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A.G. GancarskiApril 6, 2016

In the CD 6 GOP race, David Santiago is making big moves. Tuesday, we learned that Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry will be the special guest at a Santiago “meet and greet” next week at Jacksonville’s posh River Club. Wednesday, we learned of more star power behind Santiago. House Speaker Steve Crisafulli will be present April 19 at the […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 6, 2016

FloridaPolitics.com has learned that House District 11 Republican Sheri Treadwell has changed language on her website recently, downplaying previous claims about being a direct appointee of George W. Bush. The Before and After, as in the old diet ads, presents a striking contrast. Before: Treadwell claimed that she was “appointed by the President to several positions in the […]

Melissa RossApril 6, 2016

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They’re national champions after winning the Dick’s Sporting Goods High School Nationals tournament Saturday at New York’s Madison Square Garden. Now, the Jacksonville Ribault High School Lady Trojans basketball team is going for another national honor: a visit to the White House. Fans of the Lady Trojans clearly believe the winning athletes deserve presidential attention. They’ve posted […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 6, 2016

By the end of Thursday night, Congressional District 4 will have chosen its GOP convention delegates who will be on the “road to Cleveland.” The RPOF’s 4th CD caucus will elect three delegates and three alternates to the national convention. Doug Adkins, Nassau County state committeeman, will chair the event. “Canapes and a cash bar” will […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 6, 2016

In recent weeks, the office of 4th Circuit Public Defender Matt Shirk has been liberal with criticisms of State Attorney Angela Corey, as both pivot toward August primaries. February saw Shirk’s office castigate Corey’s shop for disregarding the wishes of the victim’s mother in a murder case, pursuing the death penalty against her wishes, and violating confidentiality […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 5, 2016

In a letter Tuesday, 4th Circuit Public Defender Matt Shirk took issue with State Attorney Angela Corey regarding the latter’s “defiant stance as it relates to referrals of veterans into the Duval County Veterans Court.” This is, Shirk wrote, something of a historical controversy. “In 2011, the Public Defender’s Office proposed the establishment of a Veterans Court. […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 5, 2016

Beth McCague, interim executive director of the Jacksonville Police and Fire Pension Fund, addressed the Jacksonville City Council Rules Committee on Tuesday, responding to charges levied in an email from Pension Fund gadfly Curtis Lee. McCague, who has patiently borne the brunt of Lee’s criticisms since she took the role, seemed to be at the end […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 5, 2016

Jacksonville is not part of Congressional District 6. But CD 6 Republican candidate David Santiago will hold a meet-and-greet luncheon in the 904 next Wednesday. The luncheon is from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the River Club. It’s billed as a “meet and greet,” not a fundraiser. And star power, in the form of Jacksonville […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 5, 2016

Mayor Lenny Curry is going to have 19 versions of the same conversation in the coming days and weeks, as Council members ready budgetary requests. Curry spokeswoman Marsha Oliver said it plainly: “It’s budget prep time. They are discussing the budget and the city’s financial future.” Tuesday afternoon’s schedule for Curry tells the tale: Meetings abound, with […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 5, 2016

Jacksonville is determined to do whatever is necessary to help victims of sexual assault. That was the message Tuesday from three of the most powerful politicians in the city: Mayor Lenny Curry, Sheriff Mike Williams, and State Attorney Angela Corey. Jacksonville, of course, has been active in working against that scourge for a while. The Sexual Assault Advisory […]

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Steve Crisafulli to host opening/fundraiser at David Santiago’s CD 6 campaign HQ

Is HD 11 Republican Sheri Treadwell guilty of résumé inflation?

Jax Ribault High Lady Trojans petition for White House invite

Congressional District 4 chooses GOP convention delegates Thursday

Conflict between Matt Shirk, Angela Corey continues to build

Matt Shirk, Angela Corey in war of words regarding Duval Veterans Court

Jax PFPF head Beth McCague addresses Rules Committee

CD 6 Republican David Santiago plans Jax luncheon; Lenny Curry to be special guest

Budget meetings begin between Jax mayor, council members

Jax leadership mobilizes against sexual assault