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A.G. GancarskiSeptember 25, 2015

HD 16 State Rep. Charles McBurney, a Jacksonville Republican, is termed out for the 2016 election. However, he may have figured out his next move. The 4th Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission announced Friday that McBurney is one of a list of potential replacements for retiring judges Mallory Cooper and Lawrence Haddock Jr. He’s not the only […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 25, 2015

The Davis College of Business at Jacksonville University was the site of the Lenny Curry transition team meetings that have been instrumental to his early-term approach to restructuring government. On Friday afternoon, one of the rooms used for transition meetings was filled to capacity with some of the city’s most powerful movers and shakers, to […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 25, 2015

On Thursday, when walking to Jacksonville’s City Hall, I talked with a couple of Jacksonville Fire and Rescue personnel (in separate conversations) who were pretty happy about the Jacksonville City Council’s decision, made on a second vote, to take $320,000 from the stormwater fund and put it toward maintaining the positions of 17 district chiefs. […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 25, 2015

“I have decided to resign from the board of JEA,” wrote former Vice Chair Peter Bower, because “the atmosphere for public service has become poisonous and detrimental.” Knowing Lenny Curry reasonably well at this point, I’m sure that, as he read this, his thinking went something like this… Don’t let the door hit you in […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 24, 2015

Though the most newsworthy thing related to the Duval Legislative Delegation this week was state Rep. Janet Adkins‘ comments about the efficacy of packing prisons into Rep. Corrine Brown‘s CD 5, that wasn’t on the agenda. Instead, the big items involved two pending pieces of legislation: the J-1 Bill, which would relax requirements of restaurants […]

Melissa RossSeptember 24, 2015

Donald Trump remains the front-runner among Republican presidential candidates in Florida, with former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush maintaining strong support, former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina surging, neurosurgeon Ben Carson losing some ground and U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio on the rise, according to a Jacksonville University Public Policy Institute poll of registered Republican who are likely to […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 24, 2015

In a Thursday morning statement, U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown responded to Wednesday’s reports that State House Rep. Janet Adkins advocated packing Brown’s district with prisoners to complicate Brown’s path to re-election. Brown asserted, in a written statement, that “I have been saying from the outset” that the redrawn boundaries of District 5 make it a […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 24, 2015

The Duval County Legislative Delegation meets Thursday at Jacksonville’s City Hall. Had Janet Adkins not made her now widely reported comments about the redrawn 5th Congressional District of Corrine Brown there might not have been so much attention on the meeting. Adkins had commented at a recent Republican Party meeting that by “reducing the percentage […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 23, 2015

“Promises made, promises kept.” That was a tagline of the mayoral campaign of Alvin Brown. The phrase didn’t get him re-elected, but it applies just as well to the first Lenny Curry budget. New police officers? Eighty are in there: 40 regular police officers, and 40 community service officers, essential for the “prevention and intervention” pieces […]

Melissa RossSeptember 23, 2015

North Florida Democrats are pushing back after a report that Rep. Janet Adkins told a group of North Florida GOP activists in a closed-door meeting that the key to defeating U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown is boosting the number of black prisoners in her district. “It’s clear to me that kind of gamesmanship from Rep. Adkins is […]

Jax

Charles McBurney highlights list of potential 4th circuit judges

Lenny Curry, Greg Anderson outline shared vision at Friday lunch

Did text messages sway the Jax City Council firefighter pay boost vote?

The end of Peter Bower, and what it means for Jacksonville’s boards

Duval Legislative Delegation backs J-1, St. Johns River bills

JU Poll: Donald Trump leads, Carly Fiorina and Marco Rubio rise, Jeb Bush steady

Corrine Brown responds to Janet Adkins comments on prison-packed CD 5 map

Janet Adkins’ comment heightens interest in Duval Legislative Delegation meeting

First Lenny Curry budget completes narrative arc of campaign

Duval Dems: Janet Adkins comments on Corrine Brown “exactly what we don’t need in politics today”