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A.G. GancarskiAugust 3, 2015

At the Monday meeting of the Jacksonville City Council Transportation, Energy, and Utilities committee, the group voted 7-0 to withdraw 2015-360, a controversial bill that would have closed a river access “pocket park” on Little Van Wert Avenue in the Avondale neighborhood. The bill, introduced in the spring by then-Councilman Richard Clark, was supported by local […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 3, 2015

Here’s what we know regarding Representative Corrine Brown and next week’s legislative session for House map redistricting. She’s going to have a “breaking news announcement” on Thursday. And (since I asked) it does not involve her running for Senate. Here’s what else we know. She has read the ten pages in the Florida Supreme Court decision […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 3, 2015

Jennifer Carroll, lieutenant governor under Gov. Rick Scott and now one of his more staunch critics, will be honored as a “trailblazer” in Florida politics on Thursday at the Main Library in Jacksonville. “Without the passage of both the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Right Act, a black person and a Caribbean descent of […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 31, 2015

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In a conference room in the suite of offices for Jacksonville’s City Council members, there is a distinctive picture of President Andrew Jackson that I had seen many times, yet I didn’t know any background about until I interviewed Councilman Tommy Hazouri on Friday. Hazouri casually remarked that he had been interning for former Jacksonville mayor Lou Ritter […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 31, 2015

Former At-Large Jacksonville City Council candidate Mincy Pollock has mostly stayed out of the public eye since his loss in the First Election. But that doesn’t mean he hasn’t been making moves. One of those being his attendance of the Congressional Black Caucus Boot Camp earlier in July, at the behest of Representative Corrine Brown. As Pollock put […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 30, 2015

The sun shone brightly outside the Jax Chamber building, and inside the dispositions were no less sunny, as Jacksonville welcomed the Australian Macquarie Group to town. The company, in choosing Jacksonville for its southeastern operations, says it will bring 123 financial sector jobs to the Bold New City of the South. Saying he wished there […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 30, 2015

Internal emails from the Lenny Curry administration spotlight a TIGER grant application from the Jacksonville Transportation Authority. The email, forwarded from Mike Hightower of Holland & Knight to Chief of Staff Kerri Stewart, shows both the purpose of the grant application, and the lobbying strategy that will be employed. The $15.24 million grant application is a “request for a bike, pedestrian […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 30, 2015

In the immortal words of Wyclef Jean, the Jacksonville City Council Special Committee on Capital Improvement Projects is “gone ’til November.” However, it did have one final meeting (aside from an expected cameo during August’s Finance Committee budget hearings) on Wednesday afternoon. Many fascinating topics were covered at the meeting, which included, at least for part […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 30, 2015

During Tuesday’s Jacksonville City Council meeting, “Project Post” was approved unanimously to bring an unidentified company to town. Getting ahead of the media announcement by a few hours, the Jacksonville Daily Record reports that the Australian Macquarie Group is headed here. It intends to open a 123-job center by the end of 2017. The Macquarie Group is doing […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 30, 2015

As Jacksonville’s City Council wrestles with Mayor Lenny Curry’s first budget, most of what the mayor wants is clear. However, one question I’ve heard from people both in and outside the St. James Building regards more specifics about the Jacksonville Journey budget. The proposed budget is almost $5.1 million, up from a little more than $2 […]

Jax

Jax TEU committee votes to withdraw Van Wert river access bill

Corrine Brown defends her district map against criticism

Jennifer Carroll to be recognized as “trailblazer” on Thursday in Jax

Tommy Hazouri talks Jax City Council, HRO, Alvin Brown’s loss, and more

Mincy Pollock is back from CBC boot camp

Jacksonville welcomes Macquarie Group

JTA applying for $15.24M TIGER Grant

Jax CIP committee, Curry administration debate semantics, capital, reserves

Jacksonville to get 123 new jobs from Australian company Macquarie Group

Questions remain about Jacksonville Journey budget