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A.G. GancarskiMarch 23, 2016

Good Friday is set to be a pivotal day for Corrine Brown, and she announced Wednesday a press conference in Tallahassee after her redistricting hearing. Contrary to rumors swirling around Jacksonville, her spokesman David Simon affirmed Thursday that “Rep. Corrine Brown does intend to run for re-election.” So that will not be the subject of the press […]

Melissa RossMarch 23, 2016

After a vocal campaign urging the Jacksonville City Council to observe a landmark decision on public prayer, history of sorts was made last night when the Council allowed its first-ever secular invocation to be delivered. Doing the honors was Earl Coggins of the First Coast Freethought Society, an atheist. According to the Society, the campaign […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 23, 2016

Do law enforcement, the legal system, and local government have the public’s trust? Some of Jacksonville’s leading politicians will discuss that question Tuesday at a “Diversity & Inclusion Event” sponsored by the Jacksonville Bar Association & Florida Coastal Law School. Among the panelists: Chief Judge Mark Mahon, Mayor Lenny Curry, State Attorney Angela Corey, Public […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 23, 2016

Tuesday saw Mike Cella, the leading fundraiser in his Clay County Commission District 1 race, score an endorsement from current commissioner Gavin Rollins. As Rollins prepared for deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, he didn’t leave before offering the following. “Mike Cella brings a vast amount of experience and he is the most prepared to step […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 22, 2016

In an attempt to put a “stronger focus on neighborhoods” and to impose “cost controls,” the Jacksonville City Council passed 17-0 comprehensive reorganization legislation Tuesday night that created a Neighborhoods Department. The legislation has been a priority of the Curry administration from before the inauguration, and would mitigate the effects of a reorganization in the previous […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 22, 2016

For those paying attention to the proceedings in Council’s JEA Agreement Committee, there wasn’t much drama to Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry announcing the JEA Agreement Tuesday. Indeed, much of the drama occurred before Curry took office. And the principal drama for his administration, arguably, were the moves to refashion the JEA Board in accordance with his […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 22, 2016

On Tuesday, the Jacksonville Vehicles for Hire committee resumed operation after a hiatus. An email from one of the cab company lobbyists, Josh Cockrell, to Council members expressed a sense of urgency. “Now that the legislative session is over and Uber and Lyft has failed to take advantage of our state lawmakers once again, we look forward […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 22, 2016

The Jacksonville Vehicles for Hire subcommittee meets Tuesday morning at 11:00 in Jacksonville’s City Hall. Expect acrimony. During the committee’s hiatus during the last part of the legislative session, one local cab company manager wanted Chair Matt Schellenberg to resign from his position. In an email a few weeks back to Council, Brad Braddock, general manager […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 22, 2016

The Jacksonville Human Rights Ordinance expansion is on hold, yet education efforts continue from local LGBT activists at the Jacksonville Coalition for Equality. Of late, efforts have been concentrated toward targeting African-American supporters, as evidenced by a full-page ad in the Florida Star with clergy endorsing HRO expansion, and now by educational events scheduled in predominantly […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 21, 2016

Monday saw Greg Anderson and Lori Boyer, president and vice president of the Jacksonville City Council respectively, again have convened to discuss communications tracking software options. Central to the Monday meeting was a product demonstration from Smarsh, a private vendor that archives communications already for Tallahassee and Panama City. Smarsh, over the phone, demonstrated how their software […]

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Under cloud of House Ethics inquest, Corrine Brown to hold Tallahassee presser Friday

Jacksonville City Council allows first-ever secular invocation

Lenny Curry, Mike Williams, Angela Corey to participate in diversity panel

Clay County Commission candidate Mike Cella scores Gavin Rollins endorsement

Jacksonville City Council passes Neighborhoods bill

Jax Mayor Lenny Curry frames JEA agreement as vindication of 2015 board moves

Insurance concerns animate Jax Vehicles for Hire committee

Jax Vehicles for Hire subcommittee meets Tuesday morning

Reggie Gaffney featured in April Straight Allies workshops in Jax

“Us guys don’t carry pocketbooks”: Jax City Council revisits communications tracking software