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A.G. GancarskiApril 3, 2015

The Alvin Brown campaign has distanced itself from the endorsement of Zakee Fur’qan, who apparently changed his name from Leon Edward Nelson, a man convicted of second-degree murder and felony-level robbery. This past month Brown’s campaign touted Fur’qan’s endorsement. On Friday, though, it had scrubbed all mention of Fur’qan from the mayor’s campaign’s website and issued a statement […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 3, 2015

When it comes to debates with Lenny Curry, Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown is “one and done,” according to the Curry campaign. Brown agreed to debate Curry just once: 7 to 8 p.m. on May 13 on First Coast News. His campaign refused a May 12 debate that WJXT-TV wanted to air. “Rick Mullaney, director of Jacksonville University’s Public Policy […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 3, 2015

When it comes to debates with Lenny Curry, Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown is “one and done,” according to the Curry campaign. Brown agreed to debate Curry just once: 7 to 8 p.m. on May 13 on First Coast News. His campaign refused a May 12 debate that WJXT-TV wanted to air. “Rick Mullaney, director of Jacksonville University’s Public Policy […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 3, 2015

In another example of the Alvin Brown campaign’s recalibration ahead of the May 19 election, fundraiser Greg Goddard is moving on to a different role in the campaign, according to Joshua Karp, Communications Director of the Florida Democratic Party. Goddard is “transitioning to a smaller role in the campaign” and “moving on to seek other opportunities,” Karp told Florida Politics on […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 3, 2015

Clearly, Republican Executive Committee member Jimmy Holderfield and the Republican Party of Duval County differ on the value of a loyalty oath. A day after Holderfield’s cross-party endorsement of Democrat Ken Jefferson for sheriff, Duval GOP Chair Robin Lumb issued a statement on Friday decrying Holderfield breaking the party’s loyalty oath. “We are profoundly disappointed with Republican Jimmy Holderfield’s decision to […]

Phil AmmannApril 3, 2015

A storm brews in the Florida House. Facing a massive budget hole — to the tune of billions of dollars — the state Senate last week released its proposed spending plan for the next fiscal year. The $80.4 billion proposal includes health-care coverage expansion for nearly one million low-income Floridians and funding program for hospitals. The Senate […]

Phil AmmannApril 3, 2015

A storm brews in the Florida House. Facing a massive budget hole — to the tune of billions of dollars — the state Senate last week released its proposed spending plan for the next fiscal year. The $80.4 billion proposal includes health-care coverage expansion for nearly one million low-income Floridians and funding program for hospitals. The Senate […]

Mitch PerryApril 3, 2015

Happy Passover/Good Friday to everyone. I don’t think about it often, but a quasi-holiday like today makes me sympathetic to all those in media land who have to produce a full television or radio broadcast on a day that doesn’t portend to contain a lot of news, at least not domestically. When I was producing an […]

Mitch PerryApril 3, 2015

Happy Passover/Good Friday to everyone. I don’t think about it often, but a quasi-holiday like today makes me sympathetic to all those in media land who have to produce a full television or radio broadcast on a day that doesn’t portend to contain a lot of news, at least not domestically. When I was producing an […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 2, 2015

The worlds of law enforcement and of party politics are both predicated on loyalty. On a muggy Thursday night at his campaign headquarters in Jacksonville’s San Marco neighborhood, Mike Williams scored endorsements from two fellow Republicans he defeated — Jay Farhat and Lonnie McDonald — to make it into the runoff. The story, though, was the Republican […]

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Alvin Brown campaign endorsed by convicted killer

Alvin Brown appears “one and done” as far as debates

Alvin Brown appears "one and done" as far as debates

Alvin Brown fundraiser Greg Goddard changing roles

Duval GOP hammers Jimmy Holderfield again on breaking loyalty oath

Bill Day’s latest: Florida House’s approaching ‘LIPocalypse’

Bill Day's latest: Florida House's approaching 'LIPocalypse'

Mitch Perry Report for 4.3.15 – Does the Florida House agree there's too much "damn testing" going on?

Mitch Perry Report for 4.3.15 – Does the Florida House agree there’s too much “damn testing” going on?

Mike Williams gets former foes’ endorsements, but Jimmy Holderfield still a big story