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Melissa RossJuly 29, 2015

Saying it’s an “outrage” that the Florida Legislature “thwarted the will of the voters,” the new head of the North Florida Land Trust says the fight over Amendment 1 and land conservation in the state isn’t over. “We’re organizing for 2016,” said Executive Director Jim McCarthy during an appearance on WJCT’s First Coast Connect. “We need […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 29, 2015

Paul Martinez, Director of Intragovernmental Services for the City of Jacksonville, is departing city employment effective July 31. In an email, CAO Sam Mousa stated that “Paul’s last day at work for the City will be Friday, July 31, 2015. The mayor neither rejected nor accepted Paul’s resignation letter that was submitted at the beginning of […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 29, 2015

One of the affiliations that Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown pointed to with pride: his membership in the United States Conference of Mayors. Brown, as David Bauerlein reported in the Florida Times-Union, flew to 14 US Conference of Mayors meetings during his term. The number is actually 15, if you count the one he went to during his lame duck period […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 29, 2015

Jacksonville’s Special Committee on the JEA Agreement doesn’t exactly grab the headlines. However, to those living in Jacksonville and subject to mandatory sewage, water, and power service from the public utility, the relationship between Jacksonville and the Jacksonville Electric Authority bears watching, as Florida Politics did during their Tuesday afternoon meeting. The meeting agenda identified […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 28, 2015

“City Council meetings are like Christmas twice a month. You know you’ll get a present. The question is whether it’s going to be a good one or a bad one,” Council President Greg Anderson said before the meeting The first City Council meeting of the new class was expected, going in, to be a quiet one. […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 28, 2015

On Monday afternoon, a meeting of the St. Johns River Ferry Committee proved to be surprisingly contentious. Councilman John Crescimbeni was, at various points, extremely critical of the Jacksonville Transportation Authority. Regarding JTA, Crescimbeni said at one point, “I feel like we’re completely out of the loop. We keep trying to look at JTA as a […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 28, 2015

At Jacksonville City Hall on Tuesday, Mayor Lenny Curry lunched with members of the Duval Legislative Delegation. Here’s a blog of Curry’s lunch with the two state senators and six representatives that comprise the delegation. 12:06 p.m.: Councilmembers Al Ferraro and Anna Brosche are already in the room, along with Ron Littlepage, Mario Rubio, Charles McBurney, Lake Ray, Patrick Juliano, Janet Adkins, Audrey Gibson, Kerri Stewart and […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 28, 2015

You’ve probably never heard of Richard Futch. He’s a Zone 4 officer in Jacksonville. On July 2, however, he suffered an interruption in service. As he wrote in a letter forwarded to the office of Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry, Futch “was involved in an on-duty T-bone vehicle crash causing my vehicle to flip over and spin around, […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 28, 2015

On Monday evening, an email went out from the Jacksonville Office of General Counsel regarding draft legislation that would help preserve city funding for the Friends of Hemming Park. In the email, John Sawyer of the OGC office wrote, “The First Amendment itself makes one revision to the base contract, which is to amend the […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 28, 2015

The Monday afternoon meeting of the St. Johns River Ferry Committee was a packed house. The conference room swelled with people, including multiple representatives from the Jacksonville Transportation Authority (which was, at last check, expected but not guaranteed to fully take over responsibility for the Ferry effective Oct. 1). Turns out that’s not happening this […]

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Lake County breaks another record development deal. Image via GT Homes.

North Florida Land Trust vows “we’re organizing” to fight over Amendment 1

Paul Martinez leaving COJ government

For Jacksonville mayors, membership in US Conference of Mayors a pricy affair

JEA and COJ: at “cross purposes and cross goals”?

Jacksonville City Council: July 28, 2015 recap

JTA “surprised and disappointed” with tone of Monday ferry meeting

Lenny Curry lunches with Duval legislative delegation

JSO Officer Richard Futch is on mend

Emergency legislation for Jax Hemming Park funding pending

JTA takeover of St. Johns River Ferry to be delayed 6 months