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A.G. GancarskiOctober 26, 2015

A bill just introduced in Jacksonville’s City Council by Councilwoman Katrina Brown seems to be a proposed altering of the budget process, pushing for consideration in August by the Committee of the Whole. The bill seems to circumvent the Finance Committee’s exhaustive review of the Budget process, instead placing the responsibility on the entire body. […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 26, 2015

As FloridaPolitics.com wrote last week, there are some existential questions about the Neighborhood Improvement and Community Enhancement Committee, and at least one regular has had enough, getting nasty about NICE in an email to Mayor Lenny Curry and Council President Greg Anderson. Saying that the “NICE Committee is ineffective” and “leadership needs a change,” the […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 26, 2015

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In a letter last week, the Eureka Gardens Tenants Association wrote HUD Secretary Julian Castro to continue its pressure on HUD to resolve “numerous conditions in our homes that are in direct conflict with HUD’s policy of providing safe, decent and affordable housing.” The letter contends that “practices in place at our complex may involve […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 26, 2015

Jacksonville’s City Council meets on Tuesday, and it could be a meeting dominated as much by interpersonal conflict as by legislation. One topic worthy of note: the presentation of Inspector General Thomas Cline. He gave a shaky performance last week in front of the Inspector General Selection and Retention Committee in presenting his six-month review. […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 26, 2015

Along with a couple of thousand others, Duval GOP Chairman Lake Ray attended the Donald Trump rally at the Jacksonville Landing on Saturday. He and other local GOP luminaries briefly met the Republican front-runner at the event, Ray said. “It was great to see people come out,” Ray said, adding that Trump is “the first of […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 23, 2015

For the best part of the year, Northeast Florida seemed on lockdown for Jeb Bush. When Bush endorsed Lenny Curry in the mayoral race, it seemed to many observers, including this writer, like a mutual coronation. Bush, instrumental in helping to bring the Jaguars to Jacksonville, made the city a frequent stop when he was governor […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 23, 2015

On Thursday afternoon, a statement was released by former Jacksonville mayor Alvin Brown regarding the Eureka Garden financing issue, which, as we reported earlier this week, was ultimately controversial. In a letter dated October 18, Tripp Gulliford, the chairman of the Jacksonville Housing Finance Authority, mailed Mayor Lenny Curry with concerns over how “bond issuers […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 22, 2015

Former Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown has received flak of late for his role in facilitating the finance deal behind Eureka Garden Apartments. On Thursday afternoon, Brown released a statement detailing his position, citing his commitment to disadvantaged communities, and urging Global Ministries Foundation to handle their business. “What’s surfaced in recent weeks in the Eureka […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 22, 2015

Hours before the Jacksonville Journey Oversight Committee meeting on Thursday afternoon, FloridaPolitics.com spoke with Charles Moreland of the Lenny Curry administration about what was going down. To him, it was simple. The administration told the Finance Committee that they were going to press forward with Jacksonville Journey initiatives when asking for increased funding, and they […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 22, 2015

When last we heard from Jacksonville’s Inspector General Thomas Cline, Councilman John Crescimbeni was going in on him during a Finance Committee budget hearing where Cline had to be coached through the answers to myriad questions. “I gotta tell you, I’m just not sensing a really high level of comfort with the direction we’re going […]

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Jacksonville bill seeks to alter yearly budget process

Jax resident gets nasty about NICE Committee

Eureka Gardens tenants appeal to HUD for relief

Inspector general, Planning Commission to take center stage at Jax council meeting

Duval GOP Chairman Lake Ray talks Donald Trump, debate watch party

With Susie Wiles on Team Donald Trump, NE Florida is in play

Eureka Garden, the Times-Union, and the art of meta-discourse

Alvin Brown breaks silence, addresses Jacksonville’s Eureka Garden

Jax Journey 2.0 oversight committee rebrands initiative, refines processes

On shaky ground already, Jax inspector general grilled by IG committee