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A.G. GancarskiMay 26, 2016

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Pastor Mark Griffin is the fourth Republican in the House District 13 race, hoping to win the primary and challenge embattled Democratic incumbent Reggie Fullwood. Griffin is by far the most credible challenger of the bunch. The pastor and CEO of Wayman Ministries, Griffin’s focus on Eureka Garden, the troubled HUD apartment complex on Jacksonville’s Westside, has […]

Melissa RossMay 26, 2016

Improving Duval County’s dismally low child literacy rates is the mission behind Jacksonville’s Read It Forward Jax Coalition. One of the initiatives that coalition has discussed is looking at ways to get more books into the hands of more kids — particularly low-income children who may not have access to a wide variety of books at home. […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 26, 2016

A familiar figure in Jacksonville’s City Hall is John Winkler. The Riverside lawyer, former Democratic candidate for clerk of courts, and president of the Concerned Taxpayers of Duval County has a new cause: defeating the Aug. 30 pension tax referendum. And there’s a website to match: Just-Vote-No.com. Winkler won’t be winning any “Webmaster of the Year” awards […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 26, 2016

State Sen. Rob Bradley, who has one of the most robust campaign finance operations in Northeast Florida, has the grassroots backing to match. Bradley announced Thursday he qualified for the re-election ballot via petition. “We have collected and submitted more than the 1,552 petitions which are necessary to qualify for Florida Senate District 5. We collected petitions […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 26, 2016

After three months of a half-cent sales tax passed to ensure the ongoing quality of St. Johns County schools, the trend is clear. Revenue is surging, month over month, a trend apparently driven in large part by tourism. March saw $1,537,660 collected, money that will go to much-needed capital projects for schools in the fast-growing […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 25, 2016

An important endorsement came through from Sen. Travis Hutson for Hans Tanzler in the crowded GOP primary in Congressional District 4 Wednesday. Tanzler, best known in Duval County where his father was mayor of Jacksonville for over a decade, will benefit from the important endorsement from Hutson, whose base is St. Johns County. “Hans Tanzler is the […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 25, 2016

State Rep. Lake Ray has officially qualified for the Congressional District 4 ballot by petition, claimed his campaign on Wednesday. “Our campaign collected over 3,300 petitions in just 16 days, the response from the community has been overflowing, from Nassau County, to the streets of Jacksonville, to the beaches of St. Johns County,” Ray said. “This […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 25, 2016

On Wednesday in Jacksonville, 4th Circuit State Attorney Angela Corey and Public Defender Matt Shirk had what was being billed as a “friendly discussion of the justice system and to boost knowledge about the issues discussed.” What it was, instead, was a mauling. Corey went on the offense from the beginning, dishing out pointed attacks both […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 25, 2016

Republican State Attorney candidate Wes White made news earlier this month, representing a mother challenging the commitment of the Duval County School District to providing bathroom options for transgender students. The suit was filed in the wake of the Obama administration issuing a letter linking failure to provide such public accommodations with the potential loss of […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 25, 2016

Attention: Steve Diebenow. More billable hours are headed your way on this Roost issue. But this time, in a different venue. Despite Council approving the planned unit development of the Roost by a 13-to-5 margin, the fight to keep the 150-seat restaurant off Oak Street in Riverside, which will have liquor sales and live entertainment, isn’t over […]

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Pastor Mark Griffin in HD 13 race as Republican, challenging Reggie Fullwood

Molly Curry to help relaunch the JaxKids Book Club

Jax activist John Winkler: ‘Just vote no’ on pension tax

Rob Bradley qualifies for re-election ballot by petition

St. Johns County school sales tax revenue nears $4M in first three months

Travis Hutson backs Hans Tanzler in CD 4 GOP scrum

Lake Ray qualifies for CD 4 GOP primary ballot by petition

Angela Corey comes out swinging against the public defender and the media

Wes White seeks ‘sunshine’ discussion of Duval schools’ transgender bathroom policy

Jacksonville Roost debate not over yet