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Melissa RossJanuary 16, 2015

It wasn’t your typical night out at the movies. At a recent Jacksonville screening of the MLK biopic Selma, a who’s who of the city’s African-American business and political elite hobnobbed in the crowd, buying popcorn and snapping selfies with the rest of the moviegoers. Community activist Chevara Orrin, the daughter of the late civil […]

Melissa RossJanuary 16, 2015

It wasn’t your typical night out at the movies. At a recent Jacksonville screening of the MLK biopic Selma, a who’s who of the city’s African-American business and political elite hobnobbed in the crowd, buying popcorn and snapping selfies with the rest of the moviegoers. Community activist Chevara Orrin, the daughter of the late civil […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 16, 2015

The Mayor’s Policy Proposals Get Criticized from the Right, as His Non-Position on Courthouse Weddings Gets Critiqued Elsewhere Jacksonville’s 28th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast, held at the Prime Osborn Convention Center today, seemed like it would be a relatively anodyne affair at the outset. But this is the political season in Jacksonville and […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 16, 2015

The first negative mailpiece of the Jacksonville mayoral election is out, and it’s a rhetorical masterpiece, distilling many of the themes Lenny Curry and his adherents have advocated in recent months into a hard- hitting two-sided document that lays singular blame at the feet of Alvin Brown for what the mailpiece dubs a “pension disaster.” […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 16, 2015

The first negative mailpiece of the Jacksonville mayoral election is out, and it’s a rhetorical masterpiece, distilling many of the themes Lenny Curry and his adherents have advocated in recent months into a hard- hitting two-sided document that lays singular blame at the feet of Alvin Brown for what the mailpiece dubs a “pension disaster.” […]

Melissa RossJanuary 14, 2015

A controversial courthouse decision in Northeast Florida was held up to national ridicule Tuesday night by The Daily Show‘s Jon Stewart. Duval County Clerk of Court Ronnie Fussell (along with his counterparts in Clay and Baker counties) closed the courthouse chapel in downtown Jacksonville to ALL couples, after same-sex marriage became legal last week in […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 14, 2015

On Monday, Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown almost did something unprecedented for him — take a definite position on a hot-button issue, that being courthouse wedding ceremonies in the Duval County Courthouse. Recall that a week ago, in the wake of same-sex marriages being legalized throughout the state of Florida, Duval County Clerk of Court Ronnie […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 14, 2015

On Monday, Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown almost did something unprecedented for him — take a definite position on a hot-button issue, that being courthouse wedding ceremonies in the Duval County Courthouse. Recall that a week ago, in the wake of same-sex marriages being legalized throughout the state of Florida, Duval County Clerk of Court Ronnie […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 13, 2015

Curry Scores Another A-List Endorsement Another day, another A-List endorsement for former RPOF Chair Lenny Curry in the Jacksonville mayoral race. Following up on last week’s endorsements by two frontline presidential contenders, Texas Gov. Rick Perry and U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, Team Curry snagged the endorsement of former two-term Florida Gov. Jeb Bush. A press release […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 13, 2015

With final 2014 figures in for all Duval County candidates for public office, Lenny Curry seems to be lapping the mayoral field in terms of December numbers. His campaign treasurer’s report summary reports $46,370 in cash and checks received for December – a number not too far off from his campaign’s $46,596.01 in expenditures for the month. […]

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Jacksonville’s black Democrats say Alvin Brown carries weight of being ‘first’

Jacksonville's black Democrats say Alvin Brown carries weight of being 'first'

Civil Rights (and wrongs) at Duval County MLK Jr. Breakfast

Direct mail round-up: Lenny Curry PAC’s mailpiece attacks Alvin Brown’s ‘Pension Disaster’

Direct mail round-up: Lenny Curry PAC's mailpiece attacks Alvin Brown's 'Pension Disaster'

No lawsuit yet on wedding chapel courthouse closing lawsuit in Duval County

Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown's wimp factor

Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown’s wimp factor

Jeb Bush endorses Lenny Curry for Jax mayor

Lenny Curry and his PAC lead the Duval fundraising charge as 2014 closes