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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 […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 21, 2016

Changes to the way the Jacksonville City Council handles its Banking Fund could be on the horizon. For those paying attention, this has been a long time coming. Back in June, before the Lenny Curry administration came in, there was disquiet in the Finance Committee about the Banking Fund, which had become a loosely-accounted slush fund for projects that […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 21, 2016

The annual Extension Volunteer Recognition Program and Dinner of the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural sciences will have a bit more political firepower in April than in some years. Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry will address the group April 14 in its extension auditorium. The dinner acknowledges volunteers who have helped people though Extension […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 21, 2016

In an attempt to put a “stronger focus on neighborhoods” and to impose “cost controls,” the Jacksonville City Council is poised to pass comprehensive reorganization legislation Tuesday night , creating a Neighborhoods Department. The reorganization sailed through committees, including Finance and Rules last week. The legislation has been a priority of the Curry administration from before […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 20, 2016

Celllphone store clerk Shelby Farah‘s 2013 slaying shocked Jacksonville to its core. And a sharp debate continues between the State Attorney’s Office and the Public Defender’s Office on whether the trial of James Xavier Rhodes should be a death penalty case. Farah’s mother, Darlene Farah, and State Attorney’s Office prosecutor Bernie de la Rionda disagree that the death […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 18, 2016

The office of Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry is preparing an ordinance to appoint Stephanie Burch to the Chief of Real Estate position in the Department of Public Works. Burch, if formally approved by City Council, will be “responsible for the acquisition, appraisal, management, disposal, inventory, utilization assessment and other functions relating to real property,” including fulfillment functions, […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 18, 2016

On Friday, the state Inspector General sent a letter to Gov. Rick Scott outlining serious concerns about how the North Broward Hospital Board has functioned during her investigation of the board’s contracts from 2012 to the present. The worry: “possible improprieties” or “inappropriate actions,” including violations of charter or law. The IG asked that David DiPietro and Darryl […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 18, 2016

A lawsuit filed in 2013 by the NAACP and others in reaction to racial discrimination in the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department appears headed toward settlement. The lawsuit contends there was discrimination in hiring, in promotion, and in workplace environment by the fire department. It also alleged nooses were placed in the lockers of two […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 18, 2016

The HD 19 money race continues to go badly for former RPOF chairwoman Leslie Dougher. She’s in a distant third place after February’s numbers. About $6,136 of February money brings Dougher up to $48,912 total money raised, leaving her with just over $26,500 cash on hand. That compares unfavorably to her Clay County rival, Katherine Van […]

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Reggie Gaffney featured in April Straight Allies workshops in Jax

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

Changes ahead for Jax Banking Fund?

Lenny Curry to address annual UF IFAS extension dinner

Neighborhoods legislation highlights Tuesday Jax City Council meeting

Shelby Farah murder trial resumes Monday in Jacksonville

Stephanie Burch to be Jax Chief of Real Estate

North Broward Hospital District board chairman, committee chairman suspended

Jax City Council nears resolution of 2013 fire department discrimination suit

Leslie Dougher falls further behind in HD 19 cash dash