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A.G. GancarskiFebruary 9, 2016

Highlighting the Jacksonville City Council agenda on Tuesday was “cure legislation” to address safety officer salary allocations from the September budget. The other looming issue was yet another round of public comment for the Human Rights Ordinance. The agenda meeting addressed both. Regarding the cure legislation, Garrett Dennis and Al Ferraro, during the agenda meeting, expressed concerns […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 9, 2016

Tuesday’s Jacksonville City Council meeting lacked a lot of punch when it came to legislation. The big bill of the night, the controversial term limits referendum measure, was said (H/t David Chapman) to be tabled ahead of the meeting. During agenda, Matt Schellenberg confirmed it. Schellenberg, in Tallahassee last week representing the City Council for the Florida […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 9, 2016

The question going into Tuesday: would the JEA Agreement finally be reached? Most of the terms had been agreed to, piece by piece, during a year of meetings. And there was cautious optimism, at least from the city side, that Tuesday would be the day. “It looks like the finish line is in sight, unless […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 9, 2016

The Jacksonville City Council’s Vehicles for Hire Committee discussed legislation Tuesday related to such transportation, including Uber and Lyft. No new ground was covered; no resolution to the ongoing battle between the taxicab industry and transportation network companies was to be had. Casting a shadow over this committee’s process was the legislative process in Tallahassee. […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 9, 2016

Travis Cummings has had bigger fundraising hauls than he had in January, yet the HD 18 Republican incumbent is likely still smiling. $8,150 of new money pushes Cummings over $187,000, against just under $47,000 spent. Build Something that Lasts, the Lenny Curry PAC, maxed out for Cummings, the original House sponsor of the “discretionary sales surtax” […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 9, 2016

In the HD 11 GOP Primary, a big story: the slowing of the fundraising machine of Donnie Horner. $1,700 of new money pushes Horner to $91,500 raised, against $15,467 spent. Horner, a center right Republican in a hard right district, showed early momentum in the fundraising race. In recent months, however, Sheri Treadwell‘s momentum has surged in […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 9, 2016

Jerry Bullard, a Democrat from Jasper, filed to run in the HD 10 race earlier in February. Bullard will be the second Democrat, opposing Rick Schutte. The incumbent, meanwhile, is Republican Elizabeth Porter. Bullard is known for the Bullard Brothers Farm, “a small organization in the crop farms industry located in White Springs, FL with 1 full […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 9, 2016

Former Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown is gone from City Hall, but not forgotten, if WJXT’s latest slab of anti-Brown red meat is worth noting. The issue this time: inventory control. $4.3 million of city property was lost from 2010 to July 1, 2015. And a big part of the reason? A lack of a meaningful inventory […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 9, 2016

“Tebowing” used to refer to Tim Tebow‘s prayerful post-TD poses during his playoff season in Denver. A Tebowing of a different kind, though, can be found in the five way race for the HD 12 GOP nomination. Bob Tebow, the evangelist and father of the Florida Gators legend, gave $200 in January to the HD 12 […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 8, 2016

Monday saw the Florida Senate Finance and Tax Committee pass the Discretionary Sales Surtax bill that would allow a referendum authorizing the half cent Better Jacksonville Plan sales tax to be extended until 2060, to pay off Jacksonville’s unfunded pension liability. Ahead of the committee meeting, Lenny Curry lobbied committee members, via private January meetings with Curry […]

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Aerial photo courtesy Jesse Biter.

Jax Council passes Safety Officer cure legislation

Matt Schellenberg to withdraw term limits bill

JEA Agreement achieved at long last

Jax Vehicles for Hire Committee stalls

Lenny Curry PAC money swells Travis Cummings’ campaign coffers in January

Anemic January for Donnie Horner HD 11 fundraising

Dem Jerry Bullard files in HD 10 race

Debit-gate revisited: WJXT hits Alvin Brown over inventory control

‘Tebow factor’ emerges in HD 12 race

Jacksonville “pension tax” bill clears 2nd Senate committee