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A.G. GancarskiJanuary 20, 2016

Jacksonville’s Land Use and Zoning committee unanimously approved a bill setting guidelines for cultivation and dispensing facilities for low-THC cannabis on Wednesday. Not before a brief hiccup. Councilman Aaron Bowman commented, “We did this because we thought we’d be one of the approved sites [for cultivation], but we weren’t.” Since Jacksonville isn’t going to be an approved […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 20, 2016

The Jacksonville City Council Rules Committee had an active agenda on Tuesday, highlighted by term limits, texting, and other hot button issues. The most interesting thing on the agenda: a bill they all voted against. Rules came together and downed a measure to increase the statute of limitations on ethics complaints from 2 years to […]

Scott PowersJanuary 20, 2016

U.S. Rep. David Jolly‘s proposal to ban fundraising by sitting congressmen has become a campaign agreement in Congressional District 7. The Democratic challenger has pledged to follow it, then the incumbent said he was planning to co-sponsor Jolly’s proposal. Jolly, who is running for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat, announced a bill this week called “The […]

Phil AmmannJanuary 20, 2016

Former Tampa City Council candidate Jackie Toledo is throwing her hat into the ring for House District 60, to succeed Republican Dana Young as the state representative seeks a newly drawn Senate seat. Toledo, who narrowly lost the City Council District 6 seat in a runoff election against Guido Maniscalco in 2015, made the announcement […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 20, 2016

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Naval Air Station Jacksonville is getting ready for two parallel anti-terror training exercises in February. Howard Wanamaker, commanding officer of NAS Jax, informed Jacksonville City Hall in a letter that NAS Jax will participate in Solid Curtain/Citadel Shield 2016. The exercises enhance the training and readiness of security forces to respond against threats to institutions, […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 20, 2016

“Let’s go get ’em!” The always enthusiastic Senator Aaron Bean enthused in a card about Jax Mayor Lenny Curry‘s trip to Tallahassee to sell the pension surtax, intended to address the unfunded liability. “My Senate colleagues are telling me how great you did in talking and framing the issue,” Bean said, before saying “thank you so much […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 20, 2016

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Hemming Park is having its 150th anniversary this week, and a Wednesday meeting revealed that it’s on the right track, yet work remains to improve it regarding sustainable funding and enforcing community standards with more robust security. A meeting between Jacksonville City Council members Bill Gulliford. Lori Boyer and Anna Brosche and Friends of Hemming Park’s Wayne Wood and Vince Cavin […]

Scott PowersJanuary 20, 2016

University of Central Florida President John Hitt and several of the school’s other leaders are putting their money where their hopes are. The university announced that Hitt and his wife Martha, several current and former members of the Board of Trustees and others at the school have combined to donate about $1 million this month […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 19, 2016

Former Jacksonville City Councilwoman Kim Daniels filed to run in HD 14 Tuesday, a gift to all NE Florida political journalists. Daniels, picked as one of this site’s 5 People to Watch in Jacksonville Politics in 2016, was first linked to a potential run this summer. Now? She’s in a three way race with Terry Fields, a […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 19, 2016

A week after anti-HRO Roy Bay shocked Jacksonville with confessing child molestation at City Council Public Comment (a phrase I never expected to type), he’s got a new look and a new story. He told WJXT on Tuesday that he had molested young boys in the 1970s and 1980s, after being sold into sex slavery to a man […]

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Debbie Mucarsel-Powell and Debie Wasserman Schultz. Image via AP.

Jax Land Use panel OKs low-THC cannabis bill

Jax Council Rules Committee spikes ethics proposal

CD 7 opponents maneuver for advantage using David Jolly’s STOP Act

Jackie Toledo files for Dana Young’s HD 60 seat

Naval Air Station Jax to participate in February anti-terror exercise

Aaron Bean gives Lenny Curry high marks for pension tax pitch

Hemming Park on right track, yet concerns remain

John Hitt, UCF trustees putting own money into downtown campus fund

Journalists rejoice: Kim Daniels in HD 14 race

Roy Bay is back with a new personal narrative