A.G. GancarskiApril 5, 2024
4min0
Thus far, she is unopposed for re-election.
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A.G. GancarskiApril 5, 2024
Wes WolfeFebruary 13, 2023
4min0
Mike Mullin, when he resigned, said he did it so as to not be a distraction to the county.
A.G. GancarskiJune 27, 2019
3min191
"Diversion programs should be moved out of the State Attorney’s Office."
A.G. GancarskiMay 30, 2018
2min904
Jacksonville Sheriff Mike Williams and State Attorney Melissa Nelson on Wednesday rolled out the ‘KEYS 2 Drive’ (Knowledge Empowers Your Success) diversion program. The program will help those facing primary charges of driving without valid licenses, or suspended or revoked licenses, to get valid drivers’ licenses. Of the 12,000 people faced with that fate last year, estimates are […]
A.G. GancarskiMay 17, 2018
2min178
Friction and fractiousness continued in Jacksonville City Hall this week, with City Council Finance Chair Garrett Dennis calling a public-notice meeting to express concerns about potential Sunshine Law violations in the race for the Council presidency. Council Vice President Aaron Bowman charged Dennis with trying to talk multiple Councilors into vacating their pledges to back Bowman, who is […]
A.G. GancarskiJanuary 23, 2017
11min398
4th Circuit State Attorney Melissa Nelson rode into office wearing a white dress, surfing on a wave of hagiography, balanced on a board constructed on a sturdy narrative of collective anathema toward Angela Corey. For many of those who voted for her, the job was accomplished when Corey was defeated in August by a blowout […]
A.G. GancarskiDecember 15, 2016
5min253
4th Circuit State Attorney Elect Melissa Nelson delivered a keynote graduation address on Thursday morning in Jacksonville at the Year Up Jacksonville graduation ceremony. Nelson, swept into office on a reform platform after eight years of Angela Corey, framed the event going in as a prelude to “collaborating with Year Up to explore how the program can serve as […]
A.G. GancarskiAugust 26, 2016
4min255
On Friday morning, 4th Circuit Public Defender Matt Shirk made a curious decision: to send what appears to be a campaign email from his City of Jacksonville email account. Shirk wasn’t messaging in his own campaign, in which he is down by 22 points to Charles Cofer, according to the most recent poll of the race. Rather, he is […]
A.G. GancarskiJuly 28, 20161min267
“First Coast Values,” the political committee for 4th Circuit State Attorney candidate Melissa Nelson, raked in $89,000 in its most recent week of fundraising, from July 16 to July 22. The money came from five donors, with three of them — former Jaguars owner Wayne Weaver, charter school magnate Gary Chartrand, and John Baker — giving $25,000 each. Nelson’s committee has […]
A.G. GancarskiJuly 27, 2016
3min359
Is the 4th Circuit State Attorney race Melissa Nelson‘s to lose? Yet another poll suggests that’s the case. Tuesday night’s straw poll at the Orange Park Medical Center candidate event offered a snapshot of the race, says our source who was there. Nelson scored 88 of the 185 votes cast, doubling Wes White’s 44 votes, and well ahead of […]