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A.G. GancarskiJuly 10, 2015

The man who chaired the Duval GOP to resounding electoral success in the just concluded campaign will be an integral part of the Lenny Curry administration. The Jacksonville mayor announced on Friday that he has appointed Robin Lumb as his Director of Policy at a salary of $92K per annum. Lumb – a former At-Large Jacksonville City […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 10, 2015

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A victory for grassroots democracy in Jacksonville recently: the establishment of a permanent process for backyard poultry. That process moves forward next week, as the University of Florida IFAS Extension offers a seminar on Tuesday to educate potential hen owners. The class satisfies the educational requirement of the Jacksonville Backyard Poultry Ordinance as well. For […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 10, 2015

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The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office has many traditions. One of them, crime prevention walks through neighborhoods with such issues, is going to be continued by new Jacksonville Sheriff Mike Williams on Saturday. The first Williams walk takes place at 11 a.m. at the Eureka Gardens apartment complex on the Westside. On its Facebook page, the JSO posted […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 10, 2015

Ten days out from the Duval County Republican Party meeting where a new committeeman and new secretary will be elected, in the wake of the resignations of Lenny Curry and Bill Spann from those posts, and it seems like at least one of these elections will be a mere formality. Alexander Pantinakis, 21, appears to be clearing […]

Mitch PerryJuly 10, 2015

It was just an average Thursday in the Florida political world. But first a note about Jeb Bush, who announced that through his own campaign and his Super PAC Right to Rise, he’s raised $114 million this year, with all but $11 million coming from Right to Rise, which began fundraising for the “non-candidate” in […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 10, 2015

The Jacksonville Beaches on the Fourth of July have a certain amount of public safety concerns. Townies cross the ditch, get blitzed, and act the fool. Since Independence Day 2011, when there was a bit of a melee at Jax Beach, there has been increased vigilance. That’s the price of doing business. Neptune Beach has […]

Guest AuthorJuly 9, 2015

If you want to see how unsophisticated and implacable Republicans can be on race, you should have been at the Hillsborough County Charter Review Board (stacked with Republican functionaries) meeting on Tuesday. Besides the inevitable (and highly entertaining) fireworks the meeting was bound to ignite, it was the absence of even a genuine conversation and […]

Guest AuthorJuly 9, 2015

When I taught high school, several students believed the Confederate flag to be a symbol of Southern pride. They wore it on t-shirts, belt buckles, or flew it from the back of their pickup trucks. These were someone else’s children, so what they wore or waved was not necessarily my concern. I did encourage them, […]

Mitch PerryJuly 9, 2015

Although Kathy Castor will see the contours of her district redrawn in the wake of the Florida Supreme Court’s ruling Thursday, no one in state politics suspects it will affect Democratic Party leanings substantially. “Florida voters adopted Fair Districts amendments to our Florida Constitution and, today, the Florida Supreme Court reaffirmed that districts need to […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 9, 2015

Incumbent Republican HD 18 state Rep. Travis Cummings has, as of the end of June, approached $85,000 in fundraising, though the vast majority of that came between January and March from PACs as well as agricultural and pharmaceutical companies. Individual contributors are few and far between. Mark Frisch, the owner of the Jacksonville Armada, was one of […]

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Jay Odom. Image via Northwest Florida Daily News.

Robin Lumb appointed COJ policy director

Backyard poultry seminar in Jacksonville on Tuesday

Jax Sheriff Mike Williams taking his debut crime prevention walk Saturday

Alexander Pantinakis shores up support for Duval GOP committeeman run

Mitch Perry Report for 7.10.15 — A whole lotta political stuff

In Neptune Beach, the fuzz takes the heat

Chris Timmons: Hillsborough County and race: Historical fact — America ain't never been colorblind

Catherine Durkin Robinson: There are Southerners worth knowing about, who bring pride to our region

Kathy Castor sanguine after court ruling, to report raising nearly $800,000

Travis Cummings nears $85K raised for HD18 re-election bid