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A.G. GancarskiFebruary 27, 2016

Marc Little, who lost the 1994 general election to Corrine Brown, then resurfaced a few years later to do PR for Brown, looked poised for a turn in Jacksonville government on a volunteer board. However, at Tuesday’s Jacksonville City Council Agenda meeting, it was announced 2016-194 (confirming appointment of Marc Little as a member of the Renew […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 27, 2016

Lenny Curry endorsed Marco Rubio last weekend. This weekend, reports are that the mayor’s pro-Rubio robocalls are hitting Jacksonville landlines. We are hearing that the calls are boilerplate calls for absentee ballots, just ahead of early voting; no disparagement of the other candidates in the race, no “Marco is the best candidate to take on Hillary […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 27, 2016

Last week, Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry got a lot of support from locals, who were in Tallahassee addressing the pension crisis. He appreciated it. “It is with sincere appreciation that I extend my gratitude for your participation in yesterday’s Chamber trip to Tallahassee. Your presence not only sent a message to legislators that Jacksonville is united […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 27, 2016

Most of the Florida GOP Presidential Primary talk has been of Marco Rubio and Donald Trump, but Ted Cruz is not completely without support. The “Northeast Florida Ted Cruz Faith & Values Coalition” plans a Monday evening “Press Conference with Dozens of Pastors to Announce Over 40 Pastors and Faith Based Leaders Across the First Coast Endorsing Cruz for President.” Spearheading […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 26, 2016

On a crisp Friday morning, Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry thrilled some onlookers and alarmed others when he took command of a excavator to begin the deconstruction of a blighted, 12-unit apartment complex on Payne Street. This creative destruction was for a good cause: a prelude to the development of Payne Avenue Walk, a 12-unit affordable single family home […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 26, 2016

Jacksonville Republicans who want to meet Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera, a current U.S. Senate candidate, Monday night are in luck. Lopez-Cantera will have a “Grassroots meet and greet” on Monday evening on the Southside of Jacksonville. It will be a chance to “enjoy the company of fellow activists and neighbors in a unique opportunity to meet […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 25, 2016

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry hasn’t endorsed in any State House race yet in this cycle, but a scheduled meeting with HD 12 candidate Clay Yarborough on Thursday raised endorsement questions. However, the meeting ended up not happening. Marsha Oliver, Curry’s spokesperson, noted that Yarborough’s meeting was “rescheduled” and that Yarborough had “requested the meeting so we are unsure […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 25, 2016

On Friday, Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry will lead a crew in a building demolition effort. But it’s for a good reason: the eradication of blight, and renewal. A release from the mayor’s office asserts that “a Jacksonville neighborhood, once ridden with crime, will soon experience a “groundbreaking” effort unlike any other.” “In preparation of the development of Payne […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 25, 2016

Jacksonville will host a National Preparedness for Response (PREP) exercise from March 14-17, coordinated by the Coast Guard, the Navy, NOAA, and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. During this exercise, response personnel will be mobilized and deployed with appropriate equipment, under an incident command organization designed to test the coordination of these arms of […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 25, 2016

By a healthy margin, more votes have been cast by Duval County Republicans than Democrats in the 2016 Presidential Preference Primary thus far. As of 9 a.m. Thursday, 3,413 votes have been received by the Duval County Supervisor of Elections. Just 1,300 of those have been cast by Democrats, the remaining 2,113 Republicans.

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Aerial photo courtesy Jesse Biter.

Marc Little will not resurface in Jax politics after all

Lenny Curry robocalls for Marco Rubio are live in Jacksonville

Lenny Curry: “Your presence sent a message to legislators that Jacksonville is united”

Pastors to gather Monday in Jax, supporting Ted Cruz

Lenny Curry, demolition man

Carlos Lopez-Cantera to confab with Jax GOP grassroots Monday

Clay Yarborough meeting with Lenny Curry “rescheduled”

Lenny Curry to lead demolition exercise Friday

Navy, Coast Guard plan simulated fuel spill exercise in Jax

GOP leads presidential voting so far in Duval County