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Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJune 9, 2016

U.S. Sugar officials are pushing back after a guest editorial in a Southwest Florida newspaper said sugar producers are part of the reason why efforts to build reservoirs south of Lake Okeechobee have been postponed. “At no point has anyone representing U.S. Sugar ever said anything about opposing scientifically and technically proven storage projects throughout […]

Scott PowersJune 9, 2016

Democratic congressional candidate Bob Poe of Orlando announced Thursday that he has HIV, though he is healthy and has been so since first being diagnosed 18 years ago. Poe, a Democrat running in Florida’s 10th Congressional District, said he struggled all year trying to decide whether, when and how to come out to voters and the public […]

Ryan RayJune 9, 2016

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Jeff Moran has hit the airwaves in a hotly contested GOP primary in the 2nd Congressional District race to replace U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham. In the Ft. White businessman’s first ad — a one-minute spot entitled “Hands On” — Moran seeks to grasp the mantle of consummate outsider in a 2016 election cycle where polished, traditional politicians are out […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 9, 2016

Is Todd Wilcox too honest for the 2016 United States Senate race? His speech Thursday to the Republican Women’s Club of Duval Federated suggested that may be the case. In a room full of career politicians, Wilcox began his remarks by discussing a “movement underway … fueled by disgust with career politicians.” Wilcox described himself […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 9, 2016

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry announced his “bipartisan finance team” for his “Yes for Jacksonville” political committee, designed to market the pension-tax referendum. “This group of community and business leaders come from both political parties and bring an incredible depth of experience,” said Curry. “Their dedication to the city’s future and commitment to a victory for this reform ensures […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 9, 2016

State Rep. Reggie Fullwood filed a motion recently saying he could not be charged with defrauding the Division of Elections in his 14-count federal trial for 10 counts of wire fraud and four counts of failure to file federal tax returns. This week, federal prosecutors disagreed. “Defendant’s motion is misguided. It is premature, it is an incorrect statement […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 9, 2016

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A 90-minute Wednesday public notice meeting in the Jacksonville City Council offices addressed the perilous future of Friends of Hemming Park. This tradition is almost as old as Jacksonville itself. **** The nonprofit Friends of Hemming Park, designed to run the park, has enough funds to last until early August, after a $100,000 appropriation during […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 9, 2016

Attorney General Pam Bondi is in the news this week for soliciting a donation from Donald Trump concurrent with a considered, then scuttled, 2013 investigation of Trump University. Next week, she will be in the news for soliciting donations in a different context — the re-election campaign of Angela Corey, the incumbent Republican State Attorney in Florida’s 4th […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 9, 2016

State Rep. Travis Cummings, who represents northern Clay County, and Jay Fant, who represents much of Jacksonville’s Westside, have some things in common. Both are Republican incumbents. Neither faces a primary challenge. Both raised little money in May. And both got $500 checks from the “Duke Energy Corporation Florida” PAC. **** Cummings raised just $1,800, […]

Scott PowersJune 8, 2016

Democrat Val Demings has won the endorsement of Teamsters Local 385 in her quest to be elected in Florida’s 10th Congressional District. Demings, a former Orlando police chief, received the backing in part because of her long career at the police department. “As a former union member during her days with the Orlando Police Department, […]

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Debate party at Sports Grill Kendall. Image via AP.

U.S. Sugar pushes back over claims cane industry is to blame for postponed water projects

Congressional Candidate Bob Poe: ‘I have HIV’

Jeff Moran flaunts outsider cred in first CD 2 campaign ad

Todd Wilcox talks career pols, Marco Rubio, and Donald Trump

Tommy Hazouri among ‘bipartisan finance team’ for Jax pension-tax referendum sales pitch

Feds: Reggie Fullwood motion that Division of Elections was not defrauded is ‘misguided’

Jax mulls future of Hemming Park … again

Pam Bondi to fundraise for Angela Corey next week

Slow fundraising for Travis Cummings, Jay Fant in May

Teamsters Local 385 endorses Val Demings in CD 10 contest