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A.G. GancarskiOctober 20, 2015

Jacksonville City Council chambers was largely empty Tuesday afternoon, except for those proposed for appointments to Jacksonville boards and commissions, a smattering of reporters, political junkies, and a TV camera. The latter parties were there to document the moves that Mayor Lenny Curry contends are necessary to execute his vision, moves that opponents – most prominently Councilman […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 16, 2015

A proposal to appoint four new members to Jacksonville’s Planning Commission will be considered at next week’s City Council meeting, Florida Politics has learned. The moves comes despite two of the members slated for replacement have not yet resigned. The situation will likely dismay and inflame critics of the Lenny Curry administration’s board appointment policy. […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 5, 2015

The July fundraising totals for Donnie Horner, the establishment choice among the six Republicans in the crowded HD11 race to replace term-limited Janet Adkins, are in. An $8,400 July pushes Horner’s grand total up to $52,850. July featured a number of donations from familiar names. Ben Frisch, Chartrand, WW Gay, and the Fiorentino Group all gave $1,000. Local bank executive Abel […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 1, 2015

One City. One Jacksonville. That was the theme Wednesday of the joint inauguration for Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry and Sheriff Mike Williams. Those with memories longer than one news cycle might see the inauguration theme as a variant on the theme of the #UniteJax event in April that gave the Duval GOP an avenue to […]

Melissa RossApril 6, 2015

It’s perhaps a fitting metaphor for the world’s largest crowdfunding festival. Just hours before Tuesday’s opening ceremony begins for One Spark in downtown Jacksonville, a giant shark will splash its way into the fountain at Hemming Park. For the third year in a row, the Enlivened Spaces class at UNF has created a massive sculpture in […]

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Tensions flare as Jax Rules Committee spikes Democratic planning commissioners

4 tapped to join Jax Planning Commission, but 2 holdouts haven’t resigned

HD11 hopeful Donnie Horner over $52K raised

One City, One Jacksonville: Lenny Curry, Mike Williams’ visionary inauguration

Swimming with sharks: Politicians to press flesh at One Spark