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A.G. GancarskiJune 3, 2016

Comic book fans in Northeast Florida may have a new location for the popular Collective Con in 2017, according to a review of city of Jacksonville emails. The annual event, held at the Jacksonville Fairgrounds this April, is growing. And with that growth comes an opportunity for change and reinvention. “Attendance for our pop-culture convention […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 3, 2016

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Whether Republican or Democrat, Florida congress members unite when it’s time to fight for military installations and their continued relevance. Democratic Rep. Gwen Graham, a member of the House Armed Services Committee, and Republican Rep. Ander Crenshaw are collaborating to urge the Defense Department to house F-35s at the Jacksonville Air National Guard with the 125th Fighter Wing. […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 3, 2016

School may be ending soon throughout Florida’s 4th Congressional District, but there’s no summer vacation when it comes to politicizing the issue of school bathrooms. On Friday, CD 4 Republican candidate Bill McClure issued a statement expressing “outrage” over a “federal directive on Florida and the country, forcing schools to allow transgender students to use the […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 3, 2016

City Councilman Tommy Hazouri is the only former Jacksonville mayor on the 19-member legislative body. During his tenure, he dealt with issues in low-income housing at Blodgett Homes. A quarter-century later, Hazouri is dealing with issues at properties owned by Global Ministries Foundation, such as Eureka Garden and Washington Heights. Eureka Garden has gotten national […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 3, 2016

Global Ministries Foundation, owner of two challenged HUD properties in Jacksonville that have been the focus of federal attention in recent months, faces “welfare fraud” charges in Indianapolis. The Indy Channel reports that “Global Ministries Foundation is being asked to repay $618,962 in housing benefits for the past year over allegations they failed to provide […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 3, 2016

The first TV ad of the race to replace Ander Crenshaw in Florida’s 4th Congressional District is out; it’s called “Rawhide,” and it’s from Hans Tanzler. As the title suggests, it has a cowboy movie feel. It leads off with a Reward poster, with a rustic voiceover spotlighting “some bad guys in Washington,” including Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, and Harry Reid. […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 3, 2016

Motions were filed Thursday in the 14-count federal trial of state Rep. Reggie Fullwood to prohibit prosecutors from contending the Jacksonville Democrat defrauded the state Division of Elections in his 10 wire fraud counts. Fullwood requested and received a bill of particulars from the feds, who maintained Fullwood defrauded campaign contributors and the Division of Elections. Fullwood contends that asserting […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 3, 2016

One of the more compellingly titled emails from Jacksonville government servers recently: a missive from pastor R.L. Gundy to the mayor and the city council entitled “Citizen Review Board, Independent Investigations, Death Penalty and Referendum.” Gundy, a politically active Baptist preacher, is known for his blistering fusillades against politicians like State Attorney Angela Corey. He also has been […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 3, 2016

On Thursday, the Florida Times-Union reported on a setback for a family business of Jacksonville City Councilwoman Katrina Brown. Councilwoman Brown’s CoWealth LLC was found to be in default for $590,000 in loans and grants, related to Jerome Brown BBQ Sauce, a barbecue sauce manufacturing company that hasn’t ramped up as quickly as was intended when Brown’s family […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 2, 2016

In terms of Rick Scott backing the presidential bid of his friend Donald Trump, the governor was early, weighing in less than 24 hours after the Florida primary. So it was no surprise he welcomed the decision of House Speaker Paul Ryan to endorse the presumptive Republican nominee. “We need to unify,” Scott said, setting up a contrast between […]

Jax

Collective Con to Prime Osborn Center?

Gwen Graham, Ander Crenshaw fight for F-35 base in Jax

CD 4 Republican Bill McClure: ‘Outraged’ by presidential directive on school bathrooms

Tommy Hazouri: ‘Hold a stick over HUD’

Report: Global Ministries Foundation charged with ‘welfare fraud’ in Indianapolis

Hans Tanzler makes first TV ad buy in CD 4 race

Reggie Fullwood: I didn’t defraud state Division of Elections

Jax pastor R.L. Gundy: No justice, no pension tax

A brief interview with Jax Councilwoman Katrina Brown

Rick Scott talks Paul Ryan endorsing Donald Trump, Trump’s Florida strategy