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A.G. GancarskiMay 20, 2016

On Friday, Rep. Corrine Brown couldn’t make it to Jacksonville’s monthly Tiger Bay gathering. Her opponents in Congressional District 5, Al Lawson and L.J. Holloway, were there however. Notable for two candidates with no area name recognition: neither went on the attack against the absent incumbent. Indeed, neither mentioned her. Nor her legal troubles. Instead, they kept it […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 20, 2016

Rep. Corrine Brown might want to have a conversation with her webmaster, after her 2016 campaign website was hacked this week by Australian SEO engineers. What appears to be an unscrupulous SEO firm has hacked Brown’s website, adding promotional copy and links, thus drawing on its authority and traffic to bring link juice to clients who seem […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 20, 2016

Ahead of the Aug. 30 primary in Congressional District 4, Hans Tanzler III is showing some fundraising mettle. After what the campaign is calling a “well-attended fundraiser” on Thursday, Tanzler has $300,000 banked. The “Friends of Hans Tanzler” event host committee included people who are being called “leaders in the community,” including John Baker, Marty Fiorentino, David […]

Melissa RossMay 20, 2016

LGBT students in the Clay County Public Schools confronted Superintendent Charlie Van Zant Jr. in the wake of his remarks about the Obama administration’s directive on transgender bathroom access in public education. Van Zant made his feelings known through the use of a robocalling system that went out to some 35,000 households in the district. […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMay 20, 2016

Lizbeth Benacquisto said she will make a decision in the coming days about whether she will run Congress. In a statement Friday, the Fort Myers Republican said she was shocked to learn that Rep. Curt Clawson was not seeking re-election. Benacquisto ran in the 2014 special Congressional District 19 election, where she came in second […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMay 20, 2016

Mary Thomas has received enough signatures to secure a spot on the ballot. Thomas announced Friday she received enough verified signatures to qualify for the Congressional District 2 race. The Tallahassee Republican collected all of her qualifying petitions from the 19 counties in the congressional district. “I felt it was important to go the extra […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMay 20, 2016

Naples Republican Matt Hudson is focused on his state Senate District 28 bid, and won’t be considering a run in the open Congressional District 19 seat. “My focus is on continuing to represent my constituents and being elected to serve them in the Florida Senate,” he said in a statement Friday. Hudson lives in eastern […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMay 20, 2016

Gary Price won’t be throwing his hat into the Congressional District 19 race. Price, a former Naples councilman and a one-time candidate for the state Senate, said he isn’t considering a congressional bid in 2016. Price thought about running when the seat was open in 2014, but said the timing isn’t right for a run this year. […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 20, 2016

Another month has gone by, and with it comes another press release from Gov. Rick Scott extolling job creation in Jacksonville. “I am proud to announce today that Jacksonville added nearly 22,000 new jobs over the year. Every new job makes an important difference in someone’s life, and that is why we will continue to work […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 20, 2016

On Friday, the Jacksonville City Council’s Special Economic Development Incentives Committee finalized a draft version of the city’s public investment policy, which has been discussed at previous meetings, finishing two years of dedicated work spanning two mayoral administrations. Included: countywide programs; state programs, such as qualified targeted industries; programs for economically distressed areas; programs for […]

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Corrine Brown’s challengers address Jax Tiger Bay

Aussie hackers plague Corrine Brown’s campaign website

Hans Tanzler rakes in $300K in first two weeks of CD 4 GOP campaign

LGBT students confront Clay County Superintendent

Lizbeth Benacquisto weighing whether to jump in to CD 19

Mary Thomas receives enough signatures to qualify in CD 2

Matt Hudson focused on SD 28, won’t run in CD 19

Naples Republican Gary Price passes on CD 19 race

Jax adds 21,600 new jobs in the last year; unemployment is just 4.3%

Jax economic development incentives committee firms up public investment policy