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A.G. GancarskiFebruary 9, 2016
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The Jacksonville City Council’s Vehicles for Hire Committee discussed legislation Tuesday related to such transportation, including Uber and Lyft. No new ground was covered; no resolution to the ongoing battle between the taxicab industry and transportation network companies was to be had. Casting a shadow over this committee’s process was the legislative process in Tallahassee. […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 9, 2016
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Travis Cummings has had bigger fundraising hauls than he had in January, yet the HD 18 Republican incumbent is likely still smiling. $8,150 of new money pushes Cummings over $187,000, against just under $47,000 spent. Build Something that Lasts, the Lenny Curry PAC, maxed out for Cummings, the original House sponsor of the “discretionary sales surtax” […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 9, 2016
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In the HD 11 GOP Primary, a big story: the slowing of the fundraising machine of Donnie Horner. $1,700 of new money pushes Horner to $91,500 raised, against $15,467 spent. Horner, a center right Republican in a hard right district, showed early momentum in the fundraising race. In recent months, however, Sheri Treadwell‘s momentum has surged in […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 9, 2016
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Jerry Bullard, a Democrat from Jasper, filed to run in the HD 10 race earlier in February. Bullard will be the second Democrat, opposing Rick Schutte. The incumbent, meanwhile, is Republican Elizabeth Porter. Bullard is known for the Bullard Brothers Farm, “a small organization in the crop farms industry located in White Springs, FL with 1 full […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 9, 2016
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“Tebowing” used to refer to Tim Tebow‘s prayerful post-TD poses during his playoff season in Denver. A Tebowing of a different kind, though, can be found in the five way race for the HD 12 GOP nomination. Bob Tebow, the evangelist and father of the Florida Gators legend, gave $200 in January to the HD 12 […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 8, 2016
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Monday saw the Florida Senate Finance and Tax Committee pass the Discretionary Sales Surtax bill that would allow a referendum authorizing the half cent Better Jacksonville Plan sales tax to be extended until 2060, to pay off Jacksonville’s unfunded pension liability. Ahead of the committee meeting, Lenny Curry lobbied committee members, via private January meetings with Curry […]

Scott PowersFebruary 8, 2016
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The University of Central Florida proposed downtown campus has its $67 million commitment from the city of Orlando, but that doesn’t mean the university has what it takes yet to get state approval. Orlando City Council voted unanimously Monday afternoon to approve a deal that would donate land, a building and infrastructure improvements toward UCF’s […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 8, 2016
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Jacksonville City Councilman Tommy Hazouri expressed disappointment Monday at how the HRO Committee of the Whole went last week. Hazouri’s specific beefs are with Council leadership; Council VP Lori Boyer introduced a motion for withdrawal of Hazouri’s bill, a move supported by Council President Greg Anderson. “I’m disappointed that leadership would do that,” Hazouri said in a telephone conversation. Such a […]


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