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A.G. GancarskiMay 3, 2015

Early voting in Jacksonville starts on Monday, and Lenny Curry made the decision to spend a big chunk of the weekend beforehand in Grand Park and NW Jacksonville, defying many of his most vocal critics who have told him, in no uncertain terms, that he might as well cede these areas to his opponent, Alvin […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 2, 2015

Some things are certain. Death and taxes. The sun coming up in the east and Chic-Fil-A being closed on Sunday. And that you can’t go more than a few days without hearing Jacksonville Sheriff candidates Ken Jefferson and Mike Williams debate. As opposed to the race at the top of the ticket, which will see […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 1, 2015

We just got a preview of a Lenny Curry comic produced by his volunteers for the Beaches Comic Con on Saturday, and it is well done. The themes are familiar to those closely following the Jacksonville mayoral campaign. The first panel features the mayor at a press conference, saying that “crime has dropped 10% and is at […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 1, 2015

Party unity and outreach to Jacksonville’s burgeoning Hispanic community were the watchwords at an Alvin Brown rally at the Cuba Libre club on Friday afternoon. An intimate crowd of about 60, including candidates and staff, sampled hors d’oeuvres, sipped drinks, and got to hear the incumbent mayor make his case for re-election while flanked by […]

Mitch PerryMay 1, 2015

Buoyed in part by a very successful inauguration fundraiser/birthday party at an Ybor City craft brewery this past week, Hillsborough County Commission District 6 candidate Brian Willis touted his first fundraising totals in a press release issued Friday. The 32-year-old Tampa lawyer and transit activist raised $45,537 in April, the first month he has been […]

Joe ClementsMay 1, 2015

Last week’s passage of SB 604, or “Florida’s SOPA” or “SOPA Light” as some are calling the “anti-piracy” legislation pushed by the recording industry, embodies a truth about America’s massive tech industry. When it comes to state politics, America’s largest technology companies are aloof and arrogant. The concept behind CS/SB 604 is so harmful […]

Melissa RossMay 1, 2015

Former Jacksonville mayoral candidate Audrey Moran used her time at the podium accepting a OneJax Humanitarian Award to call out Mayor Alvin Brown and his challenger Lenny Curry, both in the audience, on the city’s Human Right Ordinance. Moran, now vice president of corporate and social responsibility for Baptist Health, challenged Brown and Curry to issue a […]

Christine Jordan SextonMay 1, 2015

On Friday, the last regularly scheduled day of the 2015 Legislative Session, lawmakers didn’t vote on the budget or scurry to get their bills passed in the waning hours. Instead, Senate Democrats held an afternoon press conference to discuss the Florida Supreme Court lawsuit they filed over the abrupt sine die of the House on […]

Mitch PerryMay 1, 2015

Hillsborough County Commissioner Les Miller said Friday he thinks the Tampa Police Department’s policies on bicycle infractions, which disproportionately singled out blacks in the city, is wrong and should be discontinued until the Justice Department concludes its review of the policy. However, he doesn’t think it should hold up the confirmation of newly appointed police Chief […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 1, 2015

On Friday, Jacksonville mayoral candidate Lenny Curry addressed what he called a “full house” of CEOs and leaders from many of Jacksonville’s leading nonprofit organizations at WJCT in what he described as a “very important meeting” with “leaders of serious organizations that do good work under the radar.” Being on the radio at the same time, I […]

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Lenny Curry reaches out to, dialogues with Grand Park

Inside baseball the game at Jax sheriff’s forum

Lenny Curry comic ready for Jax Beaches Comic Con

Corrine Brown, Luis Gutierrez headline Alvin Brown early voting rally

Brian Willis touts fundraising prowess in Hillsborough County bid

Joe Clements: Veto SB 604 for sake of Internet

Audrey Moran calls out Alvin Brown, Lenny Curry on HRO

Senate Democrats talk sine die lawsuit, Matt Gaetz’s tweets

Les Miller: Suspend TPD bike policy but confirm new chief

Lenny Curry discusses importance of nonprofits, faith