City Council Finance Committee meeting before leadership of the Council and committees changes at the end of […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 20, 2016

Many of those outside the walls of the St. James Building in Jacksonville won’t take notice when Lori Boyer assumes the presidency of Jacksonville’s City Council from outgoing President Greg Anderson in less than two weeks. Chances are they will feel the effects though, as the second-term Southside Republican seeks to reassert the role of the legislative branch, […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 18, 2016

On Friday evening, at his new Congressional campaign headquarters, former Jacksonville Sheriff John Rutherford was beaming with happiness. His friends and family were on hand, and the small room, full of people there to pick up yard signs and wish him well, felt more like a house party than the opening of a campaign office. […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 18, 2016

Buses typically aren’t Republican or Democrat. However, one Jacksonville man claims a city bus is anti-Donald Trump, and he’s concerned. Meanwhile, JTA spokeswoman Leigh Ann Rassler says what was actually on all city buses was the phrase “Dump the Pump,” which is part of JTA’s participation in a national campaign to encourage people who normally drive […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 17, 2016

A Friday afternoon phone call with Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry revealed the mayor’s thoughts about the Orlando Pulse tragedy, and the way forward. “There ought to be things we all can agree on,” Curry said. For starters, “a young man perpetrated a terrorist attack.” There can be, Curry said, a “productive conversation if we all can […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 17, 2016

Score one for Angela Corey and her re-election bid for state attorney. On Friday, reports the Florida Times-Union, a suit challenging the validity of a write-in candidate, Kenny Leigh, whose entry closed the previously open primary in the 4th Circuit State Attorney race, was thrown out of court in Jacksonville. Plaintiffs will appeal. But for now, it looks like […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 17, 2016

As we reported last month, $354,000 of salary increases and bonuses were given out by State Attorney Angela Corey to employees recently. The justification laid out by Corey’s office was pretty linear: it was the culmination of a routine process. “The retention raises fit squarely within the Legislature’s intent of how this salary money is to […]

Melissa RossJune 17, 2016

Expressions of sympathy and support from Jacksonville’s political leadership in the aftermath of the Orlando Pulse nightclub shooting massacre are falling flat with North Florida’s LGBT community. “It was a bias-motivated attack against a gay bar to kill LGBT people,” said Jacksonville attorney and activist Jimmy Midyette. “When leaders neuter expressions of sympathy of that fact […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 17, 2016

The GOP race in Florida’s 4th Congressional District right now is John Rutherford’s to lose. The former Jacksonville sheriff has high name ID and endorsements throughout Duval County and beyond. He has a great team working for him. And, despite his penchant for voicing support at his own fundraising events for embattled State Attorney Angela Corey — […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 16, 2016

One of the most anticipated of Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry’s “pension town halls” with city employees was Thursday morning with the Jacksonville Association of Firefighters. How did it go? No one in the media really knows. Because the important parts of the session — the Q and A period — weren’t heard by the media. While the […]

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Slots bill hits jackpot in Jax Council Finance committee

Jax Council President-elect Lori Boyer outlines her leadership goals

Why John Rutherford is winning the CD 4 race right now

‘Dump Trump’ on JTA bus display, claims Jacksonville man

Lenny Curry talks Orlando Pulse tragedy, acknowledges LGBT people were targets

Kenny Leigh a legit candidate for State Attorney, says judge

Some 4th Circuit State Attorney employees got raises, gave to Angela Corey campaign

City of Jax ‘Dear Orlando’ postcard campaign criticized as tone-deaf

Might Ron DeSantis run in Florida’s 4th Congressional District?

Details vague from Lenny Curry pension town hall with Firefighters union