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A.G. GancarskiApril 4, 2016

The Jacksonville City Council Finance Committee resumed Monday after its “fifth week” break, considering contract disparity and pension fund issues, along with a surprisingly controversial bill on human trafficking signs that was deferred after some discussion. • A presentation on investment management expenses of pension funds, including the Police and Fire Pension Fund and the […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 4, 2016

The latest series of Community Conversations from the Lenny Curry administration wraps Monday evening. And Council Vice President Lori Boyer will be featured. “The series of Community Conversations addressing public safety concludes today as Mayor Lenny Curry hosts Our Health: Addressing Needs and Disparities in Communities,” asserts the release from the mayor’s office. Other panelists include Dr. […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 4, 2016

Is the Jacksonville City Council vice presidential race John Crescimbeni‘s to lose? Or could an ABC (Anybody But Crescimbeni) coalition emerge? Answers to that question may emerge Monday afternoon in a public notice meeting between Councilmen Doyle Carter and Aaron Bowman, two VP candidates who have yet to get meaningful traction. Monday may change that. Expectations are that […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 4, 2016

Given that many proponents of expansion of Jacksonville’s Human Rights Ordinance were disappointed that the most recent push toward HRO expansion ended up short of that goal, it’s interesting that the official position of the Jacksonville Coalition for Equality has been to laud the positive policy outcome from the debate: the Mayoral Directive, issued in […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 3, 2016

Jacksonville City Councilwoman Katrina Brown, in what some will frame as a response to a Florida Times-Union article delineating the slow progress at her family’s city-subsidized barbeque sauce company, notes that “we are currently still hiring” in a Sunday morning Facebook post. Resumes are to be sent to [email protected] and there will be live interviews […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 2, 2016

Interim Jacksonville Police and Fire Pension Fund Executive Director Beth McCague said when she took the job that she didn’t want to be there indefinitely. A year was the longest commitment that she wanted to offer. And she may be done sooner than that. An internal email from McCague to Chief Administrative Officer Sam Mousa notes that […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 2, 2016

The war of words continues between Pastor Mark Griffin and Reverend Richard Hamlet regarding the slow remediation of enduring issues at Eureka Garden, as an email last week suggests. Griffin, whose ministry serves residents of the beleaguered 400 unit HUD community, has taken issue with Hamlet and his Global Ministries Foundation, which owns and runs Eureka Garden […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 2, 2016

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry is probably the most health-conscious of any recent mayor. He’s known for his distance runs through downtown, which culminate with a closing sprint as he nears City Hall. And on his first World Health Day as mayor, Curry is choosing to launch a “citywide health initiative.” “Journey to One” will launch officially […]

Melissa RossMarch 31, 2016

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Pointing out that only live humans can cast ballots, Seminole County Supervisor of Elections Michael Ertel has set up a special website to help voters in Central Florida differentiate among all the election-related mailings they’re getting in this campaign season. The website www.OfficialElectionMail.org leads voters to the Seminole County Supervisor of Elections website, www.VoteSeminole.org, where a link will display […]

Melissa RossMarch 31, 2016

Highlighting the creation of 75 new jobs, Gov. Rick Scott was on hand at a groundbreaking ceremony for Anheuser-Busch’s new $175 million aluminum bottle line at its Jacksonville facility. The company employs 840 people across Florida. “Manufacturers like Anheuser-Busch are incredibly important to our state, and I am excited to join them in celebrating their […]

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Jax Finance Committee talks pension fund, disparity study

Jax Council VP Lori Boyer to feature in public health Community Conversation

Sea change in Jax Council vice presidential race?

Email insights: Jax Coalition for Equality lauds mayoral non-discrimination directive

Jax Councilwoman’s BBQ sauce plant is hiring… finally

Jax pension fund preps for post-Beth McCague era

Mold still an issue at Eureka Garden in Jax

Jax to launch health initiative Thursday with surgeon general

Seminole County elections official says D.C. organization tried to register dead cat to vote

Rick Scott touts new jobs at Anheuser-Busch in Jacksonville