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A.G. GancarskiJune 17, 2015

The afternoon slate of transition budget team leader Sam Mousa‘s budget meetings related to the Lenny Curry mayoral transition continues with the Ethics Office and Carla Miller. 1:17 p.m.: The usual review of the budget pages. No revenues and salaries are up $20,000 (a new employee). Pension contribution up $28,000. 1:21 p.m.: Mousa wants to know how […]

Melissa RossJune 17, 2015

The parents of epileptic children in Jacksonville say they’re prepared to pack up and move to Colorado to treat their kids if the Jacksonville City Council doesn’t reverse course on its new moratorium on Charlotte’s Web dispensaries. “I hope the city will change its mind, because there are lots of families who don’t want to […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 17, 2015

Wednesday’s slate of Jacksonville Transition Budget Reviews continues with the General Counsel and Military Affairs offices. 10:53 a.m.: The budget is pretty stable, except for one salary reduction. 10:56 a.m.: Talk of the Jacksonville Electric Authority having its own in-house legal charter. This would drop their demand for OGC services, but there will “always be […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 17, 2015

Next up on the Wednesday morning budget review docket: the Human Rights Commission. 10:34: There has been a reduction in staff. HRC is paid in a per case basis, so revenue goes down as staff goes down. They lost three people in the last budget cycle, as cap was reduced. Six employees on General Fund, and […]

Mitch PerryJune 17, 2015

When it was announced back in April that Jeb Bush would be headlining the Hillsborough County Republican Party at its annual Lincoln Day Dinner this Friday night, local party chair Deborah Tamargo said that there would be time set aside for local reporters to get a chance to ask questions of the former Florida Governor before he addressed […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 17, 2015

Jon Heymann is here from the Jacksonville Children’s Commission for the Sam Mousa Transition Team Budget Review. 9:40: Fingerprinting costs removed. Rental of city facilities reduced. 9:44: A discussion of pension contributions. Health insurance and workers comp are both up. Elections of coverage are a driver. 9:47: Travel expenses are up $10K. Heymann says that he’s not […]

Daniel TilsonJune 17, 2015

We 99 percent of Floridians who haven’t benefited from and in many cases have been harmed or held back by almost 20 years of increasingly conservative Republican domination of Florida government and public policy — we deserve and desperately need a high-functioning opposition party with a specific plan and time frame for restoring political and legislative balance to […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 17, 2015

I watched a lot of Quincy in my time, but I never saw the budget review episode, so this should be interesting. As with all of these today, we are in the third day of Sam Mousa‘s budget review of Jacksonville City Departments. 9:20: Mousa: “Angela [Moyer] told me that your budget items aren’t necessarily accurate.” An […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 17, 2015

The third day of Sam Mousa‘s review of Jacksonville City Government departmental budgets starts with Employee Services. These are, in theory, separate half hour sessions. As we have the last two days, and as we will until the end of this process, we will be posting blogs of these sessions after each one completes. 8:33: Employee […]

Ryan RayJune 17, 2015

After several weeks of deliberation, Edward James III has made it official — the Sarasota-born Democrat told FloridaPolitics.com he filed 2016 campaign paperwork on Tuesday to run in House District 72. James said he was spurred to run by what he called the “cold-heartedness” of the GOP-led House, which abruptly adjourned and left town early last month in […]

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Jax transition budget meetings: Ethics Office

Jax mom on Charlotte’s Web flap: Families will move to Colorado if moratorium stays

Jax Transition Budget Review: General Counsel and Military Affairs

Jacksonville Transition Team Budget Review: Human Rights Commission

Jeb Bush no longer scheduled to address media at Hillsborough County GOP Lincoln Dinner this Friday

Jax Transition Budget Review: Children’s Commission

Daniel Tilson: Florida Democratic Party “rebrands” with a whimper, not a bang

Jax Transition Budget Review: Medical Examiner

Jax Transition Budget Review: Employee Services

Democrat Edward James files for 2016 House run in Sarasota’s HD 72