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Scott PowersApril 4, 2016

U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson‘s congressional office communications director Ken Scudder is leaving to take a post with the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee. Scudder, who joined Grayson’s team about a year ago after having worked for U.S. Rep. Mike Honda, said he is leaving the Orlando Democrat’s staff because the JEC post is a “terrific […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 4, 2016

The Jacksonville City Council Finance Committee resumed Monday after its “fifth week” break, considering contract disparity and pension fund issues, along with a surprisingly controversial bill on human trafficking signs that was deferred after some discussion. • A presentation on investment management expenses of pension funds, including the Police and Fire Pension Fund and the […]

Mitch PerryApril 4, 2016

House District 61 hopeful Sean Shaw said Monday he’s raised more than $20,000 during his first 20 days of campaigning. “Our supporters have stepped up in a big way,” Shaw said in a prepared statement. “They know I’ll work hard for our families and make our streets safer for our children. As our Consumer Advocate, as […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 4, 2016

The latest series of Community Conversations from the Lenny Curry administration wraps Monday evening. And Council Vice President Lori Boyer will be featured. “The series of Community Conversations addressing public safety concludes today as Mayor Lenny Curry hosts Our Health: Addressing Needs and Disparities in Communities,” asserts the release from the mayor’s office. Other panelists include Dr. […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 4, 2016

Is the Jacksonville City Council vice presidential race John Crescimbeni‘s to lose? Or could an ABC (Anybody But Crescimbeni) coalition emerge? Answers to that question may emerge Monday afternoon in a public notice meeting between Councilmen Doyle Carter and Aaron Bowman, two VP candidates who have yet to get meaningful traction. Monday may change that. Expectations are that […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 4, 2016

Given that many proponents of expansion of Jacksonville’s Human Rights Ordinance were disappointed that the most recent push toward HRO expansion ended up short of that goal, it’s interesting that the official position of the Jacksonville Coalition for Equality has been to laud the positive policy outcome from the debate: the Mayoral Directive, issued in […]

Associated PressApril 3, 2016

Being able to drink alcohol on Panama City Beach is legal again after the month-long ban ended on Friday. The decision to ban beer, wine and liquor during Spring Break for the first time was controversial. Bay County officials did it after many alcohol-related incidents the past couple years. While law enforcement officials saw a […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 3, 2016

Jacksonville City Councilwoman Katrina Brown, in what some will frame as a response to a Florida Times-Union article delineating the slow progress at her family’s city-subsidized barbeque sauce company, notes that “we are currently still hiring” in a Sunday morning Facebook post. Resumes are to be sent to [email protected] and there will be live interviews […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 2, 2016

Interim Jacksonville Police and Fire Pension Fund Executive Director Beth McCague said when she took the job that she didn’t want to be there indefinitely. A year was the longest commitment that she wanted to offer. And she may be done sooner than that. An internal email from McCague to Chief Administrative Officer Sam Mousa notes that […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 2, 2016

The war of words continues between Pastor Mark Griffin and Reverend Richard Hamlet regarding the slow remediation of enduring issues at Eureka Garden, as an email last week suggests. Griffin, whose ministry serves residents of the beleaguered 400 unit HUD community, has taken issue with Hamlet and his Global Ministries Foundation, which owns and runs Eureka Garden […]

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Alan Grayson’s communications director Ken Scudder leaving

Jax Finance Committee talks pension fund, disparity study

Sean Shaw off to quick start in HD 61 fundraising

Jax Council VP Lori Boyer to feature in public health Community Conversation

Sea change in Jax Council vice presidential race?

Email insights: Jax Coalition for Equality lauds mayoral non-discrimination directive

Alcohol returns to Panama City Beach after Spring Break ban

Jax Councilwoman’s BBQ sauce plant is hiring… finally

Jax pension fund preps for post-Beth McCague era

Mold still an issue at Eureka Garden in Jax