Local

Phil AmmannDecember 16, 2015
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Leadership St. Pete, one of the nation’s oldest leadership programs, announced three dozen local executives that will become its Class of 2016. The six-month program, a division of the St. Petersburg Area Chamber of Commerce, is designed to promote community leadership with an in-depth overview of the social, economic, business and political issues facing the […]

Ryan RayDecember 16, 2015
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Democratic hopeful Susannah Randolph scored a major endorsement in her bid for Congress, announcing the support of South Florida U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel on Wednesday. Randolph, who is seeking to succeed her former boss U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson in the Orlando-based 9th Congressional District, trumpeted the move just days after Progressive Caucus Co-Founder U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison also gave her campaign his stamp of […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 15, 2015
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The big question going into the final Jacksonville HRO Community Conversation, about the effect of potential legislation on businesses, held at Jacksonville University on Tuesday evening, wasn’t about the proponents of a Human Rights Ordinance expansion to the LGBT community; rather, about the opponents. Longwood Florida’s own Roger Gannam, apparently the Swiss Army knife of […]

Mitch PerryDecember 15, 2015
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Congressional District 13 Democratic hopeful Charlie Crist is coming out swinging against Republican Mark Bircher, in advance of Bircher’s formal kickoff campaign announcement Tuesday night. As this website reported Monday, Bircher, the retired Marine Corps Reserve brigadier general who finished third in the Republican race for Pinellas County’s 13th Congressional District race in January 2014, will hold his first event as a candidate for […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 15, 2015
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Ahead of the final Jacksonville HRO “Community Conversation.” the Jacksonville Coalition for Equality held a press conference spotlighting business community support for a fully inclusive HRO. Over 274 names long, and growing. The names: not surprising. Steve Halverson of the Haskell Co., an HRO supporter the first time around. Audrey Moran, the former mayoral candidate […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 15, 2015
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The Block by Block study, first launched to the public in October from the Jessie Ball DuPont Fund, offered a “detailed new analysis of Jacksonville’s housing markets designed to help inform decisions about Jacksonville’s future.” On Tuesday morning, with the City Council calendar winding down for the holidays, Jacksonville City Council members Anna Brosche, Garrett Dennis, and Bill Gulliford discussed […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 15, 2015
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A December 10 letter from HUD broke the news: Eureka Garden is in default of its HUD Housing Assistance Payments contract. The reason for default: failure to maintain facilities, as amply documented throughout the media. including failure to provide “decent, safe, and sanitary housing” and keep units in “good and tenantable condition” in accordance with […]

Staff ReportsDecember 15, 2015
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Extreme high tides have turned streets into canal-like swamps in the Florida Keys, with armies of mosquitoes and the stench of stagnating water filling the air, and residents worried rising sea levels will put a damper on property values in the island chain. On Key Largo, a tropical isle famous for snorkeling and fishing, the […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 15, 2015
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Last month, the Jacksonville City Council auditor offered a financial summary for the twelve months ending September 30. As these things go, there were plenty of positive data points one could reference, including more favorable variances in funds than unfavorable, with cogent explanations for unfavorable variances, such as those in the Equestrian Center and the […]


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