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A.G. GancarskiFebruary 19, 2016

Though it wasn’t an agenda item, interesting talk before the meeting outside the board room included some profound skepticism about the mechanics of the Deferred Contribution plan, upon which the Lenny Curry pension tax/reform proposal is predicated. Asked her position before the meeting, Executive Director Beth McCague noted that, since changes can happen in the bill in […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 19, 2016

Big news on Thursday in Jacksonville; to quote the Action News Jax headline: “Ex-NFL player arrested in drug raid is State House candidate’s son. ” That candidate: HD 14 Democrat Kim Daniels. Daniels’ son, Michael Jennings, was a training camp story for the New York Giants. Newsday got an interesting profile piece a decade ago about his unlikely […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 18, 2016

On Thursday, the Jacksonville City Council met for its Committee of the Whole meeting regarding expansion of the Human Rights Ordinance. The expectation going in was that both the Tommy Hazouri and Bill Gulliford iterations of the legislation would be withdrawn. In the hours leading up to the meeting, an intriguing narrative surfaced: whether Hazouri’s withdrawal motion […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 18, 2016

In the middle of January, former Jacksonville City Councilwoman Kim Daniels filed to run in state House District 14, already a crowded race. It’s just past mid-February and those who might be curious about Daniels’ January numbers are still waiting. The relevant state statute is clear: Numbers must be filed by the 10th: Each campaign treasurer […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 18, 2016

Public Defender Matt Shirk sent a letter Thursday to State Attorney Angela Corey, urging her to reconsider seeking the death penalty of James Rhodes, saying that Corey’s position demonstrates a “disregard” of the wishes of the victim’s mother that is “troubling” to the public defender. Rhodes, charged with murder of a store clerk in 2013, has been for “more than […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 18, 2016

The Republican-friendly Northeast Florida chapter of NAIOP, a Trade association for developers, owners and investors in industrial, office and related commercial real estate, intends to honor Jacksonville CAO Sam Mousa with an award. Mousa will receive the Community Service award in a March 10 ceremony to be held at the Garden Club of Jacksonville. The award will be […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 18, 2016

Of late, Jacksonville media has been trying to reconcile what seemed to be a pro-HRO expansion position during the 2015 campaign with more muted support by candidates this time around. Councilwoman Katrina Brown was one candidate identified as pro-HRO expansion, according to comments she made to The Florida Times-Union last year, that were given a new […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 18, 2016

Though the HRO Committee of the Whole fireworks will heat up Council Chambers Thursday, Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry will be walking a Westside neighborhood instead of being on hand for the procedural drama. Curry’s spokeswoman, Marsha Oliver, said this is part of the mayor’s weekly commitment to “engage with citizens,” by visiting neighborhoods, meeting residents, and hearing […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 18, 2016

In a lengthy statement released Wednesday night, Duval County School Board member Connie Hall did not address calls to resign over pejorative texts about Superintendent Nikolai Vitti. Instead, she reinforced the criticisms made within, even as she apologized for one “offensive” reference. These texts included a call to “fire him now” and a reference to Vitti, whose path to […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 17, 2016

The Hillary Clinton campaign headquarters opens in Jacksonville at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at 4830 Atlantic Blvd., and for Clinton partisans locally, it’s a big deal. Speaking will be School Board Member Paula Wright. “Hillary Clinton has fought her entire life for children and working families – and knows how to get results,” Wright said. “She has a proven […]

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Jax PFPF pushback on pension tax looms, in context of market turmoil

Can Kim Daniels really run for State House at this point?

Both Jax HRO bills withdrawn

HD 14 hopeful Kim Daniels fails to file January fundraising numbers

Matt Shirk urges Angela Corey to change position on death penalty for James Rhodes

Jax CAO Sam Mousa to receive community service award

Katrina Brown: “HRO was not my campaign”

Lenny Curry takes neighborhood stabilization walk Thursday

Connie Hall not backing down from critiques of Nikolai Vitti

Hillary Clinton campaign to open Jax HQ Wednesday night