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Scott PowersFebruary 1, 2016

Democrat Susannah Randolph is claiming the campaign money lead in the Orlando-based Congressional District 9 race, saying she raised $125,000 in the third quarter and started 2016 with $225,000 in the bank. Her announcement, combined with campaign finance reports of other candidates posted Sunday evening with the Federal Elections Commission, show three Democrats have broken the […]

Phil AmmannJanuary 31, 2016

Republican candidate Neal Dunn announced his campaign had netted over $700,000 for the first two quarters of fundraising in the race for Florida’s 2nd Congressional District. Dunn, a Panama City urologist, said his campaign raised more than $135,000 in contributions, with another $65,000 personally added to his campaign during the fourth quarter of 2015. Dunn […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 31, 2016

People not from Jacksonville just don’t get it. Jags owner Shad Khan described the Human Rights Ordinance expansion to the LGBT community as “like civil rights. It’s so late that it’s not even worth talking about.” That statement is reminiscent of one from 2012 from Nobel Peace Prize recipient Desmond Tutu, reports The Florida Times-Union. “Knowing your […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 30, 2016

Among the dozens of Jacksonville political players at Saturday’s news conference to address the wave of violent slayings were State Attorney Angela Corey and the Rev. R.L. Gundy. They went to high school together, years back. Even planned reunions together. But the next reunion committee meeting with them might be strained. Gundy has been on the offense against Angela Corey […]

Scott PowersJanuary 30, 2016

The buildings and land occupied by the Orlando Sentinel have been put up for sale by Tribune Media, the company that formerly owned the newspaper and still owns the real estate, according to GrowthSpotter. GrowthSpotter, a business news service that’s a sister publication of the Sentinel, cited anonymous sources “with direct knowledge” in reporting Saturday […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 30, 2016

“That baby is a symbol,” said Bishop John Guns. It has been a violent January in Jacksonville. Thirteen slayings in January so far. The latest: a 22-month-old boy. Reaction to that killing (a drive-by shooting near the Sports Complex) brought most of Jacksonville’s City Council, the Mayor, the Sheriff, and Guns and many other ministers together […]

Bill RuftyJanuary 30, 2016

Darren Soto was the first person of Puerto Rican heritage to be elected to the Florida Senate. The Orlando Democrat, a commercial and civil rights attorney, is now working to become the first in the U.S. Congress from Florida by winning the 9th Congressional District But he has an array of competing Democrats with more […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 30, 2016

In an email this week to Pastor Mark Griffin, Richard Hamlet, whose company runs the blighted Section 8 complex Eureka Gardens in Jacksonville, took the press to task for reporting issues with a similarly blighted property his company owns in Memphis. Hamlet, head of Global Ministries Foundation, lamented that “unfortunately the media in Memphis has been active […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 29, 2016

I knew something unpopular was about to happen Thursday night when I saw this Facebook post from Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry quoting Harry Truman. “Fame is a vapor, popularity is an accident, riches take wings, those who cheer today may curse tomorrow and only one thing endures. Character.” Truman’s motto: the buck stops here. The irony: that […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 29, 2016

Friday became a momentous day for the Human Rights Ordinance expansion in Jacksonville when Mayor Lenny Curry, at long last, took a position on the question. Curry issued a departmental directive to change city employment-related policies and practices to comply with all federal and state laws. That policy change precludes and prohibits all forms of employment discrimination, […]

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Susannah Randolph claims fundraising lead in CD 9 race

Neal Dunn announces $700K fundraising for first 2 quarters in CD 2 race

From 2012: Desmond Tutu “shocked” by incomplete Jax HRO

Soldier of fortune: what explains R.L. Gundy’s war on Angela Corey?

Tribune Media puts Orlando Sentinel property up for sale, report says

Toddler’s slaying unites Jacksonville officials against wave of violent deaths

Darren Soto running in interwoven race for 9th Congressional District

Richard Hamlet: it’s all the media’s and the tenants’ fault

Lenny Curry’s HRO punt and the process going forward

Lenny Curry on HRO: “I do not believe any further legislation would be prudent”