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A.G. GancarskiSeptember 8, 2015

Whatever Labor Day might have meant in bygone eras, these days it means a three day weekend at the end of the summer to most. Collective bargaining disappeared with the gold standard, and dwindling resources and a cost of living rise against which COLA falls flat ensure that no employee, including a public employee, can […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 8, 2015

The first Jacksonville City Council meeting of September offers something for everyone. Those who show up on time can expect Councilman Tommy Hazouri to deliver a proclamation honoring “the working men and women of Jacksonville” for their contributions to the civic good. Still waiting on the proclamation honoring those who are work-averse. Those tuned in […]

Melissa RossSeptember 7, 2015

In politics, language can make all the difference. For example, famed political consultant/public opinion guru Frank Luntz made his reputation by turning oil drilling into “energy exploration” and changing the estate tax into the “death tax.” “It’s not what you say,” went his famous slogan, “it’s what they hear.” Luntz also advised clients not to […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 5, 2015

Florida Politics has learned that former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley has contacted Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry to promote an undetermined job candidacy from a current executive of the Chicago White Sox. “I am writing to you to recommend a colleague of mine, Greg Hopwood, for a position within the City of Jacksonville, FL,” Daley wrote to […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 5, 2015

Jacksonville City Councilman John Crescimbeni is singular in his tenacity on a given issue. One such issue: the Police and Fire Pension Fund’s Senior Staff Voluntary Retirement Plan. Recently, Crescimbeni asked Treasurer Patrick Greive some questions about primary beneficiaries that perhaps get to the root of his PFPF pique. When PFPF head John Keane retires next Friday, he […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 4, 2015

Shhh! Discretion is the better part of valor, but the former allegedly was not practiced by Derrick Brinson, a 23-year JFRD veteran and Jacksonville native, whose name was up for fire prevention chief … but apparently won’t be now. According to The Florida Times-Union, Brinson’s use of city computers and email is under review, after the leak […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 4, 2015

A wave of board appointments is coming from the Lenny Curry administration, in its continuing effort to determine the post-election composition of various boards. At least one of these appointees offered Curry tangible support during the campaign, a condition that likely will irk those who have charged that these appointments are overtly politicized. Marc Padgett, President […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 4, 2015

The most energizing moment of the joint inauguration of Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry and Sheriff Mike Williams was when Bishop John Guns delivered a stirring speech, predicated on a simple call to action, a resolution to cross barriers like party lines and neighborhood boundaries. Let’s ride. 2 words; 8 letters; one purpose. That call to action has been used […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 4, 2015

In football, offensive coordinators often like to script their first 15 plays. That allows them to see what the defense will allow them to do, and what the defense won’t. Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry, who coaches his son’s youth football team, is acutely aware of that principle, as he shows the Bold New City of the […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 3, 2015

Freshman Jacksonville City Council Democrats Katrina Brown and Reggie Gaffney have at least a couple things in common. They both serve on the Finance Committee, which just approved the municipal budget on Wednesday afternoon. And they both plan to counterprogram Week 4 of the NFL Preseason, which includes extended action from Tim Tebow with the Philadelphia Eagles, with […]

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Departing Jacksonville Sheriff’s officer writes of his “last day in Jacksonville”

Charlotte’s Web, pension highlight Tuesday’s Jax City Council meeting

In Florida, to move the needle on climate, talk about “sea level rise”

Richard Daley recommending White Sox exec for Jacksonville role

PFPF head John Keane set for new $227K pension in just weeks

Prospective Jax Fire Prevention chief singed by Ashley Madison flame

Key Lenny Curry supporter poised for DIA board appointment

Proposed tagline for Jax Journey reboot: “Let’s Ride”

With budget all but finished, what’s Lenny Curry’s next step?

Two Jax City Council town halls on Thursday evening