A.G. GancarskiJuly 23, 2019
7min686
JEA will explore privatization in the coming months.
Tag: Aaron ZahnA doctor performs an ultrasound scan on a pregnant woman on Aug. 7, 2018, at a hospital in Chicago. Complaints about pregnant women being turned away from emergency rooms spiked in the months after states began enacting strict abortion laws following the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade. The cases are detailed in federal documents obtained by The Associated Press and raise serious questions about the state of emergency pregnancy care in the U.S. Image via AP/Teresa Crawford.
A.G. GancarskiJuly 23, 2019A.G. GancarskiApril 3, 2019
5min649
Vinyard headed the DEP under Gov. Rick Scott.
A.G. GancarskiFebruary 1, 2019
6min380
A former Republican Party of Florida chair is facing a serious challenge in his mayoral re-election bid, in a local story with statewide reach. Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry‘s donors continued to come through in the two weeks after the qualifying deadline. Figures released Wednesday afternoon show that Curry raised a million dollars in two weeks, with […]
A.G. GancarskiJanuary 7, 2019
6min493
In a move that may or may not lend credence to rumors that he is running for Jacksonville Mayor in 2019, Democratic City Councilman Garrett Dennis demanded a tranche of records from Republican Mayor Lenny Curry last month. Dennis wanted “expedited attention” for his request for information, including secondary employment forms for mayor’s office employees, non-payroll payments to city […]
A.G. GancarskiJanuary 3, 2019
5min334
Some good news emerged for Jacksonville budget hawks Thursday, with City Council Auditor Kyle Billy lauding recent budgetary performance. “Everything’s looking real good,” Billy said, presenting the FY 17/18 year end report to the Council Finance Committee. This year-end report will be the last before city elections, which happen in March, with a May runoff if […]
A.G. GancarskiDecember 26, 2018
12min282
With Christmas celebrations behind us (some trees are already at the curb), 2018 is quickly reaching its terminus. Some Jacksonville political types have had years to forget. Below, some who have had years to remember. ________ Politician of the year: Lenny Curry “To be the man, you’ve got to beat the man,” Ric Flair used to […]
A.G. GancarskiDecember 3, 2018
12min282
Duval’s December begins as most months have begun the last four years: Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry and his ever-expanding political machine standing strong, even as political enemies recover from their latest rout. Last Tuesday saw a doubleheader: back-to-back events illustrating the futility of, as the phrase once went, raging against the machine. An older phrase […]
A.G. GancarskiNovember 28, 2018
5min408
On Tuesday, the board of Jacksonville public utility JEA voted to make interim CEO Aaron Zahn permanent. Mystery shrouded the process for some observers, leading JEA board chair Alan Howard to decry notions that the board was not independent of the Mayor’s Office. A review of the seven-person board’s scoring matrixes backs up at least part of that […]
A.G. GancarskiNovember 27, 2018
11min591
Electricity was in the air Tuesday, as the board of Jacksonville municipal utility JEA picked its new CEO. It turned out to be the guy who had been in that role for some time. Some members of the Jacksonville City Council and the media thought it was a done deal well ahead of the meeting, […]
A.G. GancarskiOctober 23, 2018
7min315
Legislation is imminent for the city of Jacksonville to extend its agreement with municipal utility JEA, a contribution/funding formula that makes up roughly 10 percent of the city’s general fund budget. The Interagency Agreement, last ratified in 2016 to extend through Sept. 2021, would have two more years added if the City Council passes the […]