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A.G. GancarskiAugust 11, 2015

On Monday evening at Bethel Baptist Church in downtown Jacksonville, more than 100 African-American men (and a couple of white guys, too) answered Bishop John Guns’ Call for 1,000 Men. Among them were two of the most important men in the city: Charles Moreland, the Community Engagement director for the Lenny Curry administration; and Nikolai Vitti, Duval County schools […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 10, 2015

What 4th District State Attorney Angela Corey describes as a “grassroots” campaign has an awful lot of long green at its base. About $179,000 of it, according to the July report. Of the $42,635 raised by the Corey campaign in July, many donations came from assistant state attorneys and members of the law enforcement community. Her […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 10, 2015

Back in May, Bishop John Guns, his Save Our Sons organization, and a group of local pastors made a call for 1,000 men to join them in Duval County Public Schools during the last week. The idea was to get men to be in the halls at the start and the end of the school day, […]

Melissa RossAugust 10, 2015

The North Florida politician known for being the first in the area to lead on passing a comprehensive HRO stands by her record as she gears up for re-election. “It was the right thing to do,” says Atlantic Beach City Commissioner Maria Mark. Mark, the Executive Director at the Timucuan Trail Parks Foundation, faces off […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 10, 2015

Jacksonville residents haven’t given the Clerk of Courts office much thought, except for when said office is concocting reasons not to perform same-sex marriage ceremonies. As a result, many of the structural problems the office has necessarily fly under the radar. Luckily, the City Council Auditor is tasked with looking at that office’s issues. They […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 10, 2015

At the Voting Rights Act celebration in Jacksonville on Thursday, former Lieutenant Governor Jennifer Carroll was one of the fourteen Jacksonville black women who were honored as trailblazers in the political realm. Carroll, who is now a political analyst for WJXT-TV in Jacksonville, spoke with Florida Politics by phone on Friday about a wide range […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 10, 2015

Though the Red State Gathering and the Erick Erickson/Donald Trump contretemps commanded the movement conservative headlines over the weekend, in Jacksonville a couple hundred conservatives of the Tea Party type gathered at the Downtown Hyatt for the “Let’s Put US Back in the USA” rally. Sponsored by Grassroots 4 Victory and helmed by First Coast […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 7, 2015

Jacksonville City Councilwoman Anna Brosche is in her second month on the jobl. However, she has been identified as a rising star by the national GOP. Proof of that: her trip to Cleveland on Thursday for the first Republican presidential debate at the invitation of the Republican National Committee. Despite a busy schedule, Brosche took […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 6, 2015

One of the hallmarks of the Lenny Curry administration thus far has been increasing the transparency of the process, which many people both covering City Hall and working inside it thought was necessary. The downside: It makes events like Thursday’s presentation of transition subcommittee reports, the culmination of a process begun shortly after Curry’s election, necessarily […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 5, 2015

A news release from Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry confirms talk that Kirk Wendland, who was part of CAO Sam Mousa‘s “budget SWAT Team” this summer, has been hired to head the Office of Economic Development. Wendland will make $150,000 per year as OED director. Wendland is director of business development at Stellar, an architecture, engineering and construction firm. […]

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Gold Coast Eagle Distributing;s Javier Bermudez and Chad Fraser bring water to Helene victims in Bradenton. Image via Gold Coast.

Nikolai Vitti, Charles Moreland answer Call for 1,000 Men

Angela Corey raises more than $179K; Wes White has a $700 July

John Guns renews call for 1,000 men

Maria Mark: HRO “the right thing to do”

Jax Clerk of Courts audit spotlights outdated processes, inefficiencies

Jennifer Carroll on the VRA, Corrine, redistricting, and the prison industry

John Rutherford talks federal takeover of local police at Jax event

Anna Brosche talks Trump, GOP Debate

Curry transition reports push Neighborhoods, Jax Journey

Kirk Wendland tapped for Jax OED