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A.G. GancarskiOctober 13, 2015

LJ Holloway, a Jacksonville Democrat CD 5 hopeful, had the softest launch to a campaign I’ve ever seen. For one thing, a release promoting the event, sent from the head of the Duval County Black Democratic Caucus to fellow Democrats, kept the candidate unnamed. Sort of like in a PTBNL (player to be named later) trade […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 12, 2015

One of the most active and consistent fundraising operations in Northeast Florida this cycle is that of HD 16 Republican Jason Fischer. The Jacksonville Republican, between his “Conservative Solutions for Jacksonville” PAC and campaign accounts, brought in $23,700 in total in September, with $20,000 of it on the PAC side, bringing that tally up to $60,000. […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 12, 2015

On Monday afternoon, the second meeting of the Jacksonville Transportation Authority Skyway Advisory Group convened in the JTA Boardroom, as group members weighed a variety of options regarding what to do with the Skyway as it approaches its 30th year in existence. Options range from tearing it down completely, to decommissioning it and letting it […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 12, 2015

[UPDATED: In the wake of this memo, The Florida-Times Union reports on Monday night that Lenny Curry has sought resignation letters from every other member of the JEA Board “The mayor felt it necessary to communicate with the five remaining board members given the recent admonishment by the general counsel of the city of Jacksonville and further revelations […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 12, 2015

Fernandina Beach Republican Sheri Treadwell has been hailed by some Republicans as the party’s only chance to drop Donnie Horner in the crowded six-way GOP primary to replace Janet Adkins. With this in mind, the former Duval supervisor of elections worker’s fundraising has been something to watch. September saw another month of decent, though not eye-popping, fundraising […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 12, 2015

In a letter to the office of Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry last week, Disability Rights Florida raised concerns about difficulty getting a land-use permit in the Springfield Historic District. David Boyer, investigations director for the group, observed that there was “difficulty” getting a permit through the Jacksonville Zoning Board, and then observed that such difficulty […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 12, 2015

In the House District 19 race, the third month of fundraising was the worst yet for former RPOF Chairwoman Leslie Dougher, as she failed to breach $2,000 in her competitive three way race with Bobby Payne and Katherine Van Zant. The $1,852 raised during September took her to $34,625. Having spent $6,607, she has $28,000 on hand. Two […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 10, 2015

In an email Thursday to city employees, Jacksonville mayor Lenny Curry took stock of his administration thus far. “Today marks my 100th day as Mayor of the City of Jacksonville, and I could not be more proud to lead and serve with you. These past few months have been filled with changes, successes, and challenges, but […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 9, 2015

On Friday, the Lenny Curry administration announced the return of a familiar face to Jacksonville, that of widely respected William Killingsworth, who returns to his former position as director of the Planning and Development Department. He held the post during the John Peyton administration, from a job in Tallahassee with the Department of Economic Opportunity. […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 9, 2015

One of the controversies that won’t go away in #jaxpol is the narrative revolving around Jacksonville City Council members Reggie Brown, Katrina Brown, Scott Wilson, Tommy Hazouri, and Reggie Gaffney texting with Jacksonville firefighters union head Randy Wyse during city budget deliberations. Wyse was pushing, as Chris Hong reported in The Florida Times-Union, to ensure […]

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“Divine Original” LJ Holloway launches CD 5 campaign in bizarre fashion

Jason Fischer’s PAC banks big bucks in September as Dick Kravitz languishes

JTA Skyway Committee seeks to figure out way forward

Jax general counsel issues “Sunshine Law” memo to JEA board, before Lenny Curry requests resignations

HD 11 Sheri Treadwell breaches $40K threshold

Statewide disability rights group raises concerns over Jax zoning

HD 19 Leslie Dougher has lackluster September fundraising

Lenny Curry celebrates “100 days of progress”

Hinting at future development vision, William Killingsworth comes back to Jax

Jax City Council “Text-ghazi”: much ado about nothing?