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A.G. GancarskiNovember 20, 2015

If the HRO expansion passes, a turning point in the public discourse might have come from someone who tried to silence it. It’s ironic, really, that white male opponents of the expansion of the Jacksonville Human Rights Ordinance objected to locating the so-called community conversations in what they called “high-crime neighborhoods.” The worry was that those delicate […]

Melissa RossNovember 20, 2015

The nation’s 42nd president was appearing before the well-heeled Ponte Vedra crowd to talk about health disparities, and how to fix them, via his Clinton Health Matters Initiative. But, of course, Bill Clinton couldn’t resist a few political remarks. Like this opener: ‘We are all interdependent, even if we build a 5-foot brick wall across […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 20, 2015

Last week, the Navy sent Jacksonville public officials a letter announcing that it is in the “beginning stages of preparing” an environmental-impact statement for Atlantic Fleet training and testing. This training encompasses the sea space and airspace over the Atlantic Ocean and the eastern North American coast, the Caribbean, and the Gulf of Mexico, and […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 20, 2015

The big story from the Friday meeting of the Jacksonville Police & Fire Pension Board of Trustees: the appointment of an interim executive director and administrator: Beth McCague. McCague, a veteran finance professional, was approved by a vote of the board to start on Dec. 1, and to serve for up to a year, or […]

Associated PressNovember 20, 2015

A former Florida State professor has been convicted of stealing money from a business school fund set up to teach students about investing. The U.S. Attorney’s Office reports that a federal jury in Tallahassee found 40-year-old James Doran guilty of embezzlement Thursday. He faces up to 10 years in prison at his Feb. 12 sentencing. […]

Mitch PerryNovember 20, 2015

The Pinellas County Democratic Executive Committee hosts their annual Kennedy-King Dinner at Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater Friday, the first under the control of party chair Susan McGrath. The event’s featured speaker is North Florida congresswoman Gwen Graham, a budding star in the state party whose political future is unclear. Graham’s victory over Republican Steve […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 20, 2015

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Jacksonville City Councilman Reggie Brown has a problem in his sprawling District 10, which encompasses parts of NW Jacksonville, the Northside, and the Westside. To have an effective town hall meeting, he has to set up three events. The folks off Soutel Road, and the folks in Pickettville, have different concerns, preoccupations, and issues. And […]

Melissa RossNovember 19, 2015

Jacksonville’s Read It Forward Jax Coalition is composed of some real heavy hitters across the 904, such as Kerri Stewart, chief of staff to Mayor Lenny Curry; Susie Wiles, chairwoman of the Donald Trump campaign in Florida; and many more. But the coalition’s creator has the respect of them all: attorney and former Duval County […]

Associated PressNovember 19, 2015

A Miami-area mayor who is feuding with his local commission tried to use 360,000 pennies and nickels – that’s 28 buckets full of coins – to pay a $4,000 ethics fine. Instead of accepting the change, the ethics commission doubled the fine for Hialeah Mayor Carlos Hernandez, saying he intentionally broke the rules because he […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 19, 2015

The HD 11 race to succeed Janet Adkins involves five GOP candidates running hard right. And then there’s Donnie Horner. Horner, who switched to the Republican Party recently, is the most moderate candidate in the race. And a good example of that moderation will surface on Thursday night, when Horner addresses the Jacksonville Young Voters […]

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Jennifer Adams. Image via campaign.

Case for Jax HRO expansion has been made

Bill Clinton in Jax: “I want to defeat ISIS”

Navy prepping environmental impact statement for Atlantic Fleet training

Jax pension board’s interim director called “breath of fresh air”

Former professor convicted of embezzling at Florida State

Gwen Graham headlining tonight’s Pinellas County Kennedy-King Dinner

Reggie Brown calls attention to Council mail out inefficiencies

Read It Forward Jax Coalition moves ahead

That’s a lot of coin: Mayor tries to pay $4K fine with coins

HD 11 hopeful Donnie Horner to address Young Voters Coalition